Tesla issued a recall for each single Cybertruck built to date, in addition to a stop-sale that lasted nearly every week, and it’s something that may’t be solved with an over-the-air update. Apparently assembly line staff used slippery soap to get the truck’s throttle pedal pad onto the pedal, and leftover soap was causing the pad to slide off and get stuck at wide open throttle. Thankfully the truck cuts acceleration once you press the brake pedal, so hopefully there weren’t any injuries caused in consequence of the problem. Regardless, Tesla is currently attempting to determine a fix for the pedal slip off, as much as and including affixing the quilt with additional hardware.
The reason for the problem, as described by Tesla to the NHTSA:
An unapproved change introduced lubricant (soap) to assist within the component assembly of the pad onto the accelerator pedal. Residual lubricant reduced the retention of the pad to the pedal.
Who amongst us could have predicted such a problem?
Going back to the drafting board, Tesla says it can “at no charge to the customer,” replace the accelerator pedal “such that the assembly meets specifications and ensures sufficient retention force between the pad and accelerator pedal to prevent the pad from dislodging.”
According to The Autopian, Tesla’s fix seems to have been simply affixing the pedal pad to the pedal with a rivet. This wouldn’t be the primary time Tesla has simply gone to the ironmongery shop to repair its cars before delivery. It seems pretty par for the course considering the corporate built cars in a tent.
Tesla says it is just not aware of any accidents brought on by the slipped throttle pedal pad, though it’d help explain some.
Credit : jalopnik.com
