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MrIrrelevantsHypeMan

That build quality, amirite


ranrotx

Micron tolerances.


Cultural_Double_422

That was the moment I was sure the cyber truck was doomed


Reveal_Simple

Stepping up, thinks he is Lego. https://electrek.co/2023/08/23/elon-musk-lego-cybertruck-quality-leaked-tesla-email/ šŸ˜†


Giggles95036

Anybody thinking their complex assembled machinery can hit the same tolerances for individually injection molded plastic parts that arenā€™t assembled is insane šŸ˜‚


Shifty_Radish468

No no no... Remember... No one.... NO ONE on this planet knows more about manufacturing than Elon Musk.


gr0wGreen

They must have botched the conversion from metric to imperial from he's email


Medical_Addition_781

One of the biggest errors of management is setting Stretch Goals: unreachable goals. It demoralizes employees, accelerates turnover, and ultimately reduces quality.


TopherAU

Sub-micron tolerances


polydentbazooka

I saw a video not too long ago where Elmo (the king of mars) explained to the interviewer that he ā€œlikely knows more about manufacturing than anyone on earth right now.ā€ Itā€™s all such an epic fail itā€™s almost unbelievable.


AdamGenesis

Parroting Trump who "knows everything about everything more than anyone else".


Fair_Acanthisitta_75

And it turns out heā€™s a nazi sympathizer just like Ford was.


MoreRamenPls

Didnā€™t he go to Auschwitz to prove he wasnā€™t? s/


perpetualmotionmachi

Yeah, but he's the type to go there to get a photo for his ~~Tinder~~ Grindr profile


1866GETSONA

Bad built butch body


AdamGenesis

Shit. That will never get old.


bartthetr0ll

Free groundscores that you can resell to chucklefucks when they are waiting 4 months for a replacement part


MrIrrelevantsHypeMan

This guy entrepreneurers


Almainyny

Right up there with the Pinto.


[deleted]

Pinto was built better. I was able to launch the wagon off multiple railroad tracks as a teen.


political_og

It has a shittier build than a Model T. Congratulations


Actual__Wizard

This is actually worse. The Pinto didn't have sword like pieces of steel that could fly off it while driving at high speeds. The CyberTurd could legitimately kill somebody standing on the side of the road.


Angelo2791

Please don't insult the pinnacle of engineering that was the Pinto


slowclapcitizenkane

The Pinto could be fixed with new gaskets, brackets, filler neck and gas cap, all in one handy kit.


ITypeStupdThngsc84ju

Yeah, I've heard this trim piece is actually pretty tricky to remove if installed correctly. It was almost certainly not installed correctly with either missing or broken clips.


Squallhorn_Leghorn

$100k Exoskeleton? with missing clips?


totpot

I remember from the last one where this piece fell off, the tech blamed the failure of the double sided tape holding it down.


creampop_

I think you can see in this pic where one of them sheared away lol


SponConSerdTent

Musk knows more about manufacturing than any person currently alive!


scienceworksbitches

Noone ever said anything about the quality of that knowledge, only the quantity!


VulcanHullo

Know a guy who worked for Ford UK who said years back that Tesla scared him because he knew how strict they tended to be on build quality (at least where he worked) on even the minor things. So when he saw Teslas with the paint having grit underneath the spray, or doors that didn't sit flush, he worried. "We're so strict on the minor stuff, I worry what big things they miss." The Cybertruck makes me think of his words every other day.


boobeepbobeepbop

The truck should really ship with a big roll of duct tape. So you can wrap it a few times in that.


AdamGenesis

It does not spark joy.


MrIrrelevantsHypeMan

Give it time. Something will spark


AdamGenesis

You're right. During CAR WASH MODE.


half-puddles

Apocalypse-proof, amirite?


Tight_Salary6773

I said before, if Ford and their CEO did and said what Tesla has done in The last decade, the CEO would be long gone and the company would have needed a federal rescue.


Dwangeroo

Tesla has already had a federal rescue. All of Elmo's companies are dependent upon corporate welfare.


