Talking Cars with Consumer Reports # 52: 2014 Results of reliability: Winners and losers
Japanese automakers, including Toyota Lexus Honda and Acura are often seen as long-term leaders, but reliable cars are all Japanese automakers cars have an extraordinary reliability.
Traditionally, Toyota and Honda lead in reliability and durability, said Renee Stephens, vice president of research automotive quality at JD Lexus Power, for example, was over the sustainability rating for 15 of the past 18 years .
But Stephens said that the gap has narrowed in recent times this year, Daimler leads the tables, and GM is sitting in fourth place are the Japanese automakers slip.
Not exactly, says Stephens, but the vehicles of other makes are improving year by year, the industry as a whole has improved she said looking and electronic technology in all cars, there were 155 problems per 100 vehicles, Stephens said Now it is up to 133 problems per 100 vehicles in 2014.
Consumer Reports has a similar conclusion Other vehicles are improving, but it is even Japanese brands that hold a strong lead on the 10 most reliable cars Consumer Reports lists nine are Toyota, Lexus or Scion Moreover Lexus, Toyota Mazda and Honda hold the top four places in the report of the reliability of the car manufacturer of the publication.
If you look at the list of most reliable cars, 92 percent of them are Japanese carmakers.
Overall, Japanese manufacturers have made very reliable vehicles, particularly Toyota and Lexus, said Anita Lam Consumer Reports Automotive Data Team But it doesn t mean all Japanese models are reliable.
According to Consumer Reports, Nissan and its Infiniti luxury brand struggling Nissan hasn t been out of competition for years, the latest report of reliability bed redesigned Rogue managed an average reliability score, but the Altima, Pathfinder and Sentra all did Infiniti is also wrong both unimpressive crossover Q50 sedan and QX60 had more than their fair share of problems, according to the report.
Even Acura note fell largely because two very reliable cars of the TL and TSX retired while the RLX sedan newly introduced and redesigned MDX SUV were just average in their first year, according to the survey.
Your chances might be better with Japanese automakers, said Lam, but it is certainly not a surefire bet if you are looking for your best chances, the publication clearly singles Toyota and Lexus cars as the best.
While it is clear that all cars are created equal, the question is how Toyota and Lexus did manage a ratio of stellar reliability.
They seek to build high quality vehicles rather than excitement, said Lam One reason they can get this reliability is, they introduce new technologies may slowly on proven platforms.
Look how Toyota still manages to sell old cars with automatic transmissions or four-speed motors that have been used for many years their redesigns are rarely a radical change from previous products Lam said.
Consumer Reports noted that even the most reliable cars aren t necessarily the best cars to own the Scion xB gained the most reliable rating, but even people of CR admit that the car suffers from poor fuel economy and a unrefined powertrain the same concern is the Toyota Tundra, which won the title of most reliable truck but lacks many features offer competing trucks.
However, other manufacturers redesign or launch a new model from scratch and introduce new technologies at the same time, said Lam These new generation models can be a headache for reliability, but manufacturers tend to arrange things in the following years.
Following the advice of longtime never buy a first generation product, but very few of Toyota products and sell Lexus are quite new Even the latest Toyota Camry, with 2,000 new parts, sports always the same powertrain as the last generation product from 2007.
The new Corolla also offers the same engine and transmission as the model of last generation that a new revised version of the direct injection engine is also offered, mated to a new CVT transmission.
The company clearly shows restraint to change its products, which helps to preserve its high reliability rating.
Few manufacturers maintain a slow pace in adopting new trends Honda also made very minor changes to its basic vehicles that strengthen its reliability ratings.
In addition, a company that spends more time and money engineering products to the latest trend not to give up or to replace them quickly.
Stephens sums up the devotion to quality and reliability is not a specific region, she says it's a brand mentality.
I can testify with a 1994 Toyota Camry with 357,000 miles on it not, the point is on the right place, and no mechanical problem being with her had to be towed ONCE in 5 years 100,000 miles because of a shaft size that I knew needed to replace three weeks earlier than that, he never did not start when I hit the key or got me to where I needed to go.
I have a 2013 Honda Accord with 49k and a bad start Fortunately, I was able to call American Honda and get the problem solved, it cost me about 60 I can not imagine having to pay full price for a defective part as a starter, if so, Japanese cars can also have their problems.
2003-2014 agreements are known to start failing They placed the starter K24 engine and V6 J just behind the intake manifold within inches of the engine block No cooling air flow to it, it just sits there get nice and warm throughout his life.
Driving for more than 50 years has new Camry in 2002 that turned into the worst car I ever owned My theory is Camry and Lexus are reliable because they aren t the story told, exciting and are bought by those who drive cars without interest and carefully led by Seriously folks unexciting, my 4 cylinder automatic Camry was used by 105.00 miles Trans passed 75k worn seals valve guides by 90k, 100k catalytic converter party I change the oil and Service regularly and I'm not hard on a good car is a Mercedes with 01 148k BMW 3 and I put on two 106k put the Camry to shame the wise reliability, I sincerely believe the Camry would have lasted if I drove like a little old lady that I t and won t buy another.
I toyota previa 1993 It works as a senior I change the oil, change tires and set a new master cylinder is stick and change, I would t part with it.
1973-2001 Celica's almost all but the 1986-1993 models as a junk heap 1993 Toyota Tercel I feel more than 150 have raised almost 300k miles and go on most of these cars so I had problems with few currently have a 1994 Celica 230K miles on it, I think it has a bad EGR valve on it, but original clutch 5-speed 2001 Celica 275K 230K miles on it until he had pads original brake, it still has the original clutch to 275K, but the pedal starts to go all the way to the ground for the clutch to pull away from the fly wheel bearing cast BTW Toyota made some of the best Turbos in look past the line Supra You can not say Toyota don t take risks my 1988 Toyota Supra Turbo was years ahead of its time and I honestly think the 22RE was a better engine in the truck all the way up to 1999 also used in many other Toyota Celica models including 1970's as 18RC in 1985 as 22RE This rear wheel drive 4-cylinder engine got good gas milage ran like a top and had some problems The key is to use factory parts when you do the service of all type including the oil filter and coolant I have not made my decision on our 2012 Scion TC about oil 0W-20 So far its been good, but cars have not yet erupted about 50K miles I HOPE would bring Toyota Celica I hate seats TC too short for your background or long legs.
It's funny that you compare with Toyota BMW or Mercedes.
My previous VW Jetta GLX VR6 has not glorious 316,000 miles straned ever, VW current GTI is simply broken in at 130,000.
BMW and TwinPower Turbo technology proven What do you smoke twin turbo BMW engines are among the least reliable engines because they have faults with the high pressure fuel pump Once the HPFB goes wrong, the car passes soft mode and the car is locked to go very low speed the result is a tow trip to the dealer.
Jap whole N13 Pulsar nissan gutts whipped out 330,000 kilometers later put new engine still going 323 Astina 1990 is still the only car I can vouch for the i6 to ford 1 million kms but it sux and tomorrow .
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