The least reliable cars REVEALED!
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If you're in the market for a new car (whether new or used), have you ever wondered how reliable the car you're choosing actually is? Well, wonder no more! We've teamed up with Warrantywise to provide a list of the 15 least reliable cars you can buy!
Now one thing to consider is that these cars are all older generation cars, as any new model is likely to still be covered by a manufacturer warranty. However, it still helps to give you an idea of which brands and types of cars seem to be the worst offenders when it comes to reliability!
The question is, are you surprised by any of the cars on this list? And more importantly, would you still consider buying a car that's featured in this video?! Let us know in the comments!
Disclaimer: average repair costs collated over a period between 2021 and 2022. Since the sample was selected, Warrantywise has seen a significant rise in the price of labour and parts, which will impact future repair costs.
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I admire Land Rover's consistency through the last two decades - always on the bottom reliability wise. Simply amazing achievement!
its fake news , french cars should all be top of the list , french cars and their owners are equally as unreliable and inept
Yep. Land Rover and Bentley also.
The amazing part is they're still in business, as a luxury brand, and making profit
What a reliable brand we love them for being consistent and not to mention expensive 👏 🤣
We have a saying here in Australia... If you want to get to the outback, take a Land Rover. If you want to get home, take a LandCruiser.
As a Land Rover:Range rover technician, I can tell you that business has never been slow for the last 23 years. This list is spot on
How’s the Range Rover evoque reliability
@@esthetics4512 crap
😂😂😂
@@esthetics4512 worst out of all the models.
Yezzir..reporting from a garage in Nairobi...back to you in the studio.
This episode was awesome : ) this is what we need keep manufacturers honest and doing their job properly. Making quality products that command a premium price make sure it’s top notch. Thanks car wow.
As a fiat panda owner I can confirm this video is legit 🤣🤣
As a fiat koala owner I can’t agree more
Me too. I have two and they cost much less to buy than these cost to fix and serve without complaint. Nippy snd fun especially if not
The most shocking thing for me in this video is that warranty wise paid out. I had a terrible time getting them too pay up for my car when I had a warranty through them and when they agreed I couldn't find a garage too do the repairs because nobody wanted too deal with them. Even 3 of there own recommended garages turned me away as they said they didn't want too pay correct labour charges. I ended up paying for repairs myself.
Ye I've had issues with warranty wise too they straight up declined my warranty claim for a faulty transmission, never trust warranty wise period
I don’t know anyone who has ever gone back to Warranty Wise based on their experience of making perfectly valid claims that these cowboys tried to argue away
Weird carwow would even mention and kinda work with, at least on this video with a shady company like that...
Made me get annoyed every time Mat said warranty wise...
@@jonathanng138 for me i always shocked about those cars that having least reliable one.
@@MKRM27 yep. 2 year warranty could be all good.
Can we please get yearly updates of this. Would like to see how the new models of these cars do.
He would not be able to do that, from a single source, and what manufacturer, is going to tell him their own warranty costs. And, in the first 3 years, most vehicles don't have many problems, not covered by warranty. Stupid requests!
JD power do it yearly. Always tge same culprits driven by numpties and cisting the earth
Most reliable car and still under production is Lexus LS
Glad no toyota & honda involved
mass production.
I owned a f82 m4 & put 106k miles on it.
Zero issues & was stage 2+ BM3
Must have got lucky but was serviced every 5k miles / 6 months.
Driven how it was meant to be with lots of road trips around Ireland :)
I also had a e92 m3 for the past 9 years (sadly it got stolen), 76k km no engine mods, exhaust and track mods (brakes, suspension, seats, etc) and I would track the car about 4 times a year, zero issues, but I also serviced the car before and after each track day. It mattered alot how the driver threated the car (warmups, cool downs, service etc) I knew of a e92 who managed to damage it's rodbearings at 13k km and it was 100% the driversfault, he was driving like a barbarian.
In case anyone's interested, we've run golfs, a Passat and an up over the last 20 years and not had any big probs.
I do look after them though and do extra maintenance over what's scheduled.
Something to take into account: notice how this list is mostly luxury brands / expensive models? Thats because people that can afford these cars are the ones taking extended warranty. The cheap / middle class cars aren't represented. Who wants extended warranty on a cheap car that, if it breaks down, is cheap to fix? Nobody. Somebody making boatloads of money doenst want the hassle of finding the cheap local mechanic, dealing with waiting times etc. They just want their m5 fixed, ASAP.
This is very true
True, but also cars like these are too complicated and poorly engineered from the outset leading to difficult repairs and unreliability. Although the dumb complexity applies to cheaper cars too. There should be legislation in place to make cars simpler and less complicated, the irony is it is dumb emissions legislation that make them expensive and unreliable in some areas
@@blow0me lol all of them aren't poorly engineered...did u see one Lambo/Ferrari on this list?
@@Slainself and did you listen to how the data was compiled ? clearly not. That is exactly why there are no such vehicles on this list.
Also a lot of cheaper brands have better warranties. (Hyundai) with one of the best warranties on the market.
Would be great to see the difference between the older and newer generations that are lumped together to see if there's any improvement
Why would luxury brands improve if they know rich people will simply shrug off the repair bill? All they need to figure out is the amount customer will pay without complaining.
