Recently, the authoritative organization "Consumer Report" released the latest automotive reliability survey report in 2021.
This year's automotive reliability brand rankings have changed significantly.
It is understood that Consumer Report's analysis and scoring of new car reliability is based on an overall measure of the car's quality, including road test performance, owner satisfaction survey results, whether the vehicle is equipped with key active safety systems, and crash test results, designed to make it easier for consumers to quickly find the best car, SUV and truck that meets their needs.
Today, Xiaobian helps you take stock of the 10 car brands with the worst reliability in 2021 to see if you have been recruited.
NO.1 Lincoln
Country origin: United States
Consumer reporting score: 11 points
Lincoln, the United States national treasure brand, Ford's luxury brand, inherited the American car has always been rough distribution, the main sales model MKC, MKZ and mainland models have appeared on the paint foam split problem, and the paint color difference and body rust and other process problems, across multiple years of models are common, suspension oil leakage, electronic failure, body leakage and other problems are also emerging. And focused on 2020 and 2021. With so many complaints about a year or so on, Lincoln should be the only luxury brand.
Not only is the reliability poor, but there is also a lot of shrinkage in the materials used in Lincoln's new car. Some media dismantled the Chang'an Lincoln Navigator, which cost 328,800 yuan, and found that the front anti-collision beam of a 300,000-level so-called luxury brand SUV was a double-sided roller-pressed steel plate with a thickness of only 1.48mm. It should be known that the front anti-collision beam of Geely Xingyue L, which is priced at only about 150,000, is made of aluminum alloy, and the thickness is 5.09mm. It is said that the materials used in American cars are thick, and Lincoln may be an exception.
Therefore, some car owners' evaluation of Lincoln is: from the appearance to the interior, from the power unit to the electronic equipment, there are only places you can't think of, there is no place that Lincoln can't repair.
NO.2 Tesla
Origin: USA
Consumer reporting score: 25 points
The electric vehicle brand that swept the world has soared in stock prices this year, becoming the world's most valuable car brand.
"Consumer Reports" believes that Tesla's new delivery of Model Y last year's reliability is much lower than average, and quality problems have existed since the delivery, and the quality problems that Tesla has complained about the most, in addition to the problems of the autopilot system that have been reported before, there are many quality control problems from the production process, such as various abnormal noises, excessive gaps between sheet metal parts, paint spray defects, etc., and even the rear seat is not fixed to the base of this major assembly error.
A few years ago, China's Tesla also mentioned the achievements of the five departments of the state because of quality problems, but in the same way, Tesla Model 3 is still the best-selling electric vehicle in China, and there is almost no one.
NO.3 JEEP
Consumer reporting score: 26 points
It is said that the owner of JEEP is either repairing the car or on the way to repair the car, and the list also confirms this paragraph very well.
JEEP can be described as the originator of off-road vehicles and SUVs, it is also well-known in the world, but the body quality of JEEP is quite poor, especially the free light and guide models are endless problems, in addition to the Wrangler other JEEP models almost have large and small problems and problems, it has been criticized by CCTV more than once.
However, in the United States, it still ranks first in SUV brand sales, because it is cheap enough, and the hot-selling models are converted into about 180,000 yuan, and the same model in China is twice as expensive.
NO.4 Geniseth
Origin: South Korea
Consumer Reports score: 30 points
Genissy, a high-end brand from The Korean system, has formed a dominant position in the US market, gradually encroaching on the market of luxury car brands such as Lexus. The 2020 G70 model was once rated as one of the safest cars, but in May this year, Hyundai recalled more than 700,000 Hyundai models because of the hidden danger of engine compartment futures, including the Genises model.
NO.5 Volkswagen
Origin: Germany
Consumer reporting score: 31 points
Toyota, which is not broken, and Volkswagen, which is not repaired well, are very popular on the Internet. As one of the first car companies to enter China, with the characteristics of Jetta and Santana Pishi, it has been favored by the people, but at present, the public is in the middle
Most of the models sold in China are specially supplied cars, and safety has been criticized by consumers in recent years.
