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This is just one source for reliability ratings.
What you need to know and do is NOT look at just ONE source. There's consumer reports, JP Power, and Strategic Vision. All three sources have different ways of measuring dependability. JD Power ranks on defects per 100 vehicles sold, Consumer Reports surveys their customers for quality ratings, and Strategic Visions ranks vehicles on consumers "feelings" lol.
For instance if one car has a problem with a tranny having to be replaced it's measured the same as if a window switch breaks. It's just measured as a problem.
JD Power ranks Acura 5th with 160 defects and Buick had 163 defects out of every 100 vehicles sold. The difference here is actually only .03...Not huge at all.
BTW Ford ranked just below Honda for the 2008 study. Honda had 110 defects, while Ford had 112.
Even brands at the bottom of these lists as far as defects are better then some of the best cars from any brand of the mid 90's and earlier.
Take this stuff with a grain of salt and make sure if you are going to base a purchase off of these surveys make sure you look at all of them and not just one.
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