@@leejimFMSA actually certain versions of top class cars are better than previous or newer versions, things are added, changed or taken away that make a certain version no problem at all.
alfa 159 spotted
I think there has been with Range Rovers, from what I understand the newer models are much better than the older ones.
@@f-u-nkyf-u-ntime they had to improve them. Expensive cars with such high prestige should never have so many problems.
It also helps that when people buy them, they can afford to repair/look after them.
Not surprised about the Range Rover, when we were looking for our current car we went to one prestige dealer near us (not a small place either) and they'd stopped selling them because one had an engine fault whilst under their initial 3 month warranty which necessitated a new engine and cost them £20k to fix it 😵
It’s not the parts that cost it’s the ridiculous labour charges from dealers, great video as always matt!
Warranty wise will not pay for dealer to repair the car. They typically only allow £25 labour charge and I believe £50 on platinum package appon request and extra charges.
With porches reading charging £150 for labour.
Well, sometimes it is understandable. Especially supercars, where simple repairs need the entire outer frame to be removed
That is the exact problem with most of these cars, they were way way over complicated. And no consideration was taken for repair.
Any dealer has a lot of mouths to feed plus they have to make a little profit. You want to pay at least 50% more, go to a dealer. Find an independent mechanic
and you'll save. It's a challenge to find a good honest mechanic.
The design of the internals contributes significantly to labour. If a lot of disassembly is required to fix an otherwise trivial issue, the labour costs will explode regardless of how much brand premium is slapped on top.
Could you do a video with the most reliable aswell? Thanks 🤜🤛
there was about a year ago
It'll just be full of Toyota
@@TheKruxed kia actually
@@zane6045 no Toyota Lexus Honda all more reliable
@@zane6045 u can find this information online btw
"Alfa Romeos always break down, I can't believe you got one. You should have gone German..." Just goes to show how strong marketing can be.
NO ALFAS ON THE LIST. THE GERMANS ARE REALLY BAD,NOT EVEN FIAT OR MASERATI. THAT'S WHY I BUY ALFA MASERATI AND FIAT. NEVER A PROBLEM.
would say not alot of people own a Alfa Romeo and not many use as a daily drivr
Lonely sandwich why bring alfa up when its mostly german that go wrong .so keep buying your german barges you deserve them ha ha
@@fyasin4877 you would surprised how many people own an alfa..let's face it who would want to own German barges after that but let's face it you do have to be brain dead to buy German or self opinionated
@@fyasin4877 The point is people who suggests a german as if it were a japanese car are fanatics.
Thanks a lot for the video. Really interesting to see!
Very informative video. Keep up the good work.
MATT please do an update for the most reliable cars ... the last one is 2-3 years old ...
Maybe we already have... Watch this space 😉
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@@manilove2pwn terrible comment stick to nothing disliked! 🤣
@@manilove2pwn Go to another channel...
@@uleertel cry more please
The service manager at my local JLR dealer is “Bob”. Bob and I got to know each other very well in the 9 months I owned my 2021 Land Rover Discovery. I had a 36 month lease - dealer let me walk away. Never had so many electrical issues in a car in my life. Great ride, lovely interior. Guess I was lucky that COVID made the value invert and they were able to resell. BTW, my check engine light first lit up after only ten days of ownership! The topper was the hatch opening on its own. That’s a party trick for sure.
Discovery is the among them. I always feel sorry for the owners that had to keep coming back.
Nothing new there. I personally would not touch a Land Rover product with numerous bargepoles fastened together. Depending on the size of 4x4 you want/need, either Toyota, or the likes of Hyundai/Kia can meet your needs. Ok, they don't have the same social clout at a wine & cheese party, or a grouse shoot, but who the hell needs his vehicle to be in the workshop being fixed every few weeks? A friend of mine bought a new Kia Sorrento (which as you may know, is RR sized) and has covered 80k miles in it in 4 years or so. Not a single thing has gone wrong, and all it has required has been regular servicing. He has a new one on order. And I'm guessing he *doesn't* know the service manager's name at his local Kia dealer.....My friend with the Sorrento also mentioned that one particular Kia he was told about, developed a gearbox fault with just a few months of the original manufacturer's warranty left. They fitted a new gearbox without so much as a quibble.....
I switched to Kia Sportage from Audi A7 55TFSI, that was a good looking car, but oh boy those issues were driving me mad, the active rear spoiler worked for 2 days since new plus numerous stupid errors on my dash, Kia zero issues whatsoever 😅
Well it fits its brand name,》》 to discover something, a discovery journey..😊
A 3 year lease ffs all this 36 months crap honest to christ 🙄
Once again it’s hard to beat a Acura/Honda & Lexus/Toyota vehicle. I’m a proud owner of a 2000 Honda Prelude, bought new in 8/29/2000 with 7 miles. Outside of oil/ filter schedule service, my total repair service cost has been about $1800.00 in 22 years of ownership. Currently 305,222 miles. My other vehicle is a Mdx a-spec 2020, which I totally love.
What about Mitsubishi?
Would be interesting to see the whole list, any links?
For the Mazda CX-5, it would be nice to mention that these issues appear only on diesel engines. The petrol ones are rock solid.
Diesel CX5s can be reliable too, I've had mine for 8 years with no problems. I was surprised to see it in this video.
