SUVs came in second at 51, followed by minivans at 44. The study found that cars - sedans, hatchbacks, and coupes in CR’s calculus - are the most reliable type of passenger vehicle, with an average score of 58. “European automakers are in second place at 51, while domestic brands trail both with an average score of 40.” Seven of the 10 most reliable brands came from Asia. “Asian automakers are still leading reliability by a wide margin with an overall reliability average score of 59 for the region, on a scale of 0-100,” CR says. This year, it studied more than 300,000 individual vehicles.ĭon’t miss: Car quality is slipping: These are the brands with the most and least complaints, study finds Domestic brands trailing It only reports results for cars from model years 2000 through 2023. The magazine asks its members to report problems they’ve had with their cars in the last 12 months.

That may leave some brands overrepresented, and others nearly absent from CR’s poll. Which famously refuses to participate in many quality studies, appears in CR’s results.īut only a certain kind of consumer subscribes to a publication that exists to study reliability and sound buying decisions. Laws give automakers the right to opt-out of studies in some states, but the nature of CR’s surveys gets around that problem. Consumer Reports’ rankings differ from most automotive reliability studies because CR polls its own members.

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