"Things get dire when US carmakers enter the fray. All but one of the bottom ten brands in the list are American. The best of the worst was Chevrolet at a score of 40. But Tesla makes that failing grade seem respectable with its absolute rock bottom rating of 31, trailing Jeep by just one point. The embarrassing ranking is a reflection of the automaker's manufacturing woes and its reputation for questionable quality control."
"For new cars, the reliability picture looked much different for Tesla: it jumped in CR's ranking from 18th place to 9th, based on an analysis of the last three years of car models. Even this victory, though, came with an embarrassing wrinkle: the Cybertruck. According to CR, Tesla's most reliable new car, the Model Y, boasted a stellar score of 81. But the infamously troubled pickup wasn't even half that, with a rating of just 34."
"CR calculated the reliability rating based on a survey where users reported problems about their cars, which in all involved more than140,000 cars from the 2016 to 2021 model years. The problems are weighed based on their severity, CR said, and from there, the number of problems each car experiences is compared to the average number of problems for cars of that same model year."
Consumer Reports evaluated reliability for used cars aged five to ten years and found Tesla ranked last with a score of 31 on a 0–100 scale. Lexus scored highest at 77 and Toyota followed with 73, while Mazda, Honda, and Acura completed the top five. Most of the bottom ten brands were American, with Chevrolet at 40. The reliability rating was derived from a survey covering more than140,000 vehicles from 2016–2021, weighting problems by severity and comparing each car's issues to model-year averages. Tesla ranked much higher for new cars, led by the Model Y, but the Cybertruck scored poorly at 34.
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