@@baldyhead it might be the problem in lower latitude and worse diesel quality in Taiwan, Thailand and Malaysia. In Europe and Japan not nearly as problematic. I guess it's because of better diesel quality and colder and drier climate. In Taiwan the 2.2D engine can suffer blown head gasket causing coolant to spray over the engine, which will require an engine replacement after the coolant leak. Fortunately Taiwan Mazda offer lifetime warranty for the diesel engine on CX-5 and Mazda6. In Japan most CX-5 were diesel variant, from by observation during my Japan trip.
These prices quoted to fix these issues are absolutely disgusting, just goes to show how insurance works. Taking a lot of these issues to a decent local mechanic would no doubt cost a lot less.
Sometimes to fix those cars u need about $50000.
@@purwantiallan5089 haha
Not always.
@@deansmits006 yes always hence they are on this list.. you not paying attention or what?
Now extend this thinking to healthcare….
Huge thanks for this. It provided great food for thought since I am about to start looking for a new or previously owned vehicle.
Hoping to see a 'most reliable' list as well. Dreadful to see all those 'premium' cars on there. Had my Skoda Yeti for 10 years and 85,000 miles. Not a single issue. Wish I hadn't sold it for my unreliable BMW X1.
Toyota better be among the top. My father had one that went 490k kilometres. He bought it used and drove quite a bit and the only repair he did was a timing belt I believe
Sounds fun
If I had a Skoda Yeti I’d not want it to last 10 years!
@@MKRM27 Skoda Yeti's reliabilty also worse than even Subaru 360 honestly.
@@grozaphy Toyota and Subaru had some of the most unreliable cars ever.
A great addition to this list would be which engine, or at least fuel the unreliable car has.
The Mazda CX-5 for instance, turbo issue which indicates that the diesel's are unreliable seeing as the Skyactiv G engine doesn't have a turbo (Except the 2.5 in a few markets).
Yeah i was shocked to see the Mazda here, until he mentioned the turbo. I'm on a lot of Mazda groups and the only thing I hear people complain about is the diesel turbo.
Yep, I have to agree that Mazda's diesel engine is unreliable, the coolant may spray out in higher mileage, too low compression causes DPF to fail and oil level rising easily.
I have had a Mazda 2 skyactiv D (1.5 diesel turbo). In 7 yrs only had: an O2 sensor go wrong (fixed for free outside of warranty); bumps stops for rear shocks degraded at 7 yrs; on my 2nd new battery - they last 3 yrs.
As for CX-5s I have heard of head gasket issues, ut normally fixed for free and warranty extended.
@@Kanazawa1997 Prey tell how low compression effects the DPF? Coolant sprays out of where? Never heard of oil dilution in any diesel ever.
@@csjrogerson2377 I don't know about Mazda, but the Discovery Sport and Evoque suffer from this problem. Apparently the DPF is too far away from the manifold due to design issues, such that cleaning requires the engine management to inject a lot of extra diesel into the cylinders in order to raise DPF temeratures sufficiently. Some of this finds its way past the pistons and into the oil. you get a very early service light on and it requires an oil change.
When Tata first acquired JLR in 2008..
I said to myself if they can improve overall JLR quality,increase the space n introduce some premium hatches with smaller turbo powered engines...
They have a winner at hand...
But surprisingly they made them profitable without improving any of these...
They sure did introduce new models n made Jag SUVs...but
I guess marketing n fresh designs only last for so much time b4 PPL see the truth!
My 2013 2.0 CX Has been superb with no problems whatsoever. On simple wear and tear replacement. As long stick to the NA Engines and they are truly remarkable
I think the Ford Ranger that cost over £13k to fix might have been mine. Not only did it have a replacement engine after only 9k miles we also lost the use of it for... 5 months (commercial pickup truck registered to my business used daily for deliveries replaced with a focus courtesy car 🤣) whilst they tried to work out what was wrong with it, in the end they couldn't so replaced the engine and some other associated bits and pieces.
😂😂😂😂
These reliability videos are a must-see. Thanks, Mat, for keeping them coming! Might be worth looking at the next ten, as well.
Could use same video every year.
I had a 2012 supercharged Range Rover and it was insane. I was literally spending 1.5k every weekend having to fix something new. I eventually did all the work myself and changing the suspension on that car was not fun
DAMN 💀 never buy a range
My dad in law got the cx5 new and just had new brake booster. Had a random phanton mil light coming on in the first few months but it went after that. Mechanics could never figure why it did it but hasnt come on since. Since i passed my test i had many cars. I bought a suzuki liana estate 2004 1.6 petrol and boy that car was reliable. I paid £230 from a salvage yard, spent around 130 on it including the price of an m.o.t and never let me down in 6 years. It now has nearly 185k miles and abused it to death but still run amazing. Serviced every almost 2 years. I carried bags of cement, rubble, scaffold poles, rescued many cars with it, raced its bolts off and all its ever asked me for is a clutch and thermostat. Cant complain.
Think my Cupra Formentor should be up there. Couldn’t have been more excited when I ordered one, I’ve had nothing but issues and faults the last year since taking delivery 😂
Which engine option did you pick? It really depends on it
Well, the COVID production quality is really sub-par. It's better to wait until full supply chains are back, otherwise it's just lottery.
That’s your own fault. You bought a brand nobody hardly would buy
@@Has7DCT VTEC Type 2?
@@AkarZaephyr yep. Just plain draw.
