Tesla has been ordered to recall nearly 4,000 of its Cybertrucks due to an accelerator pedal that can stick in place when pressed down.

The cause, according to the regulator: soap.

“An unapproved change introduced lubricant (soap) to aid in the component assembly of the pad onto the accelerator pedal. Residual lubricant reduced the retention of the pad to the pedal,” the NHTSA wrote in the recall document.

Tesla will recall nearly 3,900 Cybertruck pickups because of defective accelerator pedals that could dislodge, causing the vehicles to unintentionally accelerate and increasing the risk of a crash, according to a filing Friday, after Tesla halted Cybertruck deliveries last week amid speculation the models were affected by faulty pedals.

The recall affects 3,878 Tesla Cybertruck vehicles manufactured between November 2023 and April 2024, according to a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration filing.

Tesla has voluntarily recalled all of the nearly 4,000 Cybertrucks it has sold over faulty accelerator pedals that risk causing fatal accidents, the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration confirmed on Friday.

According to a safety recall report by the NHTSA, the pad on the accelerator pedals of affected Cybertrucks “may dislodge, which may cause the pedal to become trapped in the interior trim above the pedal.”

The issue increases the risk of a collision as the driver loses the ability to properly use both the accelerator and the brake pedals.

Tesla is laying off more than 10% of its global workforce as the electric vehicle giant struggles with a drop in sales, according to a company memo. As many as 14,000 employees are expected to lose their jobs.

The company’s senior vice president, who is in charge of battery development, and its vice president for public policy and business development also announced Monday that they are leaving the company.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk informed workers over the weekend that thousands of them will soon lose their jobs, according to a leaked memo to staff. Although Musk didn’t disclose an exact number, at least 14,000 workers are expected to have their roles slashed.

The memo follows months of speculation over potential cuts at the electric vehicle maker, which ramped up over the weekend, according to multiple reports. In February, Tesla began asking mangers to identify which jobs on their teams were essential.

Tesla is preparing to lay off more than 10% of its global workforce following weak first quarter deliveries and increasing competition in the electric vehicle (EV) market, according to a report.

A leaked internal email from CEO Elon Musk said that the automaker is looking to cut costs and increase productivity after years of rapid growth that have led to duplication in some roles and functions in certain areas of the company, tech publication Electrek reported on Monday.

A few weeks after reporting its first year-over-year decline in vehicle deliveries since 2020, Tesla is now planning to lay off over ten percent of its global workforce, according to an internal company-wide email seen by Electrek. That works out to at least 14,000 of the 140,473 employees that Tesla reported in its latest annual earnings. It’s not clear which teams at Tesla will be impacted.

Two high-profile executives have departed Tesla the same day that the electric automaker laid off thousands of workers, TechCrunch has confirmed.

Drew Baglino, Tesla’s SVP of Powertrain and Energy, and Rohan Patel, VP of Public Policy and Business Development have left the company, Patel told TechCrunch. Patel said he decided to leave because of “[b]ig overall changes” at the company that he declined to specify. Their departures were first reported by Bloomberg.

March's government job cuts are at their highest since September 2011, with layoffs hitting the U.S. Army and the Veterans Affairs offices amid job losses across different industries in the country, according to data from job search and coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.

In March, government agencies cut more than 36,000 jobs, with 10,000 layoffs coming from Veterans Affairs while the Army cut 24,000 roles. Overall, employers eliminated more than 90,000 positions last month, a 7 percent increase from February.

Stellantis announced Friday that it will soon lay off around 400 employees amid its challenging transition to producing electric vehicles (EVs).