Bulletproof? Is it waterproof? Ts&Cs say: ‘Failure to put Cybertruck in Car Wash Mode may result in damage’
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The screen in the central console, which is absolutely essential to operating the Cybertruck because it hosts critical information like speed and rear view, went black as pitch and wouldn’t respond.
Meanwhile, the story was also picked up on Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s other business empire, where an X user plumbed the depths of the Cybertruck owner’s manual, which routinely turns up comedy gold.
In this instance, attention was drawn to a line saying: "CAUTION Failure to put Cybertruck in Car Wash Mode may result in damage (for example, to the charge port or windshield wipers).
Despite the commonly held belief that the stainless steel body would be immune to corrosion, Tesla’s documentation once again served only to highlight the Cybertruck’s weaknesses, such as the lack of a clear coat.
"To prevent damage to the exterior, immediately remove corrosive substances (such as grease, oil, bird droppings, tree resin, dead insects, tar spots, road salt, industrial fallout, etc.
Yesterday the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recalled all Cybertrucks due to faulty accelerator pedals, a problem that first emerged earlier in the week.
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Oh shit, the sun came out and I forgot to put my Cybertruck into “Sunlight Mode”.
It’s bricked now, but it’s really my fault.
“…a pigeon could shit on it, who knows!”
To all the chuds that bought this…
Insert Nelson HAAAA HAAAA
I really wonder if this is just an average shitty car and dumb people buying it ir something historically stupid. Like in 10 years. Youtubers make top ten videos about the dumbest car ever and on number one they are all like: well, we all know what that is, so we might as well skip it.
Historical stupid.
My 2 unprofessional cents, I think the way this vehicle was executed wrong. Everybody understands metal rust even if it’s stainless steel, if you don’t take care of it correctly it will rust. Second, sharp angles on vehicles that will be used by family’s is by far reckless, videos show how sharp they are and how the front trunk can do some real damage to body parts. Lastly, we moved away from strong body structure to prevent deaths when accidents happen. Why are we going back to the 60’s car body structure? Yes we might have better safety equipment in vehicles now, but we still have vehicles that just have 1 airbag, seatbelts, and bad body structure safety.
This is literally an article about nothing happening at all.
I would call a car that can be knocked out of commission for half a day because you washed it worth a story.
Read the article though. All that really happened was a delay in reboot. The headline is nothing like what actually happened, which was consumer mishap, essentially.
“To prevent damage to the exterior, immediately remove corrosive substances (such as grease, oil, bird droppings, tree resin, dead insects, tar spots, road salt, industrial fallout, etc.),”
Not washing it could fuck it up. Got it.
“CAUTION Failure to put Cybertruck in Car Wash Mode may result in damage (for example, to the charge port or windshield wipers). Damage caused by car washes is not covered by the warranty.”
Also washing it could fuck it up.
I don’t know about the Cybertruck or its charging port, but cars do have rain sensors to activate the wipers automatically when it rains. Car wash mode likely turns those sensors off to prevent damage to the wipers.
It must be something more substantial in this case, tearing the windshield wiper off wouldn’t brick the truck
Also locks the charging port, turns off the AC, locks the doors and windows. Still nothing that should prevent the car from breaking in a car wash…
Also, upon reading the article, seems like the car was fine after a reset, it just took 5 hours. Didn’t have anything to do with the car wash it seems.
But what if there is heavy rain? Are you supposed to put the car in car wash mode then? Why wouldn’t those things be sealed all the time?
They could have solved this with a layer of clear coat.
Without that, every single one will eventually patina.
To be fair patina looks cool on certain things, I just wouldn’t feel comfortable with it on any loving object, who knows what it could damage.
Edit: err um I meant moving not loving. Unless?
It’s worse than that, washing the car even in wash mode will damage the car because the fucking thing is made out aluminum stainless steel, you know, a mineral that corrodes if exposed to water long enough. It’s mind boggling how badly designed this car is.
Edit: sorry, confused my minerals there.
There’s a few things wrong here. First, it’s made of steel, which is iron and not aluminum. Second, neither of those is as mineral. Third, aluminum has pretty good corrosion resistance in terms of metals.
None of that is to say that Tesla had any idea what they were doing when designing this monstrosity.
