Elon Musk has touted the Cybertruck as ‘apocalypse-proof,’ but a customer found his newly purchased vehicle could not even make it a mile away from the dealership.
Entrepreneur Thomas Remo shared a video of him picking up the $82,000 EV in Irvine, California, later finding it ‘broke not even six inches off the lot’ and failed another ’30 times’ after on the first day.
Moments after Remo excitedly steps on the gas peddle, the center screen started flashing red and beeping to alert him about a critical steering issue.
The vehicle automatically slowed down to about four miles per hour, forcing him to pull over and return to the dealer.
Remo questioned if the Cybertruck was ‘Tesla‘s biggest lemon yet,’ but his disappoint follows outrage from customers who spent $3,000 on the attachable tent and found it looked nothing like Musk had advertised.
Entrepreneur Thomas Remo shared a video of him picking up an $82,000 Cyberbeast in Irvine, California
Remo was driving down a busy street when the dashboard screen began flashing a bright red and beeping to alert him about a critical steering issue
Musk began delivering Cybertrucks last November, but it seems those living in on the West Coast have the pick of the litter – most of the sightings of the vehicles stem from that part of the US.
Remo, who runs GearDown on YouTube, took viewers on the journey with him to pick up his new Tesla Cyberbeast.
He hit the accelerator leaving the dealership parking lot, revving the Dual Motor that generates 600 horsepower and all seemed well until a few seconds later the center dashboard turned into a blaring alarm.
Remo jokingly said ‘I literally broke it right out the gate. Elon, what are you doing bro? How is it already broken?’
The flashing lights indicated there was an issuer with the vehicle’s steer-by-wire system, which forced the Cybertruck into a limp mode and stopped it from exceeding four miles per hour.
Another California owner also had to have their Cybertruck towed after the center screen started flashing red and showing a steering error alert – and it happened on the same day he took the delivery
Steer-by-wire is an advanced system that aims to replace traditional steering.
The new technology eliminates the physical connection between the steering wheel and the wheels of a car by using electrically controlled motors to change the direction of the wheels and to provide feedback to the driver.
The downsides of a steer-by-wire system are maintenance and cost – and if the connection is not perfect, drivers will experience what happened to Remo.
While Remo was able to pull off to the side of the road and head back to the dealer, Arizona-based Matthew Chirello was not as lucky when he was hit by the issue this month.
Chirello shared his experience on X but has since deleted the posts.
The post included a picture of his Cybertruck being towed and Chirello wrote: ‘Love Tesla and my Cybertruck but ‘catastrophe failure’ with steering and brakes while on a road trip with wife and toddler.’
The steering wheel issue seems to plague newly delivered Cybertrucks in the last month, another California customer shared on Saturday that he drove his vehicle one mile before it had to be towed.
The person shared a post on Cybertruck Owners Club forum with an image of his newly purchased Tesla EV being hosted onto a towing truck
A similar post on the forum was shared on March 5, showing the red blood colored screen with a large notification on the front that reads: ‘Pull over safely. Critical steering issue detected’
However, the customer claimed that the dealer could not fix the issue, saying ‘Tesla really rushed these trucks out, what a nightmare.’
A similar post on the forum was shared on March 5, showing the red blood colored screen with a large notification on the front that reads: ‘Pull over safely. Critical steering issue detected.’
This driver’s profile page shows they also live in California.
‘My Cybertruck went directly from delivery to service (very sad) and Tesla has been diagnosing the issue for 5 days. They still don’t know what’s wrong with it,’ the person shared.
Advertisements of the Basecamp tent boasted that it would evenly attach to the back of the Cybertruck and a video shows two parents and a child fitting comfortably in the tent and screened windows to provide ‘a view of the stars.
Tesla began shipping the first batches of tents to customers, which was touted as a luxury camper – but some linked it to an ‘unpolished homeless encampment
The issue reports about new Cybertrucks seem to be stacking up – from an easily dirtied exterior to misaligned panels and the new Basecamp tent.
Tesla began shipping the first batches of tents to customers, which was touted as a luxury camper – but some linked it to an ‘unpolished homeless encampment.’
The shipped accessory appeared to be missing the allure of the company’s promotional pictures, including an ‘ultra-soft mattress’ and ‘enhanced camping experience.’
Advertisements of the Basecamp tent boasted that it would evenly attach to the back of the Cybertruck and a video shows two parents and a child fitting comfortably in the tent and screened windows to provide ‘a view of the stars.’
But, new owners have shared videos and pictures of what appeared to be a tarp extension on the back of their new EV truck, with some saying it wasn’t any different from a traditional tent and could fit a maximum of two people.
