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Tesla issues 5th recall for the new Cybertruck within a year, the latest due to rearview camera (abcnews.go.com)

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

I see Cybertrucks all the time. Everything about it is so ridiculous that I am genuinely embarrassed for the driver. I think it is the scale. If it was the size of a Hyundai Santa Cruz, the aesthetic might work...maybe. It just looks silly, gawdy, unfinished, and cheap.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

My new Hyundai did this, sorta, and it also had to be recalled. Shifting into reverse would immediately display the rear view camera (good) but then about 25% of the time it would flash a dialogue box on top of the display with instructions on how to operate the display (bad). You could select “Dismiss” or “Don’t Show This Again”. Selecting “Don’t show This Again” did nothing (worse). With the dialog present you could not see the rear view camera display and if you are one of many drivers with muscle memory, the car was already rolling backwards when you realize you cannot see (unacceptable).

Elon sucks and I would never buy a Tesla but just adding this as a reference point that software in cars generally sucks.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 months ago (16 children)

You can tell Elon is a genius because he gets people to pay to do prototype testing for him.

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[–] [email protected] 90 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (8 children)

We gotta stop calling software updates recalls. Yeah I get that it’s fun to bash on the Cybertruck but this isn’t really that interesting.

Now that sticky accelerator pedal… yikes.

[–] [email protected] 152 points 2 months ago (9 children)

Recall is a legal term for the car industry which includes stuff like reporting obligations. So if the defect meets the severity level of a recall it should be called as such, even if it is 'just' a software update. Ambiguous terms for safety violations are dangerous and may cost lives.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah..... But these are multi-ton vehicles and when they crash people die. Unlike when your computer crashes.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago (6 children)

I don’t think “the backup camera is a little slow to turn on” is the smoking gun you are looking for though.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago

I mean... the normal speed for seeing behind your car is the speed of light, so that may come a bit short of expectations.

In any case, I agree that by itself it's not a big deal. After the broken windshield wiper, the pieces that fall off and the sticky accelerator one may... you know, infer a pattern. Which, really, is the news here.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Someone dumb enough could easily flatten someone backing up with that bug.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (7 children)

If it’s just software, why can’t it be downloaded?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It can be? You literally just download the OTA update and the vehicle installs it from your own home. “Recall” implies that you have to go into the shop but that’s simply not true.