The competence and pricing of dealers along with the proclivities of a car’s customers have a lot to do with it, too. This ranking is basically “of the cars brought for the german federal safety inspection, what percentage were issued a note or failure about an item in a given category” Things like bent suspension linkage caused by driving into a curb, poorly maintained brake pads, or torn rubber boots left unaddressed would all count.

You can see this skew quite easily on these reports by looking for VW AG cars that are generally identical, and comparing their rankings, like Audi A1, VW Polo, Seat Ibiza and Skoda Fabia.

(note that this isn’t really to defend Teslas, which are clearly behind on this metric in Germany for some reason. Just; the reason could be “their service is overpriced and nobody wants to take the car in” rather than “the car is junk.”)

I’m confused from the report about how Volkswagen and Mercedes beat Toyota in reliability when my perception is that it’s not even close.

Are the Germans biasing toward their companies? Or am I underrating VW’s quality?

My MYP has needed to go into the shop once (aside from a Portland pothole wrecking a wheel and bending a suspension arm).

Our Benz sprinter needed an engine at 11k miles.

I wonder what they count as defects.

Had my Model Y for 4 years with no issue!

Funny enough, my 2007 BMW had so many issues and cost so much to maintain i used to call it a “wallet burning machine”

My Model Y has been more reliable than the two Highlanders I had before.

Bought a 2021 Y long range and besides a few cabin filter changes and new tires, zero problems. Anti-Elon hit piece.

Why is this happening? This isn't real, is it?

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* Tesla Model Y ranked most unreliable among nearly new cars, with 17.3% serious defect rate.

* TÜV report found rising major defects, particularly in electric vehicles like Tesla’s Model 3 and Y.

* European brands, especially Mercedes and Volkswagen, dominated reliability rankings across all age groups.

I have a 2019 Model 3, and it has some paint issues, specifically in the door hinge areas. It had some suspension issues which were repaired in half a day, under warranty. It has an issue where the windshield in front of the self driving cameras gets obscured with some gunk, blocking the cameras (it continues self driving even when half blind). The steering wheel material is falling apart. Other than that, for the past 6 years, it’s turned on every day, driven flawlessly, and cost me exactly $0 in maintenance other than tire replacement - not even brakes needed in 90k miles. No German car I’ve owned has ever come close to that record. I’m skeptical of the review.