Lexus, Porsche, Cadillac Top J.D. Power 2012 Reliability Survey

J.D. Power has released its 2012 reliability survey and the top brands for this year are Lexus, Porsche and Cadillac. The Toyota group of vehicles, which includes Scion and Lexus, had the most top rated vehicles with eight segment awards. Ford had three segment wins, while GM and Nissan both had two.

The J.D. Power survey asks original owners of three year old vehicles how many problems they have had since the car was bought, and then reports the findings based on number of problems per 100 vehicles. So a vehicle with a rating of 100pp100 has an average of one problem per vehicle over three years.

The Lexus LS, pictured here, was the top rated vehicle this year with only 72 problems per 100 vehicles.

Only Lexus and Porsche averaged less than one complaint per vehicle, with 86pp100 and 98pp100 ratings respectively.

Other winners this year were Mini and Scion, which both cut their reported problems substantially. Mini had 60pp100 fewer complaints than in 2011 and Scion had 55pp100 fewer.

2012 Nameplate Ranking
Problems per 100 Vehicles
Lexus	86
Porsche	98
Cadillac	104
Toyota	104
Scion	111
Mercedes-Benz	112
Lincoln	116
Ford	124
Buick	125
Hyundai	125
Acura	129
Honda	131
Industry Average	132
Chevrolet	135
Volvo	143
Audi	148
smart	148
Subaru	149
Nissan	152
Mitsubishi	153
BMW	154
GMC	158
MINI	161
Mazda	163
Suzuki	167
Kia	169
Volkswagen	169
Infiniti	172
Jaguar	172
Ram	174
Jeep	179
Dodge	183
Chrysler	192