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The Swastidumpster has the Strongest Frame of any Truck (pawb.social)
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[–] 34 points 2 years ago (9 children)

... many of the body/trim panels... are glued onto the frame.

Not even fasteners of some kind.

Just glue.

Glue which keeps failing so often that basically all cybertrucks have been recalled because ... the body / trim panels will fly off on the highway, like an uncovered/unsecured truck load.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterlyon/2025/03/23/tesla-recalls-nearly-every-cybertruck-citing-loose-metal-panel-issues/

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    Nothing wrong with the -right- adhesive being used. The problem isn't "glue", it's incompetence.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    I don't know enough about specific kinds of epoxy/glues... but has anything actually been reported as to... is it just the wrong kind of glue? applied improperly? combination of both, and/or other errors?

    Given that it affects ... basically every cybertruck produced, im guessing its not just one guy or one shift that's incompetent, and more likely a fundamental manufacturing process/materials problem, management or c suite incompetence.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    Its been known since before the thing shipped that the wrong glue was used.

    There are automotive adhesives, meant for the exact use case the cybertruck needs, that Tesla chose not to use.

    Instead,, they chose to use a cheaper adhesive that is well documented as not being able to be heat cycled in the way a vehicle gets, and the glue has rapidly degraded as it has been exposed to rapid and constant heating and cooling.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'd wager a combination of both. Cheaped out on the adhesive and screwed up the application instructions. Probably cheaped out again by cutting the time/temp of the postcure.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago*

    WhistlinDiesel on Youtube has a fun video of him destroying a Cybercuck. At one point he's tearing off the trim by hand and you can see that the glue globs were hand-applied pretty much randomly. He also broke the back of the frame clean off when he attempted to tow an F150 out of the mud. And just for fun: when he slammed the doors the interior part broke off.

    It's just mind-boggling what absolute pieces of shit these things are.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Glue and steel? I think not

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    You better let every other car company in existence in on your secret then because all of them from BYD to Ferrari are doing it.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Don't they also use fasteners though? Pretty sure the adhesive is just there to strengthen

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago*

    Nope, if anything the fasteners are for registration in the right place. Adhesives do the job.

    There is some stigma about gluing stuff together, but windshields have been mounted with glue for decades now and nobody seems to be worried that they’re going to fall out.

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