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> Consumer reports ranks Tesla close to the bottom in reliability. This is simply false. I have the March 2018 Car Issue of Consumer Reports in my hand. They s
by davidgould 9y ago
> Consumer reports ranks Tesla close to the bottom in reliability.
This is simply false. I have the March 2018 Car Issue of Consumer Reports in my hand. They segmented Tesla P85D into a group: "Cars: Ultra-Luxury" and put it at the top in the overall rating. In specifically the Predicted Reliablity rating the P85D was rated "Above Average". The other car with "Above Average" reliablity in that group was the BMW 750i xDrive.
The remaining cars were: Genesis G90, MB S550, Audi A8, Jaguar XJL. To avoid fouling CU's copyright I will give the reliability ratings out of order to the list of cars. The rating of the group excluding the BMW and Tesla: Average, Less Than Average, Average, Average.
No car in the group rated higher for reliability than the Tesla. Hardly "close to the bottom".
For the curious Consumer Reports reliability ratings are based on an annual detailed survey of their membership. They have had a consistent methodology for years and have defended in in court (manufacturers don't like to be called "Worse than Average") successfully repeatedly. I don't take them as gospel on everything, but the car reliability data seems solid.
- nabla9 9y agoLook at the December 2017 issue of consumer reports brand reliability report [1]. As I said, Model 3 is different. Musk said that Model 3 is supposed to be Audi A4, BMW 3 Series, Mercedes-Benz C-Class type car with large production volume. --- [1]: Car Brands Reliability: How They Stack Up Ranking the brands and showing their most and least reliable cars https://www.consumerreports.org/car-reliability-owner-satisfaction/car-brands-reliability-how-they-stack-up/ https://www.consumerreports.org/car-reliability-owner-satisf...
- davidgould 9y agoOk, the article I linked was model specific to the model S and is four months newer. I retract the "simply false", it is complexly somewhat false maybe. Sigh. For instance from the same issue as your post we have "Tesla Model S Owners Report Improved Reliability" [1] I guess the crystal ball has not settled yet and we may have to wait a while to find out what CU really thinks. I suspect the model X which has had some problems is weighing down the brand average. I also recall that for a while CU was not recommending Teslas due to reliability, but later restored the rating citing improved reliability. [1] https://www.consumerreports.org/car-reliability-owner-satisfaction/tesla-model-s-model-3-reliability/ https://www.consumerreports.org/car-reliability-owner-satisf...