Honda Worse Than Kia

[bronsin]

In terms of reliability according to CR. Honda ranked 8th on the reliability list with Toyota 2nd after Lexus. Audi was 3rd and Kia 6th.

The Fit was ranked average reliability. Yaris not even mentioned.

Fiat brought up the rear with -177!

Toyota 56
Kia 27
Honda 13

[jcboy]

my experience with Honda (my Civic, brother's Civic and our sister's City (poor man's civic LOL) has been fairly ok, although suspension bushings/bearings keep wearing out.

even Stearlership purchased and both professionally or stealership installed will result in 2-3 year life span for stabilizer links, suspension arm bushings, etc...in fairness the roads here are not very good that a replacement will last only 1-1.5years, and my friend's mitsubishi lancer would have an equivalent life span of 2-3 months on suspension bushings before it starts doing the tok-tok sounds again. LOL

[Lux]

Honda lower arm bushings (and ball joints) are a common item for Honda vehicles.
It was a problem more specific with earlier double wishbone front ends.
The Lexus score is a no-brainer.
Consumer Reports is one of the last sources anybody should ever use for automotive information (along with Jalopnik and the like). They have no bloody clue of what they're talking about. Some of the common complaints that are marked against these reliability scores are from customers on how to operate their navigation system...
For instance, to have Audi score so highly is complete rubbish. Ask the technicians what they have to say about the cars.

[BLKHILLSGUY]

Originally Posted by Lux

Honda lower arm bushings (and ball joints) are a common item for Honda vehicles.
It was a problem more specific with earlier double wishbone front ends.
The Lexus score is a no-brainer.
Consumer Reports is one of the last sources anybody should ever use for automotive information (along with Jalopnik and the like). They have no bloody clue of what they're talking about. Some of the common complaints that are marked against these reliability scores are from customers on how to operate their navigation system...
For instance, to have Audi score so highly is complete rubbish. Ask the technicians what they have to say about the cars.

I don't base my purchase on the CR testing of the vehicle, but Consumer Reports actually uses statistics for reliability. That's not subjective. Strictly objective. Thus, that is what they should solely focus on.

[BLKHILLSGUY]

And I also don't trust JD Power for quality testing.