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This page has been updated to include the data that became available in 2006.

Note that Reliability Grades for model year 2003 are based on one year of data. Consequently, the Reliability Grades for individual models of that year are more subject to statistical fluctuation. These early data have been provided as several visitors have expressed interest in Grades of a more current model year; however, a better guide to the reliability of more current, and the most current, model years are likely the five-year averages.

To review the Percentranks and Percentrank averages upon which the grades are based and/or the color coding for the cells, click here to go to Table I-HONDARP: Honda Reliability Percentranks by Model and Model Year, with Line, Manufacturer, Toyota, Reliable Two, and Ten Year and Five Year Averages.

The Item Numbers in the above table are the same as the Item Numbers in the main table, Table I-MVRGH: Reliability Grades - High Standards for Motor Vehicle Models, Lines, Manufacturers, the Reliable Two, the Top Four, and the Big Three and for Model Years 1988 to 2003.

Some Charts and Tables Pertaining to Reliability and Durability
(Each chart is linked to a news article providing additional information.)

More Charts and Tables appear below the list of news articles.

Some Honda-related news articles:

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March 2007: Review of the 2007 Honda Civic GX Sedan: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2007: Review of the 2007 Honda Civic Hybrid: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2007: Review of the 2007 Honda Civic Si Sedan: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2007: Review of the 2007 Honda Civic DX, LX, and EX Sedans: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2007: Review of the 2007 Honda Accord Hybrid: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2007: Review of the 2007 Honda Accord Sedan: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2007: Review of the 2007 Honda CR-V Sport-Utility Vehicle: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2007: Review of the 2007 Honda Fit: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
February 2007: The Reliable Two and Subaru Sweep 2007 CR Family Car Quick Picks with a Reliability History of Two or More Years: Small-SUV-versus-Family-Sedan Comparison Table
January 2007: Toyota Expands Dominance on Durability Measure
January 2007: CR's Top 3 Small SUVs Are Reliable Twos
October 2006: The 2006 Updates: Toyota and Honda Account for 4 of 5 Most Durable Sport-Utility Vehicles; General Motors - 7 of 10 Worst: Will a Typical 1998 Toyota SUV Be More Trouble Free at 21 Years of Age Than a Typical 1998 GM SUV at 3?
September 2006: Reliability Updates: Best and Worst Cars and Trucks Tables: A Chart Summary
August 2006: Reliability Updates: For Vehicles 4-to-6 Years Old, Toyota Accounts for 8 of 14 Best, GM - 19 of 47 Worst
August 2006: Reliability Updates: For Model Year 2002, Toyota Accounts for 11 of 16 Best, GM - 16 of 53 Worst
August 2006: For 2-to-3-Year-Old Model-Year-2003 Vehicles, Toyota Garners 8 of Top 9 and 9 of Top 14, General Motors Accounts for 18 of Bottom 46
August 2006: U.S. Safety Recalls by General Motors, Chrysler, Nissan, Honda, and Toyota
August 2006: In the U.S. in July 2006, Toyota Sales Surge to New Monthly Record and Past Ford's; Legendary Corolla Sales Soar Again; Honda Sales Jump Past Previous July Record; Big Three Sales Remain In or Near Friction-Free Free Fall, But GM's Prospect of Multiple Bankruptcy Filings Dims Again
July 2006: Toyota and Honda Dominate CR's Ten Best Family Sedans with Above Average Predicted Reliability; Big Three Score Zip
July 2006: In the U.S. in June 2006, Toyota Sales Surge to Set a New June Record; Legendary Corolla Sales Soar; Honda Sales Squeak Past Previous June Record; Big Three Sales Remain In or Near Friction-Free Free Fall, But GM's Prospect of Multiple Bankruptcy Filings Dims
June 2006: In the U.S. in May 2006, Reliable Two and Legendary Corolla Sales Soar Past Previous Records; Big Three Sales Take a Step into Friction-Free Free Fall; Accelerated Consumer Shift to Quality and Out of GM Products Puts Prospect of Multiple Bankruptcy Filings on GM's Horizon
June 2006: Toyota and Honda Dominate CR's 2006 Higher-Reliability, Higher-Owner-Satisfaction Quick Picks; Big Three Score Zip
June 2006: Review of the 2006 Honda S2000 Convertible: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
May 2006: Toyota and Honda Account for 75% of CR's Top Picks, Alternatives, and Runners-up; Subaru and Nissan Account for Balance; Big Three Score Zip
April 2006: In 2006, Toyota and Honda Rule Most Reliable List with 10 of 10 Best, GM Dominates Least Reliable List with 6 of 10 Worst: Reliability Gap Grows
April 2006: Review of and Product Information on the 2006 Honda CR-V Sport-Utility Vehicle: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
April 2006: Review of and Product Information on the 2006 Honda Civic DX, LX, and EX Sedan and Coupe: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
April 2006: Review of and Product Information on the 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid Sedan: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
April 2006: Review of and Product Information on the 2006 Honda Civic Si Coupe and Sedan: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
April 2006: Review of and Product Information on the 2006 Honda Accord Value Package, LX, and EX Sedan: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
April 2006: Review of and Product Information on the 2006 Honda Accord Hybrid Sedan: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2006: Toyota Reliability Takes Another Leap Up; Honda's Too; Toyota-GM Reliability Gap Sets Another Record: Will GM Bottom?
February 2006: Toyota and Honda Cars Account for All of CR's 2006 Family Sedan All-Around Quick Picks
February 2006: Toyota and Honda Dominate Consumer Reports' 2006 Good Bets List, with Small Changes from 2005
February 2006: In the U.S. in January 2006, Reliable Two Sales Soar to Set New January Sales Records; GM and Ford Dodge Plunge with Huge, Premature Fleet Sales, but GM's Market Share Still Drops a Notch; Toyota RAV4 Overtakes Honda CR-V with Dramatic Sales Surge
January 2006: By WSJ's Lot-Stay Time, Made-in-Japan TMC Models Are Top 5 of Hottest 10
