Consumer Reports released their 2015 Automobile Reliability rankings today.
Quite a bit of interesting stuff, including:
Two Korean automakers, Kia and Hyundai, are considerably stronger. The sister brands finished sixth and ninth, respectively. For the first time, Kia beat the stalwart Japanese brand Honda, and by a significant margin.
Lexus pulled off a rare feat, garnering top reliability marks for all seven vehicle lines scored in our survey. But it was the only strong Japanese luxury brand.
Honda’s Acura brand has plummeted because of problems with in-car electronics and new transmissions.
Nissan’s Infiniti brand has continued its downward trajectory because of similar problems with its InTouch infotainment system.
Ford remains in the lower half of the rankings but showed significant gains, with most of its cars scoring average or better.
Audi, once a sinkhole of service problems, continued its recent roll and finished third, just behind Lexus and Toyota.
The Fiat-Chrysler brands (Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram, and Fiat) finished at or near the bottom again.
Read more about the rankings:
Nice gain by Ford.
Sucks to see Jeep so low though.
And man, Acura and Cadillac are in free-fall, eh?
Out for now........
Matt