UK Magazine Ranks Tesla Model S Near The Top In Reliability

Britain-based motoring publication What Car?‘s recent Reliability Survey included a rather surprising addition this year. Amidst the magazine’s Top 10 list of most reliable carmakers in the UK lies Tesla at No.4, beating veterans known for their reliability such Japanese automaker Honda in the process. 

What Car?‘s 2019 rankings involved an analysis of data from over 18,000 vehicles that span 31 brands and 218 car models. According to the magazine, 18,119 car owners provided detailed accounts of any vehicle-related problems that they ran into over the past 12 months. Data on the turnaround time and cost for repairs were also taken into consideration.

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 9/13/2019 1:59:33 PM

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It's news because it counters the hate that is constantly throw at the brand. It's unfounded. #openyoureyes

Tiberius1701A - 9/13/2019 5:36:44 PM

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But what they don't tell you is this is compared to 70's vintage Triumphs, Minis, Jaguars, Rovers..etc..etc.. (sarc)

MDarringer - 9/13/2019 6:33:19 PM

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Then the motors burn out and...

runninglogan1 - 9/14/2019 12:52:35 AM

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...you get brand new and improved ones ones for free.

SanJoseDriver - 9/14/2019 6:04:32 AM

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The motors are easy to replace, had to have it done on the Model S not too long ago at 80,000 miles. They called me, said there was an alert that some abnormal stuff was going on, swapped it out for free in a day.

Truthy - 9/14/2019 9:14:07 AM

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SanJose, your experience is unique as you work at Tesla. I know people who have had to wait for months for service.
And to CC, again, this is a one off. There is lots of data and many sources accounting for Tesla's poor quality. You cannot take one article and claim every other source is wrong.
You guys go to extraordinary lengths to rationalize you love for Elon.

MDarringer - 9/14/2019 10:40:49 AM

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@runningasshole1 When you said: "...you get brand new and improved ones ones for free" you proved my point that Tesla has low quality. It makes NO DIFFERENCE that the repair is covered under warranty because it is a major and massive system failure. That is a substandard design.

#TeslaIsLowQuality

SanJoseDriver - 9/15/2019 11:45:15 PM

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Considering I don't work at Tesla and have two of them, my experience is pretty typical (except for one coworker that got screwed with many issues on a super early Model 3--all eventually resolved but it took ages).

The electric motors built today are designed for 500,000 to 1,000,000 miles... we'll see over time if they make it that far. The initial Model S motors seem to last 100k miles or so on average.

MDarringer - 9/16/2019 8:05:08 AM

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Were you fired for getting your ass kicked on social media?

Truthy - 9/16/2019 9:35:44 PM

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Lol! Thanks for that one MD.

SanJoseDriver - 9/17/2019 6:34:31 AM

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Really? It looks like Tesla sales are going up while sales for whatever cars you guys like are trending down (what do you like anyway, you just seem to criticize everything...)

SanJoseDriver - 9/18/2019 3:12:02 AM

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https://cleantechnica.com/2019/07/02/tesla-delivers-95200-cars-in-q2-crushes-wall-street-estimates/

SanJoseDriver - 9/18/2019 6:53:50 PM

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And look at the quarterly and annual numbers, that is what really counts...not to mention international sales. The Model 3 just became the best selling car period in the Netherlands.

skytop - 9/13/2019 8:33:24 PM

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Everyone knows that Jaguar provides the very best reliability in the European market place. It beats out the electric Tesla toaster

runninglogan1 - 9/14/2019 12:56:08 AM

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New ones can go 300k miles no problem. It's electric. Few moving parts. Almost no maintenance.

Next year - million mile battery.

MDarringer - 9/14/2019 10:41:18 AM

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#NotDocumented
#WishfulThinking
#PureBullshit

TomM - 9/14/2019 7:00:14 AM

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WHen you are comparing to English made cars - I am not surprised.

valhallakey - 9/15/2019 2:51:09 AM

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Interesting, although it will take a while to really judge the reliability with more inputs from additional sources.

SanJoseDriver - 9/19/2019 2:27:01 AM

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Model 3 got a Top Safety Pick+ award from IIHS, only one of two EVs to get that distinction.

https://www.tesla.com/blog/model-3-earns-2019-iihs-top-safety-pick-award

SanJoseDriver - 9/21/2019 1:51:04 AM

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Most? There are only 3 other cars in its class with a safety pick+ designation, and no other American cars.