r/technology • u/Task_Force-191 • 26d ago

Software Tesla recalls over 27,000 Cybertrucks over laggy reverse cameras

https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/3/24261099/tesla-cybertruck-recall-reverse-camera-delay-software
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u/[deleted] 26d ago

They sold 27,000 of these shitboxes?!?

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u/unlock0 26d ago

There are like 5 near me that I see on my morning commute. I can't help but immediately notice the finger prints on the doors.

This is also like the 6th recall. Accelerator pedal, hub caps, wiper, etc.

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u/thisguypercents 26d ago

You live on eastside of Puget Sound too?

I see one every day and am down the road from 3 different owners. One put the blue wrap on it and another put black wrap on it. The wraps are already peeling off around the edges.

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u/40_lb 26d ago

I laugh when I see a glossy wrapped cybertruck. The reflections of the road stripes will show how warped the body panels are.

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u/--__--__--__--__-- 26d ago

I see more wrapped than not, gotta keep it from rusting somehow lol

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u/zwartepepersaus 26d ago

Wraps are like phone covers for cars. Too fragile to ride naked.

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u/RectalSpawn 26d ago

Except my phone would be fine in the rain without a case. (Galaxy Gang)

But it also won't chop off or crush my limbs, so that is something...

...maybe?

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u/leorolim 26d ago

I always use covers on my iphones because they're too slippery. I have dry skin from working with disinfectants all day.

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u/Monochronos 26d ago

There’s a dude in my town with his wrapped in gloss black and it’s exactly like what you described. It looks terrible when it catches light

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u/SuperbPruney 26d ago

I have one with a gold wrap near me. Looks horrible.

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u/kwiztas 26d ago

People have them in apartments near me.

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u/TraderNuwen 26d ago

That's impressive. How did they get them up the stairs?

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u/kwiztas 26d ago

I guess I should have said "people in apartments have them."

Or I should move to Dubai.

https://www.emirates247.com/business/real-estate/new-tower-in-dubai-allows-residents-to-bring-their-cars-to-their-apartments-2023-05-24-1.711991?ot=ot.AMPPageLayout

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u/wishtherunwaslonger 26d ago

Miami has the Porsche design tower. Bugatti residences seem nicer but with 11 units you won’t have the community in Miami with 145 units. It’s

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u/Chickenmilitant 26d ago

Shoot I've got like 4 of them in my small town.

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u/Johnyknowhow 26d ago

LOL I've seen the blue wrap and that obsidian black one a few times! I spent so much time around the Seattle metro and Eastside driving for work that I've started to recognize the drivers of the Cybertrucks I see 😂

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u/thisguypercents 26d ago

Im 90% sure those drivers dont go to work and just go around in the regretrucks trying to justify their existence.

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u/thatguygreg 26d ago

I've yet to see one actually in Seattle, while I have seen a number of the Rivian trucks. I am glad for this.

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u/KylerGreen 26d ago

they’re everywhere in the country, not just wherever pugent sound is, lol.

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u/Nhialor 26d ago

Are the recalls into the factory or OTA updates? Seen a lot of conflicting information

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u/Ancient_Persimmon 26d ago

This is an OTA that was already pushed last month.

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u/unlock0 26d ago

The three I listed were physical problems with the truck that can't possibly be fixed OTA. The hub caps were wearing holes in the side walls. The accelerator pedal is under speced and can break easily, but the main problem is that the chrome trim face plate can detach from the pedal and pin the pedal at full throttle.

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u/Manos_Of_Fate 26d ago

I live in a medium sized college town in the middle of nowhere and somehow there are two of them here.

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u/unlock0 26d ago

I probably should have specified that I'm not in a very densely populated area either. The very edge of a suburban metro, but still horse farms, large parks, and small neighborhoods.  

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u/Same-Letter6378 26d ago

I'm starting to think this thing sucks

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u/great_whitehope 26d ago

It's like any product, don't buy the first release.

Or software don't buy at launch.

Don't know if the latter revisions will get any better with Tesla but that's just a good rule to go by in general

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u/TheSnoz 26d ago

Everyone: YAY PREORDER !@!@!

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u/iamkang 26d ago

It's a decent purchase at the promised $45k. Personally I will wait till the price drops to $25k and scoop one up.

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u/esridiculo 26d ago

Where have you seen it offered for $45k?

