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Some Tesla homeowners say their Cybertrucks are beginning to rust after being caught within the rain.

In a put up on the Cybertruck House owners Membership discussion board, a member with the username Raxar wrote that they’d collected their automobile on February 1 — and had been warned that day that rain may trigger it to rust.

“The advisor particularly talked about the Cybertrucks develop orange rust marks within the rain and that required the automobile to be buffed out,” the discussion board member wrote. “I do know I heard the story of by no means take out your Delorean within the rain however I simply by no means learn something about rust and Cybertrucks.”

In one other put up, Raxar mentioned the automotive began growing rust spots after simply two days within the rain.

The consumer additionally shared pictures of what they mentioned had been small specks of rust on the automotive’s stainless-steel physique. The consumer mentioned the pictures had been taken after a “dish cleaning soap wash.”

In keeping with Mead Metals, a Minnesota steel companies firm, chrome steel is susceptible to rust in sure environments. A weblog put up on its web site says that rust is commonly a results of water publicity, though it can be brought on by “publicity to damaging chemical substances, saline, grease, or extended publicity to warmth.”

Vertigo3pc, one other Cybertruck House owners Membership discussion board member, wrote on Monday that they took their Cybertruck to a service heart to have it checked out after experiencing rain in Los Angeles. “I observed the corrosion was forming on the steel like different individuals have famous,” they wrote, “so I made a decision to begin documenting it and bringing it to Tesla’s consideration.”

The discussion board member added {that a} service heart employee “documented the corrosion” and mentioned they might restore the harm.

Vertigo3pc additionally posted photos of what they mentioned had been corrosion spots on the Cybertruck. “The spots are undoubtedly in all places within the steel,” they mentioned.

Elon Musk mentioned the Cybertruck was “actually bulletproof” with its “ultrahard stainless-steel” physique when he revealed the electrical automobile in 2019.

^{Elon Musk at a Cybertruck occasion. Tesla through BI}

In a put up on X from September, Musk mentioned Tesla would possibly have the ability to provide homeowners an choice to get tungsten-carbide coating, a ceramic materials that helps shield in opposition to corrosion. He added that the coating was “mainly scratch-proof to every part beneath diamond hardness.”

In two YouTube movies, the posters claimed to have entry to the Cybertruck’s proprietor’s manuals (which Tesla hasn’t shared publicly). The supplies the movies present say the EV would not have “a transparent coat” on its exterior stainless-steel physique.

The movies give a glimpse of the obvious proprietor’s information, which says: “To stop harm to the outside, instantly take away corrosive substances (corresponding to grease, oil, fowl droppings, tree resin, lifeless bugs, tar spots, highway salt, industrial fallout, and so forth.).”

Tesla did not instantly reply to a request for remark from Enterprise Insider, made exterior regular working hours.