The classification of consumer reports logos for used cars, aimed at the reliability of styles of five to 10 years, obviously shows that buyers can reduce their threat of car challenge by focusing on safe logos in others. Faced with the highest costs, costs and inflation, buying a used style of a logo with an intelligent reliability record can the owners of homes save cash in their next vehicle.
Of the 26 brands, Lexus and Toyota are most sensible to the list with a dominant merit in Mazda, occupied third place. The 3 brands have received average or larger reliability annotations over the years. Honda and Acura bring the combination the first five. Dodge, Jeep and Chrysler are the least reliable for used cars, with 24, 25 and 26 respectively in the ranking.
“Brands such as Lexus and Toyota have a conservative redesign history, gradually improving their diversity of complete products to introduce many new systems,” explains Steven Elek, major CR car knowledge analyst. “Our knowledge constantly appears with the time that the cars of these brands are reliable when new, and continue to be reliable as they age. “
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Elek says that other brands have much less coherent reliability in their style lines. For example, the seven years in which the new generation of Chevrolet Equinox was sold, only the 2019 and 2024 editions have a reliability above the average. Compare this with the entire 2014-2018 generation of Chevrolet Silverado, which has a decrease in reliability that the average of the 4 years. “That is why it is greater to verify the dimensions of reliability for each year of style when buying a used car,” he said. “Making hypothesis can be loved and shameful. “
It is also vital not to forget that when buying a used car, the reliability of individual models can vary from the average logo. Each option that is possibly unique, with its own user and service history.
It is not unexpected that our reliability effects of the used car logo differ from our reliability ratings provided for new cars. With new cars, they base us on the last 3 years of reliability, as well as the history of logos and other factors, as if a logo use the same parts experienced in several cars.
Cars in our research of the models used come from a previous generation, which means that they could not look as new existing models or percentage of the same components. In addition, carks of car brands can significantly replace over time, especially during the decade, when many corporations have undone of the silk and beechs for SUV and trucks. (This trend is illustrated through Ford, which generally gives a single car, Mustang).
Some brands, such as BMW, have other investments in new classifications of reliability. Construction in reliability classifications means that the BMW used can be classified under. But for the reliability of the new car, the BMW are high, in the eighth position in our ranking. Trends can also pass in the other direction. Among the models used from five to 10 years, Volvo took the seventh place for reliability. But in the reliability classification of our new car brand, it occupied position 1.
In general, Teslas becomes more reliable, as reflected in its similar ranges for the new (17th) and the logo reliability (15º). This is a vital change; Tesla classified 24 in our reliability qualifications of used past cars, evidence of production and engineering innovations in progress within the company. But his position shows that there is still margin of improvement.
But some brands are classified for new and used cars. Like their used car notes, Lexus and Toyota occupy the two main positions among new cars. Jeep claims a low position in the classifications used and new. But there are brands that show a vital variance between the lists, emphasizing the importance of verifying the newest knowledge to the point of the style to make sure to make an informed purchase decision.
To calculate reliability, we compare the number of challenges of a car with the average number of challenges for cars of the year of this style. For the most recent cars, the differences in reliability tend to be narrow because the average challenge rate for a more recent style such as 2025 is very low. But over time, challenges can develop, creating a much greater variation among cars of the same year of style.
“Taking this longer vision, in the reliability of five to 10 years, provides a transparent symbol of cars buyers of what they can expect,” explains Elek.
Every year, Consumer Reports asks their members who had their cars in the last 12 months. For this analysis, we go to the informed cars of the 2015 to 2020 style from a survey pattern of more than 150,000 cars.
We have studied 20 spaces of possible disorders, discomfort, such as crispy brakes and damaged interior garrisons, with primary disorders, such as prospectively beloved disorders connected to the warranty walls, transmissions, electrical batteries of vehicles and EV load. We have weighed the disorders according to their seriousness to calculate a global reliability score
The general notes of reliability (verdict) of those six years of style have been averaged to create the reliability score of the used brand. These notes are based on the disorders declared through the owner. We had to have at least five years of knowledge for the brand.
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