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A Tesla buyer is slamming the car company for trying to sell him a Cybertruck that has been sitting in a lot for 4 months.

Reza Soltani, a brand-new Cybertruck purchaser from Houston, Texas, says he positioned his order final Friday however was shocked when Elon Musk‘s company instantly assigned him a vehicle VIN and notified him that he may choose it up that very day.

Given the long wait time for Cybertruck deliveries simply a 12 months in the past, this would seem to be excellent news, however Reza says he’ll refuse supply if Tesla doesn’t give him a newer car.

The pissed off Cybertruck purchaser shared his story on the Cybertruck Owners Only group on Facebook: “I placed an order for a Cybertruck on Friday, and they instantly assigned me a VIN and are ready to deliver the car this week in Houston.

“The car was constructed on January eighth. It’s been sitting out within the Tesla car parking zone for 4 months. Has anybody had any luck with requesting a newly constructed car?”

In the comments of the post, many questioned how Reza managed to determine his Cybertruck’s exact build date.

A fellow Cybertruck owner named Brigitte Brazda asked: “How did you discover out when the car was constructed?”

Reza replied that he contacted a Tesla representative, and the employee informed him that the vehicle was built on January 8th, explaining: ‘I asked on the app, and someone responded with the exact build date. The VIN only tells you the year.”

What’s flawed with taking a Cybertruck that has been sitting on the lot for a few months?

Another new Cybertruck purchaser, Joe Gallart, mentions that, like Reza, Tesla tried to sell him a vehicle produced in January that was sitting on the lot for a number of weeks.

The vehicle Tesla tried to sell him was underneath a recall discover, and he had to wait two weeks for Tesla to restore the recalled cantrail part—a massive 5 lbs, 9 toes long chrome steel panel that might fly off within the center of a drive.

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After two weeks, when Joe went to verify his brand-new vehicle that needed to be fixed up, he noticed that Tesla had not accomplished a good job with the fitment, which resulted in him refusing supply.

Now, Joe says, the EV maker has matched him with a new vehicle that was constructed on April 11. He advises Reza to additionally refuse supply.

He wrote on Reza’s post: “Apparently, there is no way to request a build directly from the factory. The good news for me, hopefully, is that this truck, built on April 11, should have the fix for the cantrail directly from the factory, so I’m hoping it is properly aligned.”

Another Cybertruck proprietor, Reid Tomasko, additionally advisable to Reza that he refuse supply, writing: “You can completely request a newer construct; I’d strive to get one thing that’s constructed after March as a result of that’s once they realized the panels have been having points.”

Overall, fellow Cybertruck homeowners say they wouldn’t take a truck that has been sitting on the lot for months.

Tesla isn’t the one automaker battling buyer discontent stemming from uncommon service experiences and sudden vehicle points.

In a separate case involving a Hyundai Palisade, one driver started noticing a persistent spark knock-like noise in his SUV—at solely 30,000 miles.

Despite visiting two totally different dealerships, and even after a fuel system cleansing, technicians nonetheless instructed him it was “normal.”