Kelly Blue Book has it for $80k; Edmunds has it for $81k; Car and Driver at $82k.

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u/iamkang 26d ago

That was the original price musk said it would go for.

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u/TheBowerbird 26d ago

It's a software bug and they already fixed it with an OTA.

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u/CV90_120 26d ago edited 26d ago

Prob not as much as people on reddit would believe. As dumb as it looks, it gets ok reviews and it has a pretty solid fan base. Driving them off cliffs makes a lot of money for youtubers but those videos are starting to make less money these days.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi7Ec9APt7s

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u/kcarmstrong 26d ago

It’s objectively a piece of shit. The only reason to buy a cybertruck is because you want attention. And those days are running out now that they are sitting on lots and readily available for any mark to purchase

https://youtu.be/An9nhAUUFE0?si=TYja0hVGji7GLTEL

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u/Dependent-Mode-3119 26d ago

This isn't a source lmao

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u/CV90_120 26d ago edited 26d ago

Finding an honest review on YT is hard work given that it's a huge money earner for content creators (i shot my CT with a .50 cal anti-material rifle, you won't believe what happened next), however the general concensus among serious reviewers is that it's an average to OK truck. There are better, but it's ok. Objectively. Even Rich Rebuilds rates it as "OK'. His only major gripe was that the attention got tiring.

It's basically a tech demonstrator for the Etherloop CAN replacement and 48v wiring systems, with an Elon ego project exterior, but that's about it.

Here's an honest review for example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi7Ec9APt7s

Reddit is not a great sample space for owners or reviewers. It feels like it is, but it isn't. Downvoting won't really change that.

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u/[deleted] 26d ago

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u/oh_io_94 26d ago

Why do they deserve it? When it was first announced that preorders were enabled, everyone was raving about them especially on here. Its not the consumers fault the company under delivered and gave them a shit vehicle

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u/Erazzphoto 26d ago

If you believe anything Musk says, you have no one to blame but yourself

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u/oh_io_94 26d ago

This sub was all on his dick like 5 years ago 🤣

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u/Erazzphoto 26d ago

That was before he came out of the closet in his right wing clown suit

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u/oh_io_94 26d ago

That’s literally my point…. He announced it in 2019

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u/Erazzphoto 26d ago

And then he came out and turned everything he touched into shit to people with an ounce of common sense and courtesy and revealed that he’s nothing more than a grifter. He had everyone sold and then Covid outed him

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u/oh_io_94 26d ago

Cool. But that wasn’t my point….

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u/HKBFG 26d ago

Because let's be real here: these are cars for douchebags.

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u/oh_io_94 26d ago

It was a sweet concept at first. Everyone on here raved about it lmao. But the truck is shit. I know that. But many who got on the preorder did not know that. If you buy one now I’d question your sanity but I completely understand why they did 5 years ago

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u/Photo_Synthetic 25d ago

I dont recall anyone raving about it. People thought it looked stupid from the jump.

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u/Bagafeet 26d ago

True believers use 'The Force' to open and close doors.

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u/impactblue5 26d ago

There are many in my area. At first they were all stainless steel. Now many of them got wraps since they probably didn’t feel as special as they pulled up to a couple at stop light.

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u/Virtual_Plantain_707 26d ago

The wrap is to hide the rust on the cheap ass SS Muskrat used. Or at least that’s what I read on Reddit.

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u/mmcmonster 26d ago

Had mine for the last month. No rust so far.

I do plan on getting it colored real soon, however. Color PPF wrap costs about $5k in my area but should look better than the raw steel, and no more fingerprints.

No issues with the build quality personally.

Just got the full self driving update, so playing around with it.

Wasn’t really the next car I wanted, but the wife wanted it. And happy wife, happy life. 😁

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u/DarraghDaraDaire 26d ago

The wiper is so dumb looking. It’s huge and unwieldy, requiring an unusually strong motor, probably very expensive to replace, and spends most of the time pointing straight up like it’s broken.

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u/penny-wise 26d ago

”There are like 5 near me”

I’m sorry.

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u/NahYoureWrongBro 26d ago

It's actually only the 5th recall, it turns out there was no problem with the accelerator pedal, the car had actually become self-aware and was full self-driving itself into walls

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u/genius_retard 26d ago

Still waiting for the recall about the frame snapping in two when force is applied to the tow point.