Top 10 Least Reliable cars.

[andyglym]

Land Rover Discovery is most unreliable used car – top 10 worst offenders named and shamed – Car Dealer Magazine

The Land Rover Discovery has been named as the most unreliable used car in a survey of nearly 25,000 owners. The What Car? Reliability Survey found the

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Landy and 3008 no surprise but the rest

 

[Pingu]

I'm not surprised that so many 4x4s are on the list, but I am surprised that VAG has so many there.

4x4s are too utiliitarian to be operated electronically. Rods and levers are all that is needed to move a transfer box from 2 to 4 wheel drive, or to move from high to low range. There are over 40 ECUs on my Range Rover. I'm not surprised that some of them go wrong, and the people who pay £100k+ for a jallopy won't accept the rearview camera not working, or one of the rear seat cooling fans not keeping Jemima's bum cool.

 

[mwpe]

It was a survey of What Car drivers so probably not very comprehensive. I have never found What Car worth reading.

 

[Zephyr]

These surveys always mix apples with oranges.
in what way can an off roader that climbs mountains be compared to an Aygo that is driven by a granny?
in general terms yes, we can understand some brands tend to have issues, but unless we see the demographics and the variables of these surveys we can just assume.
How many if these 25.000 owners had a Land Rover and how many had a Kia?
What was the variable of projection to the total?
Further more we all know this guy with a Toyota who’s car “never had a problem in 450.000 km” “except some little issues -blown gasket-oil cosumption-broken subframe- that dont count as problems because they “are a Toyota thing”.

in general, yes, the more gizmos a car has, the more problems may appear, but ever since I was brainwashed by my friends and bought a Lexus, I do not believe a single word about them being reliable.
It kept going every week to the shop for troubleshooting in the batteries until they decided that they have to replace the whole circuit including the ECU.
they took it back apparently refunding me in full.
in the meantime my wife still drives a 2012 Range Rover that is well taken care of and in ten years she had z-e-r-o issues. Zero as in not a visit to the shop for other reason than regular maintenance.
Sorry for being so “vertical” on this but that's how it is from my experience.
i may be an exception….

 

[Oddly Godly]

Interesting that in the list of most reliable cars the mini convertible was the only European car. All the rest from the far east. No idea why the mini convertible was in the list and not the mini. Maybe owners are too embarrassed to drive them in public so they never go wrong

 

[Zephyr]

Interesting that in the list of most reliable cars the mini convertible was the only European car. All the rest from the far east. No idea why the mini convertible was in the list and not the mini. Maybe owners are too embarrassed to drive them in public so they never go wrong

The one person who answered had a convertible.

 

[the Nefyn cat]

They're limiting the size of the survey a bit, too.

"The survey asked owners of cars aged up to five years old whether their car had gone wrong in the past two years."

And I doubt if the owners of these big shiny cars fall into the category of

" What Car? editor Steve Huntingford said: ‘Everyone is feeling the pinch right now, so unexpected car repair bills are the last thing any of us need.’ "

 

[Nodzed]

surprised that VAG has so many there.

I'm not, changing my 4 year old VW next week and I won't be sorry to see the HOS go.