Watch This Cybertruck Get a Steering Fault After 1 Mile

The Tesla Cybertruck has been a lightning rod in the automotive community long before the production models started landing in customer hands. Now that Elon’s pet project has started to populate roadways across the country, we're starting to see videos from owners pop up online. Take this video from Thomas Remo of Gear Down on YouTube, which shows his truck’s steering system suffering from a major fault within the first mile of his ownership.

Remo is a pilot and a mechanic. His YouTube channel generally revolves around the private plane industry, and his life as a private pilot to some well-known A-listers. Remo recently purchased a brand-new Tesla Cybertruck in Cyberbeast trim, and documented his experience on collection day for his fans. The journey begins at Tesla in Irvine, California, where Remo and crew were slated to begin the delivery process. After a brief paperwork shuffle, Remo is ready to leave the car store and make his way onto the open road. In the clip we watch as Remo pulls out into traffic with the Cybertruck, exercising a healthy amount of the instant power on offer in the process. The truck does not seem to react well, as it immediately throws up warning screens across the touchscreen and sounds an alarm. While the driver nonchalantly notes that they already broke the rather expensive EV, the reality of the situation is a bit less of a laughing matter. The warning lights indicate that there is an issue with the truck’s steer-by-wire system, which ultimately tossed the truck into a limp mode restricted to just 4 mph. Remo was able to pull off of the road without incident, but that’s not exactly the sort of first drive that the average buyer wants to take.