With the Prius, Toyota has demonstrated that hybrids (and, by extension, electric cars) can be highly reliable. And at first the Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf required few repairs. With the 2013s, though, both suffer from new common problems, the Volt with its charge port and the Leaf with its battery charging system. The Tesla Model S has scored reasonably… More →

Of the car ads in the 2014 Superbowl, VW’s ad was among the biggest crowd-pleasers. In it, a German engineer sprouted wings every time a VW somewhere in the world passed 100,000 miles. Apparently, VW has more cars on the road with over 100,000 miles than any other auto maker. But is this much of a testament to their reliability?… More →

We’ve got some good news and some bad news. Which do you want first? We’ll start with the bad. Not long ago it seemed as if the red unhappy faces in our reliability stats might be on the way to extinction, at least among recent cars. Well, with the latest Car Reliability Survey stats, which cover through the end of… More →

Looking over our updated car reliability stats, some cars did especially well or especially poorly. For some models with 25 or more responses, no owner reported a repair in the past year: 2013 Ford F-150 2013 Hyundai Elantra 2013 Subaru Impreza 2012 Toyota Prius c 2011 Mazda CX-9 2010 Lexus RX 2010 Toyota Tundra For quite a few more the… More →

Updated car reliability stats have now been posted to the public site. Hard to believe we’ve now been doing this like clockwork for 28 quarters! The 2014 Mazda CX-5, like the 2013, has been experiencing a few minor common problems. We have stats based on very small sample sizes for a few more 2014s. The updated Grand Cherokee isn’t faring… More →

From a member, concerning a repair experience with his Lexus 2011 RX450h: The problem is a squeaky rear end when going over speed bumps or driving on uneven road surfaces. It started around 25K miles and appears to finally be resolved at 33K miles and 4 trips to the Lexus service department. On the first visit to the dealer, they… More →

J.D. Power released the results of its 27th annual Initial Quality Survey (IQS) for cars today at the Detroit-area Automotive Press Association (APA). The survey was significantly revised this year to include new systems such as lane departure warning among the 233 covered and to use an online rather than a paper form. But the output and implications remains much… More →

The 27th update of TrueDelta’s car reliability stats was recently posted to the public site. This update covers the year ending March 31, 2013. Other sources are nearly a year behind. Models for which very few repairs have been reported: 2013 — Hyundai Elantra, Kia Optima, Subaru Impreza / XV Crosstrek, Subaru Outback / Legacy 2012 — Honda CR-V, Honda… More →

We recently updated the stats from TrueDelta’s Car Reliability Survey to include all of 2012. Unless the car in question is a 2010 model, information on how it has been holding up since last April isn’t available anywhere else. Put another way, we’re currently eight months ahead. With surprisingly few exceptions, cars have been holding up well, and often very… More →