Thanks for the video! Would really love to see what the most reliable cars are too.
It would be very helpful if you share with us such information as you do routine car reviews, but still nobody does a good car review like mat, I've complained about him giving little info about lastingness, coast of service and maintenance but here we are he still remains the best.
think I'll stick with my 2007 Honda Jazz (Fit) which is now touching 290k miles and still drives like a dream. In the 9 years I've owned it apart from routine servicing nothing has gone wrong with this thing ever. I reckon this car has saved me over 100 grand over the 9 years I've had it that i would have had to fork out in new cars and repairs etc etc etc on flashy german cars :)
Same with Prius ....
8:12 "first British car on the list " so I guess the Bentley is Indian.
It's German.
@@Sinna94 is it?
@@johannpena9602 Bentley is owned by VW.
VW owns it
loll no matter who owns the brand it will forever be a british
just like volvo isn't chinese because chinese company owns it it will forever be a swedish
If the 2012 and newer M5 is on this list then the 2005 to 2010 E60 M5 must hold their All-Time number 1 unreliability rating lol
True true!!!
have you owned one or just read about those in internet?
Abolsutely. The V10 was a tough one to keep running right but the 6 speed models were a bit better. The e39 was still the M5 to own for reliability.
I don’t think so. Just look at channel M539 restorations and search for M5 E60 there
@@aussie2uGA the E39 M5 is probably the best looking M5 ever
Great video! Thanks!
As someone who worked in vehicle recovery for many years I can tell you we were forever picking up Mercedes and bmws.
This list here takes the price of the repair into account, which obviously leads to more luxury brands in the top places, they are produced in lesser numbers and use more expensive parts, so the repair is more expensive.
A much better metric to measure how reliable a car (atleast what the most people mean when talking about reliability) is to look at how often / how long a car model had to visit a workshop on average.
I think measuring the average time a certain car model spend in a workshop is far more useful to figure out how reliable a car is. If they wouldn't have used this "minimum of 100 cars" - requirement in this survey, the whole list would be full of super- and hypercars, because changing tyres on a bugatti will cost more than buying a new toyota. Your 10k car can break down 20 times and this list would still say it's more reliable than a hypercar which has to do a single repair.
In my opinion the way they measured reliability here is not really useful.
Which doesn't mean that I think the luxury brands wouldn't still be on top, but I think it's mainly about the higher complexity of luxury cars and not the build quality. When there is more tech and stuff in your car, then there is more stuff to break.
Too true.
Right that’s like ppl be comparing the reliability of a Honda Civic to a bmw 7 series like it doesn’t have 80% of the shit the bmw has 😂
それただの言い訳じゃない？
You’re right, but even time spent being repaired can’t be used as a gauge because most shops are under staffed and can’t find people to work, which in turn takes longer to repair. At least that’s how it is in the US right now.
@@user-s45c No, the way they tested it just hasn't anything to do with reliability. What they measured is a part of the ownership cost (gas and insurance excluded) and they found out (who could have guessed it), that expensive cars are more expensive to keep running.
My most reliable car was a Subaru Impreza turbo 2000 awd, 140,000 and tuned from 215 bhp to 350 and it never missed a beat.
Worst was my Alfa 146 1.8 T, both rear wheel bearings, ignition relay, wiper motor, door lock, two sets of binnacles (still wasn’t right) both rear callipers binding etc all in 65,000 miles from new.
There is only one thing that unites the entire world: the reliability of the Japanese cars and the unreliability of the Germans.
Thanks for the eye-opener 🙂
The Diesel version is probably to blame. Here in the US and Canada the CX5 have a pretty good reliability score. The Diesel model is pretty inexistent.
Yep, the Japanese don't do Diesel.
It's why they went Hybrid.
Yeah ive never heard of petrol CX5s having any issues...
@@Driftuner ya me too, we have the 2.5 liter N/A, that engine is pretty bulletproof and the 2.5 turbo. The turbo seem to be pretty reliable to because Mazda use it in pretty much every car they make except the Miata/MX5 and I never heard anything bad about it.
Yep. I have the mazda 6 and cx5. Both of them haven't gave me any issues,except for the infotainment system.
@@shrimperlincs3395 they do provide in Asian markets
Well just ended watching top gear destroying a indistructable Toyota I've seen and now here we go again
Toyoya are for poors and terrorists
They really did blow a building to destroy it 😂
this fellow get paid to make these baised video chill
@@nidalgm2718 like using nuclear missile.
@@sagaryoutube3591 everyone knows if you want to go somewhere you take a Land Rover, but if you want to come back, you do it in a Hilux
Is it to early to look for faults with electrical cars ? If not how do they rack with fault and which is best to avoid?
I stayed with a loaner vehicle because my X3 lived in the shop. It was CPO and I maintained every single repair and it still had a new issue. Thank goodness this was covered under my CPO plan but I wouldn't rush to purchase one again. I couldnt imagine paying for these repairs out of pocket.
Great video!
Seems to be a bit of a trend with luxury Euro cars 🤔
There’s a couple of shocking ones here… first off these prices for repairs are absolutely INSANE. I never heard any of these go that high. Second the Q7 and Porsche Cayenne are so hard to believe bc I had both of them. Ran the piss out of them and they never skipped a beat. The Cayenne needed a replacement O2 sensor out of nowhere but that set me back 80 bucks. That was it. About 200k miles for both. The F8X M3/M4 is also extremely shocking cause the only issue I know is the crank hub. Other than that, people love these cars and happily drive them around quite a bit.
