2024 Tesla Cybertruck Reliability Report

Critical steering warnings appear while driving, often along with overheating or "loss of system redundancy" messages. Afterward the truck may refuse to shift out of park or need a tow. One owner got the warning on delivery day. Strong whole-vehicle vibration at 65 to 75 mph makes it hard to stay in the lane. Several reports describe Full Self-Driving leaving the lane or the road, including one injury crash in which the driver could not take back control. The overhead gear selector and hazard switch also come loose from the headliner.

Charging stops completely, at home and at Superchargers alike, when the power conversion system fails. There is no warning beforehand, and the truck is stranded. Another report describes a critical error that locks the truck in park, so it has to be dragged onto a tow truck. Several complaints link Full Self-Driving to sudden disengagement and abrupt acceleration, and in one injury crash the air bags did not deploy. In a crash with fire, the rear doors lost power and trapped the occupants. The wireless charger also overheats phones.

Snow and ice pack into the recessed headlights above the front bumper, so the beams fade until night driving becomes nearly impossible. Owners say the LED headlights do not give off enough heat to melt the buildup. Others call the overall lighting dim, even in rain or on dark roads. On trucks with a light bar on the windshield, the bar can break loose at freeway speed and smash into the glass roof and windshield, and one owner cut their hands. Two complaints argue the rear light bar lacks a proper center high-mounted stop lamp.

Crashes happen with Autopilot or Full Self-Driving engaged. The truck accelerates into a tree, follows an unsafe path the driver cannot override, or clips its mirror on a parked car it fails to detect. Three of the five complaints involve a crash, with rib and back injuries reported, and in one the air bags did not deploy. Another report describes every driver aid shutting off at once, including emergency braking, lane departure warning, cruise control, and blind spot monitoring, while the headlights default to high beams.

The truck speeds up on its own or stops responding to the accelerator and brakes. Two complaints are flagged as crashes. In one, the truck surged and rear-ended another vehicle, injuring one person. In the other, Full Self-Driving struck traffic cones in a marked construction zone without any evasive action. A third report describes the truck taking over on a freeway exit, mounting the sidewalk, bursting its tires, and cracking the windshield before it stopped. Owners say they got little explanation from Tesla afterward.

A loud bang at highway speed sends the truck veering left with no warning light, and the steering does not respond to correction. That crash involved another vehicle and a median wall, injured three people, and left a rear rim fractured. The truck was on Pirelli Scorpion ATR tires in size 285/65R20. The second complaint lists only a tire size and describes no failure, so the data shows no broader tire pattern beyond that serious incident.

The truck runs into fixed objects at low speed while automated parking or driving is active. Both complaints are crashes. In one, Auto Park reversed and then drove forward into a pole that was visible on the camera feed, too quickly for the driver to brake. In the other, Full Self-Driving hit a barrier wall in a dealership lot. Neither incident came with a collision warning. Damage in the Auto Park case was limited to the front bumper.