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Tesla recalls all 3,878 Cybertrucks over faulty accelerator pedal cover (arstechnica.com)
submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] -3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Hmm. It's not totally clear to me from the description what's breaking, but based on what's there, I feel like this maybe isn't the best fix. Like, okay, fine, maybe the lube problem is the proximate cause.

But bigger question: should automobile pedals mechanically be able to be wedged down by the pedal in the first place? Like, can I shove the pedal down with one foot and then pull this pedal cover up with another in such a way that it gets held in the down position?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

How would you propose changing the pedal?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Put a fastener through the thing, preventing it from moving?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

But then it would just be a footrest

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

To stop the part from sliding off, not the whole pedal.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

their solution is rivets. I suspect this is going to repeat itself when the plastic around those rivet holes cracks and degrades, but the cybertwat might be off the road by then for any number of other idiotic design 'choices'

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

a single pedal part instead of a pedal with a fancy design fascia on top.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

The problematic part is a rug, not the pedal

Edit: Nevermind, misread at 2 am

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

so the pedal fascia can slide up and get caught under the dash (there's a gap in the dash covers that it slides right into!?!?, no shit) or down and under the rug.

Either are very bad ideas for a pedal connected to that much power.

And why does the pedal need the plastic bit? because otherwise it would be unadorned, plain black.

I'm of the mind that I'd prefer my pedals simple, so they're less likely to kill someone lol.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The cover slips between the dash and the floor wedging the pedal down.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLa8p5o1/

This is the video source of the recall.