Tesla said Thursday it will recall almost all the Seberak produced by repairing stainless steel trim panels, and the automaker said it could be disengaged from the vehicle while driving. This is the eighth recall of the unique all-electric pickup, which hit our road two years ago.
Different from many others TeslaHowever, the related recollection is that the recall cannot be fixed with an over-the-air software update and must be brought to the service center for repair. The recall affected more than 46,000 Seberaks produced from November 2023 to late February 2025.
The recall is related to cosmetic decals on the appearance of the vehicle, which are connected to the rest of the truck by a glue. Register Published by the U.S. Highway Traffic Safety Administration (USA). In affected Seiboke style, adhesive can be separated from the rest of the truck, posing possible “road hazards” to others and increasing the risk of crashes.
Complaints about trimming first popped up in social media posts; Tesla It is said that Production in Seboruk was stopped last week. Tesla said in the document that it began investigating the issue in early January. Tesla will fix the problem with another adhesive “not susceptible to environmental fragility,” the document said.
Dale Harrow, chairman and director of the Centre for Smart Mobile Design at Royal College of Art in London, recalled the latest glue to the Seibock-style glue as “surprising”.
“There are a lot more glue nowadays than people think in car body building,” he said. “Instead of doing mechanical fixing, welds, screws or bolts, it’s not a very effective bonding panel to make it very popular. Jaguar, Lexus, Audi, they’ll use glue at some point. [of problems] Anywhere else. ”
Harrow said the glue used by the automotive industry to bond bond panels and parts together, adding that different adhesives are used depending on the bonds required, specific circumstances and materials. However, unlike other vehicles’ network capture, it is the use of stainless steel for the height of the panel.
“Stainless steel is a big difference,” Harrow said. “So maybe there is a problem there?” Harrow notes that this failure seems to happen in cold weather and that it may be better for the stainless steel to do the cold, which may be enough to make a difference in the curing process.
“I can speculate that something on the production line doesn’t exactly bond at the right temperature or getting the right UV coverage? This may be due to the different density of stainless steel than standard steel. This is not a small company, and it won’t do things at a cheap price. [fix] this. However, I think it takes a lot of investigation to figure out the real reason. ”
