Overview
- Tesla placed 10th overall with a score of 72 and ranked ninth for predicted reliability in Consumer Reports’ 2026 brand report card, which aggregates road tests, safety, owner surveys and data on about 380,000 vehicles.
- Consumer Reports identifies the Cybertruck as Tesla’s only below-average model in the latest assessments.
- In used-car results, five- to ten-year-old Teslas rank at the bottom for reliability.
- Across powertrains, EVs and plug-in hybrids have about 80% more problems than gasoline cars, while conventional hybrids post about 15% fewer.
- Rivian remains near the bottom for reliability yet leads owner satisfaction, with roughly 85% of owners saying they would buy again.