What Cars Are The Cheapest To Repair? The Answers Might Surprise You

What car brand is the least expensive to repair? What is the most reliable car on the road this year?

Spoiler alert: They're both Asian.

So how do the Detroit Three stack up? Their brands make a respectable showing, in the top 10 of most categories.
 

CarMD has the answers to those questions in its 2018 Vehicle Health Index Make and Model Reliability Rankings.

MDaringer1 - 12/12/2018 5:43:51 PM

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Not surprised by Mazda, great cars!

MDaringer1 - 12/12/2018 5:43:51 PM

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Not surprised by Mazda, great cars!

MDarringer - 12/12/2018 7:18:27 PM

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We heard you the first time.

Car4life1 - 12/12/2018 6:24:44 PM

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Definitely surprised Chrysler and Volkswagen finished ahead of Toyota & Honda...interesting

Dexter1 - 12/12/2018 10:39:03 PM

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Audi Q5 most reliable? My Q5 was obviously mislabeled.

Tiberius1701A - 12/13/2018 7:42:05 AM

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#10 on the most reliable the 2016 Volvo XC90...really? I was working in a Volvo retailer when these were launched and as far as being a nice vehicle, yes! But these were unreliable as the day was long..software problems abounded. It took them a good 12-18 months to iron out the bugs.

MDarringer - 12/13/2018 8:16:56 AM

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I was wondering about the methodology of this "study" because there are several cars on there that certainly aren't icons of low cost repair.

MrEE - 12/13/2018 9:34:50 PM

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Seems mostly useless to find out the newest years are most reliable, and why is there any cost during warranty period.

AutoworldJapan - 12/20/2018 6:00:28 AM

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Japanese automakers frequently launch new models giving the customers a new choice every other year.
http://autoworldjapan.com/

MDarringer - 12/20/2018 8:41:20 AM

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Were you paid to deliver that BS?