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by agloe_dreams 936 days ago
Tesla's reliability scores have always been pure and utter trash. This is the best result they have ever had. While other companies have a higher failure rate of major drivetrain components, Tesla is stuck somewhere between reinventing everything (thus lacking legacy knowledge) and not fixing things because they don't have the time/manpower for it. A great example of this is Model 3 Suspension failures. The Model 3 upper control arms are known to fail prematurely and seemingly, there is no fix. By all means, this is an extremely dangerous failure that can cause loss of vehicle control. Germany has a far more serious inspection process than the US and the result for Tesla is truly a disaster: https://www.autoevolution.com/news/tesla-model-3-is-the-car-...
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ajross 936 days ago
> Tesla's reliability scores have always been pure and utter trash.

Linked article is literally reliability score that puts them dead center in the middle of the pack.

I'm amazed at the investment people have on arguments about Tesla, and this particular canard especially. I mean, they're cars? Sometimes they break? But not often? Some other brands are better. But some are worse!

It's a boring story about boring facts. Why is it so important to you (and so many other people) that this be a hyperbolic affront to all humanity and not just... a car company?

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Vecr 936 days ago
> This is the best result they have ever had. If this is the best they've ever had for a report it means that all the other reports were worse.
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ajross 936 days ago
Or... that they're improving rapidly and we should celebrate that? Does that spin not work for you?

Look, again: they make cars. Cars are complicated devices and sometimes break. There's some, but not a lot, of variation between individual manufacturers in the frequency with which they break. And that's not very interesting, and doesn't justify the kind of outrage I'm seeing in threads like this.

Whatever has you guys all puffed up about this, it's not genuine concern for poor Tesla owners who spend 15% more time in the shop, or whatever.

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