Planning to buy a new car, but still wondering which brand of car to buy? Do you want to enjoy driving and not be a regular at car services? Don't you want to repair your "iron horse" yourself? Then you just need to know which cars break down the most, as this information will help you save a lot of time and money.
Instructions
Step 1
To find out which cars break down most often, refer to the statistics published in the book "Autoencyclopedia" by Yuri Geiko. For reference: Yuri Geiko is an auto expert, author of several books for motorists, laureate of the "Best Journalist of Russia" awards for 1995, "Automobile Journalist of Russia" for 2003, candidate for master of sports in motorsport.
Step 2
According to information from the book "Autoencyclopedia" by Y. Geiko, an organization called the "US Consumer Council" operates in the United States. She monitors car breakdowns. The organization obtains the information it needs through an annual survey of about 700,000 motorists. These statistics take into account the number of breakdowns per hundred sold and used cars, and the survey results are summed up by year: there is data on the number of breakdowns for one year, for three years and for five years.
Step 3
In the first place in terms of reliability are Japanese and Korean cars, in second place are American cars, in third place are European cars.
Step 4
Now check out the statistics data. The most reliable car brand in the world, according to the US Consumer Council, is Infinity. The number of breakdowns at Infinity in one year is 10, in three years - 21, in five years - 24. In second place is Lexus. He has an average of 9 breakdowns in one year, 23 in three years, and 32 in five years.
Step 5
The next group in terms of reliability is the automobile brands "Honda", "Toyota", "Acura", "Mazda", "Subaru". Their number of breakdowns is on average one or two more in one year, by 10-15 in three years, and by 15-20 in five years than among the leaders of the rating.
Step 6
The next group of cars is Nissan, Buick, Pontiac, SAAB, BMW, Ford, Lincoln, Chrysler, Chevrolet. The number of breakdowns in these cars is about one and a half times more in a year, and 2.5 times in three years. The number of malfunctions in five years exceeds the indicators of the leaders (Infiniti and Lexus) by almost three times.
Step 7
The last group in the rating is “Audi”, “Mercedes”, “Volvo”, “Volkswagen”. Based on statistics from the US Consumer Council, an interesting pattern can be traced. The above brands of cars often break down in the first three years of operation, namely: 3-3, 5 times more often than the leaders of the rating. However, the older Audi, Mercedes, Volvo and Volkswagen get older, the less often they break down.
Step 8
If we consider the statistical information on old cars that are 8-10 years old, then the data are as follows: the number of breakdowns in Japanese and Korean cars is, on average, half that of their closest competitors.
Step 9
There is still no general statistics on the number of faults in Russian cars. There is only information about engine breakdowns when the "Check Engine" lamp comes on. So, the leaders here are Lada Kalina. In 12% of Kalin with breakdowns, this lamp lights up. In second place is VAZ-2114 - 10% and in third place is Lada Priora - 7%. Most likely, domestic cars are the most unreliable cars, with the exception of products from the Chinese car industry, since the Russian car industry uses poor quality parts and outdated technology.
