Tesla’s Latest Recall? Wheels May Fall Off Cybertrucks

特斯拉最新召回？Cybertruck 车轮恐脱落

Last year, nearly all Cybertrucks had to be recalled because Tesla used the wrong glue on a steel trim panel that the carmaker said could become detached while driving. Now, yet another embarrassing recall exposes that the electric pickup could see wheels come off certain models due to the use of the wrong grease. 去年，几乎所有的 Cybertruck 都不得不被召回，原因是特斯拉在钢制装饰板上使用了错误的胶水，该公司称这可能导致装饰板在行驶过程中脱落。如今，又一起令人尴尬的召回事件曝光：由于使用了错误的润滑脂，这款电动皮卡的某些车型可能会出现车轮脱落的情况。

In what is the 11th Cybertruck recall so far, alongside concerns that the stainless steel trucks could be rusting, Tesla is recalling its Rear Wheel Drive (RWD) Cybertruck Long Range over faulty brake rotors. In a notice posted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Tesla states that “brake rotor stud holes may crack and allow the stud to separate from the wheel hub.” 这是 Cybertruck 迄今为止的第 11 次召回。除了不锈钢车身可能生锈的担忧外，特斯拉此次召回的是后轮驱动（RWD）长续航版 Cybertruck，原因是刹车盘存在缺陷。美国国家公路交通安全管理局（NHTSA）发布的一份通知显示，特斯拉称“刹车盘螺柱孔可能会开裂，导致螺柱与轮毂分离”。

Tesla’s description of the defect is as follows: “On affected vehicles, higher severity road perturbations and cornering may strain the stud hole in the wheel rotor, causing cracks to form. If cracking propagates with continued use and strain, the wheel stud could eventually separate from the wheel hub.” In which case, some RWD Cybertruck owners merrily driving along could be disconcertingly overtaken by their own wheels. 特斯拉对该缺陷的描述如下：“在受影响的车辆上，较剧烈的路面颠簸和转弯可能会使刹车盘上的螺柱孔受力，从而导致裂纹形成。如果裂纹随着持续的使用和受力而扩大，车轮螺柱最终可能会与轮毂分离。”在这种情况下，一些正在愉快驾驶后驱版 Cybertruck 的车主，可能会惊恐地发现自己的车轮“超车”跑到了前面。

Poor Cybertruckers have enough to contend with without worrying about the wheels on their “apocalypse-proof” pickups falling off, so thankfully, Tesla says it will completely replace the wheel hubs, rotors, and lug nuts free of charge for all 173 trucks affected by the recall. 可怜的 Cybertruck 车主们已经够烦心的了，现在还得担心他们那号称“末日生存级”皮卡的车轮会掉下来。好在特斯拉表示，将为此次召回涉及的全部 173 辆卡车免费更换轮毂、刹车盘和螺母。

Sean Tucker, managing editor at Kelley Blue Book, explains how Tesla is once again in the position of fixing released models of the Cybertruck before something potentially dangerous occurs. “A car is such a complex machine that a very small change to design can have consequences years down the road,” he says. “This is literally about some grease [Tesla] discovered on the lug nuts that tighten to hold the 18-inch wheel to the brake rotor.” 凯利蓝皮书（Kelley Blue Book）执行主编肖恩·塔克（Sean Tucker）解释了特斯拉为何再次陷入在潜在危险发生前修复已发布 Cybertruck 车型的境地。“汽车是一台极其复杂的机器，设计上的微小改动都可能在多年后产生后果，”他说，“这实际上就是关于特斯拉在用于固定 18 英寸车轮与刹车盘的螺母上发现的某种润滑脂问题。”

Tucker says the grease was not reducing friction enough and could loosen the nuts over time, causing vibrations that could crack the brake rotor. “So they changed the grease,” he says. “However, that message didn’t get to the production floor in time, and they built 173 with the wrong grease. It’s a very specific materials problem.” 塔克表示，这种润滑脂无法有效降低摩擦，久而久之会导致螺母松动，引发震动并可能导致刹车盘开裂。“所以他们更换了润滑脂，”他说，“然而，这一信息没能及时传达到生产一线，导致他们生产了 173 辆使用错误润滑脂的车辆。这是一个非常具体的材料问题。”

Some reports have suggested that the recall number of 173 reveals a staggeringly low number of RWD Cybertrucks made, but Tucker says this isn’t the case. The recall applies to trucks built on certain dates using a specific shipment of lug nuts and grease, and cars with 18-inch wheels produced on certain dates. He says it’s a “subset of a subset” of Cybertrucks. 一些报道指出，173 辆的召回数量揭示了后驱版 Cybertruck 的产量低得惊人，但塔克认为事实并非如此。此次召回适用于在特定日期生产、使用了特定批次螺母和润滑脂的卡车，以及在特定日期生产的配备 18 英寸车轮的车辆。他称这是 Cybertruck 中“子集里的子集”。

“Certainly, the Cybertruck is not selling in the numbers that Tesla expected it to,” Tucker says. “But this is really just a matter of a small production change that wasn’t communicated to the factory floor in time.” “当然，Cybertruck 的销量确实没有达到特斯拉的预期，”塔克说，“但这实际上只是一个生产环节的小变动没有及时传达到工厂一线的问题。”

Cybertruck sales have indeed been woeful. “Demand is off the charts!” Elon Musk crowed at the end of 2023, citing more than a million reservations for Tesla’s polarizing polygonal pickup. But that wrong glue snafu affecting not just a tiny proportion but all Cybertrucks made to that time revealed the company had shifted a mere 46,096 trucks in the first 14 months of sales. Cybertruck 的销量确实惨淡。“需求爆表了！”埃隆·马斯克在 2023 年底曾高调宣称，并引用了特斯拉这款极具争议的多边形皮卡超过一百万份的预订量。然而，那次影响了当时所有已生产 Cybertruck（而非仅仅一小部分）的“胶水乌龙”事件揭示出，在销售的前 14 个月里，该公司仅交付了 46,096 辆卡车。