When the Vehicle Reliability Survey first goes out near the beginning of the month, over 1,000 people responded in the first two hours.

Now we’re at the end of the cycle, and I’ve been pushing to get six models that are just a single response short over the hump. Nearly 200 emails were sent this morning to panel members who own these vehicles. In response–nothing.

With each of these models, 24 owners took the time to respond. Now, for their work to result in a full result, with no asterisk for insufficient sample size, they need one more owner to respond.

For those who are curious, the models in question:

2002 Mazda Protege and Protege5

2003 Honda Odyssey

2006 Saturn VUE (two responses short)

2006 Suzuki Grand Vitara

2007 Ford Mustang

2007 Honda Pilot

2007 Saab 9-3

A couple other models are a couple responses short of being included even with an asterisk:

2007 Toyota Tundra

2008 Ford Escape, Mercury Mariner, Mazda Tribute

I’m quite frustrated that for these models I can’t seem to make it happen. Even when their response would make the difference between having a publicly visible result and not having one (asterisked results are only visible to members), these 188 members just won’t respond. Even though this is what they signed up to do.

As I said, I’m quite frustrated. Maybe another email tomorrow will do it…