Tesla Cybertruck bricked after car wash, claims user
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Bulletproof? Is it waterproof? Ts&Cs say: 'Failure to put Cybertruck in Car Wash Mode may result in damage'

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

  • OutlierBlue@lemmy.caEnglish
    258·
    2 months ago

    “To prevent damage to the exterior, immediately remove corrosive substances (such as grease, oil, bird droppings, tree resin, dead insects, tar spots, road salt, industrial fallout, etc.),”

    Not washing it could fuck it up. Got it.

    “CAUTION Failure to put Cybertruck in Car Wash Mode may result in damage (for example, to the charge port or windshield wipers). Damage caused by car washes is not covered by the warranty.”

    Also washing it could fuck it up.

      • MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.worldEnglish
        621·
        2 months ago

        I don’t know about the Cybertruck or its charging port, but cars do have rain sensors to activate the wipers automatically when it rains. Car wash mode likely turns those sensors off to prevent damage to the wipers.

        • heatofignition@lemmy.worldEnglish
          66·
          2 months ago

          It must be something more substantial in this case, tearing the windshield wiper off wouldn’t brick the truck

          • DarkThoughts@fedia.io
            5·
            2 months ago

            Water gets into the body, which lacks fluid drains and accumulates water, which can potentially reach wiring.

            • space@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
              6·
              2 months ago

              I seriously don’t understand how this could be possible. How does the car manage rain water?

                • Thurstylark@lemm.eeEnglish
                  6·
                  2 months ago

                  I don’t think it’s meant to be driven.

                  I mean… It’s not even meant to be a vehicle, tbh. It’s an ego trip, status symbol, or virtue signal (pick up to 3) in the form of a vehicle.

                  The part where it can propel itself and it’s occupants from place to place is, in fact, a bonus feature.

        • db2@lemmy.worldEnglish
          501·
          2 months ago

          So things normal people do to normal cars but with extra steps and Elon.

          • wreckedcarzz@lemmy.worldEnglish
            377·
            2 months ago

            Have you seen other people in a car wash? Park, reverse, drive but they start holding the brakes when the track pulls them along, leaving antennas up, not closing windows, opening fucking doors… A vast majority of the human population is some level of braindead.

            Fuck me, I’ve seen someone pull up into a manual car wash bay, open all their doors, and wash the INSIDE of their car. This was not a washable interior like a Jeep Wrangler or something, it was a typical sedan with carpeted floors and cloth seats.

            And these people (theoretically) are licensed to drive, right next to you.

      • something15525@lemmy.world
        English
        102·
        2 months ago

        Also locks the charging port, turns off the AC, locks the doors and windows. Still nothing that should prevent the car from breaking in a car wash…

        Also, upon reading the article, seems like the car was fine after a reset, it just took 5 hours. Didn’t have anything to do with the car wash it seems.

    • CALIGVLA@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      218·
      2 months ago

      It’s worse than that, washing the car even in wash mode will damage the car because the fucking thing is made out aluminum stainless steel, you know, a mineral that corrodes if exposed to water long enough. It’s mind boggling how badly designed this car is.

      Edit: sorry, confused my minerals there.

          • JasonDJEnglish
            21·
            2 months ago

            Breaking Bad. Macho man starts collecting minerals. His wife (Marie) refers to them as rocks. He ends up shouting something similar.

      • rigatti@lemmy.worldEnglish
        13·
        2 months ago

        There’s a few things wrong here. First, it’s made of steel, which is iron and not aluminum. Second, neither of those is as mineral. Third, aluminum has pretty good corrosion resistance in terms of metals.

        None of that is to say that Tesla had any idea what they were doing when designing this monstrosity.

    • Wogi@lemmy.world
      English
      6·
      2 months ago

      They could have solved this with a layer of clear coat.

      Without that, every single one will eventually patina.

      • Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        6·
        2 months ago

        To be fair patina looks cool on certain things, I just wouldn’t feel comfortable with it on any loving object, who knows what it could damage.

        Edit: err um I meant moving not loving. Unless?

    • heleos@lemm.eeEnglish
      61·
      2 months ago

      FYI you’re supposed to remove all that from normal cars too, it’s not good for the clear coat/ paint