Jeep was named the most dangerous carmaker in a survey of nearly 25,000 owners.
WhatCar interviewed used car owners up to five years on about how often their cars have broken down over the past two years.
The reliability survey asked how long the repairs took and how much they cost to get an overall score out of 100.
The higher the score, the more reliable the car brand – Jeep only scored 77%.
The individual models of Jeep they were examined during the investigation by the owners for their unreliability.
The second least reliable manufacturer was Land Rover, with a score of 81.4%.
The Land Rover Discovery was rated the most dangerous model in use when the survey was revealed last week. Meanwhile, the third most unreliable car manufacturer was Fiat, also criticized by the owners in the survey for periodic breakdowns.
The most unreliable car manufacturers
- Jeep – 77.0%
- Land Rover – 81.4%
- Fiat – 86.4%
- Alfa Romeo – 87.3%
- Peugeot – 87.4%
- Ford – 87.8%
- Jaguar – 88.7%
- Nissan – 89.3%
- Opel – 89.5%
- Mercedes – 89.5%
The survey also broke down the models by powertrain and found that the least reliable electric car was the Tesla Model 3.
Scoring 78.9% – just slightly higher than the worst performing model Discovery – the Tesla was examined for bodywork, suspension, navigation and interior trim issues.
“Build quality and reliability are very poor and the heating doesn’t always work,” concluded the WhatCar editorial team.
The most reliable car manufacturers
The Nissan Leaf was the most reliable electric car, according to the data.
At the other end of the survey, WhatCar also named the most reputable automakers and it came as no surprise that Japanese companies dominated the top two positions.
Lexus came in first with an overall score of 98.4 percent, while its subsidiary Toyota came second with 97.2 percent.
In third place was the Mini – built in Britain – with a score of 97 percent, equaled by Mitsubishi, which no longer sells cars in Europe, also scoring 97 percent.
Interestingly, the only European manufacturer present at the top, apart from Mini, is Dacia. The Romanian manufacturer manages to get a more than honorable score and dethrone industry giants such as Ford or Mercedes.
- Lexus – 98.4%
- Toyota – 97.2%
- Mini – 97.0%
- Mitsubishi – 97.0%
- Hyundai – 95.8%
- Suzuki – 95.8%
- Kia – 95.5%
- Mazda – 95.2%
- MG – 95.0%
- Dacia – 94.4%
“The survey shows that what you pay for is rarely directly related to the reliability of the vehicle you get and that, as always, buyers should do their due diligence before committing to a brand if reliability is an issue,” he said. concluded the source cited.
