Consumer Reports: How the Brands Stack Up

https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-reliability-owner-satisfaction/who-makes-the-most-reliable-cars-a7824554938/

 

How the Brands Stack Up

 

Brands are ranked on average predicted reliability, based on CR member surveys.

 

RANK

 

BRAND

 

PREDICTED RELIABILITY

 

1

 

Subaru

 

68

 

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2

 

Lexus

 

65

 

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3

 

Toyota

 

62

 

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4

 

Honda

 

59

 

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5

 

Acura

 

55

 

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6

 

Mazda

 

55

 

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7

 

Audi

 

54

 

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8

 

BMW

 

53

 

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9

 

Kia

 

51

 

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10

 

Hyundai

 

50

 

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11

 

Buick

 

48

 

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12

 

Nissan

 

48

 

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13

 

Ford

 

44

 

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14

 

Genesis

 

40

 

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15

 

Volvo

 

38

 

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16

 

Chevrolet

 

37

 

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17

 

Tesla

 

36

 

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18

 

Volkswagen

 

34

 

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19

 

Jeep

 

33

 

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20

 

GMC

 

33

 

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21

 

Cadillac

 

27

 

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22

 

Rivian

 

14

 

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This year we calculated brand-level score by first examining the weighted overall problem rate for all models within a brand for each model year. Then the brand reliability score was calculated by averaging models from 2022 to 2024, and some early 2025 data for each brand, where there was sufficient sample size.