CR’s “reliability” ratings are more like “initial quality” since they really only look at problem areas in the first few years and not really long-term reliability of vehicles over time.
They do rate older cars reliability but Im pretty sure the automaker ratings are based on only the last few model years, which means vehicles that are only a couple years old.
CR’s “reliability” ratings are more like “initial quality” since they really only look at problem areas in the first few years and not really long-term reliability of vehicles over time.
That’s JD Power. CR collects data from their subscribers and weighs the results based on the magnitude of problems.
It doesn’t stop after 3 years.
They do rate older cars reliability but Im pretty sure the automaker ratings are based on only the last few model years, which means vehicles that are only a couple years old.