Suddenly and, as often happens with the American brand, unofficially, Tesla has lifted the curtain on one of its most closely guarded secrets: the real scale of production of its Cybertruck. This revelation did not come through a brilliant financial report or a triumphant announcement, but through a humiliating recall campaign imposed by regulators.
According to documents published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), all 63,619 copies of the Cybertruck, produced from November 2023 to October 2025, are being recalled. The figure, which the company traditionally concealed with almost obsessive secrecy, turned out to be a complete failure compared to the initial loud promises of mass production.
And the reason for this large-scale recall is more than embarrassing for a technology company that claims to be innovative. The problem is related to something as fundamental as the headlights.
It turns out that a software error in the lighting control algorithm has turned the futuristic pickup truck into a potential danger on the road. The intensity of the light exceeds the established federal standards, and there is a serious risk of blinding or distracting oncoming drivers. In other words, a purely software blunder exposes all other road users to an increased risk of accidents.
This highlights a chronic problem with electric vehicles, and especially Tesla: their excessive dependence on code. An algorithm, instead of ensuring accuracy, creates a critical security flaw.
For owners, paradoxically, the repair is too easy - it does not require a visit to the service center. Tesla "replaced" the physical responsibility with a remote software update (over-the-air, OTA). The fix was incorporated into software version 2025.38.3 and began to be installed on October 8, a week after the bug was discovered.
Although the company smugly claims that there have been no incidents related to excessive brightness so far, the fact remains: tens of thousands of customers were potentially at risk due to a software bug. Official recall letters will not start being sent until December 13, 2025.
However, the biggest "discovery" of this service campaign is the volume of production. The NHTSA document serves as an unwitting admission – all 63,619 vehicles affected by the update represent the total number of Cybertrucks assembled since the beginning of production.
This means that in almost two years (November 2023 to October 2025), Tesla managed to produce only a little over sixty thousand units of its revolutionary pickup truck. This figure is not just disappointing – it is yet another testament to Elon Musk’s failure to turn grandiose promises into real market dominance.
In the end, the Cybertruck turned out to be less a futuristic breakthrough than an expensive and problematic experiment, the true scale of which was revealed not by triumph, but by the need for repairs.