Tesla Cybertruck hit with sixth recall this year, this time over a bad inverter

The Tesla Cybertruck was recalled for the sixth time this year — and the fix won’t involve an easy software update.

Tesla voluntarily issued a recall for approximately 2,431 Cybertrucks manufactured between November 6, 2023 and July 30, 2024. The issue is related to something called the metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors, or MOSFET, in which the inverter has the potential to stop creating torque, resulting in a loss of propulsion for the truck.

There isn’t any warning prior to the loss of propulsion, but a visual alert will appear on the center touchscreen instructing the driver to pull the truck over to the side of the road. Tesla is sending notices out to affected Cybertruck owners and plans to start replacing the drive inverters with ones with functioning MOSFET after December 9th, according to the recall notice. Tesla said it’s aware of five warranty claims related to the issue, but no collisions or injuries.

Since its release late last year, the Cybertruck has become an instantly iconic vehicle, a symbol of the broader culture war, a surprisingly sales winner for Tesla (though that may not last long), and an ongoing headache thanks to its many defects.

The truck has been recalled for a slow-to-appear rear camera display, faulty windshield wipers, loose trim, jammed accelerator pedal, and undersized font on its warning lights.

More broadly, Tesla is under numerous investigations, most of which center on its driver assist technologies, Autopilot and Full Self-Driving. The most recent investigation focuses on Tesla vehicles using FSD crashing because of reduced visibility.