Frozen snow / ice blocked my headlights last night

[HaulingAss]

In decades of Northeast driving It's never been a problem for me and I'd never consider it "normal" to have to pull over every 30 minutes to clear my headlights. It's quite obvious to all but the apologists that this is a poor design for snowy conditions and worse than many other vehicles.

Do you even have a Cybertruck?

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[BannedByTMC]

Do you even have a Cybertruck?

No. Relevance to the issue that owners are having? Zero.

 

[CyberLeo]

Turn on mirror defrost and all cameras and headlights defrost, this works perfectly even with driving in heavy snow storms

 

[sharpgator]

Turn on mirror defrost and all cameras and headlights defrost, this works perfectly even with driving in heavy snow storms

Does this do headlights too? I had figured it does cameras because I once touched my rear camera after having this on and noticed it was warm.

 

[rovert43]

I've experienced this many times, not in the Cybertruck yet since I didn't get delivery until April. Hypnosis by falling snow, lit by headlights, is real. Turning your high-beams off is critical, but not always enough to prevent it. The low mounted headlights of the Cybertruck should be an advantage in this regard, but it may still be necessary to pull over if hypnosis starts to set in. It feels like vertigo.



Yep. What would be a quick 30-minute drive in normal conditions can turn into a multi-hour journey. The English language has one word for "snow", and a handful of related words. The Inuit had over 100 words for "snow", each one describing a particular type of snow. How is this related to driving in the snow? Every type of snow presents its own challenges. I bring this up because some people reading this will be thinking they have driven in the snow a number of times, and it was easy. Yes, it can be, right up until it's not. Snow, temperature and wind will all affect how it impacts your trip.

Whenever there are potential winter conditions on my route, I travel with warm sleeping bags and caps for each occupant, extra food and water, and good, lightweight boots for walking in the snow and ice, with gaiters. You never know how bad it can get.

I might be weird, but I love it! Probably because I associate it with unreal skiing conditions the next day. Assuming the ski area is able to open at all.

I drive in the snow all the time and my headlights never get iced over, are you talking about the led bar light up top? That's not really a head light.

 

[mark555055c]

It's spring, in my area this past winter we had the most snow in many years. Well, not once did I have any issue with snow or ice building up on the headlights on my daily 70 mile round trip commute.

Figured I'd update here for future cybertruckians.

 

[HaulingAss]

I drive in the snow all the time and my headlights never get iced over, are you talking about the led bar light up top? That's not really a head light.

Snow comes in an endless variety of specifications. Only a few are a problem on any vehicle and the affected vehicles will vary, depending upon the particular snow conditions. I think people are stretching to find anything to try to discredit the Cybertruck, based upon anything that is different from what people are well-accustomed to. It's called fear of the unknown.

 

[hemiarch]

First, let me just say I don’t have this problem. I live in Arizona. It seems to me like having the little flat ledge in front of the headlights is the Achilles heel here. I feel like this can be made a strength though. There is a surface there that can be used to install something and a power supply near the frunk.
If you wired something like this to the frunk accessory port (in this case with a buck converter for 12v output) you could adhere it directly to the little “shelf” in front of the headlights and have a screen switchable “desnow”or “snow accumulation prevention”button.
https://a.co/d/iIo8vRp
Am I misunderstanding the problem?

 

[BannedByTMC]

If you wired something like this to the frunk accessory port (in this case with a buck converter for 12v output) you could adhere it directly to the little “shelf” in front of the headlights and have a screen switchable “desnow”or “snow accumulation prevention”button.

This solution has been discussed.

 

[PungoteagueDave]

This is simply not an issue. Be diligent and clean them periodically.

 

[HaulingAss]

First, let me just say I don’t have this problem. I live in Arizona. It seems to me like having the little flat ledge in front of the headlights is the Achilles heel here. I feel like this can be made a strength though. There is a surface there that can be used to install something and a power supply near the frunk.
If you wired something like this to the frunk accessory port (in this case with a buck converter for 12v output) you could adhere it directly to the little “shelf” in front of the headlights and have a screen switchable “desnow”or “snow accumulation prevention”button.
https://a.co/d/iIo8vRp
Am I misunderstanding the problem?

If you think installing heaters and switches are worth it, I think you are trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist in any meaningful way. Having driven my Cybertruck in plenty of snow, day and night, I can say it's simply not any more of a problem than any other car I've driven in winter storms. And that's a lot. Even in the daytime I've not see enough snow buildup to matter at night.

If, years down the road the headlights on my Cybertruck ever become dimmed by snow accumulation, and I feel like my visibility is compromised, I will simply pull over and swipe the snow buildup away, just as I've done with other cars occasionally.

But help yourself to the truck upgrades you think you might need based upon all the made-up negative narratives about snow blocking your headlights. You will probably be praying for just the right conditions so you can flip your "magic" and watch your headlights get gradually brighter as your little heaters start melting the snow away. You might have a long wait.

 

[PungoteagueDave]

If you think installing heaters and switches are worth it, I think you are trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist in any meaningful way. Having driven my Cybertruck in plenty of snow, day and night, I can say it's simply not any more of a problem than any other car I've driven in winter storms. And that's a lot. Even in the daytime I've not see enough snow buildup to matter at night.

If, years down the road the headlights on my Cybertruck ever become dimmed by snow accumulation, and I feel like my visibility is compromised, I will simply pull over and swipe the snow buildup away, just as I've done with other cars occasionally.

But help yourself to the truck upgrades you think you might need based upon all the made-up negative narratives about snow blocking your headlights. You will probably be praying for just the right conditions so you can flip your "magic" and watch your headlights get gradually brighter as your little heaters start melting the snow away. You might have a long wait.

Totally agree. The hand-wringers trying to find design flaws and “emergency” dangers are barking up the wrong tree here. There are plenty of issues - this isn’t one.

 

[hemiarch]

I have never had this problem. As I said, live in Arizona. Just trying to help.

 

[HaulingAss]

I have never had this problem. As I said, live in Arizona. Just trying to help.

OK, I can see you mean well. If you keep it up (helping us Northerner's with imaginary problems) I will give you a special award.

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