| mkaresh |
The latest TrueDelta Vehicle Reliability Survey results have been posted. These are for the year ending June 30, 2007. Late responses could lead to further changes, but these are unlikely to be large.
A big thank you to this forum for helping to spread word about the research. Otherwise, the sample size would probably not have been sufficient.
For the 2007 Acura MDX, I have an average of 3.9 months of data on 44 cars. The stat of 21 successful repair trips per 100 vehicles per year (0.2 per vehicle) is much better than average for a 2007 model, and is especially low for a new design.
The results do not include recalls, warning light resets, or reflashes.
Everyone who has been helping out with this research, thanks, I literally couldn't have done it without you. Those who aren't yet helping out, I hope you'll consider doing so.
Other results:
TrueDelta Vehicle Reliability Survey results |
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| m500 |
| Great info. Amazing that TL got a perfect score. MDX is not doing so bad either. |
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| mkaresh |
There's not a car made that doesn't sometimes require repairs. If a car has a "perfect score" in this survey, like the 2005 TL does, it's because the sample size is small. As stated in a note on the results page, I expect that with more data the best cars would be around 20 repairs per 100 vehicles. I actually have less data on the 2006 TL, but there the repair rate is 22 per 100. With the 2004 it's 55 per 100, which I attribute to being older and especially to being the first year of a design.
I wouldn't make fine distinctions with most of the results in this survey at this point because of the samples sizes. But we can safely say that both the MDX and the TL have low repair rates.
This is quite good for the MDX. If you look at both the 2004 TL already mentioned and the 2005 Odyssey, you'll see that Hondas (like other cars) often have higher problem rates during the first year of a new design. That said, the new CR-V is also looking good so far. |
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