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Buick Brand Drops In Consumer Reports Reliability Rankings

Buick has dropped in Consumer Reports’ annual Reliability Rankings, indicating decreased reliability across brand’s lineup.

In the yearly report, Buick fell seven spots to rank 11th. This places the brand towards the top of the list, just behind rivals Lincoln and Kia.

Of all the GM brands, Buick ranked as the best. Cadillac comes in at second, placing at 17. Meanwhile, Chevy dropped from 10th to 20th place, and GMC fell from 18th to 21st place on this year’s list.

This Consumer Reports (CR) reliability score is calculated on a 0-to-100-point scale, with an average score falling between 41 and 60 points. CR found that domestic brands ranked lower in reliability compared to their foreign competitors, with an average score of 40. Comparatively, Asian and European brands were graded with average scores of 59 and 51, respectively.

The rankings include four categories of vehicles (average predicted reliability score in parenthesis):

  • Cars (58)
  • SUVs (51)
  • Minivans (44)
  • Pickups (39)

Sedans, hatchbacks, and coupes make up the cars category, which is the most reliable vehicle category in the survey with an average predicted reliability score of 58. It’s followed by SUVs at 51, then minivans at 44. Pickups are the least reliable category with an average score of 39.

That said, domestic automakers buck this trend, with their SUVs and pickups, scoring 45 and 41, respectively, proving more reliable than their cars, which scored 38.

As far as electrified vehicles go, hybrids and plug-ins are the most reliable, posting a score of 78. As a whole, fully electric vehicles rank as the second least reliable sector, behind full-size pickups.

To obtain all this information, CR surveyed members about problems they’ve had with their vehicles in the last 12 months. For the 2022 report, data was gathered on more than 300,000 vehicles, from 2000 to even a few 2023 model year. This data addressed 17 problem areas, including engine, transmission and electronics. Using this information, CR then gave reliability ratings for every mainstream model. For an automaker to be ranked, sufficient survey data for two or more models must be submitted.

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Comments

  1. Perhaps the headline could have read, “Despite drop, Buick still ranks as most reliable GM brand.”

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    1. Yet sales dropped by around 79,000 units in 2022 compared to 2021 sales.

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  2. What happened? Did GM forget to send the check again?

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  3. F><k Consumers Reports. They overestimate their authority to make blanket proclamations about issues pertaining to automobiles.

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  4. Absolutely no one is accountable for reliability ratings at GM. I am guessing they are just hoping for the numbers to magically improve with the lower complexity EV’s.

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  5. So all my “data” I’ve entered into my CR surveys over the years is worthless??? I don’t think so. CR gets my “outstanding” reliability report for my used 2011 Buick Regal EVERY year.

    Meanwhile, Queen maryb & her clueless Detroit court continue to destroy one more iconic brand with Buick sales DOWN 47% this year according to Autoweek.

    Will there be a Buick Brand still around by the time the EV saviors arrive at the remaining Buick Dealers after the current buyout program is over???????

    Or will it be just a Communist China Brand then?????

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    1. Yes, Queen maryb & her clueless Detroit court, have done an excellent job destroying the Buick brand. Thanks to Queen maryb, Buick will be China only by 2030, unless Queen maryb is replaced sooner than later.

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  6. BUICK RULES, PERIOD

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  7. BUICK -ELEGANCE-PRACTICALITY-QUIET-SERENE-COMFORTABLE- HISTORICAL VEHICLES.

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