The information is provided by the American Highway Safety Agency (NHTSA): about 3,900 Cybertrucks, the recent futuristic pick-up from the American manufacturer Tesla, are being recalled because a malfunction of the accelerator pedal could get stuck and cause a breakdown. accident.
“Locking the accelerator pedal can cause the vehicle to accelerate unintentionally, increasing the risk of an accident,” specifies a notice from the Agency, warned on Wednesday by the manufacturer. He explains that this pedal is likely to “come loose and stuck” and that this recall affects 3,878 Cybertrucks.
These are all trucks manufactured between November 13, 2023 and April 4, 2024, indicates the organization, noting that You are there We received a report from a customer on March 31 regarding this issue.
Free replacement or repair
The electric vehicle specialist will “replace or repair the defective mechanism” free of charge, the NHTSA specifies. The manufacturer told him that it was not aware, as of April 15, of any accident, injury or death due to this defect.
Cybertrucks manufactured after April 17 will be equipped with a new model of this equipment, as will those that have not yet been delivered to their owners. This pick-up, the last from Tesla, was presented in November 2019 but its first deliveries were slow and were only produced from December 1, 2023.
In announcing the group’s first-quarter sales and production on April 2, Tesla did not specifically mention those of the Cybertruck, production of which began in mid-July. The goal of Elon Musk, head of Tesla, is to reach an annual production rate of “a quarter of a million”, “during 2025”. The order book exceeded one million in November.
This pick-up has a range of 400 to 800 kilometers, depending on the model, and a towing capacity of more than six tons. Its body is made of stainless steel plates to ensure its resistance. Around 2:00 p.m., Tesla shares fell 0.56% on the New York Stock Exchange.
Source: BFM TV
