Tesla's Model 3 leaks out of the 'recommended' of authoritative consumer credibility survey

In the latest reliability survey by Consumer Reports (Consumer Reports) issued by consumer organization Consumers Union of America, Tesla's mass-market EV " Model 3 " has fallen as a recommendation target.

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Consumer Reports (CR) announced the latest reliability check including consumer survey results, but revealed that Tesla's Model 3 slipped from the subject of "Recommended".

According to CR, the satisfaction level of owners against Tesla vehicles is maintaining a high level. However, it is not unlikely that the owner overlooked the problem because of the owner. In CR, the reliability is graded for each period after considering the latest defect reports reported by users. And, although it was Model 3 which had been given the "recommendation" evaluation so far, it is supposed to be out of the recommended target due to the failure report from the failure report.

Although the number of samples of Model 3 investigated by CR exceeded 500, the report received from the owner said that a relatively large number of complaints concerning reliability were included. Specifically, "Model 3" is displayed such that "display freezes", "display malfunctions, reproduces music arbitrarily, makes the volume maximum," "scale of navigation map suddenly changed" Multiple defects on the large screen display mounted as standard are reported.

Also, several complaints about painting and trim (indoor protection parts) have been reported and it seems that there are variations concerning "finish of car body". In addition, it has also been confirmed that there are many reports on cracks of rear glasses confirmed in Model 3 owned by CR, "The reliability evaluation of Model 3 has fallen below the average from the average Evaluation has been given to you.

However, Tesla spokesperson for the latest CR reliability survey said, "Significant improvements have been made (in the manufacturing process) to correct the reported defects, already a large part of these problems already It has been revised and significant improvements have been made in field data as well, "the measures said. In the past Model 3 has also been successfully regained the recommendation evaluation as a result of being pointed out by the CR that a brake performance problem has been pointed out as a result of applying a firmware update, so overcoming the problems reported this time Model 3 again recommends There seems to be enough possibility to recapture the evaluation.

Tesla Model 3, which was pointed out shortage of brake performance, succeeded in improving performance by updating the farm and receiving "Recommended" - GIGAZINE