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Bruce Mirken
"#Tesla has received a brutal reality check from Germany this week. The country’s closely watched TÜV Report 2026 has not only ranked the Tesla Model Y as the absolute worst car for reliability in its age group but noted that it has the highest defect rate of any vehicle tested in the last ten years." https://electrek.co/2025/12/03/tesla-model-y-named-worst-car-for-reliability-germany-major-tuv-report/
Tesla Model Y named worst car for reliability in Germany’s major TÜV report

Tesla has received a brutal reality check from Germany this week. The country’s closely watched TÜV Report 2026 has not...

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Dec 3 at 4:19pmWeb
Show threadGergovieDec 3

@BruceMirken

A l'image du vendeur...

Show threadHavyhh2Dec 3
@Gergovie @BruceMirken ...that should be a punishable offense....it is deeply wrong, offensive
Show threadGergovieDec 4

@havvyhh2 @BruceMirken

Free speech
according to him.
🤮

Show threadHavyhh2Dec 5
@BruceMirken @Gergovie ...I suppose that's right....but even in the realm of "free speech", there are/can be limits. Perhaps this should be one? Worse, though....who would want to listen to this curmudgeony lunatic in the first place is beyond me....😎
Show threadRoel Griffioen - #antifaDec 3
@BruceMirken Only a fool would buy, sell or make a Tesla.
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@BruceMirken

The TÜV Report 2026 analyzed 9.5 million vehicles. 17.3% of 2-3 year old Model Ys failed the inspection with “significant” or “dangerous” defects. The average failure rate for this age group is roughly 6.5%.

Everything Musk touches turns to junk.

Show threadarceuthobiumDec 4
@BruceMirken yeah, well, that’s obviously only true because they didn’t test the cybertruck.
Show threadL'égrégore André ꕭꕬDec 4
@theothersimo @BruceMirken Is not even allowed in the EU because it's so bad/dangerous.
Show threadArthur van der HargDec 4
@BruceMirken Let’s hope Musk’s satellites do better than his cars.
Show threadBruce MirkenDec 4
@ArtHarg Well, either one might crash into you while you're not looking.
Show threadTak!Dec 4
@BruceMirken tesla is the only automotive brand where multiple people I know have had a wheel break off the car while driving
Show threadMikami-KatzeDec 4

@BruceMirken There is an important context to this: Most germans usually don't go to the TÜV or similar organisations directly for the mandatory inspection but to a car workshop which checks their car before letting it get checked by an inspector they order.

Usually the workshop finds some stuff that would make the inspection fail. I had this with two cars which needed replacements before the inspection. But that means that the TÜV doesn't know that my car would have failed otherwise.

So take that statistics with a grain of salt. Tesla owners are more likely to visit the TÜV directly either of lack of capable car workshops or thinking, it would be fine anyway.

Show thread𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐄 🌼Dec 6
@mikamikatze @BruceMirken i'm dealing with the HU for more than 30 years now and didn't see statistics supporting your claim for the relevant age group of 2-3 year olds.
(See the original article and above https://mstdn.ca/@NovaNaturalist/115658765339615965 )
Furthermore the HU inspections at the repair shops are here mostly not by the TÜV but by Dekra and others. I doubt they are in the TÜV statistics.
I know nobody bringing their car at the first(!) time inspection to a repair shop beforehand and then to the TÜV. Everyone I know expects their "new" car passing the test after just 2-3 years or include the HU at the normal service with their car dealer (which mostly doesn't use the TÜV here). And it's of course much cheaper to pass the test without a repair shop checking and doing unnecessary stuff before. In most cases (at the first time inspection) it should be cheaper by just trying the HU and doing it a second time if needed. So I guess everyone with an economic sense wouldn't bring it at the first time inspection to a repair shop before bringing it to the TÜV.
(And I guess most cars brought to the garage to be checked by the mechanics and get the HU done there are probably not in this statistic.)
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@[email protected] The TÜV Report 2026 analyzed 9.5 million vehicles. 17.3% of 2-3 year old Model Ys failed the inspection with “significant” or “dangerous” defects. The average failure rate for this age group is roughly 6.5%. Everything Musk touches turns to junk.

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Show threadMei Lin     Dec 4

@BruceMirken
For those not of Germany or living in Germany.

The TÜV and similar organisations ensure the safety of all industrial installations and all vehicles in Germany. The latter of which is required to happen every 2 years so that we all drive cars that are actually roadworthy.

Show threadxs4me2Dec 4

@BruceMirken

What could possibly go wrong with a guy like Musk at the wheel.

Show threadnoplasticshowerDec 5
@BruceMirken BYD
Show threadg_ein_gDec 6
@BruceMirken Wer kauft noch Tesla? 🤔