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Cybertruck Off-Road Lights Keep Falling Off… As the Glue Holding Them to the Windshield Fails (fuelarc.com)

submitted 1 year ago by KayLeadfoot@fedia.io to c/Cyberstuck@lemmy.ca

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We’re seeing another sticky situation develop, after Tesla recalled 46,096 Cybertrucks to stop them from falling apart because the stainless steel panels are held on with the wrong glue. This time, it’s the Cybertruck’s off-road light bar that’s flinging itself off at highway speeds. Incredibly, the light bar is also glued in place.

Recall when?

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Well, at least in 2025 we learned that glue does not really work for the exterior of cars.

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[–] varyingExpertise@feddit.org 3 points 1 year ago

You'd be surprised. With some chassis, especially ones from aluminum and carbon fiber glue fulfills an important structural role.

https://files.catbox.moe/u7id6p.png

The clinching is just there to fix the parts until the for glue is hardened, after that it doesn't do anything.

It's not that that doesn't work. It's just that you have to do it right.

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[–] gazter@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Not trying to defend the cybertruck here, but just wanted to point out that quite a lot of exterior parts are generally held on by glue, across the whole industry. Windshields, for one.

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[–] x00z@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Well yeah but besides the windshield I don't really have much glue on my exterior whatsoever. Especially not as the main thing holding something down.

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[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io [S] 2 points 1 year ago

No shit, really?

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