Tesla recalls all 3,878 Cybertrucks over faulty accelerator pedal cover

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Tesla recalls all 3,878 Cybertrucks over faulty accelerator pedal cover
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How would you propose changing the pedal?

Put a fastener through the thing, preventing it from moving?

But then it would just be a footrest

To stop the part from sliding off, not the whole pedal.

their solution is rivets. I suspect this is going to repeat itself when the plastic around those rivet holes cracks and degrades, but the cybertwat might be off the road by then for any number of other idiotic design 'choices'

a single pedal part instead of a pedal with a fancy design fascia on top.

The problematic part is a rug, not the pedal

Edit: Nevermind, misread at 2 am

so the pedal fascia can slide up and get caught under the dash (there's a gap in the dash covers that it slides right into!?!?, no shit) or down and under the rug.

Either are very bad ideas for a pedal connected to that much power.

And why does the pedal need the plastic bit? because otherwise it would be unadorned, plain black.

I'm of the mind that I'd prefer my pedals simple, so they're less likely to kill someone lol.