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I agree. Consumer Reports did a survey of Model S owners and found that it was reliable enough to warrant a strong recommendation, and that "no owner in our sur

by NickM 12y ago

I agree. Consumer Reports did a survey of Model S owners and found that it was reliable enough to warrant a strong recommendation, and that "no owner in our survey has reported problems with the electric drivetrain". http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2013/10/tesla-model-s-recommended-reliablity/index.htm http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2013/10/tesla-model-... Edmunds also seems to have had a long history of writing negative Tesla articles, oftentimes ignoring any positive aspects of the car in favor of oddly nitpicky complaints. See http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/22/hatin-tesla-model-s-seems-edmunds-pastime/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/22/hatin-tesla-model-s-seem... Some have speculated that they might have a hidden agenda when it comes to Tesla, though obviously that's very difficult to prove one way or the other...but it certainly seems odd that nobody in the Consumer Reports survey experienced a single drivetrain failure while Edmunds went through three in a row.

Shivetya 12y ago
Regardless of your view of their writing, the warranty issues are not debatable, nor are Motor Trends. There was a highly publicized buy back recently as well. Searching it is not hard to find the hard luck stories. As for the magazines results, they use their vehicles a lot more than every day people and tend to stress them more too Let alone the fact that many early adopters, if not the majority, are far less likely to complain about issues because they don't want to question or be questioned about their choice. I am still waiting for the their 35k/40k/etc car. It will be very interesting to see their quality control issues with a near mass production car. Right now they are still down in the uber luxury levels of production and costs.
rgbrenner 12y ago
Consumer Reports downgraded the 2013 Model S' reliability score to "Below Average" because of owners reporting more problems. http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/07/20/will-a-major-drive-unit-problem-decimate-tesla-mot.aspx http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/07/20/will-a-majo...
hnnewguy 12y ago
>I agree. Consumer Reports did a survey of Model S owners and found that it was reliable enough to warrant a strong recommendation, and that "no owner in our survey has reported problems with the electric drivetrain" Consumer reports has a reliability rating of "average" on the Model S, and according to the Tesla forums themselves, the Model S was on the list of "Used Cars to Avoid". CR requires a subscription, but this stuff is all over the internet: http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2014/04/tesla-model-s-reliability-rating.html http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2014/04/tesla-model-s-rel... It's a great car, I'm sure, but hyped to no end.
dragontamer 12y ago
I just checked my Consumer Reports account. Tesla S is rated average reliability. Specifically, the 2012 model had high reliability, while the 2013 model had below-average reliability.

by NickM 12y ago

Shivetya 12y ago

Regardless of your view of their writing, the warranty issues are not debatable, nor are Motor Trends. There was a highly publicized buy back recently as well. Searching it is not hard to find the hard luck stories. As for the magazines results, they use their vehicles a lot more than every day people and tend to stress them more too Let alone the fact that many early adopters, if not the majority, are far less likely to complain about issues because they don't want to question or be questioned about their choice. I am still waiting for the their 35k/40k/etc car. It will be very interesting to see their quality control issues with a near mass production car. Right now they are still down in the uber luxury levels of production and costs.

rgbrenner 12y ago

Consumer Reports downgraded the 2013 Model S' reliability score to "Below Average" because of owners reporting more problems. http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/07/20/will-a-major-drive-unit-problem-decimate-tesla-mot.aspx http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/07/20/will-a-majo...

hnnewguy 12y ago

>I agree. Consumer Reports did a survey of Model S owners and found that it was reliable enough to warrant a strong recommendation, and that "no owner in our survey has reported problems with the electric drivetrain" Consumer reports has a reliability rating of "average" on the Model S, and according to the Tesla forums themselves, the Model S was on the list of "Used Cars to Avoid". CR requires a subscription, but this stuff is all over the internet: http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2014/04/tesla-model-s-reliability-rating.html http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2014/04/tesla-model-s-rel... It's a great car, I'm sure, but hyped to no end.

dragontamer 12y ago

I just checked my Consumer Reports account. Tesla S is rated average reliability. Specifically, the 2012 model had high reliability, while the 2013 model had below-average reliability.