Suzuki has topped What Automotive?’s newest reliability survey, however luxurious vehicles and SUVs have been highlighted as probably the most problematic segments.

What Automotive? has analysed suggestions from 25,000 automotive house owners in affiliation with MotorEasy for used vehicles aged between six and 20 years outdated.

The info consists of 30 manufacturers and greater than 400 totally different fashions. 

Luxurious SUVs had the bottom common rating of 69.5%, with the Land Rover Discovery (2004-2017) that includes the worst ranking of all at 47.8%. 

Suzuki achieved the very best model ranking, at 94.7%, bolstered by the Vitara small SUV (2015-present) which scored 99.3% and the Swift small automotive (2010-2017) which gained 98.1%.

Japanese manufacturers occupied six of the highest 10 most dependable model positions, whereas on the different finish of the dimensions, Citroën and Land Rover acquired the bottom model reliability scores, of 60.3% and 61.3% respectively.

Small vehicles had the very best total reliability scores, with the Honda Jazz (2015-2020) attaining a 100% rating.

Additionally attaining a 100% reliability rating was the Kia Soul (2014-2019) small SUV, and the Kia Niro Hybrid (2016-2022).

For the survey, house owners have been requested if their automobile had gone fallacious prior to now 24 months, how lengthy repairs took and the way a lot they value, with the general rating expressed as a proportion.

Of the older automotive drivers surveyed, 26.5% of householders mentioned their automotive had gone fallacious prior to now 24 months.

Of vehicles that had gone fallacious, 13.1% have been repaired underneath guarantee. Though most restore payments have been lower than £500, 6.5% of householders needed to pay out greater than £1500 to get their vehicles fastened. 

These older vehicles weren’t all the time fast and straightforward to repair; faults rendered 20.5% of vehicles undriveable and 23.4% of people who went fallacious spent greater than per week within the storage. 

What Automotive? shopper editor Claire Evans mentioned: “Regardless of the potential value financial savings, used vehicles are dearer to purchase than a yr in the past, and reliability is extra necessary than ever for those who don’t need to be hit by costly and probably time-consuming restore payments.”

Jaguar Land Rover has already commented on its points round reliability, saying not too long ago that “high quality is the very important space of focus for Jaguar Land Rover UK’s senior staff because it shifts from a volume-driven status automotive competitor to achieve its ambition of being an organization with a “home of manufacturers” offering “trendy luxurious” merchandise and experiences”.

The corporate goals to shift from promoting new vehicles in excessive volumes to being a “trendy luxurious model.” and its “Reimagine” company technique is designed to maneuver it away from the “crowded” mass premium market, and let it play to its strengths.

High 10 most dependable manufacturers (vehicles aged six to twenty years outdated)

Backside 10 most dependable manufacturers (vehicles aged six to twenty years outdated)