Cybertruck Passes Man On A Muddy Back Road. So He Speeds Up: ‘And Now Their Doors Won’t Unlock’

A Cybertruck owner is getting mocked after getting splashed by a fellow driver when they happened upon one other in the great outdoors.

TikTok creator Alice (@jwyot1993) recorded the electric vehicle getting coated with dirty water, much to the delight of observers.

The clip begins with Alice recording herself in the passenger seat riding down a muddy backwoods road. Up ahead they see a Cybertruck. Situated between the two vehicles is a large puddle of brown water.

“Tough day to be a Cybertruck,” a text overlay reads. It doesn’t take much imagination to picture what happens next, especially with an off-camera exhortation by someone else in the car.

“Oh do it to him dude, do it to him,” Alice urges the driver. As they pass the electric vehicle, they speed up through the puddle, sending a stream of dirty water cascading onto the truck as both laugh hysterically.

Following this, the person behind the camera pans their lens around, which shows the driver looking in his side mirror, presumably to see how the Cybertruck driver reacted to the stream of water coating their stainless steel ride.

The People Approve

Alice's video went hugely viral. As of this writing it has over 50 million views.

Several commenters who replied to the video mocked the Cybertruck driver for getting splashed.

“CYBERTRUCK got CYBER BULLYING,” one quipped. Another joked, “We thank you for your service.”

Someone else noted that it seemed like whoever was behind the wheel of the Cybertruck was trying to avoid the puddle.

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“Bro was being careful to stay outta the water,” they wrote.

Another speculated that the Cybertruck driver was worried about potentially damaging their car. “Guys he wasn’t moving over to make space, he moved over cause he’d get stuck going through that puddle,” they said.

One person wrote that they too thought the inundation of water would damage the electric vehicle. “And now their doors won’t unlock,” they joked.

Tesla Cybertrucks and the Great Outdoors

Plenty of content creators have tested the off-roading prowess of the Tesla Cybertruck. Many of these videos failed to wow people who enjoy off-roading. InsideEVs previously reported on a Cybertruck failing to best a Subaru Crosstrek in an off-road test. The former got stuck on an obstacle the small crossover SUV handled with ease.

YouTuber VoyageATX published a video called “I Took my Cybertruck Off Roading! (I broke it).” Folks who replied to the video said they were disappointed in the Cybertruck’s performance. One wrote, “Not trying to pile on, but I am shocked [by] how bad it did. I have taken my Tacoma over harder stuff while still in 2WD.”

In 2023, a viral image on X showed a Cybertruck test unit that purportedly “got stuck in a south Texas field.” Judging from the amount of videos that show Cybertrucks struggling in off-road situations, it appears some of these issues still persist.

For example, a Cybertruck that went through an admittedly difficult off-road test suffered a broken bolt, which culminated in one of its rear wheels falling off. Another YouTuber shared what they believe to be an inherent design flaw with the Cybertruck’s aero wheel cover. They speculated that over time, it would rub against the car’s sidewall, causing damage. According to them, it’s probably best to drive the vehicle with the aero wheel attachments off.

Cybertruck Water Damage

Cybertrucks’ issue with water is well-documented.

Cybertruck owners have long complained about water damaging their vehicles as well. A Cybertruck owner wrote on their blog that rain left persistent staining and moisture damage to the stainless steel body of the electric pickup. This echoes worries others have had that water damage could result in visible rust stains on their Cybertrucks.

In 2024, Cybertruck's lead engineer claimed that the rust wasn’t on the body of the vehicle, but on metal particles that collected from the factory. Wes Morrill wrote on X, “Stainless is reactive and free iron that sits on it will rust. It's surface contamination only and can be cleaned off easily.” Morrill recommended using Barkeeper’s Friend or “a blue non-scratch Scotch Brite pad” to clean it off without damaging the vehicle.

As for puddles, another viral clip supposedly shows a Cybertruck powering down after driving through a puddle roughly the size of the one in Alice’s video.

“Watch this Cybertruck get defeated by a puddle,” that creator wrote.

Other Cybertruck owners criticized their car’s bed cover for allowing water to enter the bed after it rained. “Mine was initially pretty well sealed from the factory, but now I’m seeing one leak path,” they wrote in a caption of a photo that shows a clear leak in an otherwise dry truck bed.

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Cybertruck owners have also shared that their doors didn’t function properly after rainfall. A user on a Cybertruck Owners Club forum wrote that after it gets wet, such as in a car wash or rain, “the rear passenger door will just unlock itself every few seconds.” They said this causes the rear windows to “lower a bit” and activates a notice on their infotainment screen that reads “manual door release triggered.”

InsideEVs has reached out to Alice via TikTok direct message and Tesla via email for further comment. We’ll update this article if either responds.

 

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