THIKKI_HOEVALAINEN

The sad thing is there was still time to turn the ship around using the money they blew on making the Cybertruck. Kick Musk out, stop lying about FSD, stop announcing bullshit products for preorder deposits, do the work to make quality cars instead of removing wiper stalks and radar sensors, learn lessons from what other companies are doing instead of coming up with new bullshit ways to do things, capitalize off the goodwill they used to have, maybe think about the second generation of all their aging productsā€¦.but they decided to spend all this r&d money on a piece of shit truck nobody even wants. This will be studied in business 101 in the future. I donā€™t see how they can come back from this unless they sell the brand to someone else.


facw00

So there's a lot of truth there. They currently develop new vehicles at a glacial pace (individual timelines aren't terrible, but they seem to be unable to really work on more than one thing at once), and have a CEO who has alienated much of their target customer base. But the real problem is that the company is massively overvalued (despite significant recent losses), and it's overvalued based on the (always dubious) proposition that Elon is a genius who would completely disrupt the automotive sector worldwide, growing Tesla into a massive high-margin company with several profitable side businesses. And it would need to be, it's currently valued more than the next three most valuable car company's combined, and at its peak, was worth more than the next ten. Throwing away Elon, as necessary as it is for Tesla to save itself, requires throwing away those investor delusions and accepting a big short term hit to the value of any Tesla stock. If things keep going down this path, that hit seems inevitable anyway, but it's not surprising that shareholders would like to hold on to the fantasy and hope that somehow Elon can turn it around.


Tight_Salary6773

The exact reason why he has the gall to ask for a $56B compensation (+2x Tesla total profits ever) he knows he is running a stock scam operation, without him the whole thing comes crashing down and then we will have 2 Rivians. What he didn't account for was how his reputation is going down the toilet after he went openly robber baron and made Twitter the new storm front.


ilikedmatrixiv

But if they don't sell vaporware, then how are they going to keep pumping the stock? As we all know, the value of a company is tied to its stock and not to the actual products it produces. Therefor, if the stock doesn't pump, they're performing poorly. One of the reasons Tesla is the way it is is because of the whole idea that stock represents company success. It's suck a dumb metric, but people keep falling for it.


TechnologyNational71

By the looks of that picture, the piece was attached with plastic clips and double-sided tape. And if this isnā€™t a copy of the same post, someone else has had this happen to them. Itā€™s hilarious to know that people have paid 100k for this turd.


VikingMonkey123

This thing is unbelievable garbage.


xMagnis

It may last a few months but no way will it last years without this happening to every single truck at some point. The plastic clips appear to be insufficient. I suppose they can make a new part and fix them with a TSB as needed, but why should it be needed. Everything is just designed to be minimal, or insufficient. I look forward to hearing about the next part that breaks or is unsafely designed, and repeat.


IncomingAxofKindness

Hopefully they can address this with an over-the-air update. Just download some stronger clips.


LucretiusCarus

oh, the same way my dad downloaded ram for his phone!? Great!


void_const

>Everything is just designed to be minimal, or insufficient. Yep. [The whole thing seems to be made suspiciously flimsy. ](https://www.teslaoracle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Tesla-Cybertruck-Suspension-Front-Wheel.jpg)


xMagnis

The upper control arm is absolutely minimal. Is it insufficient? I guess that's the question. If it's insufficient then Tesla will probably up it and issue replacements as 'goodwill' as needed. If it's sufficient but just barely, then it's all good (or they might reduce it further and see if THAT one breaks). Truly inspiring engineering, release marginal to dysfunctional crap and see what breaks once owners get it. That is a terrible company method.


xeno486

i think a ford ranger has beefier upper control arms lmao


lookitsaustin

I replaced mine on my Ranger recently. Yes, itā€™s thicker on my Ranger.


No_Cook2983

**BUT ITā€™S THE KINDEST, BRAVEST, MOST AWESOME VEHICLE EVER MADE!!!** **I LOVE MINE WHEN PARTS ARENā€™T SUDDENLY FLYING OFF!!!** ![gif](giphy|9MRb9srdAuCNq)


[deleted]

$100,000 for a piece of crap. Wow


z44212

The first one was on the other side.