Maybe those cars don't like gentle driving since it may gum up the works.
Joshua, I agree with you about the M3. If you notice, the video mentioned the biggest issue with the M3 (which included both F8x and E9x) were the throttle bodies. This really means the issue was more specific to the E9x generation M3 as it was the one with individual throttle bodies. The turbocharged M3 does not have (neither does it require) individual throttle bodies. The F8x I’ve heard is very very reliable. I cannot say anything about the Audi or the Porsche as I don’t know much about them but have definitely heard that the Porsche is generally very reliable.
@@rushi83 yeah those m3's sucked
Exactly, the m3 was hard to believe aswell as i have a 2018 m4c and iv driven it more than 50k in 1 year and a half and havent had a single issue yet and none of the f8x owners i know. I thought these cars were one of the most reliable performance cars if held stock
Those repair prices are cheap. I own a 911 NOTHING is cheap
Please do a dragrace with all of these cars, and then at the end instead of the brake test, do the break test. AKA; go and see which one breaks in the shortest distance🤣
Most people spell brake as break anyway!
You're a psychopath 💀
that would be interesting.
@@raftonpounder6696 yep. And also about slalom time challenge.
@@mulyomaha5112 slalom time challenge could be cool.
My uncle’s partner has a most recent gen RR Velar. He said the battery went flat and the process to remedy this was a nightmare - something like they had to connect the car up to some auxiliary power unit or something, as if you simply just charge or replace the battery it causes all manner of issues with the electrical system, such that it would brick the car. I can’t remember the specifics, but it did strike me as a curiously Range Rover issue!
Absolutely right spot on 👌👌I own a range rover evoque 2013 diesel and from last couple of years I have spent around 12000 pounds on the vehicle. ....land rover is literally a headache when it comes to reliability
Definitely a bit surprising to see the M3 come in at #2 on the list! As a current E90 (and previous E46) owner it has been an admittedly surprising flawless ownership experience. I always assumed the F80 would have been even better - I only know of occasional crank hub failures.
What is completely unsurprising is seeing JLR round out the remaining positions in top 3. I owned one JLR product for 6 months, which ended up being 4 months in the shop and 2 months on the road. If there ever was a brand that defined "surprisingly disappointing" it would be JLR.
I have a f80 and this report is trash. Gear box and throttle body ok...
Yes, spinning the crank hub is expensive but that rarely happens especially if you do not mod the car. I drive mine hard and i know other owners that do and have no issues. The crank hub is also blown out of proportion so shops can sell/perform expensive parts and service.
@@jonb2437 I think the “faults” are mainly due to previous owners beating the sh!t out of their m3s. Seen lots of m3 owners just whip it on a daily basis
M3 variants has nothing to do with ordinary 3'rd series modes... They use different electroncs, different engines, different gearbox even... It is an entirely different car, put in a standard shell... So 3'rd series is one of the most reliable BMW lines, also the 4'th as they are practically the same... When you go to the 5'th series, the realibility drops, as it is a bigger, bulkier car, with more electronics... Now M3 and M5 as completely different cars do require a casual full engine maintenance on about 50000 km or so and occasional adiditional maintenance, as they are not meant to be an everyday car and are for people who don't really care about repairs cost... CarWow rightfully stated M3 and M5 and not the standard 3'rd or 5'th series... Practically every sport line, has reduced reliability and that is completely normal...
Yes, me too - I've had 8 BMWs over 20 years and they've all been fine. My current 530d doesn't even need servicing very often - it's cost me virtually nothing since I bought it. The reason is that this isn't a reliability survey - they've factored in repair cost....
@@Habibi_exe I beat the shit outta my e92 and F80. They are meant for that. For the most part, both my cars are in great condition.
I have to say I'm not shocked to see a few BMWs on the list. I definitely expected the F10 M5 on there for valves and turbo related issues and the E9X M3 on there for rod bearings and TBAs.....BUT THE LIST ONLY MENTIONED THE TBAs lol. Then the big shocker is looping the F8X M3/4 in there with the E9X. 2012-2019. REALLY. I'm an M4 owner so call me biased but this is the first M3/4 generation that most would consider "reliable". There are high-mileage tuned and modded F8Xs out there now without any issues. I have 98K miles on mine and the only thing I had to fix/replace was a leaking coolant tank. 50K miles of that I have been running BM3 stage 2 and downpipes. When it popped up at #2 I figured it was going to be a crankhub case but they said throttle bodies and transmission. LOL I have never heard of a single person with a throttle body issue on the F8Xs. The E9Xs have those issues all the time. I have heard of a few DCT issues between both generations but nothing common enough to ask about during a PPI. I have a group of roughly 90 M cars that get together locally and besides the brand new cars, the F8Xs are the only ones that are never down for maintenance, never smoking, never idling rough, never having window regulator issues, coolant leaks, or fuel issues. Seem like they looped the F8Xs in to E9X problems accidentally.
Same here. The F80 M3 is hands down the most reliable car I've ever had. In 36k miles (of 57k total), not one thing has gone wrong.
B58 is a bullet proof motor
@@jeebus2121 literally lol. It sounds strange to say but out of the E90s, my E46 M3, and all other cars I’ve opened (now that I think about it), my M4 is by far the most reliable.
