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Consumer Reports: Annual auto reliability brand rankings

by phront on 11/21/21, 2:33 PM with 1 comments

• by hourislate on 11/21/21, 3:09 PM

  Consumer Reports isn't bad and generally you can get an idea of what to stay away from. If you're buying a new vehicle, the only thing you can use is previous model history. You would also need to consider if there have been any major refreshes like a new engine, etc between recent model years.

  When buying used, look at a model that has had minor refreshes over a range of time like 2012 -2018. The later models of that period can have some refinements that improve their dependability. Stay away from first model years.

  The best resource to figure out if the vehicle you're interested in are message boards where there is a large community of enthusiasts. You will quickly determine what the major and minor issues are with the vehicle. An example is a site like https://www.clublexus.com/ or https://www.toyotanation.com/ . Boards like these will give a better picture of whether the vehicle you want is a good choice.

  Everything breaks but there are some obvious brands/models to stay away from.