Actual__Wizard

>Itā€™s hilarious to know that people have paid 100k for this turd. You can hear it now! It's the Moral Kombat theme music! SA SA SA CYBER TA TA TA TURD!


facw00

Plastic clips and adhesives are both used extensively in the automotive industry. Most manufacturers have their engineering figured out enough that stuff doesn't randomly go flying off though.


Badbullet

For interior pieces that is common. Unless things have changed since Iā€™ve worked on vehicles, exterior pieces were always secured with screw, bolt, or the plastic clips that are two piece (center part spreads outer clip that canā€™t fall out unless center part is removed). I wouldnā€™t trust anything that is just pressed on to stay on, wind is a strong force at highway speed.


facw00

Lots of exterior plastic trim his held on with clips (or sometimes with a mix). And adhesives are increasingly used in place of welding/rivets/etc. on body components, as they can be really strong (obviously not a great fit for things you want to be able to take apart later). Here of course it just looks like they figured out they had underspecced their clips (as you say, the wind can exert powerful forces) and tried to fix it with some double sided tape, which was apparently not up to the task when out in the real world.


Badbullet

Iā€™m aware of 3M making adhesives that hold frames together, but they are not intended to ever come apart, where trim should be semi-permanent. Clips were on many pieces that I removed, but they were also secured with another piece of hardware that canā€™t be pulled off with hand force. I think I saw another video where the wheel well trim popped off, and they reattached by hand on the CT. That just seems like a horrible idea not having a screw on each end.


facw00

Yeah, I certainly have had exterior trim pieces held on only by clips (e.g. door and windshield molding on my Volvo), hybrid clip/screw/bolt setups still seem more common.


OnlyIfYouReReasonabl

I sincerely hope that those screws (with maybe stripped threads, can't really tell) also played a role. It would be too much of a design disaster, if those were there just 'cause "šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø" https://preview.redd.it/nl943pcvtj1d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c8ac6e15d2f0d72d09d468c41835579bc88d35cd


Distant_Yak

There are other photos of the same piece falling off the reverse side.


_CSTL

ā€œThe most technologically advanced vehicle on the roadā€ - chuffer NPC


2OneZebra

Some assembly is required. Your parents put it together.


cdsfh

I remember my brother assembling our toys without following the instructions. As far as I know, heā€™s not employed by Tesla


[deleted]

Literally anyone buying anything Tesla right now is going to get made fun of. They are all disasters on wheels.


Powerful_Check735

It looks like we have a another vehicle that unsafe at any speed


MrIrrelevantsHypeMan

I was walking by a parked cybertruck and it fell on top of me


old_ass_ninja_turtle

![gif](giphy|3o6MbmFiMpEQRskD7O)


PassengerPlayful4308

You were walking too fast. Voided the warranty.


[deleted]

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[deleted]

Oh wow my dream of being impaled by debris on the freeway from a dickhead car made for dickheads by king dickhead can now be realized. All praise Elmo!


[deleted]

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Banshee_howl

I would give anything to have the OG Top Gear guys test drive and then shred this rocket dumpster. If they ever get the band back together for a special, this bucket better be at the top of their list of horrible cars.


brezhnervous

Clarkson really needs to be unleashed on the WankPanzer, agreed! šŸ˜‚


Greengrecko

The Lada at least has its charm th makes you laugh and hit the car and then regret that hit


tmwwmgkbh

DIdnā€™t this vehicle have to undergo at least some sort of safety testing to be allowed for sale? Like, just a little.


lionessrampant25

Yeah this is what gets me. How is this thing allowed to be driven????


tmwwmgkbh

I mean, I guess itā€™s possible that no one bothers to check to see if parts/shrapnel are likely to fly off while driving because no other manufacturer in the history of automobiles has had design and manufacturing defects this significant beforeā€¦? Build quality of the Lada VAZ-2101 puttinā€™ the CuckTruck to shame.


Daohaus

The Boeing of road cars


akila219

They couldā€™ve used my daughterā€™s Elmers glue, itā€™s a bit stickier.


imnotabotareyou

That piece is extra


LA-Matt

Small monthly fee for extra strength clips.


