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Bryan, a Cybertruck owner from Southern California, says his truck suddenly died and became completely unresponsive as he was driving in the middle of the highway.
Initially, his truck choked up, violently jerked, and abruptly stopped as he was traveling 45 miles per hour down the road.
It’s bad enough when a vehicle unexpectedly cuts power and has to come to a sudden stop; however, for Bryan, that was only the start of his problems.
After his Cybertruck stopped without warning in the middle of a fast lane, Bryan tried to move it to the side of the road. However, this worsened the issue, and his Cybertruck became bricked, potentially trapping him in the middle of the road.
Fortunately, Brayn was able to use the Cybertruck’s backup manual door release to extricate himself from the truck.
However, now that the Cybertruck was completely out of power, the hazard lights also went out. Bryan was driving at night, which meant that other drivers coming up behind him could not see his Cybertruck stopped in the middle of the road.
Bryan says that, without the hazard lights, he stood there in horror as one vehicle after another came close to rear-ending his Cybertruck.
Eventually, Bryan found some traffic cons and strapped a flashlight on them, warning oncoming traffic about his dead Cybertruck.
Fortunately, despite the precarious situation, Bryan’s Cybertruck was not rear-ended by another vehicle as it stood bricked in the middle of the road.
However, having experienced this issue firsthand, Bryan advises all Cybertruck owners to carry a flashlight or flares in case they find themselves in a similar situation.
Bryan shared his ordeal in the Cybertruck Owners Club forum.
Here is what he wrote…
“Might be helpful and might just save your life…read on. Two days ago, truck alerts for required service (code UI_a006). The code didn’t provide much info, and all I could do was schedule a service appointment (which was 2 weeks out).
I continued to drive the truck, and approximately 18 miles later, boom, the pyro fuse for the rear inverter blew up, sending the truck into a hard jerk. The truck immediately stopped and would not move. This was extremely dangerous, as I was in the fast lane of a 45-mph road at 5:30 a.m. (it was still dark).
After trying to get the truck to respond, it decided to simply shut down and become unresponsive (even killing the hazard lights). I had to get out using the manual door handle override, get to the side of the street, and watch car after car almost rear-end the truck.
I rounded up some traffic cones, threw a flashlight out on them, and continued to hope to avoid disaster. The tow truck finally arrived 25 minutes later, and we had to snatch the truck from the traffic lane, and we were on our way to the service center.
Of course, the service center said this has become very common on these Cybertrucks, and they will have it fixed within a few days. We will see…
So, if you have a dual-motor Cybertruck and have yet to experience this, carry flashlights, flares, or something in case this happens at night to you. This one was tough because I was not able to use the front motor to drive it at limited speeds, which has been widely reported.”
Below his post, Bryan provided several pictures. The first two show his Cybertruck getting loaded onto a tow truck at night in the middle of the road.
The third picture shows the error message on his screen, asking him to schedule a service appointment.
The final picture shows his center touch screen flashing red, instructing him to pull over safely as a critical issue has been detected.
A bricked Cybertruck in the middle of the road at night, with no hazard lights, is definitely a scary situation. Unfortunately, from the comments, it doesn’t appear that Bryan is the only one dealing with this issue.
Several Cybertruck owners responded, saying they have experienced the same failure. One Cybertruck owner from Orange County, California, responds to Bryan’s post writing…
“Yeah, this must be common because mine went out 2 weeks ago, and my service center already had the part on hand to replace it. I was on the freeway and felt a clunk like others have said, and it immediately threw up the "DI_a139 Rear motor disabled - OK to drive" alert. Took it into the service center the next day and picked it up about 4 days later.”
Another Cybertruck owner, Don from Sacramento, California, says, “My inverter failed and was replaced on October 3rd. Tesla released a service bulletin on October 4th addressing the inverter issue.”
It might be surprising to some to see several Cybertrucks suddenly lose power in the middle of the road. However, this is a well-documented issue, and Tesla has already issued a recall two months ago.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t appear that the EV maker has been able to address this issue in all affected vehicles.
Looking at the comments, other Cybertruck owners say they are afraid to drive their vehicles with this issue affecting so many trucks.
In Bryan’s case, even when Tesla determined there might be an imminent failure, the EV maker was only able to schedule his service appointment two weeks out.
Personally, I don’t think this reflects well on how Tesla is handling the recall. However, please let me know what you think in the comments. Share your ideas by clicking the red “Add new comment” button below. Also, visit our site, torquenews.com/Tesla, regularly for the latest updates.
Image: Screenshot from Cybertruck Owners Club
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Tinsae Aregay has been following Tesla and the evolution of the EV space daily for several years. He covers everything about Tesla, from the cars to Elon Musk, the energy business, and autonomy. Follow Tinsae on Twitter at @TinsaeAregay for daily Tesla news.
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