@@cullentayrien2187 it’s great. Especially if left stock but not bullet proof. Ironically 2 of my friends have blown 2 B58s. One guy was pushing 700hp though. That’ll do it if you’re doing it wrong. The other was from the previous owner. S58 is king right now.
I am just as surprised as an E90 M3 owner with zero issues after huge miles. They are more or less very reliable cars, you just need to keep up with regular oil changes and let them warm up properly (which is sound advice for keeping any car running well).
Thanks for this!!!
4:15 I was so sure you were going to say valve stem seals. Timing chain and fuel system still isn’t surprising though.
I’ve got a discovery sport, love the styling, but can’t handle the reliability, going back to Lexus.
Lexus LX specifically 450d. A very reliable machine
Good choice
@@Has7DCT LFA, RX500, and Shelby GT350 all also very reliable.
@@jesukxd8494 RX500?
@@Has7DCT what a nasty boring Toyota? That handles like a shopping cart . A poor mans wannabe Mercedes.
Can confirm had to replace throttle body valve actuators on my e92 m3
Now we need the list of the most reliable ones! :)
Would be better to do the same comparison but not based on the amount of money but in % of the price of the new car. A repair of 10K on a car worth 100k is better than 5K on a car worth 20K.
I guess the cx-5 issues don't relate to the 2.0 naturally aspirated. Mine has over 240k miles (386,000 km), and has never had an engine fault or needed anything more than regular maintenance (brakes, oil, tires). It's also a manual, which could potentially help reliability.
They clearly stated mostly turbocharger issues so that obviously excludes the NA engines.
CARWOW sucks, because they failed to mention the fact, that the unreliable CX-5s are the 2.2 TURBO-DIESELs only ..... the SkyActiv-G 2.0 and -2.5 are indeed bulletproof.
As a VW technician and mechanic this list seems about right :)
I had bought Panamera 2013 6 cyl , until I sold it in 2021 , never had an issue driving every day approx 80 km , serving oil n filters on time , i guess it’s all depends on your driving , and how hard you run over bumps and braking
Agreed. My 2016 Panamera runs like a beast and if maintained well, the cost is minimal.
You could be more precise about the CX-5, issues concerns the diesel version, as usual, petrol is very reliable
That's true!
Yes Mazdas are damn good cars
@@andrewbuckley3948 especially RX-7 type RS and RX500. U know a 1970 Mazda Car?
@@Has7DCT RX500 says hello.
That isn’t always the case
1:44 "This will handle anything you throw at it"
-Ford Ranger Owner
Ford Ranger Owner says hello.
Never trust American cars
@@haruyanto8085 its Australian tho
@@karimtemri1664 engine made in turkey by the way
Great video matt 👍🏻
Great video
Any chance of doing the Top 10 MOST reliable?
Toyota Honda Lexus just buy one of those
Not surprised not to see the Alfa Romeo Giulia. A wonderful car and very far from how unreliable it's considered to be. Destroyed by dumb confirmation biases, poor past reputation, and Alfa's own incompetence in marketing.
I don't know about the other brands, but especially in the BMWs case, including the early models with later model years and even different chassis is always bound to cause some issues with the data.
The fuel system issues with those early N63s and S63s were common yes, but i guarantee you that if you made a list of the current F90 and (whatever the X6 was), then you'd be harder pressed to find fuel system or hell even the aforementioned timing chain issues on them as well.
Had my F10 535i been on this list (a 20114+ example) and been combined with an early model year, you could add fuel pump, solenoids, timing, and radiator fan to the list of expected issues that i would face, but since they updated the engine in 2014, those issues are squashed. See where i'm headed with this?
are the 2022 BMW X4 M40I reliable?
Thank you for that explanation. I was under the impression that BMWs were comparatively more reliable than the other luxury brands. So perhaps it is but only after 2014....
Would be nice to see a list or graph etc. showing the numbers by every year instead.... There's probably it somewhere just don't know where...
@@Juhoty.x9 100%. B58 engines (in any BMW _40i) are extremely reliable
@@yomansam4689 thanx 😀😀
Cool video. I think though that most of the people that bought the cars on this list brand new couldn’t care less as they were covered by OEM warranties and maintenance plans
Which engine and gearbox on the A7 were troublesome?
I dont think North America have Diesel Mazda CX5 . The Gasoline one we have here is One of the Reliable Cars that hold resale Value very well
The diesel is a troublesome engine. The petrols are awesome.
No Jaguars ?!?!? I'm surprised. They must have improved greatly
Jaguars having awful reliability is a myth that stems out of lucas electronics in the 70s and 80s. Sure, they're not a Toyota but they're not really any better or worse than their german counterparts, as shown by this list.
Not enough were sold
My dads had 6 Jag's over the past 19 years and none of them have ever gone wrong. S-Type, X-Type, XF, XF S, F-Pace and currently with an I-Pace.
@@Lukaz0r yeah my dad's had two jags and neither of them have had any major failings beyond what my mums much newer vw has also had. And an XJ is a lot more complicated than an up!
@@EwacoolThereviewer I can only speak from experience, I have had 2 Jaguars, an XK and an XK8. They were both shockingly unreliable and very expensive to repair. The dealers were also poor. Like I said, it is only my experience, but I wouldn’t ever by Jaguar again. This is tempting fate, we have had a Maxda CX5 diesel from new … not had a spot of bother from it 7 years in.
