Basically, the Model S has been in production that Tesla has many of bugs ironed out and the reliability is up to average, which is good enough to rate the Model S as recommended. (Full lists below.)Ī lot of the media have been hitting on Tesla's problems.

Lexus, Toyota, Buick, Audi, and Kia were the top five brands, while the Toyota Prius, Lexus CT 200h, Infiniti Q70, Audi Q3, and Lexus GX were the top five individual models. Buick Verano Most reliable brands: Buick comes in at No.

The reader survey is based on three-year reliability, although many of the individual models' rankings are only based on the most recent year. Meanwhile, Asian brands led by Lexus and Toyota took seven of the top 10 spots along with Buick (!) in third, Audi fourth, and BMW ninth. Tesla as a company ranks just 25th of 29 brands, and the Model X is the sixth least reliable car measured. The 2016 poster child is Tesla and its new Model X crossover with falcon-wing doors (read: complexity). New cars and cars with lots of technology continue to be a challenge for automakers to build and buyers to figure out, according to Consumer Reports' annual car reliability ratings.

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