According to the latest report released by the Association of Passenger Vehicles, retail sales of narrow passenger cars in July 2021 were 1.5 million units, down 6.2% year-on-year, and cumulative sales from January to July 2021 were 11.445 million units.
People in the industry generally believe that FAW-Volkswagen sales have fallen so much that it is difficult to easily prevaricate with the coexistence of the industry due to the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic and the shortage of chips. Because it is also a lack of cores, many mainstream car companies, including SAIC Volkswagen and SAIC-GM, have declined far less than this.
In fact, as a "constant general" who has dominated the domestic auto market for many years, FAW-Volkswagen has been criticized in recent years for its product strategy and service quality of "turnips are fast and do not wash mud" - frequent failures of the DSG dual-clutch transmission, sabotage suspension breakage, EA888 engine burning oil and other issues, which continue to erode the trust of domestic consumers in FAW-Volkswagen, resulting in a decline in the reputation and sales of FAW-Volkswagen's products year by year.
NO.6 Mercedes-Benz
Consumer reporting score: 34 points
There is a passage circulating on the Internet, Mercedes-Benz never pits the poor, only the rich, this paragraph actually has a certain basis.
Mercedes-Benz itself is positioned as a luxury brand, the price is relatively high, but in the global consumer market, reliability evaluation is located in the middle and lower reaches of the level.
For example, the previous current Mercedes-Benz E, GLE, GLS and other models have given bland or even bad evaluation conclusions in many reviews at home and abroad, and without exception, they have mentioned that the chassis performance is very poor, especially the filter shock. Some media even gave the conclusion that the Mercedes-Benz E chassis is equivalent to the level of 200,000 joint ventures.
It can't be designed and won't be manufactured, and there are many problems with cars. But why is it so popular in China? To summarize with a sentence of netizen "Wow Hana", perhaps it can really express the reason why Mercedes-Benz is so attractive to Chinese car owners: a big brand with face, a design of the interior, a variety of novel electronic devices, and 64-color atmosphere lights, the face brought by Mercedes-Benz, really is not what other cars at the same price can give. Rich people can buy a good car, or they can buy a broken car that can bring business and girls, depending on what you need.
NO.7 GMC
Consumer report score: 37 points
GMC, one of the three major pickup truck manufacturers in the United States, is very common in the American market, and the American police are standard vehicles in Hollywood blockbusters.
Compared to its heroic performance in movies, in the real world, consumers don't seem to be very satisfied with it.
NO.8 RAM
Consumer Reports score: 40 points
RAM, one of the three major pickup truck manufacturers in the United States, but relatively rare in China, the characteristics of pickup trucks have always been resistant to exercise, but because RAM is also produced by Daoqi, it also inherits the tradition of Daoqi unreliable, but it does not seem to affect the american consumers' love for it.
NO.9 Volvo
Origin: Sweden
Consumer report score: 42 points
Volvo's treatment in the country is high and the level is also very high, due to Volvo's special relationship with Geely and the reputation of safety first. But people don't buy your account, how do you still want to do it, otherwise you wouldn't have fallen to almost launch the North American market, until it was acquired by Geely to regain its vitality.
Volvo's models are the most complained about is the XC90, and volvo S90 Although the safety configuration is very good, it still needs to be improved in terms of details, such as low-frequency noise of up to 76 decibels in the car, which makes the driver have earache, dizziness, and seriously affects normal driving.
NO.10 Kia
Consumer report score: 43 points
Kia, Korean car Kia has a lower and lower presence in the domestic market, but has always had a very high market share in the international market, and won the best car of the year in North America in 2020.
But after Kia changed its company name and logo this year and released a new brand concept and slogan, Knowledge that inspires, it instead fell in the ranking of the 2021 reliability study.
Kia's overall strength and sales are much worse than before. Nowadays, when its price is falling, it can also be reduced in configuration, such as the ESP system that exists in domestic low-end models, but only a high-end model can have it in some models of Kia.