Consumer Reports: Japanese brands take the top five spots in the US used car brand reliability ranking, while American brands rank last

The famous American magazine Consumer Reports recently released a ranking of used car reliability in the United States, and the results showed that Japanese brands performed well, while American brands were at the bottom . Data showed that 40% of Americans who bought vehicles last year only considered used models , 31% only considered new cars, and the remaining 24% considered both, so used cars have a considerable market in the United States.

For this survey, Consumer Reports reviewed more than 150,000 vehicles owned by its members, counted the number of problems they had, and then compared this number with the average number of problems for all vehicles between 2014 and 2019. It obtained a reliability score for each brand and showed the ranking of used car reliability. As a result, only 26 brands were selected.

The top five are all from Japan. Lexus and Toyota are the most reliable used car brands with a large advantage . Steven Elek, head of Consumer Reports' automotive data analysis project, said that these two brands are known for "conservative redesigns" by gradually improving the entire product line rather than introducing many completely new systems. Mazda ranked third, followed by Acura and Honda.

The sixth to tenth places are Buick, BMW, Subaru, Nissan and Mercedes-Benz respectively. If we count from the back to the front, the last six are all from American brands, namely Chrysler, Dodge, Tesla, Jeep, Ram and Ford.

It’s worth noting that, with the exception of Tesla and Ford, the worst-performing brands are all owned by Stellantis , so buyers should be cautious with these models, at least for the 2014-2019 model years.

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