Tesla issues recall for nearly 64,000 Cybertrucks after discovering their lights are too bright

Tesla engineers are gearing up for one of their busiest winters ever, not just for sales, but with masses of recalls, as another 64,000 Cybertruck units are heading back home after it was found that their lights are too bright.

It needs no introduction and doesn’t need to do much more than be itself to stand out from the crowd.

But the Cybertruck appears to have been trying too hard to grab attention on the roads, with its LED lights being a major issue.

Now, regulators have deemed them ‘too bright’ and a mass recall to nearly every Cybertruck ever made is being enforced.

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Shine bright like a Tesla Cybertruck

The Tesla Cybertruck has been in a constant battle with regulators.

Mainly, the EV pickup has been quarreling with the European Union, but this time it’s the US authorities that have become the thorn that has pierced through its armoured doors.

The LED lights have become an infamous feature of the Cybertruck, often leading to light shows at mass get-togethers.

However, they need to dial back that brightness.

And it’s resulted in just under 64,000 units being recalled – well, kind of.

Luckily enough, this fix can be arranged through an Over-the-air (OTA) software patch, which will dim the LED beam.

The headlights will stay the same.

A total of 63,619 EVs, built between November 2013 and October 2025 – which is almost every Cybertruck ever sold – will need the fix.

Maybe it’s a good job that Tesla didn’t sell the ‘1 million’ units that had been signed up for.

Another day, another recall

This isn’t the first Tesla recall. In fact, it’s not even the first recall of this month.

Earlier this week, thousands of Model 3 and Model Y cars were recalled for battery issues. This time, the luxury of an OTA fix isn’t offered, and it has to be dealt with in the Tesla garages.

In the past, the company has called millions of cars back to its studios – issues with the automatic side windows saw fixes deployed to 1.1 million cars in 2022.

While another two million Tesla models were recalled due to Autopilot issues in 2023.

Elon Musk even had a pop at the ‘fun police’ after they made him do an OTA recall on 500,000 cars to remove the ‘fart horn’ gimmick.

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