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Bulletproof? Is it waterproof? Ts&Cs say: 'Failure to put Cybertruck in Car Wash Mode may result in damage'

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago

Wait, so Car Wash mode has to be on while driving in the rain also?

[–] [email protected] 70 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Not even a water issue.

The advisor said that "it is a known issue in the Cybertruck that when you do a screen reset, instead of resetting in the standard two minutes, it takes five hours."

This is crappy and lax software testing and verification testing.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What even is a screen reset supposed to be here and why would you have to do it? Asking as a pleb conventional car driver whose screen just turns on and off with the car automatically.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (5 children)

It's just like in my model 3 or my wife's Teluride, the info screen/software can lock up or get stuck in a weird state and both have a way to reset it.

Normally neither would be a big deal, I push a button(s) and the screen goes black, it comes back up, again no big deal but at least with the Teluride, there's a the instrument cluster and heads up display to show your speed. I'm assuming the cyber truck is like my model 3 where the speed is only shown on the center screen. If it take's five hours over the minute of downtime, well that's going to be a problem. That said, in my model 3, I've only had to do this a handful of times on my model 3, mostly because the radio isn't working and only once on the newer Teluride because the map was stupid.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

So, it would block the exit of that car wash because it's playing dead and sulking?

Then you need to ask some random people to help you push it away to the side, and everyone gets a good laugh ...😅

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Would you even be able to move it? You'd have to put it in neutral first so you can attempt to push it but good luck with that if it's bricked. I know electric cars generally shouldn't really be towed either (a few meters might be okay but I'm not sure).

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 8 months ago (2 children)

How are there so many things wrong with this vehicle? Like a total recall for the accelerator pedal sounds like the least of their concerns when the car can be bricked by a reboot and the exterior isn’t allowed to have bird shit on it unless it’s removed immediately.

I mean, I know why. But how? Aren’t vehicles massively regulated? How did any of these make it off the production line?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 8 months ago (6 children)

Depends on the local laws. It's not road legal in the EU, for example

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Vehicle regulations are typically only for emission standards or exhaust loudness. For the most part as long as the vehicle can do the speed limit there's very little regulation on the matter.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (6 children)

You're forgetting the annual safety inspection required in most US states. That'll catch stuff like brakes wearing out, taillights and headlights that need to be replaced, and other stuff.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago

Did they hire former boeing engineers?

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