Oct 22, 2017 #5 No surprise there. What is disappointing however (and somewhat surprising) is that the automotive media continues their silence on the fact that Honda reliability has been average for a few years now, and Acura reliability seems to be settling in at a range that is below...
DETROIT (AP) — Electric vehicles have proved far less reliable, on average, than gasoline-powered cars, trucks and SUVs, according to the latest survey by Consumer Reports, which found that EVs from the 2021 through 2023 model years encountered ne...
Long-Term Reliability This chart below shows a graph of problems vs. age of vehicle for 8 major automakers. The data is from their 2008 Annual Auto Survey, which had more than 1.4 million responses. A typical eight-year-old Volkswagen has almost three times the number of problems as a typ...
The article presents the Reliability Ratings data for 20 years, from 1992 to 2012, for automotive electrical system. The data shows that the system has significantly improved. Several charts are presented which show the best-performing carmakers which include Honda Motor Co. Ltd., Mazda Motor ...
Consumer Reports Certain brands are less consistent across their model lines. For instance, the 2018 and 2019 Chevrolet Equinox have above-average reliability among the six years that generation was offered, yet the entire 2014-2019 Chevrolet Silverado generation proved below average. "It's best to...
Yerger David B (1996). Used Car Markets: Reliability Does Matter, but Do Consumer Reports?. Applied Economics Letters, vol. 3, issue 2, pp 67-70.Yerger David B (1996) "Used Car Markets: Reliability Does Matter, but Do Con- sumer Reports?" Applied Economics Letters, vol. 3, issue 2...
recent 2016 reliability survey now has the Model S fairing better in quality and reliability than previously ranked. “Tesla’s Model S has improved to average reliability, which now makes the electric car one of our recommended models.”, outlines Consumer Reports in its2016 Car Reliability ...
Two months after the influential Consumer Reports called Tesla's Model S the best-performing car ever, it pulled back slightly Tuesday, saying the luxury electric has more than average repair issues.
Today we figured we’d dig into which individual models came up roses in the annual CR survey, specifically in terms of what their history of reliability says about their 2021 editions. What Consumer Reports calls thePredicted Reliability Score. To determine those scores, the magazine picked the...
Although thebrand did not fare so well inConsumer Reports'most recent annual reliability survey, there was one bright spot: the Model S. Tesla's low overall ranking owed a lot toissues with its Model X crossover, such as problems with its falcon-wing doors. But the Model S managed to ...