{"id":104,"date":"2004-03-09T23:47:28","date_gmt":"2004-03-09T23:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2004\/03\/cr_reliability.shtml"},"modified":"2021-05-29T02:48:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:48:46","slug":"cr_reliability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2004\/03\/cr_reliability.shtml","title":{"rendered":"CR Reliability Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.consumerreports.org\/content\/Categories\/CarsTrucks\/Reports\/Images\/0404rel002.gif?w=1200\" align=right data-recalc-dims=\"1\">There was a lot in the news today about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.consumerreports.org\/main\/content\/display_report.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=402627&#038;ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=333137&#038;bmUID=1078892265373\">Consumer Report article<\/a> showing that US autos have surpassed the Europeans in reliability.  For year old vehicles, there were 18 problems per 100 cars for the US and 20 for Europe.  Last year they were tied at 21.<br \/>\nMore interesting to me was how the Asians continue to kick every one else&#8217;s behind with only 12 problems per 100 cars thisyear.  And look at the chart to the right.  It shows that the average 8 year old Asian car has the same number of problems as a 4 year old domestic or a 3 1\/2 year old European.  Makes it hard not to keep buying Hondas and Toyotas.<br \/>\nMore interesting tidbits from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.consumerreports.org\/main\/content\/display_report.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=402631&#038;ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=389451&#038;bmUID=1078893275887\">breakout <\/a>by manufacturer:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You were more likely to have a problem with your &#8217;03 Mini (25), Cadillac (25), Hummer (26), Jaguar (30) or Lincoln (31) that with a &#8217;99 Infiniti (24)<\/li>\n<li>The &#8217;03 Hyundai&#8217;s had only 14 per 100, nearly tieing Acura and Mazda at 13<\/li>\n<li>Buick was the top US brand at 13 for &#8217;03 and 48 for &#8217;01.  Yep, Buick.<\/li>\n<li>The top &#8217;99 US car was Lincoln at 72, but they were the last of all for &#8217;03 with 31.<\/li>\n<li>If you&#8217;ve got a VW you&#8217;re headed for trouble with 19 per 100 for &#8217;03, 78 for &#8217;01 and a dead last 138 for &#8217;99.  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