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    • April 20, 2012 at 4:23 am #38261
      moose3763
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      I had read that if more than 3 percent of a certain car model has problems, Consumer Reports gives it a worse than average reliability rating..shouldnt it be more than say, 20 percent???

    • April 21, 2012 at 1:53 pm #39609
      Babersher
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      Thats a good point, but the problem is Consumer Reports rates relatively new cars, and as we all know, new things dont have much problems so if a new(by new I mean one or two year old which is also the range i think CR uses for their reliability ratings) car has 3% of its components already gone bad, when really nothing should have gone bad at this point in its life, than it probably will have 20% problems in 5 years. Lets say a new car has 1% problems in the first year or two, then it probably will have 10% problems in 5 years.

      So because there rating relatively new cars they have to much more strict on their grading curve.

      BTW, CR is an extremely unreliable , biased, and fickle source. Trust them at your own peril.

    • April 21, 2012 at 1:58 pm #39610
      Alex Luft
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      @Babersher True… Although I don’t know if it’s appropriate or accurate to use linear grading in determining part failure throughout a car’s life. Interesting question…

    • April 21, 2012 at 2:46 pm #39611
      Babersher
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      I dont think its a good method either, but thats how I think CR does it.

      Another reason to not use CR.

    • April 28, 2012 at 10:45 am #39726
      Vic1212
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      CR is a biased kind of magazine. Majority of the domestic cars that they rate are unreliable and they rate foreign ones reliable since it’s their “favorite”

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