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SteeringPart report

2024 Tesla Cybertruck Steering Problems

Complaints
16about this part
Share
9%of 178 total for the year
Median mileage
3,000miles
Trend
Too newThis model year is less than 4 years old, so a trend is not meaningful yet.

NHTSA recorded 16 complaints about the steering of the 2024 Tesla Cybertruck, 9% of the 178 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 3,000 miles. 6 of these say a crash was involved and 1 a fire, according to the filers.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“While driving vehicle a prompt flashed on the screen saying “power reduced, steering performance reduced due to overheating”. Then the next screen said “critical steering issue detected pull over”. Then I got a loss of system redundancy detected. This has happened twice in one week and I’ve towed it to Tesla twice.”

NHTSA complaint #11585918, filed 2024-04

“On December 23, 2025, at approximately 9:45 AM, I was operating my Tesla Cybertruck with Autopilot engaged under normal driving conditions. There was no inclement weather, the roadway was straight, and visibility was clear. While driving, the vehicle suddenly veered off the main roadway without warning and traveled off-road, ultimately colliding with a tree. The movement was abrupt and not consistent with normal lane departure. …”

NHTSA complaint #11725051, filed 2026-03

“While driving on a highway with Full Self-Driving engaged, I approached an exit and applied steering input to take control. I expected the system to disengage and the Cybertruck to follow my steering input. The vehicle did not respond in the manner I expected and left the paved roadway, entering a grass field. To my knowledge, it did not strike another vehicle, guardrail, tree, or structure. The airbags nevertheless deployed, and a collision event was indicated. …”

NHTSA complaint #11767489, filed 2026-09

“This incident happens when driving home from work, it happened half a mile away from where I live on a local road. All of a sudden car lost all power, steering wheel and brake completely failed, drive train completely failed while the car was still moving. there was no way the car could be controlled to move to the side of the road or to break to completely stop it.. thankfully it coasted to a complete stop. As it was the middle of the day, there were no cars around the local road I was on. Once the car stopped everything shut off completely. …”

NHTSA complaint #11730347, filed 2026-04

“I purchased 2024 Tesla cybertruck and got the delivery of the truck on May 11th 2024. One the very first day I experienced a critical warning that stated Critical Steering issue detected and it started beeping loudly and I was unable to steer it. Now I am unable to drive the car as I have a whole lust of critical alerts that pop up on the screen. I am concerned about my safety and others on the road. One of the warning says loss of system redundancy detected. Unable to shift out of park because vehicle has detected loss of redundancy. …”

NHTSA complaint #11588346, filed 2024-05

Related service bulletins

Steering: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2026333%
2025312%
2024169%

Other parts of the 2024 Tesla Cybertruck

Electrical system
56 complaints
Body and structure
37 complaints
Other or unknown
32 complaints
Forward collision avoidance
21 complaints
Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
18 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
16 complaints
Exterior lighting
12 complaints
Lane departure
12 complaints
Vehicle speed control
10 complaints
Brakes
8 complaints
Fuel system
7 complaints
Wheels
6 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2024 Tesla Cybertruck

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 30, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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