We’ve updated the stats from TrueDelta’s Car Reliability Survey to cover through the end of September, 2012. For information on how cars have been holding up through the past summer and fall, there is no other source. So, what’s new? We have our first full result for a 2013 model, the Mazda CX-7. Few have required any repairs so far.… More →
Category: Car Reliability
Car Reliability
Car Reliability Survey results updated, through 6-30-2012
A few months ago the reliability survey was reworked to make it more flexible. This has reduced the extreme urgency of the original system, and increased the quantity and the quality of the resulting data. But I haven’t yet found a regular cadence with the new system. So while we started previewing the latest stats in early July, and we… More →
Why the sad face? (reworked car reliability scale)
When we first developed the formulas for graphically representing TrueDelta’s car reliability stats, we had far less data. We had to rely on cars with small sample sizes to get an idea of the breadth of the range from “fewest repair trips” to “most repair trips.” We thoroughly revisited these calculations with the latest update. This time around, with more… More →
Updated car reliability stats, through 3-31-2012
Updated Car Reliability Survey results were posted to the site late last night, minutes before the end of May. I hope to not cut it nearly so close in the future. Actually, these results were later than I would have liked because of changes to the survey that should make future updates happen sooner after the end of each quarter.… More →
Should you avoid the Audi Q5?
Elsewhere you’ll find the Audi Q5 with the V6 engine on a “used cars to avoid” list. In contrast, TrueDelta reports good reliability scores for the Q5. Which source is incorrect? Neither of them, really. But the other source is out of date.
Updated Car Reliability Survey results, through 12-31-2011
We’ve updated the Car Reliability Survey stats to cover through the end of 2011, which puts them around eight months ahead of other sources of car reliability information. This time around we have full results for 603 model / model year combinations and partial results (based on small sample sizes) for another 518. I’ll have more comments over the next… More →
How reliable are the Chevrolet Cruze and new Ford Focus?
You’ve know doubt heard, likely many times, that buying a car in the first year of a new design can be risky, especially early in its production run. But how soon does the risk dissipate? To track cars closely as they age, TrueDelta promptly updates its car reliability stats four times a year, not just once a year after a… More →
Hitting the Numbers
It’s a crazy November in our house, so much so that I’ve given nary a thought to my 44th birthday, now just days away. Our daughter, the oldest of our three children, is having her bat mitzvah this weekend. The complexity is just short of a wedding. At the same time, even as she organizes the bat mitzvah Gayla has… More →
Is Ford slipping?
In recent years Ford has earned a reputation for developing the most reliability domestic brand cars. But glitches in some of their newest products could point to trouble ahead. With the latest update we have a solid result for the new 2011 Ford Fiesta, and at 88 repair trips per 100 cars per year it’s not good. The Fiesta has… More →
Updated reliability stats
We update reliability stats in February (as well as three other times a year), and it is the last day of February, so…updated stats have been posted: Average repair trips during 2010 Nada-odds and Lemon-odds, through end of 2010 I’ve been very busy, so got these done just under the wire, and won’t have the comments up until tonight. Should… More →