JD Powers and Associates really that useful?

[Sothy]

I'm starting to wonder...

Hummer supposedly went from one of the worst built cars (in terms of reliability) to one of the best built cars in one year! (Based on a 3 month reliability poll that is supposed to be a decent indicator of long-term reliability.) Makes one wonder...poor Porsche, damn SUV making the 911 look bad...

Even though I'm sure this article is looking at things from a biased perspective, look at the chart that they posted...have some manufacturers really turned things around so quickly?

http://www.detnews.com/2005/autosinsider/0505/18/0auto-186012.htm



Brand performance

J.D. Power's survey of 2005 car buyers found an industry average of 118 problems reported for every 100 vehicles. Here are the number of problems per 100 vehicles for each brand:

Above average

Lexus 81

Jaguar 88

BMW 95

Buick 100

Cadillac 104

Mercedes-Benz 104

Toyota 105

Audi 106

Infiniti 109

Hummer 110

Hyundai 110

Honda 112

GMC 113

Lincoln 113

Acura 116

Below average

Jeep 120

Mercury 120

Nissan 120

Chrysler 121

Chevrolet 127

Ford 127

Mitsubishi 129

Pontiac 129

Dodge 130

MINI 130

Scion 134

Saab 136

Saturn 136

Subaru 138

Kia 140

Volvo 140

Porsche 147

Volkswagen 147

Land Rover 149

Mazda 149

Suzuki 151

Source: J.D. Power and Associates.

[DijabutiA]

You know, JD usually kisses Japanese manufactuers asses so which bias are you specifically talking about?

And yea, First year models always have problems.

[awong]

no b/c its problems per vehicle, not who damaging a problem was, lets say my interior light bulb went out or something is loose, I'd say that is minor vs something like an engine having oil sludge or having a transmission go bad. I rather have stupid rattles than my engine go bad.