Owners say they are noticing orange stains on the stainless steel panels of their new Cybertrucks.

Despite the recent release of these Tesla EVs — and the little road time they’ve been subjected to — Cybertrucks are already developing imperfections on their body panels, leading owners to debate what’s causing the early signs of rust on forums. From Futurism:

One Cybertruck Owners Club forum member says they started noticing small orange flecks appearing on his truck after driving it in the rain for just two days.

“Just picked up my Cybertruck today,” they wrote. “The advisor specifically mentioned the cybertrucks develop orange rust marks in the rain and that required the vehicle to be buffed out.”

The Cybertruck owner posted followup photos after washing the vehicle down with soap, and they didn’t inspire much confidence, showing body panels already pockmarked with small orange spots.

Cross post from https://lemmy.world/comment/7544395

  • @Donjuanme
    15•9 months ago

    My wife and I saw our first cyber truck last weekend, it looked like it had just driven through a mud puddle, except evenly over the entire vehicle, it had been raining the prior week, I wonder if it was parked outside. Also thought maybe it was reflecting maybe some dirt from below it, but it wasn’t because it was from every angle.

    "It’s like a Pontiac Aztec fucked a delorean, redefined the definition of ugly car, took the title from the i3 (Aztec handed it off to pt cruiser handed it off to i3 (which is looking quite a bit better these days) cyber truck is the crown holder for the foreseeable future, hopefully we won’t see too many of them)

    • @[email protected]English
      2•9 months ago

      it looked like it had just driven through a mud puddle, except evenly over the entire vehicle

      I wouldn’t expect a vehicle to rust uniformly.

      • @Donjuanme
        1•9 months ago

        Unless they sell it in copper, or this chuckle head had his wrapped in brass, the thing was looking mud colored. Can’t explain it, would’ve taken a picture but I didn’t want them thinking it was an picture of awe.