2024 Tesla Cybertruck electrical problems

Counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects, and scale with how many of these were sold; nothing here is a rate. NHTSA groups complaints coarsely, so “Electrical System” means the same area of the vehicle, not one fault.

Across model years: Tesla Cybertruck electrical problems, every year on file →

Filed with NHTSA by the people who own these cars, about the electrical system. Quoted as written, with anything identifying removed; unverified reports — what was said, not a finding that it was true.

Recalls filed under this heading

• 25V699000 Minor
  Oct 14, 2025 · 63,619 vehicles
• Tesla, Inc. (Tesla) is recalling certain 2024-2026 Cybertruck vehicles operating software prior to 2025.38.3. The vehicle controller software may cause the front parking lights to be too bright and exceed the maximum light output, adversely affecting the vision of other drivers. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment."
• 24V832000 High
  Nov 5, 2024 · 2,431 vehicles
• Tesla, Inc. (Tesla) is recalling certain 2024 Cybertruck vehicles. A fault in the drive inverter may cause a loss of drive power to the wheels.
• 24V051000 Minor
  Jan 30, 2024 · 2,193,869 vehicles
• Tesla, Inc. (Tesla) is recalling certain 2012-2023 Model S, 2016-2024 Model X, 2017-2023 Model 3, 2019-2024 Model Y, and 2024 Cybertruck vehicles. An incorrect font size is displayed on the instrument panel for the Brake, Park, and Antilock Brake System (ABS) warning lights. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 105, "Hydraulic and Electric Brake Systems" and 135, "Light Vehicle Brake Systems."

NHTSA investigations

• EA26002 FSD Collisions in Reduced Roadway Visibility Conditions
  opened Mar 18, 2026 · open
• The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) is opening this Engineering Analysis to evaluate Tesla’s Full Self Driving Beta and Full Self Driving (Supervised) (collectively, FSD) degradation detection system. The focus of this investigation will be to assess the system’s ability, when encountering reduced roadway visibility conditions, to detect degradation and alert the driver with sufficient time …
• PE25012 Traffic safety violations while Full Self Driving ("FSD") is engaged
  opened Oct 7, 2025 · open
• The Office of Defects Investigation (“ODI”) is opening this Preliminary Evaluation (PE) to assess the scope, frequency, and potential safety consequences of FSD executing driving maneuvers that constitute traffic safety violations. This investigation concerns versions of FSD that Tesla has labeled as "FSD (Supervised)" and "FSD (Beta)." Tesla characterizes FSD as an SAE Level 2 partial automation sy…
• PE24031 FSD Collisions in Reduced Roadway Visibility Conditions
  opened Oct 17, 2024 · closed Mar 18, 2026
• On October 17, 2024, NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened a Preliminary Evaluation (PE24031) of Tesla’s Full Self Driving Beta and Full Self Driving (Supervised) (collectively, FSD) to assess: the ability of the FSD system to detect and respond appropriately to reduced roadway visibility conditions; whether any other FSD crashes had occurred under degraded roadway visibility condit…
• RQ24009 Recall 23V838 Remedy Effectiveness
  opened Apr 25, 2024 · open
• The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) is opening a Recall Query to assess the remedy adequacy of Recall 23V838. On December 12, 2023, Tesla filed a Defect Information Report (Recall 23V838) applicable to all Tesla models produced and equipped with any version of its Autopilot system, which Tesla described as an SAE Level 2 (L2) Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS). Autopilot is the simulta…

8 manufacturer bulletins filed under this heading

• SB-25-16-006 Service bulletin
  Dec 8, 2025
• On certain Cybertruck vehicles, the AC junction box to fast charge contactor HV harness might have a poor crimp connection, which may cause increased resistance and localized heating in the harness. If the ancillary cover is removed for other procedures, replace the AC junction box to fast charge contactor HV harness with version -J or later.
• SB-25-17-003 Service bulletin
  Feb 25, 2025
• On certain Cybertruck vehicles, the left body controller's printed circuit board was misaligned with its heatsink, which may cause the board to crack when the enclosure is closed. This may lead to a graceful power-off event.
• UI_a006 Over-the-air update
  Dec 23, 2024
• Tesla identified a manufacturing flaw in certain Cybertruck vehicles. Driving range and performance can be impacted by this high voltage battery issue. Tesla is replacing high voltage batteries for impacted vehicles free of charge.
• SB-24-16-008 Service bulletin
  Dec 6, 2024
• On certain Cybertruck vehicles, the HV battery ancillary harness may have been improperly routed, which might strain the harness branches and/or connectors between the High Voltage Controller (HVC) and Battery Management Boards (BMBs), potentially preventing HVC and BMB communication through one of the two harness branches.

The 4 newest are listed; every one is on the model year’s page. Quote the document number at a service desk — it is a diagnosis the maker has already written down.