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To: Ron C.

Consumer Reports? Get series.
Here are some of the worst: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-least-dependable-cars-in-america-2012-02-16


21 posted on 02/29/2012 7:06:07 PM PST by tumblindice (zero+zero=zero)
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To: tumblindice

The JD Power survey is much more limited in scope than what’s available from Consumer Reports:
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/2011/12/consumer-reports-car-reliability-faq/index.htm#1.2


How does CR’s survey compare with other reliability surveys?

The timeframes used in collecting data also differ among surveys. J.D. Power’s IQS is based on the first 90 days of ownership of new vehicles only, and its VDS (Vehicle Dependability Study) is exclusively based on 3-year-old vehicles. CR’s survey asks about subscribers’ experiences with their vehicles over the course of the previous 12 months and, starting with 2006, CR’s survey now covers 10 model years—from brand-new models to models that are 10 years old, providing a more complete profile of the life of a model. Our Predicted Reliability, which forecasts how well a new model is likely to hold up, is based on the cumulative experiences of owners of the three latest model years.



26 posted on 02/29/2012 7:20:39 PM PST by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: tumblindice
"Here are some of the worst"

And Subaru isn't mentioned.

27 posted on 02/29/2012 7:21:05 PM PST by Ron C.
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To: tumblindice

JD Power received 30,000 survey responses, compared to 1.3m from Consumer Reports, or roughly 3% of CR’s sample set:
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/2011/12/consumer-reports-car-reliability-faq/index.htm#1.3


Where is the data from?

Consumer Reports obtains its reliability data from an Annual Questionnaire that is sent to subscribers to ConsumerReports.org and Consumer Reports magazine. In all, the survey was sent to over 7 million subscribers in 2011, and we received responses on 1.3 million vehicles.



29 posted on 02/29/2012 7:25:18 PM PST by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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