This is the eighth recall the stainless-clad vehicle has collected in the mere two years it’s been on the road. But unlike many of its previous offenses, this is one of the first significant body repairs that can’t be addressed with a simple over-the-air update.

Tesla states in NHTSA documents that the issue with the Cybertruck is with a cosmetic applique along the exterior of the vehicle called the “cant rail," which it describes as "a

Tesla is recalling 46,096 examples of the Cybertruck due to an exterior trim panel possibly detaching from the main structure. This is every 2024 and 2025 Tesla Cybertruck built from November 13, 2023, to February 27, 2025. Tesla says it has a remedy to the problem and expects only 1% of possibly affected trucks to have this defect.