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Vehicles 3-to-5 Years Old, Toyota Garners 9 of Top 14,
Honda - 5 of Top 14, and General Motors - 19 of Bottom 44
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For Vehicles 3-to-5 Years Old, Toyota Garners 9 of Top 14, Honda - 5 of Top 14, and General Motors - 19 of Bottom 44
Models by Toyota Motor Corporation account for nine of the fourteen highest Reliability Percentranks for vehicles between the ages of three years and five years. Honda Motor Company models account for the remaining five of the top fourteen.
The Reliability Percentranks are based on information appearing within Consumer Reports 2005 and 2004 reliability tables that pertains to model year 2000.
The following table lists the top fourteen models, together with their respective Reliability Percentranks.
The Best of 2000: Models with a Reliability Percentrank of .93 or More at Vehicular Age of 3-to-5 Years Model Reliability Percentrank Honda CR-V sport utility vehicle 1.00 Toyota Camry sedan .99 Toyota Echo .99 Toyota RAV4 sport utility vehicle .99 Toyota's Lexus GS300/GS400 sedan .98 Toyota's Lexus LS400 sedan .97 Toyota's Lexus ES300 sedan .95 Toyota's Lexus RX300 SUV .95 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck .95 Honda Civic .95 Toyota Avalon sedan .94 Honda's Acura Integra sedan .94 Honda's Acura RL sedan .94 Honda's Acura TL sedan .94 The Lexus LS400 sedan, the Toyota Tacoma pickup truck, and the Honda CR-V sport utility vehicle are also among the Best of 1997, the Best of 1998, and the Best of 1999. (See "For Vehicles 6-to-8 Years Old, Toyota Garners 7 of Top 10 Reliability Percentranks, General Motors Gathers 23 of Lowest 36," "For Vehicles 5-to-7 Years Old, Honda Garners 5 of Top 9, Toyota - 4 of Top 9, and General Motors - 19 of Bottom 38," and "For Vehicles 4-to-6 Years Old, Toyota Garners 6 of Top 10, General Motors Garners 15 of Bottom 38,"Auto on Info, August 2005.)
At the opposite end of the spectrum, General Motors Corporation's models account for 19 of the 44 lowest 2000 Reliability Percentranks for 3-to-5 year old vehicles. The following table lists the models with the thirty-eight lowest Reliability Percentranks.
The Worst of 2000: Models with a Reliability Percentrank of .25 or Less at Vehicular Age of 3-to-5 Years Model Reliability Percentrank Ford's Lincoln LS .25 Volkswagen's Audi A6 .21 V6 all-wheel drive Volkswagen Passat .21 2-wheel drive Ford Explorer .21 GM's V6 4-wheel drive GMC S-15 Sonoma pickup truck .21 GM's V6 4-wheel drive GMC Sonoma pickup truck .21 GM's regular Chevrolet Venture van .21 GM's Pontiac Sunfire .21 Chrysler LHS .21 Mercedes-Benz S-Class .20 Mercedes-Benz CLK .20 Volkswagen's V6 Audi A6 .20 GM's Pontiac Grand Prix SC .20 GM's Oldsmobile Alero .17 GM's Oldsmobile Bravada .17 Ford's Mercury Cougar .16 GM's Cadillac Seville .16 GM's Chevrolet Astro van .16 GM's Chevrolet Corvette .16 Chrysler's Dodge Neon .16 Chrysler's Plymouth Neon .16 Chrysler's V6 Plymouth Voyager .13 Jaguar S-Type .12 4-cylinder Volkswagen Jetta .10 Ford Focus .10 GM's GMC Jimmy .10 GM's Cadillac DeVille .10 GM's Chevrolet Blazer .10 GM's Pontiac Bonneville .10 4-cylinder Volkswagen Golf .07 Volkswagen New Beetle .07 GM's GMC Safari van .07 Ford Windstar .06 GM's Pontiac Grand Am .06 Volvo S90,V90 .03 GM's extended Oldsmobile Silhouette van .03 GM's extended Chevrolet Venture van .03 GM's extended Pontiac Montana .03 All-wheel drive Chrysler Town & Country .03 4-cylinder Turbo Volkswagen Jetta .02 Volvo S80 .01 Mercedes-Benz M-Class SUV .01 Land Rover Discovery SUV .01 V6 Volkswagen Golf 0.00 A breakdown of the Worst of 2000 by manufacturer appears in the next table. For this table, each model entry in the above table that is based on one year of data (rather than 2 years of data) is treated as a half entry.
Distribution of the 44 Lowest Reliability Percentranks for Model Year 2000, by Manufacturer Manufacturer Percentage General Motors Corporation 46% Chrysler Group of DaimlerChrysler AG 10% Volkswagen AG 13% Ford Motor Company 15% Volvo Division of Ford Motor Company 3% Mercedes-Benz Division of DaimlerChrysler AG 9% Jaguar 3% Land Rover 1% GM's current percentage of the Worst of 2000 increased some from last year's percentage of 42% for vehicles aged 2-to-4 years, but Chrysler's decreased some from 13.5 % to 10%. For the 2005 updates of the Worst of 1997, the Worst of 1998, the Worst of 1999, and the Worst of 2000, General Motors' percentage of the worst has increased in 3 of the 4 model years and Chrysler's percentage has declined in 3 of the 4 model years.
Source: The Best and Worst of 2000
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