Tesla has voluntarily recalled 173 Cybertrucks fitted with the optional 18-inch steel wheels after identifying a risk that the brake rotor stud holes can develop cracks under high-stress driving conditions. NHTSA opened campaign number 26V255000 on 22 April 2026, covering model-year 2024 to 2026 trucks.
What Can Go Wrong
The defect originates in the brake rotor itself rather than the wheel or stud. Under aggressive cornering or rough-road loading, the holes that hold each wheel stud can develop cracks. Over time those cracks may worsen and let a stud separate from the hub. A separated stud reduces clamping force on the wheel, and in the worst case the wheel itself can detach.
Tesla says it has not seen any in-field reports of separated studs or actual wheel loss. The recall was filed "out of an abundance of caution" after a routine review of field repairs flagged the failure mode as plausible.
What Owners Get
The remedy is comprehensive rather than a quick re-torque. Service centres will replace front and rear brake rotors, wheel hubs, and lug nuts with updated components featuring revised geometry and a larger contact area. Tesla says the new parts reduce stress on the stud holes and improve durability under load. The work is free of charge.
Owner notification letters will be mailed by 20 June 2026.
Affected Vehicles
The 18-inch steel wheel was the entry option on the Cybertruck before Tesla discontinued it in November 2025 for low take rate. Production of trucks with that wheel ended at that point, which is why the campaign tops out at 173 units rather than the tens of thousands that earlier Cybertruck recalls have covered.
| Recall detail | Value |
|---|---|
| NHTSA campaign | 26V255000 |
| Filing date | 22 April 2026 |
| Affected units | 173 |
| Affected option | 18-inch steel wheels |
| Model years | 2024 – 2026 |
| Production cut-off | November 2025 |
| Owner notification by | 20 June 2026 |
Europe Unaffected for Now
The Cybertruck is not officially sold in the European Union. The handful that have been imported privately for showroom display or media use are not part of the recall scope, and the truck remains unhomologated under UN Regulation 10 and EU type-approval rules. European Cybertruck owners should still contact Tesla service if they own one of the affected configurations and operate the vehicle on private land.
This is the latest in a string of small-volume Cybertruck recalls, including the much larger 46,000-unit trim panel campaign in 2024 and 2025. Each individual campaign has been narrow in scope, and Tesla has consistently issued the recalls voluntarily before NHTSA forced the issue.