After just a few months and several thousand miles ownership, Tesla Cybertruck by Tik Tok user @captian.ad was effective A paperweight weighs several thousand pounds for a few hours. After taking his truck to the beach and stopping at the car wash to clean it up, he parked the truck in his garage. where it decided to stop working for a while. The screen running all the truck’s functions turned black and will not respond at all, even after performing the restart procedure as prescribed by the manufacturer. Not good.
After filing a request for Tesla to restart the truck, the Cybertrucker went to sleep and Woke up the next morning to a truck that worked fine. A call with Tesla confirmed that the truck needed a complete restart and took over 5 hours of sitting to complete. From the moment he initiated the restart method by holding down two buttons on the steering wheel, the truck appeared to restart until about midnight.
What’s interesting is that the user didn’t mention whether Tesla could give any details as to why the truck decided to stop working, whether it was the car wash or whether it was caused by the car wash. completely different cause. The Cybertruck’s owner’s manual warns against washing the vehicle in direct sunlight, and there is a passage that explicitly mentions that the truck must be switched to “Car Wash Mode” before washing to avoid damaging the vehicle’s components. car.
If you’re out there driving a Tesla Cybertruck, maybe don’t wash it for a while. You never know when you’ll be stuck waiting for the truck to sort itself out in about five hours.
