DashKid

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The new ratings are out for the best reliable car company and Infiniti made a huge jump.

Ranked below average last year they jump up to the top half of the board. Guess they listen to the public on fixing some major issues.



Key car quality study ranks software bugs as most common complaint, knocks Ford again | Motoramic - Yahoo! Autos

2008G-Man

I find it odd that Jaquar and Cadillac are so high.

G37Sam

More power to us!!

Black Betty

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Porsche being third on the list of fewest problems invalidates this study for me. I could believe third most maybe.

TwoThree

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+1... Those few sets of data make me almost disbelieve this study...

DashKid

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You never know BB. P company could of listened to the public like Infiniti/Nissan did.

DashKid

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Also, the Infiniti M got the best midsize premium award.

J.D. Power's 2012 Initial Quality award winners | Photo Gallery - Yahoo! Autos

Black Betty

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Caddy is much better than they were 10 years ago. Same for Jag, they got better during the Ford ownership period (believe it or not) but now they're owned by Tata which are some of the crappiest cars, and I use that term very loosely, ever produced. We'll see.

It seems to me like those surveys are often a reflection of the brand owner's willingness to complain about or report problems, not how many problems the car actually has. I believe that it's possible that a Lexus, Porsche, or Infiniti owner feels more compelled to not report problems on surveys because they spent big bucks on a car and don't want to feel like an idiot. While a Kia or dodge owner feels no such "status" pressure.

Just like you seldom see people get a mod and report that it sucks. Nobody wants to feel like they made a bad decision or investment or let other people know that so they say it's great. Just my view. Whether it be exhausts, suspension mods, engine mods, wheels, etc.

Wyldfyer

I was going to post this but the data doesn't go into enough detail. What is considered "Problems" can be argued.

soolman32

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And Jaguar is way up there too???

awightguy

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I drove a Tata for while (didnt own it mind you). This thing was brand new and within about 3 weeks the turn ***** for the AC and that whole cluster had broken off.....POS truck....lol

BlackGSedaN1027

+1. I have a couple of friends that own a Porsche and they wish they didn't own them; especially the Cayenne. I find that chart extremely hard to believe.

Coprolite

The 911 had only 44 issues per 100(or whatever denominator), which was super low and would offset something like a Cayenne. Porsche also doesn't really have bleeding edge tech to confuse or **** people off.

XCoop

These are from surveys taken 3 months after purchase. I don't think these are any predictors of long-term reliability, I think it's somewhat a function of initial quality, but mostly useless as it's survey based while the owner should be the happiest with the vehicle. I'm surprised at how small the variance is. The best cars have 3/4 of the cars going in for an issue, the worst have the the average car having 1-1/2 issues. Also, when they say the biggest issue is technology, I wonder if it's the car or the user that's experiencing the issue.