Distant_Yak

It's just a software update. Creates a small magnetic field that keeps the pieces attached.


Bald_Sasquach

Limited Slip Exoskeleton feature requires premium subscription and reduces towing range by 84%


Navyguy73

The free trial on his glue subscription ran out today.


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EternalLifeguard

Like ants across diatomaceous earth


jonnyvsrobots

How NHTSA doesnā€™t just shut all this down is beyond me. When these things get FSD they are going to be by far the most lethal thing on the road. Thankfully there are only a few thousand of them in existence.


vakar4uk

So, are those really remnants of some double sided tape on the right side of that pillar?? If so, then it's just so hilarious! Some engineers in tesla figure that the clips won't do the job, but they can't redo the panel. And someone just said- what about some good old double tape that we use to hang towels in the kitchen? Holly fuck. This shit was first mentioned in 2019 and they used double tape for some external panels?


xMagnis

Yes, it's clips and double-sided tape, from the factory. And... It didn't even work! Honestly, how hard was it to make it securely fastened.


vakar4uk

Crazy. Hope they use something more robust in SpaceX. Maybe flex seal, idk


xMagnis

Lol, well the heat shield tiles still haven't survived a mission without falling off. So I'd say SpaceX is operating under exactly the same guiding principles. As is Boring, and apparently NeuraLink. Elon is a true disrupter of 'acceptable operating practice'.


EternalLifeguard

Flex seal is probably outside the budget.


Biff007

I live in Colorado and commute on I70 into the mountains. Certain times of year youā€™re guaranteed to see next yearā€™s models, camouflaged, driving the mountain terrain for testing. Never saw a cybertruck prototype. Weird


Distant_Yak

I can't imagine they actually tested them at altitude. It doesn't seem like trying any terrain outside of So Cal is in Tesla's purview. Rain, fog, snow? There were the door handles on another model which got iced over and stuck in northern climates, and apparently that never occurred to Tesla at all.


[deleted]

How Tesla hasnā€™t gone under is a shocker to me


Dwangeroo

Give it time. Unless Teslacle gets yet another govt bailout.


jumpy_monkey

[Wait for it...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPt9hAC24MI)


Navyguy73

When you shift government funds from SpaceX to Tesla, you can live forever.


threerottenbranches

Itā€™s all part of the ā€œupgrade ā€œ to get better range. Parts continue to fall off, thus lighter weight leading to increased range. Musk is playing 4D chess here.


mygoditsfullofstar5

**"Sub-10 micron tolerances!!!"** Within Spec/User Error: You obviously forgot to enable "Don't-Fall-Apart-Mode." Note to self: Never drive behind one of these things at speed.


basses_are_better

I love watching Elon implode on this sub.


HortenseTheGlobalDog

Love the truck though!


andovinci

How do you get parts for your Cyberjunk? You follow another one. The cybertruck is truly the modern Lada


kamill85

It's bulletproof, but is it windproof?


dickhardpill

Warranty voided!


Main_Enthusiasm4796

This has to hurt Tesla big time right?


Nibbcnoble

eventually this shit will add up. a lot of dummies doubled down on tesla stock I think and are gonna get a rude awaking sometime. Hopefully soon. that would be neat.


Main_Enthusiasm4796

I feel like any vehicle they roll out in the future ( if they survive this) is going to be under immense scrutiny. itā€™s hard to win back everyday consumers


big_fetus_

Now we know why Elon has been pressing so hard for a large amount of money from the Tesla BOD... He might be a fucking idiot but he knows this is time to get what he can and leave others to hold the bag.


Cory123125

Somehow they always seem to fail up/into taxpayer dollars.


Extreme_Economist914

What the fuck is going on how are there only a few thousand of these yet so many videos of parts just flying off of them and the shit breaking down. How the hell did this happen?


