‘What’s going on, Elon?!’: Owner of snazzy new matte black Cybertruck is devastated as she dies after just FOUR DAYS

The owner of a matte black Cybertruck reported that her brand new Tesla electric vehicle was “completely dead” after just 4 days.

“The car was unresponsive even though it was almost fully charged,” the distraught Cybertruck owner from Southern California told her Instagram followers on Monday, documenting the drama.

Marketed as a “satin black” wrapper or “paint protection film,” the finish can add up to $6,500 to the EV’s sticker price, for a total of $88,395 to $108,455.

Despite featuring many celebrity owners and fans on the red carpet, Tesla’s futuristic-looking EV has repeatedly delivered unwanted surprises to its first users since the truck shipped last December.

Dangerous doors with razor-sharp edges that could cut a finger, a stainless steel body that rusts in the rain, glitchy “regenerative braking” software that endangers lives, and internal electrical issues have all given Cybertruck owners pause lately.

The owner of the matte black Cybertruck watched as their unresponsive vehicle couldn’t even put the wheels in neutral while it was being loaded “to be towed to the Tesla service center.”

“What’s going on, Elon!?” the SoCal owner asked.

Cybertruck owner Nazila, who works with Orange County interior design firm Black Orchid Interiors, was met with some skeptical diehard Tesla fans in her comments, who accused her of not charging the electric car.

But the problems went beyond a simple mistake.

“It was almost fully charged, but the CT did not respond to the app, the physical key and even to air contact from Tesla itself,” Nazila wrote on Instagram.

“And because the CT was parked so close to the garage wall,” she explained, “the two drivers couldn’t access the frunk (front trunk) and side fenders, where you access the 12V battery to at least keep the car to be set to N. (neutral).’

The result, as seen in her video, is the Cybertruck’s tires completely locked up and scraping the pavement as the tow driver tries to load it onto his truck.

Unlike combustion engine cars, all Tesla EVs require some level of electrical power to shift into neutral.

Cybertruck owner Nazila, who works with Orange County interior design firm Black Orchid Interiors, was met with some skeptical diehard Tesla fans in her comments, who accused her of not charging the electric car. But the problems went beyond a simple mistake

“It was almost fully charged, but the CT did not respond to the app, the physical key, or even air contact from Tesla itself,” Nazila wrote. ‘The tow driver could not access the frunk (front trunk) and side fenders (to) access the 12V battery to at least put the car in N (neutral)’

Car forums and “how to” sites report that jumper cables and another car can jump-start the Cybertruck’s 12-volt battery, just like a charging station, whether at home or on the road.

Once the Tesla has just enough power to engage, drivers can start the vehicle and put it in neutral by pressing and holding the gear lever for two seconds.

While annoying, the recent incident is minor compared to some of the more recent and life-threatening problems with Tesla’s electric vehicles.

For example, problems with regenerative braking have dogged Tesla, but the company ignored them when they came up in 2021.

The issue led to 1.1 million Teslas being recalled in China in 2023, after several high-profile incidents of cars going out of control.

Critics claimed that software that guides the automated deployment of regenerative braking could conflict with the driver’s own guidelines when attempting to brake or press the accelerator, with consequences that could be fatal.

The malfunction is suspected in the murderous rampage of a Model Y in November 2022 in the city of Chaozhou, northeast of Hong Kong.

But in the US, a 2019 petition asking regulators to address the same problem was written off in 2021.

In 2021, a statement from the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (US NHTSA) claimed it had found “no evidence” of nearly identical design problems reported by US citizens.

In a press release from 2020Tesla accused the petitioners of making “completely false” claims at the instigation of “a Tesla short seller.”

“The explanation for the China recall appears to be inconsistent with NHTSA’s 2021 findings,” Michael Brooks, executive director of the nonprofit consumer advocacy group the Center for Auto Safety, told DailyMail via email. com.

The Center, including retired electronics engineer and PhD in physics. Ronald Belt who extensively studied the braking and acceleration problem, contributed reports to the NHTSA petition.

The petition was sent at the initiative of Tesla short seller, Brian Sparks of Berkeley, California.

DailyMail.com has reached out for comment to Tesla, which disbanded its US media relations team in October 2020.

This article will be updated if the company responds.