&gt;  Does that include the episode on Top Gear that was scripted into breaking their Tesla down in the middle of a test run?<p>Edmunds is a serious car site, and not an entertainment show like Top Gear.<p>The statistics include Consumer Reports, who surveyed over 1400 Tesla S owners and have come to the same reliability issue as Edmunds. <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.consumerreports.org&#x2F;cars&#x2F;tesla-reliability-doesnt-match-its-high-performance&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.consumerreports.org&#x2F;cars&#x2F;tesla-reliability-doesnt...</a><p>---<p>And unlike Top Gear, which seems to be an anti-Tesla idiotic entertainment show. Consumer Reports was pro-Tesla until the survey came in.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cnbc.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;08&#x2F;27&#x2F;teslas-p85d-is-the-best-car-consumer-reports-has-ever-tested.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cnbc.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;08&#x2F;27&#x2F;teslas-p85d-is-the-best-car-c...</a><p>Unfortunately, Consumer Reports does not do long-term reliability tests (see Edmunds for that sort of stuff). Instead, Consumer Reports has a very robust survey methodology. They rely upon a survey conducted at a later date. So when their survey results came in that documented the large number of Tesla problems, they had to retreat from their superb rating.<p>A 103 out of 100 by Consumer Reports (initially). And even then, the Consumer Reports guys could not refute the reliability concerns.