And the most reliable car brand is…?

Posted on 19-06-2015 at 10:13 by Dizono – 82 Comments”

Traditionally, carries the American JD Power survey to the reliability of the new cars, this time under 84.000 buyers and leasers. Korean brands are, on average, the most reliable, the individual winner, however, is hardly surprising.

Not because Porsche might be the first mark is where you think of when the word ‘reliability’, but mainly because of the Germans for three years in a row the first place in the statistics occupy. But first let’s look at what exactly has been examined.

PP100

JD Power, each year the so-called PP100-value, the number of problems that owners of new cars encounter within ninety days after purchase per one hundred cars. Korean car brands do that, on average, by far the best, with a score of 90 PP100, or 90 problems per 100 delivered cars. European cars do not come further than 113, while both American and Japanese brands no further than 114. The average over the entire industry was at 112, where that last year, 116. This decrease is mainly on account of the Korean brands, which declined managed to achieve 11 PP100.

The easiest way to make your car a better score, is by him very scanty rest. It is the infotainment systems that are traditionally for most problems. Especially bluetooth pairing and voice recognition guarantee annoyances and frustrations. John… According to JD Powers, consumers are spoiled touched by their smartphones and they expect that the infotainment system of their car as well, and works intuitively. Who knows, may be Apple CarPlay and Android Auto to change.

Naming & shaming

Now is the time for old-fashioned naming & shaming. At the top of the list as I said Porsche, with Kia as the new number two. Jaguar needs a place to surrender, but their third place is still at odds with the image of unreliable British cars. Below the average we see surprising car brands, that you on the basis of their image, yet higher in would estimate: Audi, Volkswagen, Volvo, Nisssan, Mazda… Fiat dangles just like last year, at the bottom, but knew the score to significantly improve. Other brands from that group, Chrysler and Jeep, scoring is also very moderate. RAM only know above average score. Under that name sells Fiat-Chrysler not only pickups, but also for Fiat Ducato and Doblo’s in carnavalskostuum.

Photo: swede on Autojunk.nl thanks to Rick-dos for the tip!