Yahoo Autos Tesla Cybertruck Slippery Pedal Recall Caused By Soap
Tesla issued a recall for every single Cybertruck built thus far, as well as a stop-sale that lasted nearly a week, and it’s something that can’t be solved with an over-the-air update. Apparently assembly line workers used slippery soap to get the truck’s throttle pedal pad onto the pedal, and leftover soap was causing the pad to slip off and get stuck at wide open throttle. Thankfully the truck cuts acceleration when you press the brake pedal, so hopefully there weren’t any injuries caused as a result of the issue. Regardless, Tesla is currently trying to figure out a fix for the pedal slip off, up to and including affixing the cover with additional hardware.
The cause of the issue, as described by Tesla to the NHTSA:
An unapproved change introduced lubricant (soap) to aid in the component assembly of the pad onto the accelerator pedal. Residual lubricant reduced the retention of the pad to the pedal.
