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2-to-3-Year-Old Model Year 2002 Vehicles, Toyota Garners 6 of Top 9,
General Motors - 13 of Bottom 45
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For 2-to-3-Year-Old Model Year 2002 Vehicles, Toyota Garners 6 of Top 9, General Motors - 13 of Bottom 45
Models by Toyota Motor Corporation account for six of the nine highest Reliability Percentranks for 2002 vehicles between the ages of two years and three years. Honda Motor Company, Nissan Motor Company, and Mazda Motor Corporation each garner one of the remaining top three.
The Reliability Percentranks are based on information appearing within Consumer Reports 2005 reliability tables that pertains to model year 2002.
The following table lists the top nine models, together with their respective Reliability Percentranks.
The Best of 2002: Models with a Reliability Percentrank of .93 or More at Vehicular Age of 2-to-3 Years Model Reliability Percentrank Toyota's Lexus RX300 SUV .99 Toyota Echo sedan .99 Toyota's Lexus LS430 sedan .95 Toyota Avalon sedan .95 Toyota Highlander SUV .95 Toyota Tundra pickup truck .95 Honda Accord .95 Nissan's Infiniti G20 sedan .95 Mazda Protegé .95 Toyota's Lexus LS400, the predecessor of the LS430, is also among the Best of 1997, the Best of 1998, the Best of 1999, and the Best of 2000. (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," "For Vehicles 4-to-6 Years Old, Toyota Garners 6 of Top 10, General Motors Garners 15 of Bottom 38," and "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," Auto on Info, August 2005.)
The following table provides photographs of the 2005 editions of Toyota's six of the Best of 2002, together with links to review pages.
2005 Editions of Toyota's Six of the Best of 2002 2005 Lexus RX 330 2005 Toyota Echo 2005 Lexus LS 430 2005 Toyota Avalon 2005 Toyota Highlander 2005 Toyota Tundra The above links are to onsite review pages. The following table provides photographs of the two 2005 editions of Honda's entry on the Best of 2002.
2005 Editions of Honda's Entry on the Best of 2002 2005 Honda Accord EX 2005 Honda Accord Hybrid The above links are to onsite review pages. At the opposite end of the spectrum, General Motors Corporation's models account for 13 of the 45 lowest 2002 Reliability Percentranks for 2-to-3 year old vehicles. The following table lists the models with the thirty-eight lowest Reliability Percentranks.
The Worst of 2002: Models with a Reliability Percentrank of .25 or Less at Vehicular Age of 2-to-3 Years Model Reliability Percentrank Nissan Altima .20 Mazda Tribute .20 Saab 9-3 .20 Ford's 4-wheel drive Mercury Mountaineer .20 Ford Escape .20 2-wheel drive Ford Explorer .20 GM's Chevrolet Avalanche .20 Chrysler Concorde .20 2-wheel drive extended Chrysler Town & Country .20 Chrysler's V6 2-wheel drive Dodge Grand Caravan .20 Nissan Quest .17 BMW X5 .17 Ford's Mercury Villager van .17 GM's Cadillac DeVille .17 Chrysler's V8 2-wheel drive Dodge Ram 1500 .17 Nissan Sentra .14 Volvo S80 .14 Volkswagen's V6 Audi A4 .14 GM's V6 4-wheel drive GMC Sonoma pickup truck .14 GM's Chevrolet Corvette .14 BMW's MiniCooper .13 4-cylinder Volkswagen Passat .13 GM's Saturn Vue .13 Volkswagen's Audi TT .11 GM's Cadillac Seville .11 GM's Chevrolet Blazer .11 Mercedes-Benz CLK .09 BMW 7-Series .09 Volkswagen's Audi A6 .09 GM's GMC Jimmy .09 Mercedes-Benz C-Class .07 Mercedes-Benz S-Class .07 GM's Pontiac Bonneville .07 Volkswagen New Beetle .04 Ford's Lincoln Navigator .04 GM's GMC Safari van .04 GM's Oldsmobile Bravada .04 GM's Chevrolet Astro van .04 Kia Sedona .03 V6 Volkswagen Golf .03 Mercedes-Benz M-Class .02 4-cylinder Turbo Volkswagen Jetta .02 Jaguar X-Type .01 Land Rover Freelander .01 GM's Chevrolet Trailblazer 0.00 A breakdown of the Worst of 2002 by manufacturer appears in the next table.
Distribution of the 45 Lowest Reliability Percentranks for Model Year 2002, by Manufacturer Manufacturer Percentage General Motors Corporation 29% Volkswagen AG 16% Ford Motor Company 11% Chrysler Group of DaimlerChrysler AG 9% Mercedes-Benz Division of DaimlerChrysler AG 9% BMW 7% Nissan 7% Land Rover 2% Jaguar 2% Volvo 2% Kia 2% Saab 2% Mazda 2% For the 2005 updates of the Worst of 1997, the Worst of 1998, the Worst of 1999, the Worst of 2000, and the Worst of 2001,General Motors' percentage of the worst has increased in 4 of the 5 model years; consequently, GM's dominance of the Worst of 2002 should grow as the vehicles age.
Source: The Best and Worst of 2002
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