A car dealer’s scientific guide to the 10 worst used vehicles

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Jan 21, 2014 | 09:10 AM

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geko29

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Originally Posted by Aron9000

About the only thing she can say bad about it(and any diesel really) is they don't like to start when its cold. She usually has it plugged in at her house on cold nights, but it left her stranded at work when it was like -5 degrees in Ohio a couple of weeks ago. She was funny, "Oh I let my poor car freeze to death, it was 0 degrees all day and that wind just whips through that parking garage."

Thankfully I (knock on wood) don't share this experience. My 335d started up just fine the other week after sitting outside for 12+ hours in -17F ambient/-39F windchill. Took just under a second for the glowplug to warm up, then ran really rough for the first few seconds, but it fired right away.

Jun 23, 2015 | 04:35 AM

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LexusLive

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Originally Posted by Gekko

J.D. Power
Car Reliability Ratings - 2013 Vehicle Dependability Study

They must have fudged the data by leaving out the 2006+ IS 250 and GS 300 carbon queens.

Jun 23, 2015 | 07:51 AM

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JDR76

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Didn't the GS300 stop production in 2006 or so? If so, then a 2013 study of 2010 cars would not include the GS300.

Jun 23, 2015 | 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by bagwell

I'd be interested to see if any of these are CR best bets in used cars.

not much CX7 info....

i think the op is a review of 10+ yr old cars and that cr chart shows '07 cx7 with a lot of problems.

Jun 24, 2015 | 12:00 AM

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Fizzboy7

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Surprised about the Mazdas. They have generally received higher marks over the years, at least through CR.

Chrysler minivans have also been notoriously unreliable. But I guess the demand for affordable people-movers offsets that.