Despite the recent release of these Tesla EVs — and the little road time they’ve been subjected to — Cybertrucks are already developing imperfections on their body panels, leading owners to debate what’s causing the early signs of rust on forums. From Futurism:
One Cybertruck Owners Club forum member says they started noticing small orange flecks appearing on his truck after driving it in the rain for just two days.
“Just picked up my Cybertruck today,” they wrote. “The advisor specifically mentioned the cybertrucks develop orange rust marks in the rain and that required the vehicle to be buffed out.”
The Cybertruck owner posted followup photos after washing the vehicle down with soap, and they didn’t inspire much confidence, showing body panels already pockmarked with small orange spots.
Cross post from https://lemmy.world/comment/7544395
You mean it somehow gets uglier? Given their history, I’m guessing Tesla will charge a fortune for special buffing pads and will void warranties for use of non-Tesla anti-rust measures.
Already?
Yup. One response said this …
“They documented the corrosion, and told me they’ll give me a call next month when the tools have arrived and they can perform the service/repair,” the user wrote after taking their vehicle to their local service center. “The Cybertruck has 381 miles on it, and has spent much of the 11 days in my custody parked in front of my house.”
“Looking forward to the patina” HAHA whatever you fools gotta tell yourselves…
I find patina pretty cool. I have brass stationary and stuff that looks pretty neat. I’m genuinely interested in seeing the rusted cybertrucks.
Patina is cool, I agree. I think what we’ll see would be better described as damage.
I thought it would be more cosmetic than damage. In that case, I wonder if they’ll get recalled or something. Working with stainless steel is kind of a feat they tried to undertake. Obviously haven’t worked in favor for them with the terrible tolerances and inconsistencies customers have already experienced.
Whilst I don’t disagree, the people who spent all this money on the cyber truck almost certainly didn’t do it for the patina, and saying otherwise is pretty obvious fanboy-ism.
Yet another example proving that having more money is no indication of intellect or critical thinking skills.
Teslas have always been junk. Junk the manufacturer doesn’t even bother stocking adequate replacement parts for because you already bought it, suckers.
Tesla agrees …
Owners say the EVs are not actually stain proof, and even the Tesla Cybertruck manual confirms the steel panels are susceptible to such corrosive substances as grease, oil, tree resin, dead insects, etc., which should be washed off quickly to prevent corrosion.
I can probably find a similar passage in the manual for my 2014 VW. I’ll check in the morning and report back.
Surface contaminants such as acid rain, rain dust, airborne pollutants, bird droppings, bug splatter and industrial fallout can cause clear coat finishes to look faded.
but …
they are more sensitive to scratches and you should be careful not to use abrasive rubbing or polishing compounds on them. Source
The scratches/chips/etc are where rust developes.
Problem is you have to buy the damn car first in order to read the manual.
I would like to see some pictures. It’s hard to judge what the magnitude of the problem is without seeing.
My wife and I saw our first cyber truck last weekend, it looked like it had just driven through a mud puddle, except evenly over the entire vehicle, it had been raining the prior week, I wonder if it was parked outside. Also thought maybe it was reflecting maybe some dirt from below it, but it wasn’t because it was from every angle.
"It’s like a Pontiac Aztec fucked a delorean, redefined the definition of ugly car, took the title from the i3 (Aztec handed it off to pt cruiser handed it off to i3 (which is looking quite a bit better these days) cyber truck is the crown holder for the foreseeable future, hopefully we won’t see too many of them)
it looked like it had just driven through a mud puddle, except evenly over the entire vehicle
I wouldn’t expect a vehicle to rust uniformly.
Unless they sell it in copper, or this chuckle head had his wrapped in brass, the thing was looking mud colored. Can’t explain it, would’ve taken a picture but I didn’t want them thinking it was an picture of awe.