December 2005: By CR's Predicted Short-Term Reliability for Model Year 2006, Toyota and Honda Dominate Best, GM and Ford Dominate Worst
November 2005: Toyota, Honda, Subaru, and Nissan's Infiniti Overwhelm CR's 2006 Most Reliable List
September 2005: In the U.S. in August 2005, Reason Rather Returns: Quality Four Sales Soar, GM Sales Plunge
August 2005: 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
August 2005: For Vehicles 4-to-6 Years Old, Toyota Garners 6 of Top 10, General Motors Garners 15 of Bottom 38
August 2005: 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
August 2005: For Vehicles 6-to-8 Years Old, Toyota Garners 7 of Top 10 Reliability Percentranks, General Motors Gathers 23 of Lowest 36
August 2005: Speediest Dilapidations: General Motors Accounts for 16 of the 20 Worst
August 2005: Toyota Dominates Auto on Info's Rosters of High Mileage Vehicles; Honda Places Second: Another Auto Manufacturer Durability Award for Each
July 2005: Toyota and BMW Among World's 20 Most Innovative Companies; Toyota, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Honda Brand Names Among World's 20 Most Valuable
July 2005: Mini-Survey Points to Toyota Dominance in Overall Quality and Customer Satisfaction
May 2005: A Dodge Safety Investigation and Some Honda, Mercedes, Ford, and Kia Recalls
May 2005: Toyota and Honda Rule Most Reliable List with 12 of 12 Best, GM Dominates Least Reliable List with 8 of 11 Worst
May 2005: In the U.S. in April 2005, Quality Four Sales Soar, GM and Ford Continue Free Fall
May 2005: Review of the 2005 Honda Odyssey Minivan: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
April 2005: Toyota Camry and Honda Accord Dominate Results of IIHS' Frontal Offset Crash and Side Impact Tests
April 2005: Toyota Sienna and Honda Odyssey Minivans Score Best on IIHS 2005 Crash Tests, Receive "Best Pick Frontal" Designation; GM's Chevrolet Astro, GMC Safari, Pontiac TransSport / Montana, and Chevrolet Venture Score Worst
April 2005: Consumer Shift Toward Quality Gives Honda Market Capitalization Greater Than GM's and Ford's Combined
April 2005: In the U.S. in March 2005, Toyota and Nissan Sales Advance, Ford and GM Sales Drop
March 2005: Consumer Reports Drops Ford Focus and A Bunch More from Its Recommended List Due to Poor Side-Impact Crash Test Results
March 2005: Toyota and Honda Dominate Consumer Reports 2005 Overall Quick Pick List; Big Three Score Zip
March 2005: Toyota and Honda Dominate Consumer Reports Owner Satisfaction Quick Pick List; Big Three Score Zip
March 2005: Review of the 2005 Honda Accord Hybrid: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2005: Review of the 2005 Honda Accord EX: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2005: Review of the 2005 Honda Pilot: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2005: Toyota and Honda Again Dominate Consumer Reports Good Bets List
March 2005: Toyota Dominates Consumer Reports Reliability Quick Pick List; Big Three Score Zip
March 2005: Review of the 2005 Honda Civic Si: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2005: Review of the 2005 Honda Civic Coupe and Sedan: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2005: Review of the 2005 Honda Civic Hybrid: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
March 2005: Review of the 2005 Honda CR-V Sport Utility Vehicle: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
February 2005: Ignition Flaw Prompts Honda Recall; Hot Seats and Faulty Pumps Prompt BMW Recalls; Reuters Reports Hot Seat and Alleged Third Degree Burns Give Chrysler Legal Problems
February 2005: In the U.S. in January 2005, Toyota and Nissan Sales Advance, Consumers Continue to Reward Toyota and Nissan Quality with Greater U. S. Auto Market Share and Again Take GM and Ford to the Shed
January 2005: In the U.S. in December 2004, Sales by the Quality Four Soar; General Motors and Ford Sales Drop
November 2004: Toyota and Honda Dominate Most Reliable SUV List; General Motors and Ford Dominate Least Reliable SUV List
September 2004: Toyota and Honda Dominate Consumer Reports' Best in Class by Cargo Space and Fuel Economy
September 2004: Toyota and Honda Dominate Small Sport Utility Vehicle List
July 2004: Toyota and Honda Dominate June 2004's Hottest Selling Top Ten
June 2004: Toyota and Honda Dominate May 2004's Hottest Selling Top Ten
May 2004: Toyota Is First and Honda and Hyundai Tie for Second in the 2004 J.D. Power "Initial Quality" Ranking: Complaints Down
January 2004: Tops by Some Measures - Tops by More
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Cumulative Number of Auto on Info Auto Manufacturer Awards for Motor Vehicle Quality   Cumulative Number of First Place Positions in Auto on Info's Auto Manufacturer Awards for Motor Vehicle Quality
Auto Manufacturer Awards Auto Manufacturer First Place Positions
Toyota 35 Toyota 34
Honda 27 Honda 2
Mercedes-Benz 2 Mercedes-Benz 0
Nissan 4 Nissan 0
BMW 1 BMW 0
Volvo 1 Volvo 0
General Motors 0 General Motors 0
Ford 0 Ford 0
Chrysler 0 Chrysler 0
This table is current as of 15 October 2006. This table is current as of 15 October 2006.
Shares of Consumer Reports' 2005 Quick Picks, by Auto Manufacturer and Motor Vehicle Line
Manufacturer Share of 2005 Reliability Quick Picks Share of 2005 Owner Satisfaction Quick Picks Share of 2005 Fuel Economy Quick Picks Share of 2005 Overall Quick Picks
  Vehicle Line
Toyota .63 .47 .46 .33
  Lexus .11 .16 0.00 .14
  Toyota .53 .32 .46 .19
Honda .21 .26 .38 .33
  Acura .11 .11 .08 .05
  Honda .11 .16 .31 .29
Subaru .05 .11 0.00 .14
Nissan 0.00 .05 0.00 .14
  Infiniti 0.00 0.00 0.00 .05
  Nissan 0.00 .05 0.00 .10
Mazda .05 .05 .15 .051
BMW 0.00 .05 0.00 0.00
Mitsubishi .05 0.00 0.00 0.00
Ford, Chrysler, General Motors, and all others 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
1 Mazda's one entry, the Mazda3 i, may have been pulled from Consumer Reports' Overall Quick Pick List due to a "Poor" side-impact crash test rating by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The Insurance Institute's rating did cause Consumer Reports to pull the Mazda3 from its recommended list.
All shares are rounded to two significant digits.
CR 2005 Quick Picks are quick pick models of model year 2005.
Note: A rebadge of a product engineered by Toyota, but sold by another auto manufacturer, is omitted from the latter's share.
Source for Consumer Reports' Good Bets: "Quick Picks," Consumer Reports, April 2005, P. 31

