Cybertruck owner calls for an end to the trend of sticking body parts in the trunk after his finger ended up in a splint
A Tesla owner posted a video testing the new Cybertruck frunk update by closing it with his finger.
The experience left him with a sore finger and a splint.
The video follows a trend of testing the safety of the frunk by closing it over body parts, which is not advised.
Tesla owner Joseph Fay says the trend of sticking body parts into the Cyberfrunk’s trunk to test whether it closes on them must stop, following an experiment that left his finger in a splint.
Fay put together a video of a Cybertruck owner closing the trunk on his finger and first tried the trend himself before the update, which was supposed to improve the sensor. He placed his arm, his hand and finally his finger in the trunk. The back pain left him sore the first time, but didn’t have a major impact, he said.
After receiving feedback that he was pointing his finger upwards, which could have stopped the frunk from crushing him, Fay said he decided to try the video again with the new update.
Fay was heard struggling in the video and shouting “ow” as he tried to remove his finger from the trunk. The next shot of the video showed him with a splint on his finger. He said the whole trend of sticking body parts inside Tesla’s trunk should stop.
“We can kind of undo this now,” Fay said in the video. “I think we can end this. Good job.”
Fay told BI he didn’t go to the doctor after injuring his finger, but probably should have. He said a previous video showing the injury was removed by TikTok. Business Insider viewed two videos showing the injured finger, including one with a clear opening in the skin that appeared to extend down to its tendon. In the current version, viewers can see a less graphic version of a deep dent on both sides of her finger.
“The first few days I couldn’t move my finger at all and I had it in this splint,” Fay told BI. “The last few days I took him out and was able to move him but he is very tender.”
The original video comes from Tesla vlogger Jeremy Judkins, who tested the new Cybertruck update by closing the trunk with his finger, leaving him with a dent and a small skin tear. Since then, others have tried the experiment, with one user testing it with a pinky finger.
After making the video, he posted a follow-up message saying that a Tesla engineer told him about a new algorithm with the update that makes it harder to close with each attempt after detecting an obstruction.
Fay said he didn’t realize there was an algorithm that made the frunk harder to close when he felt resistance. The owner of the Cybertruck said he closed the trunk on several items off camera before finally trying his finger.
“Unfortunately, when I tried my finger, it was at maximum strength,” Fay said.
Fay said he regrets sticking his finger in the trunk and that the biggest lesson is that no one should put something they don’t want in the way of something automatic.
“It got a lot of views and made a little money,” Fay said. “But at the sacrifice of my finger, no, I’m not happy I did it.”
Judkins, whose finger test video initially went viral, told BI he didn’t want to start a trend and made the original video as a “little experiment.” Although the update made it more secure, Judkins concluded in his video that it still wasn’t completely safe for a finger — and refrained from trying again.
Tesla has a warning in the owner’s manual that says to “use caution around the edges of the Cybertruck’s panels,” including the power trunk. The manual states that “failing to follow the correct procedure for opening the front and rear doors may result in injury.”
Tesla did not respond to a request for comment.
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