Tesla Cybertruck Owner Says He’s “Sick of the Truck” After It Broke Down For the 3rd Time Requiring Yet Another Tow Service

A Cybertruck owner from Southern California who goes by the username Cyberstank on the Cybertruck Owners Club forum says his truck has left him stranded on the road on three different occasions.

The first time his Cybertruck broke down and had to get towed was on his first drive as he was heading home after taking delivery.

A brand new vehicle that breaks down not too far from the delivery center is concerning; however, after this failure, Cyberstank says Tesla fixed the problem, and he has been driving his Cybertruck without too many issues.

That is at least until three weeks ago when the critical power conversion system error that forced his Cybertruck to be towed came back.

Cyberstank says he was on vacation when his Cybertruck failed, and the whole ordeal ruined his holiday. To make things worse, the Cybertruck owner says he was using the Cybertruck to carry his dirtbike, which complicated his drive home after the Cybertruck was towed.

Having your truck break down for the second time for the same issue is certainly frustrating; however, Cyberstank says things have gotten even worse.

The Cybertruck owner says he finally picked up the truck from the service center today. He drove it for a couple of hours, stopped to get something, and the truck experienced the same failure and had to be towed for the third time.

After the third breakdown, Cyberstank says, “I’m getting sick of this,” and decided to go online and share his abysmal Cybertruck ownership experience with fellow Cybertruck owners.

Here is what he wrote…

“I got my Foundation Series Cybertruck last March, and it broke down as soon as I left the service center. It had low voltage errors, critical steering, etc. I had it towed, and the power conversion system was replaced.

It was all good until three weeks ago, 5800 miles later, while on vacation, the same problem came back again: a low voltage issue, critical steering, inability to drive, etc. This totally ruined my vacation. I had my car towed to a service center 3.5 hours from my house, and I had to rent a truck because I had my dirt bike with me. It was such a nightmare.

The service center had the truck for 2 weeks. Did all the recall work (sail appliqué, wiper motor, etc.) replaced front and rear drive inverters. Said that is what the issue was. (The wiper is also now 2” to the right where it used to be hidden on the left when parked btw, but that’s a different story)

I Uber all the way from home to pick up the truck. I got it, started driving back home, made it 2 hours, stopped to pick something up, and returned to the car. The issue is back; there are the same errors again, towed again!

I’m getting sick of this; I’m looking into lemon law as I’m really losing confidence in taking this truck off-road anywhere remote; it’s ruined my trust.

Does anyone have similar problems? It seems weird that I’d need another power conversion system replacement. But no idea.

It’s the 3rd breakdown, and waiting for word from the service center. Exiting and re-entering multiple times didn’t fix it. Nor did restart.”

Below his post, Cyberstank shared a couple of pictures of his Cybertruck’s center touch screen with all the alerts that popped up.

Here are some of the alerts his Cybertruck displayed…

• Rear axle steering disabled - Turning radius limited

Exiting and re-entering vehicle may restore feature

• Unable to drive

PULL OVER SAFELY

• Power reduced

Exiting and re-entering vehicle may restore operation

• Low voltage electrical system issue detected

Vehicle power reduced - Schedule service

• Walk-Away lock unavailable

Phone key disconnected - lock manually

• Cabin climate control system requires service

Cabin heating / cooling limited or unavailable

Mind you, all these errors popped up as the Cybertruck owner was driving back from a service visit. Personally, I find this unacceptable, and Cyberstank also appears to have had enough trouble with the vehicle.

Looking at the comments, most Cybertruck owners in the forum sided with Cyberstank. They advised him to use California’s strong lemon law provisions to force Tesla to buy back the vehicle.

Having said that, there were some Tesla fans who shared that Cyberstank should not be complaining since he bought a new vehicle, and the failures are to be expected.

A Tesla fan from Georgia writes, “You’re an early adopter; what did you expect? 2 years in and 30k miles, our 2023 Model Y Performance has never been to the service center. Zero issues.”

This is certainly an interesting opinion. Please let me know if you think Cybertruck owners should stop complaining about the multiple failures. Share your ideas by clicking the red “Add new comment” button below. Also, visit our site, torquenews.com/Tesla, regularly for the latest updates.

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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.