Tesla Cybertruck deliveries stalled as trim takes ...

The Cybertruck has had a tough begin to 2025. Gross sales aren’t as excessive as anticipated, persons are throwing eggs at them and spray-painting crude photos and feedback on them, and a few persons are even replacing Tesla logos on their automobiles with different manufacturers.

To make issues worse, as Tesla stock plummets, the Cybertruck faces a brand new problem. In keeping with Electrek, deliveries of the Cybertruck are reportedly at present on maintain whereas the corporate addresses an issue involving part of its trim detaching and “flying off” the car.

It is unclear how lengthy the maintain will final on the automobiles, nevertheless it may take a few weeks for Tesla to deal with the difficulty.

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The problem is with the truck’s cantrail

Clients are listening to about delays from Tesla service reps

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Tesla service representatives have reached out to impacted clients to inform them concerning the containment maintain on their truck. When you’re not acquainted, a containment maintain is a step taken by an automaker to resolve a top quality concern or defect earlier than delivering a car to a buyer.

Electrek did share a screenshot of a direct message dialog between an affected buyer and a Tesla customer support consultant, who instructed them the difficulty needed to do with the truck’s cantrail. The cantrail is an ornamental trim overlaying the roof ledge above the door. For a automobile that is imagined to be “bulletproof,” it is spectacular that the trim of the car above the door can simply be “flying off.” Based mostly on customer complaints, it might be as a result of the trim is glued on — wild.

This is not the primary time the Cybertruck has had points with its trim. At this charge, it won’t be the final time, both. There are tons of movies posted on-line about folks having the ability to peel the trim proper off their automobile. In 2024, Tesla recalled over 11,000 Cybertrucks resulting from points with the trim detaching. That is fairly tough, contemplating that Tesla solely bought an estimated 40,000 Cybertrucks final yr.

Clients who’ve had their Cybertruck deliveries placed on maintain due to the difficulty have but to be instructed when to count on supply. The YouTube video under gives detailed perception into the issue with the cantrail trim on Cybertrucks and is value trying out.

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