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"#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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Mikami-Katze Dec 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.

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@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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