Shares of Consumer Reports' 2006 Good Bets for Model Years 1998-2005 with Selected 1997-2001 Reliability Percentrank Averages, by Auto Manufacturer and Motor Vehicle Line
Manufacturer Share of CR 2006 Good Bets with a 1997-2001 Reliability Percentrank Average1 Greater Than or Equal to .80 Share of CR 2006 Good Bets with a 1997-2001 Reliability Percentrank Average1 Greater Than or Equal to .85 Share of CR 2006 Good Bets with a 1997-2001 Reliability Percentrank Average1 Greater Than or Equal to .90 Share of CR 2006 Good Bets with a 1997-2001 Reliability Percentrank Average1 Greater Than or Equal to .95
  Vehicle Line
Toyota .48 .52 .57 .83
  Lexus .13 .16 .22 .33
  Toyota .35 .35 .35 .50
Honda .28 .29 .26 .17
  Acura .10 .13 .09 0.00
  Honda .18 .16 .17 .17
Subaru .10 0.00 0.00 0.00
Nissan .12 .16 .13 0.00
  Infiniti .07 .10 .13 0.00
  Nissan .05 .06 0.00 0.00
Mazda .02 .03 .04 0.00
Ford, Chrysler, General Motors, and all others 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
1 If the vehicle model is too new for a 1997-2001 Reliability Percentrank average to exist, the early 2002 Reliability Percentrank is used when such exists.
All shares are rounded to two significant digits.
CR Good Bets are models that have three or more model years between 1998 and 2005 of better-than-average reliability and have performed well on Consumer Reports' road tests. An auto Reliability Percentrank is a measure of relative overall reliability used by Auto on Info.
Note: Two rebadges of products engineered by Toyota, but sold by another auto manufacturer, are omitted from the latter's share.
Source for Consumer Reports' Good Bets: "CR Good Bet: The Best of Both World's," Consumer Reports Cars: Used Car Buying Guide 2006, p. 25

