Most reliable cars report from Consumer Reports

[ChopperDoc]

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - Consumer Reports has just released this year's ratings of the most and least reliable new cars and carmakers. There are some big changes this year, with Infiniti dropping most dramatically in the ranks.

The most reliable new car you can buy is the Scion xB. That's according to Consumer Reports' reliability survey, which shows data on over a million vehicles. And there's data on 28 brands as well.

Once again the most reliable brands are dominated by the Japanese, with Lexus, Toyota and Mazda taking the top three spots. Honda came in at number four.

The four least reliable brands are Dodge, Ram, Jeep and Fiat, all owned by Chrysler.

Consumer Reports says Chrysler has traditionally had more than its fair share of trouble, and with the addition of Fiat in the mix, it really has not helped. In fact the new Fiat 500L is ranked the least reliable car out of the 248 that Consumer Reports rated.Some American brands did well.

Lincoln shot up 12 spots this year and Buick made it into the Top 10 list of reliable brands. It is the only American car to do so. GM has been one of the better domestic brands in terms of reliability. And Buick has often been its top brand.

The most reliable SUVs are the Mitsubishi Outlander Sport, the Subaru Forester, the Toyota Highlander and the Lexus RX.A few first-year cars, such as the Mazda6 and Kia Cadenza, got high marks for reliability. But most didn't.

So if you're looking for a reliable car, Consumer Reports says that it's really not best to buy a car that's in its first year of the redesign. Wait a year or two until they work out some of those bugs. Case in point, the redesigned Chevrolet Silverado, which Consumer Reports' research shows had lots of problems in its first year.

Complete Ratings and recommendations on all kinds of products, including appliances, cars & trucks and electronic gear, are available onConsumer Reports' website. Subscribe to ConsumerReports.org

[Mike]

Here's my shocked face.....

[Toddstang]

Consumer Reports sucks ass.
Every appliance I bought for my first house was shit as well as my lawn mower. They rated all this stuff as ''Best" whatever, but IMHO, their opinions suck dirty assholes.
As far as their vehicle ratings go, they suck as well.
http://forums.motortrend.com/70/8551685 ... index.html

You fill out a survey, whether you own a vehicle or not, and they rate your survey. BS science.
http://www.allpar.com/cr.html

http://www.thecarconnection.com/tips-ar ... rts-biased

[ChopperDoc]

Consumer Reports sucks ass.
Every appliance I bought for my first house was shit as well as my lawn mower. They rated all this stuff as ''Best" whatever, but IMHO, their opinions suck dirty assholes.
As far as their vehicle ratings go, they suck as well.
http://forums.motortrend.com/70/8551685 ... index.html

You fill out a survey, whether you own a vehicle or not, and they rate your survey. BS science.
http://www.allpar.com/cr.html

http://www.thecarconnection.com/tips-ar ... rts-biased

hater

[Toecutter1978]

All I can say is, I own a Forester...


Aloha Snack-bar!!!

[WLJ]

Consumer Reports sucks ass.
Every appliance I bought for my first house was shit as well as my lawn mower. They rated all this stuff as ''Best" whatever, but IMHO, their opinions suck dirty assholes.
As far as their vehicle ratings go, they suck as well.
http://forums.motortrend.com/70/8551685 ... index.html

You fill out a survey, whether you own a vehicle or not, and they rate your survey. BS science.
http://www.allpar.com/cr.html

http://www.thecarconnection.com/tips-ar ... rts-biased

Remember flipping through their car buying guide a while back and what caught my eye was two very different ratings on two cars, one with an American nameplate the other with a Japanese nameplate. Can't remember now exactly the cars, Chrysler Laser and a Mitsubishi something or another, but they were at the time the exact same car made in the exact same factory using the exact same parts put together by the exact same people, only different between the two cars were a few cosmetic pieces and the nameplate. Despite all that the one with the American nameplate had a worst than avg reliably rating and a few pages over the one with the Japanese nameplate had a better than avg reliably rating. Not bias my ass.

[justang1997]

Consumer Reports sucks ass.
Every appliance I bought for my first house was shit as well as my lawn mower. They rated all this stuff as ''Best" whatever, but IMHO, their opinions suck dirty assholes.
As far as their vehicle ratings go, they suck as well.
http://forums.motortrend.com/70/8551685 ... index.html

You fill out a survey, whether you own a vehicle or not, and they rate your survey. BS science.
http://www.allpar.com/cr.html

http://www.thecarconnection.com/tips-ar ... rts-biased

Remember flipping through their car buying guide a while back and what caught my eye was two very different ratings on two cars, one with an American nameplate the other with a Japanese nameplate. Can't remember now exactly the cars, Chrysler Laser and a Mitsubishi something or another, but they were at the time the exact same car made in the exact same factory using the exact same parts put together by the exact same people, only different between the two cars were a few cosmetic pieces and the nameplate. Despite all that the one with the American nameplate had a worst than avg reliably rating and a few pages over the one with the Japanese nameplate had a better than avg reliably rating. Not bias my ass.

That's like Mazda Tribute and Ford Escape are the same things.
People who buy foreign brands probably pussyfoot around and baby the cars. The ford dodge and chevy crowd are jacking the trucks up, off roading, hauling boats, and racing the cars. I have 3 ford's, all between 200,000 and 250,000 miles on them. More about maintenance and less about brand.

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[Toddstang]

Yep,
When The Louisville Assembly Plant made the Ford Explorer and Mazda Navajo CS gave the Navajo SUV runner up for the year and thumbs down to the Explorer. Same exact vehicle, different name badges.

[kokopelli]

Honda had a run of bad tranny's in the mid- 2000's across all models; had a bad casting for the engine blocks on Civics about the same time- they would crack within a year off the lot...
Toyota V6's were mated to a bad run of transmissions 1 or 2 years in a row...

a friend had a 2000-ish Ford Focus he put over 300,000 miles on before he upgraded to a wagon version for more room.

I had a Chrysler T&C minivan that had a 50k service-life transmission by design

I also had a Nissan Quest minivan, 3.5 liter they put plastic cam-chain tensioners in it, and the plastic they used was too soft and wore out between 40-60k miles; $1,800 replacement job.

they all suck in some area

[Rem700]

This thread is filled with biased "ford" people!

[Mike]

And everyone assumes ford is "American"

[Toddstang]

Not the point of made here or parts from there.
The point is its "Consumer Reports" meaning any douche canoe with a pen or pencil can fill out their quarterly questionnaires and put what ever they want down for questions that wont even apply to them.
Say you own a 1978 Subaru Brat. You get the new car survey from CS in the mail and you think "What the Hell, Lets have some fun" and fill out that you have a 2015 Nissan and a 2015 Porsche.
Its not rocket science.
Motor Trend and Car and Driver are your most reliable sources for reliability and reviews.
When I subscribed to CS back in the 80's and early 90's those questionnaires were as if a 6th grade drop out had written them.

[Toecutter1978]

Anybody here a subscriber to CR? I don't know anybody that gets their magazine


Aloha Snack-bar!!!

[Dave1965]

I subscribe to the online version for 6.95 a month whenever we are looking for cars. I have found their ratings to be pretty reliable personally. For instance when we bought the bmw it said it would be a maintenance nightmare and it is. It gave specific ratings on my Honda Accord that were true and still are ten years later.

[Toddstang]

I like older BMW's and my buddy has 1984 318i that he calls "B"ig "M"oney "W"orry.