To the owner of a Tesla Cybertruck He thought it would be a good idea to decorate the body of his pick-up with magnets, like those used to decorate kitchen appliances.
The problem is that refrigerators, dishwashers or toasters usually hold magnets without any problem, but the Tesla Cybertruck does not because its stainless steel body wears out. oxidizing.
The body of the Tesla Cybertruck is delicate: no magnets, no bird droppings.
One more must be added to the list of problems that the Tesla Cybertruck has. For whatever reason, one of its owners decided to treat his electric pick-up like one of the appliances in his kitchen and decorated it with magnets. There are people who prefer to use vinyl to personalize their Cybertruck, but this man preferred to use magnets.
Well, a month later, when he wanted to wash his Tesla, he removed the magnets that he had placed on the side of the pick-up and found a very unpleasant surprise: they had left marks in the form of rust and corrosion.
He immediately shared it on a forum of Tesla Cybertruck owners where you can see the images of the damage that the magnets caused to his pick-up. Along with these photos, the owner of Cybertruck, who calls himself ‘cybertooth’ on the forum, shared a message to alert the rest of the users:
“I feel like an idiot… I decided to put advertising magnets on my CT. I took them off to wash the truck after a month and I got… rust and corrosion,” he said, and clarified that after thoroughly cleaning his car, there were still marks from the magnets on the body: “I was able to clean most of it with liquid Barkeepers Friend and Windex, but there were a couple of small white spots left that have a slightly rough texture. I’m planning on using a cordless polisher with Barkeepers Friend to see if it just takes a little more effort to buff out those stains.”
In the same message, this forum user took the opportunity to ask for help: “Does anyone have any recommendations for removing the rest of these small stains or know what exactly is happening? I want to think that the stains are just superficial corrosion and that what is underneath is good stainless steel in good condition…”
In the same forum thread, another user explains that metals of different alloys create electrolysis and corrosion occurs: “The main problem with many of these magnets is if there is any metal in contact with metal, or even a thin layer separating it. , will cause the problem. Metals of different alloys create electrolysis (i.e. like a battery) and corrosion occurs. (…) The bottom line is… don’t use magnets.”
It is not the first time that the stainless steel body of the Tesla Cybertruck has rusted. A few months ago, several electric pick-up owners reported rust problems on their vehicles, even though they were almost new. At that time, Tesla assured that it was not rust, but dirt.
Cybertruck chief engineer and Tesla director of reliability, testing and analysis Wes Morrill explained in your X account that, in reality, what was rusting on those Cybertrucks was surface dirt that had settled on the stainless steel body panels: “Stainless steel is reactive and iron that sits on it will rust. It’s just surface dirt and can be easily cleaned.”
The body of the Tesla Cybertruck, which is bulletproof, according to Tesla, also does not cope well with bird droppings, although that is specified in the manual. At least not putting up magnets is easier than avoiding bird droppings; It is clear that the body of the Cybertruck is very delicate.
Source: www.motorpasion.com
