The 2013 Auto Reliability Grade Point Averages (GPAs) and Grades for Motor Vehicle
Manufacturers with Sales in North
America:
The Complete Table and Chart Depicting the Overall Reliability GPAs of Car and Truck
Manufacturers in 2013
by James Bleeker
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This page provides the table giving the 2013 Auto Reliability GPAs of the
motor vehicle manufacturers with sales in the U.S. and a chart
depicting the 2013 Overall Reliability GPAs of these auto makers, from best
to worst.
The 2013 Table
The table below provides the 2013 Auto Reliability GPAs and Grades of
nearly all
of the car and light truck manufacturers with sales in the U.S.
Reliability GPAs for 4 age ranges are given so that the
visitor may examine more closely the age range that is of
greater interest to him or her. As well, an Overall Reliability GPA - an
average of the 4 Reliability GPAs - is provided; this may be of greatest
value to those interested in purchasing a new car or truck and owning it for decade,
or several.
Letter grades for automobile reliability are determined thusly: A if the Auto Reliability GPA is 3.50 to
4.00, B if the Auto Reliability GPA is 2.50 to 3.49, C if the Auto Reliability GPA is 1.50 to 2.49, D if
the Auto Reliability GPA is 0.50 to 1.49, and F if the Auto Reliability GPA < 0.50.
Toyota Motor Corporation and Honda Motor Company appear
first because of the rather singular stature. The remaining manufacturers are listed alphabetically. Ford
Motor Company's offloaded lines - Jaguar, Land Rover, and Volvo - are listed
as manufacturers.
The 2013 Motor Vehicle
Manufacturers Reliability Grade Point Averages (GPAs):
GPAs for Four 4-Year Age Ranges and an
Overall Average Reliability GPA and Grade,
As well as Minimum GPA and Corresponding
Grade
|
ID |
Auto Manufacturer |
Auto Maker GPA for 0-to-4 Year Old
Vehicles |
Auto Maker GPA for 2-to-6 Year Old
Vehicles |
Auto Maker GPA for 4-to-8 Year Old
Vehicles |
Auto Maker GPA for 6-to-10 Year Old
Vehicles |
Overall Reliability GPA |
Grade Based on Average |
Minimum Reliability GPA |
Grade Based on Minimum |
Number of Model Years of Data |
45 |
Toyota Motor
Corporation |
3.48 |
3.45 |
3.41 |
3.56 |
3.44 |
B |
3.22 |
B |
6.59 |
70 |
Honda Motor Company |
3.08 |
3.22 |
3.37 |
3.29 |
3.24 |
B |
2.99 |
B |
6.73 |
86 |
BMW AG |
1.66 |
1.37 |
0.90 |
1.08 |
1.26 |
D |
0.87 |
D |
5.23 |
119 |
Chrysler Group |
1.26 |
1.22 |
1.26 |
1.43 |
1.34 |
D |
1.00 |
D |
5.31 |
133 |
Daimler AG |
2.23 |
1.84 |
1.67 |
1.77 |
1.80 |
C |
1.50 |
C |
4.82 |
136 |
Fiat SpA |
2.00 |
|
|
|
2.00 |
C |
2.00 |
C |
1.00 |
178 |
Ford Motor Company |
1.97 |
2.15 |
2.23 |
2.10 |
2.04 |
C |
1.68 |
C |
6.24 |
245 |
General Motors
Corporation (with Toyota-engineered Vibe) |
1.70 |
1.35 |
1.35 |
1.65 |
1.50 |
C |
1.12 |
D |
5.60 |
246 |
General Motors
Corporation (without Vibe) |
1.66 |
1.29 |
1.29 |
1.60 |
1.46 |
D |
1.08 |
D |
5.56 |
262 |
Hyundai Motor Company |
2.13 |
2.31 |
2.36 |
2.19 |
2.15 |
C |
1.95 |
C |
4.79 |
267 |
Jaguar presently a
division of Tata Motors Limited |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
1.50 |
0.83 |
D |
0.67 |
D |
1.67 |
278 |
Kia Motors Corporation |
2.19 |
1.97 |
1.48 |
0.00 |
1.99 |
C |
1.70 |
C |
4.44 |
281 |
Land Rover presently a
division of Tata Motors Limited |
|
|
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
D |
1.00 |
D |
1.00 |
296 |
Mazda Motor Corporation |
2.85 |
1.91 |
1.74 |
1.95 |
2.09 |
C |
1.76 |
C |
4.77 |
303 |
Mitsubishi Motors
Corporation |
3.67 |
3.13 |
3.25 |
1.67 |
2.61 |
B |
2.45 |
C |
2.00 |
329 |
Nissan Motor Company |
2.26 |
2.18 |
2.24 |
2.19 |
2.15 |
C |
1.75 |
C |
6.09 |
335 |
Porsche AG |
2.00 |
2.21 |
1.94 |
2.33 |
2.08 |
C |
1.54 |
C |
3.75 |
347 |
Subaru Division of Fuji
Heavy Industries LTD |
3.01 |
2.73 |
2.06 |
1.89 |
2.47 |
C |
1.96 |
C |
6.80 |
350 |
Suzuki AG |
2.00 |
2.50 |
3.00 |
|
2.50 |
B |
2.00 |
C |
2.00 |
374 |
Volkswagen AG |
2.08 |
1.71 |
1.41 |
1.03 |
1.80 |
C |
1.49 |
D |
4.86 |
384 |
Volvo presently a
division of Zhejiang Geely Holding Group |
1.60 |
2.28 |
2.50 |
1.80 |
2.01 |
C |
1.28 |
D |
4.63 |
|
Note: If the average number of model years of data is 2 or less,
the Reliability GPA may not accurately reflect the manufacturer's
quality. |
Chart of the 2013 Reliability GPAs of Auto
Manufacturers
The following bar graph depicts the Overall Reliability GPAs of most of North
America's car and light truck manufacturers in 2013, from best to worst.

Note the sizable Reliability GPA gap from Honda Motor Company to Mitsubishi Motors
Corporation.
Also note that South Korea's Hyundai Motor Company outranks all
three of the Detroit 3, and Kia Motors Corporation outranks both General
Motors and Chrysler, but not Ford. However, if Ford had not unloaded its 3
European brands, it too may have fallen victim to the rising quality of the
South Korean manufacturers.
The Auto Reliability GPAs are automobile reliability
statistics that are obtained from Consumer Reports' auto reliability
survey data summarized in the reliability tables of (1) Consumer
Reports: New Car Buying Guide: 2013, (2) Consumer Reports: Used Car
Buying Guide: 2013, and
(3) the April 2013 issue of the Consumer Reports magazine.
The method of computation of the GPAs is probably familiar to nearly every college, technical school, and high school student.
For each model year, a Grade Point of 4.00 (that is, an A) is given to a Consumer Reports Used Car Verdict
of "Much Better Than Average," a GP of 3.00 (that is, a B) is given to a CR
"Better Than Average" rating, a GP of 2.00 (that is, a C) to an "Average"
rating, a GP of 1.00 (that is, a D) to a "Worse Than Average" rating, and a
GP of 0.00 (that is, an F) to a "Much Worse Than Average" rating. A Grade
Point Average (GPA) is an average of the Grade Points and is computed using
Microsoft's Average(a:b,[c:d],...) function. The Overall GPA of a model is the average of the four 4-year GPAs.
The GPAs given in the table and chart above are the averages of the model
GPAs.
This page was created in September of 2013.
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