When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.
With this, I hope we can accept that the myth of Japanese car reliability has been dead for some time now. It's literally just Toyota and occasionally Mazda. Hondacura and Nissanfiniti have been subpar for years on this list and continue sinking to the bottom.
Meanwhile, BMW seems to have figured out their issues and have been gradually climbing up with the G cars and B engines. That's quite impressive.
This is the truth. I have said for a long time other Japanese carmakers don't belong in the same sentence as Toyota so far as reliability goes.
Nissanfiniti have been subpar for years on this list and continue sinking to the bottom.
Meanwhile, BMW seems to have figured out their issues and have been gradually climbing up with the G cars and B engines. That's quite impressive.
My old G35 I had for 14 years was great and my current G37 I've had for 5 years has been the same. I think those horrible CVT's dragged Nissan/Infiniti way down.
I work with 2 guys that are close to 300k on their Titans.
The B58 engine seems to be bulletproof. BMW did a great job with it.
I see it in people that I know. My cousin for instance has two old Nissans, a Murano and a Rogue. They both have high mileage, the Murano is about 175,000 miles and the Rogue is about 100k miles, they just always have little things wrong with them, people I know with old Toyotas, including me, just don't have those kinds of problems.
My assistant has a CR-V and he has had all kinds of problems with it, my brother in law and sister in law drive Hondas, they have had two Odysseys and an Accord and a CR-V and they have all kinds of issues that you just don't see with Toyotas. They are about to buy a Grand Highlander for that reason.
I wouldn't be concerned to buy any of them if I wanted them, but if reliability was my primary driver I would get a Toyota.