Cybertruck’s defective steering wheel part is ‘made in Mexico’ – despite Tesla’s bragging, the EV is the ‘most American pickup truck’ ever!

Tesla proudly brags that its Cybertruck is “made in America,” but a defective part is responsible for several failures in Mexico.

Technicians who took apart the new electric car for an online video discovered that the steering motor had a sticker that read ‘made in Mexico’.

The steering motor is the same part responsible for the failure of many newly purchased Cybertrucks – some just moments after leaving the dealership.

The Elon Musk-owned company has described its EV as the “most American-made pickup” – adding that 65 percent of its parts are made in the US or Canada.

There are several facilities in Mexico that produce steer-by-wire systems, but one from a German company is known to ship systems directly to Elon Musk’s Texas Gigafactory, where Cybertrucks are produced.

The made in Mexico part was discovered by aautomotive consultancy Caresoft, which conducted a teardown to see what makes the Cybertruck tick.

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There are several facilities in Mexico owned by foreign companies that produce steering-by-wire systems, most notably Germany’s Pass Automotive.

Stephan Matz, the general manager of Pass Automotive Mexico, announced in 2022 that the company would supply parts for Tesla’s EVs.

Matz didn’t specifying which new Tesla lines or which components would be made by the multimillion-dollar operation in Irapuato in the Mexican state of Guanajuato.

There are five known to manufacture motor and steering equipment for electric vehicles Unpleasant Mordor Intelligenceincluding JTEKT Corporation, Nexteer Automotive Group Ltd., ZF Friedrichshafen AG, NSK Ltd and Robert Bosch GmbH.

Many new Cybertruck owners have experienced problems with the steering-by-wire system, which has resulted in the vehicles breaking down – and often shortly after driving off the lot.

Entrepreneur Thomas Remo shared a video of him picking up the $82,000 EV in Irvine, California, later discovering that it was “less than six inches off the lot” and then failed another “30 times” on the first day.

Moments after Remo excitedly steps on the accelerator, the center screen starts flashing red and beeping to alert him to a critical steering problem.

The vehicle automatically slowed to about four miles per hour, forcing him to stop and return to the dealership.

While Remo was able to pull over to the side of the road and head back to the dealership, Arizona-based Matthew Chirello wasn’t so lucky when the problem hit him this month.

Dozens of Musk’s X users have declared the truck ‘made in America’

Many of the X accounts appear to be Tesla fan pages

Entrepreneur Thomas Remo shared a video of him picking up the $82,000 EV in Irvine, California, only to later discover it was “less than six inches off the lot” and then failed another “30 times” on the first day

Moments after Remo excitedly steps on the accelerator, the center screen starts flashing red and beeping to alert him to a critical steering problem

Another owner from California also had to have his Cybertruck towed after the center screen started flashing red and showing a steering error warning – and this happened on the same day he took delivery

Chirello shared his experiences on X, but has since deleted the posts.

The post included a photo of his Cybertruck being towed and Chirello wrote, “I love Tesla and my Cybertruck but ‘catastrophically failed’ with steering and braking while on a road trip with wife and toddler.”

The steering problem appears to be plaguing newly delivered Cybertrucks for the past month, with another California customer reporting Saturday that he drove his vehicle a mile before it needed to be towed.

The person shared a post on the Cybertruck Owners Club forum with an image of his newly purchased Tesla EV hosted on a tow truck.

While Remo was able to pull over to the side of the road and head back to the dealership, Arizona-based Matthew Chirello was not so lucky when the problem hit him this month.

Chirello shared his experiences on X, but has since deleted the posts.

The post included a photo of his Cybertruck being towed and Chirello wrote, “I love Tesla and my Cybertruck but ‘catastrophically failed’ with steering and braking while on a road trip with wife and toddler.”

The steering problem appears to be plaguing newly delivered Cybertrucks for the past month, with another California customer reporting Saturday that he drove his vehicle a mile before it needed to be towed.

The person shared a post on the Cybertruck Owners Club forum with an image of his newly purchased Tesla EV hosted on a tow truck.