Tesla Model Y is this year’s most defective car, says Germany – Jalopnik

However, TÜV’s report did not only look at cars that were two or three years old. Among cars aged between four and five years, the top spots went to the Audi Q2 (4.5%), Volkswagen T-Roc (4.0%) and Volkswagen Golf Sportsvan (4.0%), while the BMW 2 Series Active Tourer (20.6%), Tesla Model 3 (21.0%) and BMW 5/6 Series (21.5%) were at the back.

Looking at six and seven year old cars, the cars with the fewest defects were the same as before, just in a slightly different order: the Audi Q2 (7.5%), Volkswagen Golf Sportsvan (6.9%) and Volkswagen T-Roc (6.7%). The list of shame, meanwhile, includes the VW Sharan (21.7%), BMW 5/6 Series (22.3%) and Dacia Duster (23.5%).

The eight and nine year old category is shaking things up a bit, with the best cars being the Mercedes-Benz B-Class (11.0%), Volkswagen Golf Sportsvan (10.3%) and Mazda CX-3 (9.7%). The worst were the Dacia Sandero (27.8%), Dacia Duster (29.8%) and BMW 5/6 series (29.9%). With cars 10 and 11 years old, the Mercedes-Benz A-Class (15.4%), Mercedes-Benz GLE (15.2%) and Mercedes-Benz B-Class (13.9%) were the best, while the BMW 5/6 Series (32.1%), Renault Twingo (32.1%) and Dacia Duster (34.2%) were the worst.

Wrapping things up with the oldest cars they looked at in the 11 and 12 year old categories, the cars with the fewest flaws were the Mercedes-Benz GLE (19.3%), Mercedes-Benz B-Class (19.0%) and Volkswagen Touareg (17.9%). Meanwhile, the Dacia Sandero (38.1%), Renault Twingo (40.0%) and Renault Clio (40.4%) were the worst.

If you live in the US like most of our readers, it won’t really help you to hear that the Volkswagen T-Roc did quite well, but you should probably stay away from used Dacias. But you can definitely avoid the Tesla Model Y, as well as the Model 3. Unless you just love the idea of ​​buying a car full of flaws.