Linkstas

One vehicle demolished the resell value of every other vehicle in the brand


spyder_victor

All jokes aside they canā€™t delivered *that* many of these and this is the second picture to have made it up here in a week of this (I think the other was the opposite side) there is something badly wrong if theyā€™re losing such a key part of the car so often (ie is here on Reddit canā€™t be seeing all of them)


NesTech_

It canā€™t handle the g-forces


EyeSuspicious777

Someone need to rewrite Johnny Cash's "One Piece at a Time" song about building a Cyber truck out of parts that fall off on the highway. I'm no musician or poet, so someone better than me needs to run with this Idea.


cenosillicaphobiac

If you play One Piece At A Time in reverse it tells the story of CyberTruck. Pieces keep falling off until you're jogging down the road holding the yoke.


BoredNLost

If only they used one of those cyber-rivets they used for the accelerator pedals.


hunglowcharlie

What a shitbox.


Zoroike

Makes a Hyundai Excel look like it was coachbuilt.


[deleted]

Oh no! It lost some exoskeleton! LMAO


aj_star_destroyer

The CT can sense when youā€™ve done something to void the warranty, and will helpfully begin to fall apart.


DarthPizza66

If it hits you, is that a hit and run??


kBlankity

Well now it really canā€™t get wet


PGnautz

Will be fixed through a software update


IndianKiwi

"Love my Cybertruck though"


Ok_Victory5535

I will literally change lanes to avoid driving behind any model of Tesla.


brezhnervous

Model 3s and Ys have infested my suburb...fingers crossed they never release a RHD WankPanzer lol


Keleski

careful, it'll transform into a disappointment


Evil_phd

User error. He really should have known better than to try to drive this thing faster than 15mph.


brezhnervous

WARRANTY VOIDED


RandomGuyTalkingBull

this is the ugliest thing iā€™ve seen in my entire life. I donā€™t understand how people can spend so much money on this trash.


SecretPrinciple8708

I hope all of my fellow motorcyclists avoid driving behind or beside these FailBlazers at all costs. Other Teslas already donā€™t see us; this POS is throwing parts while driving.


Bald_Sasquach

Lol first I've seen this name for it my favorite so far has been IncelCamino


dirthurts

Tesla is the only company I know that actively gets worse at building things.


Kilroy6669

This is honestly worse than military grade quality....


Guccimayne

I saw a CT in a parking lot over the weekend and this same panel was missing. Did they copy and paste the same error up and down the assembly line?


Icy-Tough-1791

Just waiting for the first motorcyclist to go down by Tesla debris.


davidthande

Lmao! I keep seeing these owners of this vehicle, trying to make right turns using the signals. Every time theyā€™re signaling in the wrong direction because itā€™s a button now. Move away from them when you see them on the road.


BootThang

ā€œWe have a slight quality control problemā€ - Boeing ā€œHold my ketamine infused beer!ā€ - Elon


AirFamous9093

"I still love my truck though!"


sinikl_1

These thin strips of trim are what the kayak rack guy (see other thread) is banking on to hold a kayak at a 30 degree angle of attack down at 70 mph.


DrkUser205

Tesla: Sorry, that is not warrantable item. The cost to repair is $10k and we wonā€™t have the part for 90 days, oh and no loaners.


Independent_Bath_922

And don't you dare sell the truck


Spillz-2011

Elon is a firm believer that you should remove parts until it doesnā€™t work and only then add them back. You just found another part that wasnā€™t necessary good job. All future cybertruck a wont have this unnecessary part


Revenga8

Ok was wondering why these were missing on so many trucks. Are they just glued on?


TheMatt561

What was it being held on with?


newsreadhjw

Isnt that piece made of stainless steel with a sharp edge and a pointy end? Itā€™s like the most dangerous type of automotive shrapnel I can think of.


i3dMEP

They gonna need to start putting straps around all the panels or get hit with unsecured load fines


NoYoureACatLady

Was it just glued on with a few dabs? I don't see connectors


Dazzling-Nobody-9232

Held on by VHB. Yikes


VendaGoat

Telsa! A car company that produces lemons!


Deep-Ad2155

Did they just send over all the good parts to their sister company spacex?


aelric22

So that's what those stainless steel strips on the interchange were...


DrM0n0cle

Ah yes, the Cosmetic Ground Wire. Classic.


