A Tesla Cybertruck Owner Says FSD Completely Destroyed His Tires – He Adds, “Tesla Is Refusing To Give Me New Tires Under Warranty. They Claim My Vehicle Logs Show I Have Used 100% Power Previously”

A Cybertruck owner says he recently went on a 4,000-mile road trip, relying mostly on Tesla’s full self-driving software.

At the start of his journey, he checked his tires and confirmed they were evenly worn with enough tread on all four.

However, after traveling 4,000 miles while relying on FSD for 90% of the time, he noticed that the rear tires had worn down to the metal structure beneath the rubber.

What’s even more curious is that the accelerated wear is limited to the rear tires and only occurred after he started letting FSD do the driving.

This is definitely not ideal, and the Cybertruck owner says he took his truck to Tesla and asked for a replacement tire under warranty.

However, Tesla denied his warranty claim and, surprisingly, told him that they could see from the vehicle logs that he had launched the Cybertruck multiple times.

The Cybertruck owner is unhappy with Tesla’s response and shared the story on the Cybertruck Owners Club forum.

He writes…

“My rear tires on the Cybertruck All Wheel Drive wear out very quickly. Could FSD be a factor?

I had a risky moment with my 2025 Cybertruck. I started a road trip on 1/1 with about 6000 miles on the odometer. At the start, tire wear looked normal and even across all four tires.

However, after roughly 4000 miles into the trip, I checked again, and the rears were almost bald. I used FSD over 90% of the drive, but before that, I only used it about 30% of the time.

While returning from a rest stop at 55 mph to the Vegas Tesla service center, in just 47 miles, one tire wore down to the belts!

The dealer says that because I applied 100% power several times (like many Tesla owners do), I now have to pay for two tire replacements.

I’m fine with paying, but I'm worried because they seem to think that's the cause, and I don't think it is. I haven't done any skidding or peeling out, and even if I had driven fast constantly, it wouldn’t explain the extreme rear tire wear in such a short time.

In fact, I was driving more aggressively during the first 6000 miles, when tire wear was normal, than during the last 4000 miles, when the rear tires experienced significant wear despite mainly using FSD.

To me, it suggests that an alignment issue, rear-wheel drag, or a wobble in rear-wheel steering would be necessary to explain how thoroughly the rear tires were sanded.

My concern is that they are not curious enough to figure it out, and I still have 2000+ miles to go to finish the trip.

When I arrived at the service center, they made this preliminary assessment just before closing, so I hope they didn’t want to jump to conclusions. They said they'd take a closer look in the morning.”

Finally, the Cybertruck owner concludes his post, asking…

“Has anyone experienced similar tire wear issues? What might be causing such a large difference in rear tire wear?’

Thanks!”

Below his post, the Cybertruck owner shared several pictures showing the completely worn-out rear tires.

The front tires look fine; however, the rear tires have no tread, and the underlying wires are visible.

This is definitely severe tire damage, and looking at the comments, fellow Cybertruck owners agreed that Tesla is to blame.

A fellow Cybertruck owner from Texas writes…

“Maybe it was a bad tire batch, and you just got a bad draw for 2 of them. Or, as you said, something is really going on with the rear drives, causing premature wear.

But that is just not normal, even for cheap tires, after the few miles you put on them.”

Another Cybertruck owner from Orange County, California, writes…

“Wow, that is bad. Push back against the Tesla service center to thoroughly test the truck before returning it.”

A third Cybertruck owner from Wyoming writes…

“I would say your front tires have excessive wear for ~10k miles as well. Your alignment needs to be checked. I highly doubt FSD affects it, but at a glance, it looks like the alignment is off. It also looks like your tire pressures were too high. Still, something is off for that sort of wear at the mileage stated.”

Overall, fellow Cybertruck owners seem to agree that this level of tire wear shouldn’t occur after less than 10,000 miles. However, please let me know what you think in the comments.

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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.