This is Tesla’s riveting fix for recalled Cybertruck accelerator pedals

Tesla’s drilling holes successful Cybertruck accelerator pedals. | Image: Tesla (PDF)

Tesla temporarily halted deliveries and recalled each azygous Cybertruck aft a viral video showed however the pad connected its accelerator pedal could gaffe disconnected and get stuck successful the interior trim, leaving the pedal depressed “down 100 percent, afloat throttle.” Now, video from a Tesla lawsuit successful California taken contiguous and Tesla’s ain documentation corroborate the riveting installation that secures the pad with a rivet, and they amusement america precisely however it’s done.

While Aaron Cash’s video posted to X says it’s a “35 2nd callback fix,” demonstrated astatine the “Cyber Takeover” lawsuit successful Long Beach, the video starts with the required drilling jig already successful place.

With it connected the pedal, Tesla’s workers drill a spread arsenic specified and instal a rivet to unafraid the pedal pad truthful it won’t travel disconnected owed to the “unapproved change” during manufacturing that made it slipperier than intended.

Image: Tesla (PDF)

The Service Bulletin posted by Tesla reveals the process has a fewer different required steps, including measuring “the region betwixt the bottommost of the aluminum accelerator pedal pad and the bottommost of the pedal backing” earlier the enactment begins. If the bottommost of the pad is 5mm oregon further from the bottommost of the pedal, past they’re expected to regenerate the full pedal assembly.

Once it’s each done, they’re expected to inspect the enactment with a reflector and cleanable up immoderate debris the process has near successful the customer’s $99,000-plus motortruck that came with an untrustworthy accelerator pedal.