The brand new Cybertruck owner left in a rage when his $82,000 EV broke down just seconds after pulling out with a critical error: “Elon, what are you doing, man?”

Elon Musk has touted the Cybertruck as “apocalypse-proof,” but one customer discovered his newly purchased vehicle couldn’t be more than a mile from the dealership.

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

Moments after Remo excitedly stepped on the accelerator, the center screen started 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.

Remo wondered if the Cybertruck was “Tesla’s biggest lemon yet,” but his disappointment follows outrage from customers who spent $3,000 on the dockable tent only to find it looked nothing like the one Musk advertised.

Remo was driving down a busy street when the dashboard screen started flashing bright red and beeping to alert him to a critical steering problem

Musk started delivering Cybertrucks last November, but it appears those living on the West Coast have a choice – most sightings of the vehicles come from that part of the US.

Remo, who runs GearDown on YouTube took viewers on a journey to pick up his new Tesla Cyberbeast.

He pressed the accelerator as he left the dealer’s parking lot, revving the Dual Motor, which generates 600 horsepower, and all seemed fine until a few seconds later the center dash turned into a blaring alarm.

Remo jokingly said, “I literally broke it right out of the gate.” Elon, what are you doing, brother? How come it’s already broken?’

The flashing lights indicated that there was a problem with the vehicle’s steering-by-wire system, which put the Cybertruck into a limp mode and prevented it from traveling faster than four miles per hour.

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

Steer-by-wire is an advanced system that aims to replace traditional steering.

The new technology eliminates the physical connection between a car’s steering wheel and wheels by using electrically controlled motors that change the direction of the wheels and provide feedback to the driver.

The disadvantages of a steering-by-wire system are maintenance and cost – and if the connection is not perfect, drivers will experience what happened with Remo.

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.

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

A similar post was shared on the forum on March 5, showing the red blood-colored screen with a large notice on the front that read: ‘Stop safely. Critical steering problem detected’

However, the customer claimed the dealer couldn’t fix the problem, saying: “Tesla really brought these trucks out, what a nightmare.”

A similar post was shared on the forum on March 5, showing the red blood-colored screen with a large notice on the front that read: ‘Stop safely. A critical steering problem has been detected.’

This driver’s profile page shows that they also live in California.

‘My Cybertruck went straight from delivery to service (very sad) and Tesla has been diagnosing the problem for 5 days. They still don’t know what’s wrong with it,” the person said.

Advertisements of the Basecamp tent claimed it would attach evenly to the back of the Cybertruck, and a video shows two parents and a child fitting comfortably inside the tent and screened windows to provide ‘a view of the stars’ .

Tesla began shipping the first batches of tents to customers, which was touted as a luxury camper, but some linked it to an “unpolished homeless camp.”

The problem reports on the new Cybertrucks seem to be piling up – from an easily soiled exterior to misaligned panels and the new Basecamp tent.

Tesla began shipping the first batches of tents to customers, which was touted as a luxury camper, but some linked it to an “unpolished homeless camp.”

The shipped accessory seemed to lack the appeal of the company’s promotional photos, which included an “ultra-soft mattress” and “enhanced camping experience.”

Advertisements of the Basecamp tent claimed it would attach evenly to the back of the Cybertruck, and a video shows two parents and a child fitting comfortably inside the tent and screened windows to provide “views of the stars.”

But new owners have shared videos and photos of what appeared to be a tarp extension on the back of their new EV truck, with some saying it was no different than a traditional tent and could fit up to two people.