I feel like the question "can anything become detached in the driver footwell?" should be on the final design signoff for every vehicle...
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Tesla To Recall 3,878 Cybertrucks Over Faulty Accelerator Pedal
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I feel like the question "can anything become detached in the driver footwell?" should be on the final design signoff for every vehicle...
Tesla to recall 3,878 Cybertrucks over faulty accelerator pedal
Is this every Cybertruck made so far?
"Unlike many Tesla recalls, this one cannot be fixed with a simple over-the-air software update. Tesla will have to have owners respond to letters and bring the Cybertrucks into its service centers for a repair at no charge."
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pedal to the metal seems like a bad worst case in a vehicle with that much torque and hp
I feel like the question "can anything become detached in the driver footwell?" should be on the final design signoff for every vehicle...
my guess is yes. also speaks volumes on production rate 4 1/2 months after the delivery event...
Yes, all of them made through April 4th:
Here is the actual recall with all of the information: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V276-7026.PDF
I picked up my Cybertruck from service today and they couldn’t fix the pedal because there is no fix available for them yet.
zoomer0056
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Again, you are spreading false information. A Tesla supplier was using soap to make their life easier, but it was not a procedure/process approved by Tesla. And will likely result in that supplier paying for all of the costs to remediate the issue. (i.e. The cost of replacement pedal assemblies as well as the time for Tesla techs to install them.)
Watts_Up
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Does any picture of the defective accelerator pedal have been published?
The following description is quite interesting. I wounder who made the decission to use soap?
The following description is quite interesting. I wounder who made the decission to use soap?
Description of the Cause : An unapproved change introduced lubricant (soap) to aid in the componentassembly
of the pad onto the accelerator pedal. Residual lubricant reduced theretention of the pad to the pedal.
However, the most important was that when applying the brake, the vehicle was going to a stop:
- On April 2, 2024, Tesla Engineering reviewed the vehicle’s data logs, which confirmed that
both brake andaccelerator pedals were pressed and the vehicle behaved as intended,
meaning the brake pedal cut drivetorque and brought the vehicle to a stop.
"I just want to emphasize that while I think that this is potentially our best product over, in fact I think it is our best product ever,…….”
- Elon Musk
- Elon Musk
The Supplier: KSR International Inc.
We don't know if it was a rouge employee, or if management at the supplier approved the assembly method without consulting Tesla.
Here is the official TSB with instructions on how to fix it:
It appears the final solution is going to be using a rivet even on new pedal assemblies.
It appears the final solution is going to be using a rivet even on new pedal assemblies.
brainhouston
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unfortunately, there's almost no products that are made by only one supplier, aka Tesla in this case
every business depends on other suppliers but final product is what gets in trouble, just the way it is
i see it at my workplace all the time
don't blame tesla, they're just end user in this case...
every business depends on other suppliers but final product is what gets in trouble, just the way it is
i see it at my workplace all the time
don't blame tesla, they're just end user in this case...
Don't see any soap on mine, nor can I make it budge. Really tried hard. Then I let a friend of mine go at the pedal to see if anything is wrong. Nada.
Maybe something has changed along the way.
Some are holding on to the wheel covers. I am going sans rivet on mine. JK. I am going to take it in. Slight wind noise on left passenger. Other than that all good for now. 8k in miles.
Maybe something has changed along the way.
Some are holding on to the wheel covers. I am going sans rivet on mine. JK. I am going to take it in. Slight wind noise on left passenger. Other than that all good for now. 8k in miles.
FastEddieB
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Mike_TV
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Some people like the look. Tesla sells a performance pedal cover for the S/X for $150. They are just covers.
Very true, but a lot of people believe Tesla is different because they make the parts themselves. In reality they design the parts, and have suppliers build them because thats they only way to make economic sense! They use similar processes to everyone else (no surprise) but what they choose the spend on and how much is where the difference is.
In many situations the issue is the designer (Tesla) does not really specify a lot of the details on things like if the cover can be applied using soap and they leave it up to the supplier. In this case the FMEA should have indicated there needed to be some kind of an adhesive or locking mechanism to hold the cover in place.
Tesla has much more of a FAFO attitude where legacy auto makers have been burned by these things before so they have a bigger focus on safety in design.
I always hammer on the design engineers to specify as much as possible in the design requirements and not trust that something should be common sense or the supplier should know better. If you ask them to make it as cheap as possible and what they make meets spec, they did what you asked!
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