Tesla Recalls Some Cybertrucks Over Fears The Wheels Will Fall Off: Report

Tesla is recalling its system RWD Cybertrucks over fears nan wheels mightiness autumn off, according to a caller report.

The institution that made Elon Musk a family sanction — Tesla — is recalling 173 of it's RWD Cybertruck Long Range vehicles owed to faulty break rotors that could origin nan wheels to dislodge from nan vehicle, according to a MotorTrend report.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a announcement announcing nan recall, saying nan vehicles' “brake rotor stud holes whitethorn ace and let nan stud to abstracted from nan instrumentality hub.”

Affected vehicles whitethorn vibrate aliases nutrient sound anterior to instrumentality stud separation, but nan cracking whitethorn beryllium undetected, according to nan notice.

Tesla said successful a connection that it is “not alert of immoderate collisions, fatalities, aliases injuries” related to nan rumor astatine nan bosom of nan recall.

The Cybertruck has been nan taxable of, astatine this point, astir a twelve recalls, according to The Verge. The trucks' accelerator, trim, inverter, reverse cameras, and font size person each been nan taxable of recalls crossed various models.

The RWD — rear-wheel thrust — exemplary was launched successful April 2025, but was a short lived offering; Tesla discountined nan statement aft only a fewer months.

Since then, nan institution has launched a cheaper type of nan Cybertruck pinch dual motors and all-wheel thrust which costs $60,000. That exemplary is not impacted by nan latest recall.

“On affected vehicles, higher severity roadworthy perturbations and cornering whitethorn strain nan stud spread successful nan instrumentality rotor, causing cracks to form,” Tesla said successful a statement. “If cracking propagates pinch continued usage and strain, nan instrumentality stud could yet abstracted from nan instrumentality hub.”

Tesla said it will wholly switch nan instrumentality hubs and rotors connected affected vehicles astatine nary costs to owners, arsenic is mandated by law.

The manufacturer’s callback number is SB-26-33-003. Owners tin interaction Tesla customer work astatine 1-877-798-3752.

The Independent has requested remark from Tesla.