My 21 m240i xdrive has been rock solid for 20k miles…my first german car so fingers crossed lol
Me dad had 2 s-classes a s320 from 2008 and a s500 CGI from 2011 the only thing I remember the 320 had no problems and the 500 only problem we had were problems witch the sensors cuz they got ez dirty and don't worked bout cars had over 150k kilometers on it.
I was surprised to see Mazda CX5 in the list since it's one of the most reliable car in the world but upon checking out the comments here I would agree cause it's the diesel turbocharge variant.. It's pretty problematic in Malaysia, Taiwan and Thailand as well.
Exactly. The N/A petrol models are rock solid.
Had turbo fail on 2015 cx5 2.2d. Dealer said it was most common fault, thankfully replaced w/o charge even though manufacturer's warranty had expired. There was some wiggle room because it had Mazda main dealer service history.
@@seanfinlay7393 in south east asia, the common problem is also the 2.2D where coolant leak and it sprays around the whole engine..making a big mess.
@@oTheDucky89o the other reason for this is that it was mazdas first big foray into a heavy, turbocharged, 4x4 type car. Before this a lot of their dependability comes from small, light, naturally aspirated cars. Less weight on suspension etc = improved reliability
I've seen the same problem with a 2015 Mazda CX-5 2.2 Skyactiv-D and a 2017 CX-3 1.5 Skyactiv-D 105.
Both had injector problems. But on the other hand I've never seen a Mazda with a gas engine that had a serious engine problem.
I own an L405 fatty from new and now the price of the extended warranty I have taken out seems good value! No mechanical issues but it has required thousands of pounds of cosmetic/rattle work to date (and I mean thousands) all under manufacturer’s warranty so far and certainly no electrical issues yet. This aside my perception is it’s actually rock solid, to be honest.
The vast majority of the electrical issues with them are fairly simple (but in some cases fundamental) software issues that are typically solved with a simple software update. However we find that the dealers misdiagnose them as hardware issues and just fit a new unit instead. Likewise they're supposed to update all the software when it goes in for a service which they never do. As a result from 22MY we've moved to doing software over the air like your phone would which should solve these issues, but only time will tell
Do a review of the ssangyong Tivoli
I owned a Jaguar XF that had just over £10k’s worth of repairs during its warranty.
Three months out of warranty, the engine lunched itself and the estimate to fix was £12k
I scrapped the car. It was the best thing to do.
A $1500 repair on a $100K luxury car isn't as bad for the consumer as a $1000 repair on a 15K budget car, this ranking just shows absolute cash flows (what the insurance company cares about), either that or cheap cars are all super reliable...
Cheap cars are more simple, so they have less to go wrong. It's certainly not uncommon for a 20 year old S Class or Jaguar XJ that is now worth $1500 to get a quote for over $10,000 in repairs!
I kept waiting for Alfa and was glad it missed the list. My old Giulia never had a problem.
Thinking of a Giulia Veloce as my next car...
very interesting video. Thanks.
My 98 plate Celica was absolute bullet proof never let me down 7AFE engine 👌Japanese engineering 👌👌
In the states (especially Miami where I'm from) a lot of people buy these cars used as a status symbol. My first car was an E90 328. After the headaches, I decided to buy a new Kia. Not trying to impress anyone anymore lol.
It’s not even impressive unless you’re driving a newer, high- end model of some European brand. Every time I see the kids driving their little BMWs and Mercs, I simply think “poser”
I have E93..i use it only roof down for driving girls ,go to caffes and stuff ..not much km on it..becasue in every 2000 km something will fail,but fortunaly most important stuff and that is roof works perfectly ,no problems with it...but for regular driving i off course use other more relible (and more confortable) cars
I've had 4 new Range Rovers since 2014... A V6 Sport, RRSC, Sport Autobiography (V8) and an SVR (Current). Had 1 minor issue w/ the 2016 full size--I think the issue arises [w/ Range Rovers] when people buy one that's used and/or it has been poorly maintained.
Hey, the sport or the normal range rover, both 2015 or a 2018 Velar . I don’t know which one i should buy, give me your opinion
@@chef7209 I'd stay away from any if they're not certified by LR. However, the Full size is pure luxury.
@@Mrrlamb1 i feel I’m getting for 50-60K a car so close to the rolls cullinan i swear and I’ve ridden both and it’s trom the local LR dealer and certified
If it's British it gets slagged at the first bad rumour, the list proves all complex machinery can have issues. Journalist have been playing the dramatic click bait game for decades, RIP Austin Allegro :-) .
My dad has a 2017 brand new factory model range rover sport and has changed 4 engines . All was just engine malfunction and the company support it on warranty.
I wouldn't go near a company like warranty wise. You can buy warranties through main dealers if you buy a service plan. There's no hassle with them, you take it in, the thing is fixed, you pick it up. I had warranty claims with my Lexus through the lexus dealership and never had an issue.
I remember someone telling me that if you want to own a Range Rover; you really need to buy two of them.
One for regular use and the second for for spare parts.