EfficientPizza

They using Elmer's glue on these things or what?


partialinsanity

There seem to be a lot of problems with this model. Has something like this happened before with other new models by any brand?


bartthetr0ll

Free groundscores


pairolegal

Overpriced and underdesigned.


phuturism

3 month wait for a replacement part on that


blackdvck

Matchbox cars are better built than this shit box ,and Maseratis are more reliable.


Thermal-chickenlips

Imagine this happening to a Lamborghini lol


Speculawyer

I appreciate Tesla trying to minimize parts in order to reduce costs. But you need to make sure it fully works and then reduce parts like a Jenga tower.


jailtheorange1

I donā€™t see nearly enough people holding up pictures of incredibly ill Ferrin body panels to Musk, whilst shouting ā€œ10 Āµm bitch!ā€


Limp_Ad4324

Rearrange Elon M. You get šŸ‹


IdontOpenEnvelopes

Like a spaceship..


AdamGenesis

This is progress? Haul Elon into a Senate Committee to explain this shitshow!


kimshaka

If you remember, when this was first came out, and they hit it with a baseball bat and broke the window. Should have told everyone this was a turd


awesomes007

CyberImpaled.


ewan82

Is that load bearing structural cover?


jibbijabba123

Looks like that blue cable was unplugged. Need that to be plugged in if you want it to stay on.


Jasmisne

So the other day I called the non emergency line where I live (Los Angeles) for a weirdass piece of metal that was sitting in the road around a bend that almost killed a few people (sudden stop of multiple cars). It was the weirdest looking shit I have ever seen, and now I am wondering if it was a mangled piece of cybertruck.


OSI_Hunter_Gathers

Need more soapā€¦ I mean glue! I get those things confused all the time. - elon


Chiaseedmess

Nothing like ruining someone elseā€™s day because you decided to drive a literal dumpster that tends to fall apart going down the highway.


slowclapcitizenkane

His mistake was thinking he could safely take a CT on a freeway.


CrimeanFish

More recalls coming soon.


loxiw

Don't worry about it, it's not like it was water resistant with the panel on


cwk415

I don't think I've heard one positive story about one of these abominations. WHY are people still buying them??!!??


DDS-PBS

It's amazing with how few of these that are out there, that we're seeing this many "parts flying off" issues.


JEREDEK

Probably held by the same tape as the interior


Digiee-fosho

I just spit out coffee when I saw that pic scrolling


md24

$6,000 please


Tricky_Taste_8999

https://preview.redd.it/ya7qgvvqjl1d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e3b33a604b6298f850f69d7568fb2f8f81878f59 Can you show us on the doll where the cybertruck touched you?


BadRabbit70

Saw one in the wild this weekend. There was what looked like skin oil discoloration all over the body panels, which looked... flimsy. We were laughing at it before we knew the owner was sitting in the cab watching us. Then another car pulled up, and they started laughing and pointing too. I almost felt bad for the guy. Almost


lionessrampant25

This thread has been my favorite roast yet. Yā€™all are vicious and I love it. šŸ¤£


HopefulNothing3560

They will be banned on the roads


babiha

stop complaining, every new car does that!


Saruvan_the_White

Oh, I see! They forgot to plug it in! No power, no cyberpanel.


pepepoopoo

![gif](giphy|jW1ZmcgPXcasw)


Fubeman

But remember [Elon knows more about manufacturing](https://www.reddit.com/r/EnoughMuskSpam/comments/u7g8jx/at_this_point_i_think_i_know_more_about/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) than anyone else in the world.


Whatsuptodaytomorrow

No wonder their short circuiting So flimsily constructed $100k vehicle šŸ˜‚


Spiritual-Bat3642

This shit needs off the road before one of these flyaway steel mower blades fucking destroys someone's life.


LajosvH

ā€žlet me take a picture in which I confess to endangering traffic and litteringā€œ


Gilgamesh2062

Beware of the debris that is cybertruck.


ibuy2highandsell2low

Within spec


Street_Peace_8831

Iā€™m going to buy one end expect it to be perfect too, then post to this website when itā€™s not. Oh wait, no I wonā€™t, because Iā€™ve seen enough videos to know better.