Car brand reliability ranking 2023 released, Lexus ranked first

The annual ranking of car brand reliability has been announced. 1st place is Toyota's luxury car brand Lexus, 2nd place is Toyota, and 7 Asian car brands have broken into the top 10.

Who Makes the Most Reliable New Cars? - Consumer Reports

The brand reliability rankings were published in Consumer Reports, a monthly magazine published by the non-profit organization Consumers Union. Consuper Reports has collected data on more than 330,000 vehicle issues from its members over the past 12 months, and uses all this information to assess the reliability of the brand's leading models. In the 2023 ranking, due to the increase in hybrid cars and plug-in hybrid (PHEV) cars, three new areas where problems may occur are 'electric motors', 'EV/hybrid batteries', and 'EV charging'. has been added to.

The rankings up to 30th place are as follows.

1st place: Lexus (Toyota's luxury car brand) / 79 points
2nd place: Toyota / 76 points
3rd place: Mini (BMW's small car brand) / 71 points
4th place: Acura (Honda's luxury car brand) / 70 points
5th place: Honda / 70 points
6th place: Subaru / 69 points
7th place: Mazda/67 points
8th place: Porsche / 66 points
9th place: BMW/64 points
10th place: Kia/61 points
11th place: Hyundai/56 points
12th place: Buick (GM's mid-range car brand) / 55 points
13th place: Infiniti (Nissan luxury car brand) / 53 points
14th place: Tesla / 48 points
15th place: Ram (Stellantis NV truck brand) / 46 points
16th place: Cadillac (GM's luxury car brand) / 45 points
17th place: Nissan / 45 points
18th place: Genesis (Hyunde's luxury car brand) / 44 points
19th place: Audi (luxury car brand of Volkswagen) / 43 points
20th place: Chevrolet (GM's global brand) / 43 points
21st place: Dodge (Stellantis NV passenger car brand) / 42 points
22nd place: Ford / 40 points
23rd place: Lincoln (Ford's luxury car brand) / 38 points
24th place: GMC (GM truck brand) / 36 points
25th place: Volvo/28 points
26th place: Jeep (Stellantis NV SUV brand) / 26 points
27th place: Volkswagen / 26 points
28th place: Rivian/24 points
29th place: Mercedes Benz / 23 points
30th place: Chrysler (Stellantis NV passenger car brand) / 18 points

Overall, Asian car brands were strong, occupying seven of the top 10 positions, with an average score of 63 points.

American car brands struggled, with an average score of 39 points. However, individual models such as Ford's Edge and Maverick, Buick's Encore GX, Cadillac's XT5, Chevrolet's Equinox, GMC's Terrain, Lincoln's Corsair, and Tesla's Model 3 received high scores.

Jake Fischer, senior director of automotive testing at Cousumer Reports, said that although sedans have fallen out of favor with consumers, they remain reliable as a class, with an average score of 57. Other class scores were 50 for SUVs, 45 for minivans, and 41 for pickup trucks.

Additionally, when comparing three vehicle types (hybrid, EV, and PHEV) to conventional fossil fuel vehicles, hybrids were well received with 26% fewer problems, while EVs had 79% more problems and PHEVs had 146% more problems. While Toyota's RAV4 Prime and Kia's Sportage Hybrid earned high scores, Audi's Q5 and Chrysler's Pacifica Hybrid had low scores compared to other PHEVs, with the Pacifica Hybrid in particular receiving the lowest score among those surveyed. It was a low 14 points.

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