I've only owned a Toyota so I was surprised to learn a lot of other brands recommend double the time between changing oil. Maybe Toyota engineering isn't that much more reliable, they just recommended you change the oil at the right time
Pretty sure the reason other brands recommend changing less often is that there's no point changing the oil after 12 months since they'll just include it in the price of fixing it when it inevitably breaks after 18 months anyway 😆
@@ApothecaryTerry Might be because Toyotas have belts... many German cars have chains. They will last longer and can take more abuse.
@@martinsvensson6884 Belts don't affect oil changes.
@@ApothecaryTerry But oil changes effects belts. You dont want increased friction from bad oil with those.
@@martinsvensson6884 That's true, but modern oil shouldn't be getting to a point where viscosity due to age is an issue. It'd have to be totally knackered for that to be the case, well beyond any service interval.
Am also thinking
Many people who buy a used mini or used fiesta , used Astra etc often don’t buy a extended warranty
But those buying expensive big cars , do tend to buy a warranty knowing if they go wrong , will be expensive to fix
God point
8:11 - First British car on the list? What about the Bentley you mentioned earlier?
glad to see only one Benz on the list. I'm a Benz tech and I can truly say they have definitely jumped back into the reliability game since 2010. They do still suffer with cam adjuster issues though, but not a common issue as before but one of the pricier repairs for sure. I have a 2003 S500 with over 263k miles on the dash and it runs strongs.. And still floats like a butterfly
This is all about price of repairs... just idiotic. Of course, all the luxury cars will end up on top (bottom)!
I'm on my 15th Benz, currently have 6 in the immediate family 3 for the wife and I and each kids has 1. Never ever had an issue with them, only had to replace a radiator once 4 years ago and a air shock for my GL450 3 years ago. Just oil change and tires
@@CanyonsCarver nice... I want to get my wife another myself. We have 4 at the moment me and my wife has one, and my two oldest daughters have one. I like how the driveway looks with multiple Benz's🤣🤣...
@@strykz63 Looks amazing
i used to know a cabbie who had an e class, 1996 or 1998 with a million kilometres on the clock, he said apart from servicing, breaks tyres etc he never had an issue! after one million km, the analogue clock went to zero lol😂
300tdi discovery is unbeatable at breaking😅
Well in our family we have owned various Kia’s and Fords and they’ve been as reliable as rain in Manchester…..not surprised to see neither make was on the list.
Almost 10years of owning a Model S and it's been the most reliable owned with nothing major needing repair. Although, it does go through a set of tyres every 15,000 miles...
I think you should have specified the engines for the W222 S-Class. I'm sure some of them are unreliable and very expensive to repair, but some other engines are just unstoppable. I know of some S350d that had no issues whatsoever even without proper care. And the S65 is reportedly also very reliable.
2 reasons why that wouldn't work- 1stly it would split the numbers into samples sizes that are almost all too small for useful data. 2ndly a lot of the issues are things like electrics where it really doesn't matter what engine you've got so you'd then have to start considering splitting by spec as well, at which point it just gets silly. In general the S Class is an unreliable model. For anyone who is considering one, they would have to do proper research into which bits are unreliable and why, since some cars also lose points because of generally being less well looked after and how they're driven so for a careful owner may be very reliable, while others (M cars being an easy example) are just going to break whatever you do.
No other brand has as many engines with as many miles on them before junked as MB.
@@martinsvensson6884 True, if you go to Eastern European countries, especially Albania, you'll see a great number of Mercedes-Benz cars on the road with 500K or more Km on their engines and they still run. But starting from the 90s also japanese cars are spectacularly reliable.
@@ApothecaryTerry Point number 1, sample size, makes sense. Although I think it might still be misleading to the average buyer who will probably not do any specific research. To say that "the Audi A6 is more reliable than a BMW 5er", for example, is not really of great help to a buyer if we do not consider specific engines where, i.e. it might be that a 540d is more reliable than a 3.0TDI of the same year. (Not stating that it necessarily is, just making an example).
2nd Yes, it's true that a lot of electronics will fail before the engine does, and that every trim level / package will have different electronics, but I think most of the times those failures matter less because they will rarely stop the car from running if they are not standard, and probably they will cost less to fix than an engine trouble. But sure, a buyer should take all kind of possible failures in mind.
@@nomad6-1 I wouldn't say that grouping the engines is misleading, but I do think providing the extra info where possible would be valuable. Same conclusion really, but I would put more emphasis on any fault being with a buyer not doing the research rather than a CZcams channel being at any fault for not providing a full analysis. After all, this is just Carwow, they're a gimmicky channel known mostly for drag races.
I believe their score takes into account factors like whether the car was driveable and how long repairs took (Warranty Direct certainly used to do that) as well as both cost and frequency of repairs. More expensive cars inherently do worse because not only are repairs pricier, owners are more likely to bother getting them fixed. Adds some bias, but not unfairly since it'd be impossible to balance those factors out. Again just puts the onus on buyers to do proper research.
It impresses me how manufacturers keep letting these issues happen 🙃
Money money money
@@hennynicca gotta improve those margins 🤑🤑🤑
They've extremely rare, that's why. All cars have problems. This survey factors in repair cost, so you're seeing the premium cars disproportionately represented.
money through parts… as you know gone are the days when cars used to do 300k miles…
The JLR reputation is justified: I have a 2014 Jag I got in 2016, literally 4 days of light usage and it was in the garage having £3.7k of electrical gubins changed (BCM iirc).
Which year audi a5 should i buy?