Car brand rankings in 2014 quality survey

Jun 18, 1:20 PM (ET)

Consulting firm J.D. Power and Associates released its annual survey of new vehicle quality Wednesday. The survey questioned 86,000 people with 2014 model-year vehicles after 90 days of ownership and asked them what problems they had.
Here's how the brands stacked up, the number of problems reported per 100 vehicles and the number of positions the brands rose or fell from a year ago.
1. Porsche (74, same)
2. Jaguar (87, +7)
3. Lexus (92, same)
4. Hyundai (94, +6)
5. Toyota (105, +2)
6. Chevrolet (106, -1)
7. Kia (106, +4)
8. BMW (108, +10)
9. Honda (108, -1)
10. Lincoln (109, +7)
11. Audi (111, +2)
12. Chrysler (111, +4)
13. Cadillac (115, +1)
14. Mercedes-Benz (115, -2)
15. Volvo (115, +4)
16. Ford (116, +11)
17. GMC (116, -15)
18. Ram (116, +10)
INDUSTRY AVERAGE: 116 (up from 113)
19. Buick (120, -4)
20. Nissan (120, +10)
21. Dodge (124, +5)
22. Land Rover (127, -1)
23. Infiniti (128, -19)
24. Volkswagen (128, -1)
25. Acura (131, -19)
26. Mini (133, +3)
27. Subaru (138, -2)
28. Mazda (139, -4)
29. Scion (140, +4)
30. Mitsubishi (145, +1)
31. Jeep (146, -9)
32. Fiat (206, same)
Source: J.D. Power and Associates
http://apnews.myway.com/article/2014...5bab80a81.html

 

Wow... Hyundai & Kia beat Ford...

Chrysler ties Audi...

What's this world coming to?


And where'd Jeep goooooooo..........

(home to Fiat... lolol)

 

I really do love Mazda. My first car was an 05 Mazda 6 hatchback. Had suspension issues after about 5 years (in New England, though). My mom had an 09 Mazda CX9. Had suspension issues after 3 years (again, in New England). Engines were good, though!

 

To bad they didn't break Ford and GM down into cars and trucks. I would have loved to see how the Chevy truck faired against the GMC truck, especially if they were produced at the same plant.

 

A few surprises:

Kia being so high up, as well as Jaguar that used to be notoriously unreliable.

Chevrolet being so high up given all the recalls in the news. Guess there's a great distinction between "new" Chevy and "old" Chevy.

Ford being as low as it is. Thought they had upped their quality more than that.

That so many Asian brands are in the bottom half, especially Subaru and Mazda which, having owned both, I always considered to be among the more reliable brands -- Infiniti, Acura and Scion (basically Toyotas #5) too -- very surprised.

 

Hyundai makes a great car these days. They really started improving in 2006. But have gotten significantly better each year. Wife has an 08 with zero problems other than maintenance and a couple simple recall things that never affected us but they did automatically during oil changes.

They also pioneer a lot of tech and mechanical stuff.

It all trickles down to Kia as well. That's why both are so high.

AANNNDDD. Hyundai's are designed AND built right here is the good old USA too!