Tesla S rated UK's most unreliable car

[Nasher]

Or doing an engine rebuild in the lounge, yes been there

But realistically those cars are getting further and further between. The days when the most likely repair would be a head gasket etc are long gone. Older cars now (like last 20 years or so) are more likely to have an issue with a crank sensor or something like that. Even simple things to change can end up taking a day having to half disassemble the engine compartment to access something hiding under the manifold, you know the sort of thing. Jeez even changing the bulbs in some cars isn't a 30 second job that it always used to be.

Depends on the car. Some are designed to be accessible. Obviously German cars can be a complete nightmare though :/

For a Tesla/EV though, you need a whole new skill set to start taking it to bits/repairing it. There's the danger of being electrocuted as well

 

[Dr Who]

Closely followed by Range Rovers

 

[adolf hamster]

i did suspect that tesla's downfall wouldn't necessarily be the electrical tech but the rest of the car-bits.

i'm surprised that they're taking the line of trying to cover it up though, surely if musk can turn a series of exploding rockets into good comedy pr he could do the same for the cars.

 

[Kenai]

Reading more into this, the survey was based on the responses from 28 replies from Telsa owners... just 28... out of 18000 car sales.

I think a very large dose of salt needs to be had with those findings.

18,000 Teslas in the UK?

 

[Cyber-Mav]

i dont understand why the service cost is £350 for a tesla? theres no oil to change, no engine air filter, it doesnt make sense?
unless blinker fluid is expensive?

 

[Nasher]

i dont understand why the service cost is £350 for a tesla? theres no oil to change, no engine air filter, it doesnt make sense?
unless blinker fluid is expensive?

Probably to quietly fix all the issues without the owner knowing

 

[sovietspybob]

i dont understand why the service cost is £350 for a tesla? theres no oil to change, no engine air filter, it doesnt make sense?
unless blinker fluid is expensive?

I don't know for sure but i think there's still a fair bit of them. They have special coolant for the batteries which is probably equivalent of your engine oil service which is fairly often for coolant, i think maybe 24 or 36k? Don't know if the motors gears have any oil which needs changing either? But you're right there should be a fair bit less to service than a normal car.

 

[ci_newman]

18,000 Teslas in the UK?

A quote I found:

A Tesla spokesperson said: “Only 28 Model S owners responded out of a total of 18,000 car owners surveyed by What Car?.

“That’s less than 0.3% of UK Tesla owners, so this survey is statistically meaningless.

 

[Kenai]

I had no idea there were so many in the UK! I thought they were still in the 3 or 4000 range.

 

[Nasher]

I don't know for sure but i think there's still a fair bit of them. They have special coolant for the batteries which is probably equivalent of your engine oil service which is fairly often for coolant, i think maybe 24 or 36k? Don't know if the motors gears have any oil which needs changing either? But you're right there should be a fair bit less to service than a normal car.

It's all sealed systems afaik. I don't think you can actually service it like that, only replace whole parts.

 

[Mercenary Keyboard Warrior]

Seems a little sketchy on whats done and not, this is quite a good blog type thing though on what he found

https://www.teslarati.com/what-goes-into-tesla-model-s-annual-service/

Found this which is quite intersting when looking for service details

http://www.alphr.com/cars/1009430/tesla-uk-repair-model-s

 

[Mercenary Keyboard Warrior]

No idea what Chris does as a job, but it seems some in the motor trade do fear times changing with Teslas model of service delivery

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/tesla-eliminates-services

 

[Jez]

I had no idea there were so many in the UK! I thought they were still in the 3 or 4000 range.

They are absolutely *everywhere*! I am almost surprised that the figure is so low at 18k. I admit that i will notice them because i like them and they stand out to me, but i see quite a few every day.

 

[Rilot]

I see at least 4 Model S and 2 Model X every day. Owned by parents at the local school.

 

[Mr_Sukebe]

Look in Autotrader and I can't help but notice that 2015 7 series can be bought for sub £20k, whilst Teslas (which I'm guessing will have had similar retail prices), start at £40k.

In short, if Tesla's were the dogs being suggested, I'd expect their prices to be in the gutters. They're not. I can't help but think that it suggests a rather different picture.

 

[bimbleuk]

They are absolutely *everywhere*! I am almost surprised that the figure is so low at 18k. I admit that i will notice them because i like them and they stand out to me, but i see quite a few every day.

I think we are mixing up the What Car sample size for their car reliability survey from 2017 of which they asked 18k cars in total not just Tesla or even EV cars. So a fairly small sample of the UK car ownership.

 

[Nasher]

Look in Autotrader and I can't help but notice that 2015 7 series can be bought for sub £20k, whilst Teslas (which I'm guessing will have had similar retail prices), start at £40k.

In short, if Tesla's were the dogs being suggested, I'd expect their prices to be in the gutters. They're not. I can't help but think that it suggests a rather different picture.

They are still very much a fad. Also there are many 100s more 7 series up for sale which will drive prices down.

 

[Diddums x]

They are still very much a fad. Also there are many 100s more 7 series up for sale.

A fad? Have you told that to the tens of thousands of cab drivers in the EU that use them?

 

[Nasher]

A fad? Have you told that to the tens of thousands of cab drivers in the EU that use them?

So? Lots of them use Priuses as well.

 

[Diddums x]

So? Lots of them use Priuses as well.

I'm not sure what point you're trying to make, are you saying the Prius is a fad too?