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Wes Fisher, a Cybertruck owner from Ohio, says he applied a magnetic decal on his Cybertruck, and now the stainless steel is covered in rust.
Wes placed the magnetic decal over the rear driver’s side door, and when he removed it, he noticed the underlying surface was covered in brown rusty spots.
What’s interesting here is that the rest of Wes’s Cybertruck shows no sign of corrosion, and only the area where the magnets were attached has the blemish.
Now, Wes is wondering if he has permanently damaged his Cybertruck’s stainless steel.
The concerned Cybertruck owner shared his story on the Cybertruck Owners Only group on Facebook.
He writes…
“Did I permanently mess up the outside of my Cybertruck?
I think so, but I’m hoping some experts here can confirm. Looks like the magnets from these decals caused some kind of corrosive reaction with the stainless steel, because there are now visible spots where they were placed.
This kind of sucks, but oh well, lesson learned. I guess it’s time to go ahead and wrap it.
If anyone has tips for cleaning or repairing this before I wrap it, I’m all ears!
Below his post, Wes shared five pictures. The first picture shows the Cybertruck with a magnetic decal over the rear driver’s side door.
The remaining four pictures show the Cybertruck after Wes took off the magnetic decal. As you can see, the spot where the magnets were attached is now covered in brownish marks.
This is definitely not ideal; however, looking at the comments, several Cybertruck owners shared that they have also experienced similar corrosion issues after attaching a magnet to their Cybertruck.
A fellow Cybertruck owner, Robert Baze, says he experienced similar magnet-associated corrosion; however, he adds that he’s scheduled a service appointment and is asking Tesla to replace his door under warranty.
Robert adds that Tesla should warn Cybertruck owners that magnets corrode the truck’s stainless steel.
He writes…
“Take it to Tesla, have them replace the doors under warranty. I’m doing that on Tuesday. The same thing happened to me!
They should issue a bulletin about this and warn all customers about the dangers of the magnets!
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Apparently, they pull iron out of the metal or something. I don’t know if there’s a way to sand it down, but I’m sure there is.
Either way, it’s under warranty; just tell them what happened, have your doors replaced, and then wrap it up.”
A second Cybertruck owner, Anna Schwind, says she also put magnetic decals on her truck to promote her business, and now it’s covered in rust spots.
Anna writes…
“I have the same issue after putting my business magnets on my Cybertruck.”
A third Cybertruck owner, Justin West, says similarly, his truck has rust spots after putting on magnetic decals.
He writes…
“The magnet definitely caused this, and it sucks. I’m not sure you’ll be able to get it all cleaned up and completely removed.
I wasn’t able to clean the rust off my Cybertruck. The only way now is to wrap it.”
A fourth Cybertruck owner, Ray Stickel, says he had similar magnet-associated corrosion issues.
Ray mentions he successfully removed the rust from his Cybertruck, but he warns that the Bar Keepers Friend he used ended up polishing the surface too much. As a result, he had to polish the entire truck to ensure the cleaned area matched the rest of the vehicle.
Ray writes…
“I had the same issue – using Bar Keepers Friend and Windex cleaning methods worked for me. Full disclosure: it worked so well that you might need to clean all panels to match the newly cleaned ones.”
A fifth Cybertruck owner, Jenia Craighead, shares a similar experience, writing…
“Yep, magnets can cause corrosion. Might buff out, but you’d have to resurface the whole truck.”
Overall, looking at the comments, a lot of Cybertruck owners seem to be experiencing magnet-associated corrosion. However, please let me know what you think in the comments.
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Image: Screenshot from the Cybertruck Owner Only group on Facebook. Reposted under fair use copyright rule.
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Tinsae Aregay has been following Tesla and the evolution of the EV space daily for several years. He covers everything about Tesla, from the cars to Elon Musk, the energy business, and autonomy. Follow Tinsae on Twitter at @TinsaeAregay for daily Tesla news.
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