Median Value of a New Big Three Vehicle as Assessed by Mini-Survey Respondents Reporting Ownership of a Quality Four Product on or before July 8, 2005, by Manufacturer
Manufacturer Big 3 Vehicle Valued at More Than What Is Currently Asked Big 3 Vehicle Valued at What Is Currently Asked Big 3 Vehicle Valued at Only 95% of What Is Currently Asked Big 3 Vehicle Valued at Only 80% of What Is Currently Asked Big 3 Vehicle Valued at Only 50% of What Is Currently Asked Big 3 Vehicle Valued at Nothing Big 3 Vehicle Valued at Nothing Plus Respondent Would Require $20,000+ per Year to Drive It Big 3 Vehicle Valued at Nothing Plus Respondent Would Require $200,000+ per Year to Drive It Respondent Unwilling to Own a Big Three Vehicle under Any Circumstance
Toyota Motor Corporation                
Honda Motor Company                
Subaru Division of Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd.1                
Nissan Motor Company1                
1 Very few respondents reported owning a product by Nissan or Subaru.
The Big Three manufacturers are General Motors Corporation, Ford Motor Company, and the Chrysler Group of DaimlerChrysler AG. See Glossary.
To view more results or to express your assessment of the value of a new Big Three Vehicle, go to Mini-Survey No. 31, "The True Value of a Big Three."

Table X
S&P, Fitch, and Moody's Senior Unsecured Long-Term Debt Ratings as of September 19, 2006
Ratings Automobile Manufacturers
S&P, Fitch Denominations Moody's Denominations
Investment Grade Ratings  
AAA   Toyota Motor Corporation
AA+    
AA    
AA-    
A+   Honda Motor Company
A    
A-    
BBB+ Baa1  
BBB Baa2 DaimlerChrysler AG
BBB- Baa3  
Junk Grade Ratings  
BB+ Ba1  
BB Ba2  
BB- Ba3  
B+ B1 Ford Motor Company
B B2 Ford Motor  Company, General Motors Corporation
B- B3 Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation
CCC+ Caa1 General Motors Corporation
CCC Caa2  
CCC- Caa3 Delphi Corporation (GM's jettisoned aggregation of parts plants is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy.)
D    

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