tesla will recall 3,878 units of its latest vehicle, the Cybertruck pickup truck, to solve a defect that causes the accelerator pedal to get stuck, causing the driver to be unable to control his car.
The call for review comes after the owner of a Cybertruck in the United States, José Martínez, posted a video last week on his el.chepito1985 TikTok account in which he demonstrates how the pedal cover comes off and causes it to break. get stuck.
The video, which already has more than 4.5 million views and 200,000 comments, prompted the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to contact Tesla.
Documents published this Friday on the NHTSA website indicate that the recall affects all Cybertruck manufactured between November 13, 2023 and April 4, 2024.
Since April 17, the truck has been produced with a new accelerator pedal that does not suffer from this defect.
tesla explained to federal authorities that the problem is a consequence of the application “Not approved” during the manufacturing process of a lubricant to insert the cover into the pedal. Excess lubricantreduced cover retention on pedal“he added tesla.
The company will replace the defective cover free of charge to ensure that it does not come off the pedal.
Source: Gestion
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