Tesla has announced a recall affecting 46,096 Cybertrucks due to a safety concern involving the potential for an exterior trim panel falling off the vehicle while driving. This National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recall covers all Cybertrucks manufactured between November 2023 and February 2025, effectively covering every unit produced and delivered in the United States to date.
Transport Canada has not yet issued a similar recall, but one should be published in the coming days.
According to the recall documents posted to the NHTSA website, the issue centers on the cant rail—a stainless-steel exterior trim panel that runs along the roofline above the windows. Not long after the first deliveries of the Cybertruck started, owners began reporting issues with this piece of trim, with it detaching while driving in most instances.
A subsequent investigation revealed that these panels were attached to the vehicle using just an adhesive, which over time can become susceptible to “environmental embrittlement”. As a result, “the cant rail stainless steel panel may delaminate at the adhesive joint, which may cause the panel to separate from the vehicle.”
To address this problem, Tesla says they plan to implement a fix involving the use of a stronger adhesive along with a stud to secure the cant rail more effectively.
“The remedy component uses a different structural adhesive not prone to environmental embrittlement to join the assembly, which is reinforced with a stud welded to the stainless panel with a nut clamping the steel panel to the vehicle structure,” Tesla says in the recall.
As of the date of the recall, March 18 2025, Tesla says they have not yet implemented a fix for the issue in Cybertruck production. However, the company expects that vehicles currently in production will begin receiving the fix starting on or around March 21, 2025. Cybertrucks still in Tesla’s possession will be retrofitted with the fix before being sold. Owners will have to bring their Cybertruck to a Service Center for the fix.
You can read the full NHTSA recall notice below.
