Gilbert Arenas, claims CyberTruck's Steering Failure caused Son's Wreck

[BengalBoy]

Gilbert Arenas, father of basketball phenomenon claims his son wrecked because his CyberTruck's steering failed.

"Arenas shared details about the April crash during an interview with former Los Angeles Laker Matt Barnes on the "All The Smoke" podcast. He said the steering wheel stopped responding prior to the crash, and that contrary to some reports, his son Alijah never fell asleep. Arenas said Alijah struggled to break the truck's windows as the vehicle filled with smoken"

https://abc7.com/post/gilbert-arena...as-due-tesla-cybertruck-malfunction/16497809/

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[Mal]

 

[CyberGus]

I think if my steering failed, I would slow down.

 

[CyberGus]

Alijah struggled to break the truck's windows

If only the doors had some kind of manual release…?

 

[CTruckFan]

If only the doors had some kind of manual release…?

There is a manual release (it's not labeled, though) opposite the electric release, right in front of the window switches.

 

[MICyber]

There is a manual release (it's not labeled, though) opposite the electric release, right in front of the window switches.

I think his response was sarcasm...

 

[CyberJay]

“It wasn’t my entitled son’s fault.”
- Almost every bad parent in history ever.

 

[BobSaidSo]

As a 1 year owner, the steer by wire has never failed once during our drives. This seems very Sus!

 

[Jhodgesatmb]

The steering has redundancy designed/built in, and is designed to fail in a mode that remains driveable.

the front seat manual door releases are friggen obvious.

 

[cyberos]

Vehicle telemetry data would tell the absolute truth. I wonder if it’s still recoverable?

 

[Coagulation]

Vehicle telemetry data would tell the absolute truth. I wonder if it’s still recoverable?

Assuming Tesla will look to that data.

Hoping that isn’t what happened. You would think in the hundreds of millions of miles CTs have driven so far (50kish trucks times say 5-10k miles driven avg… so 250-500 million miles), you would’ve heard at least one post on here / social media somewhere like “something weird happened to my steering while driving”.

 

[cyberos]

Assuming Tesla will look to that data.

Hoping that isn’t what happened. You would think in the hundreds of millions of miles CTs have driven so far (50kish trucks times say 5-10k miles driven avg… so 250-500 million miles), you would’ve heard at least one post on here / social media somewhere like “something weird happened to my steering while driving”.

Yes. I also really doubt steering failure was the cause. Critical, redundant systems should be the last to fail. Like the truck should have had full power loss first.

Maybe the steering “stopped responding” because the car was skidding?

 

[GatorCyber]

There is a manual release (it's not labeled, though) opposite the electric release, right in front of the window switches.

yea. the manual release that every non-tesla owning passenger seems to find and use inside of any of my Tesla's instead of the powered release. Even after I inform them, they reach for the manual release

 

[GatorCyber]

Don't forget who Arenas was in the NBA. A trouble maker and liar.
Gilbert Arenas Will Say (Almost) Anything
The NBA vet on finding his lane in the media, mastering the art of trolling,
https://www.gq.com/story/gilbert-arenas-interview

 

[Ledro2000]

The steering has redundancy designed/built in, and is designed to fail in a mode that remains driveable.

the front seat manual door releases are friggen obvious.

“Designed to fail?” Really? Is that a typo?

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