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Originally Posted by nupe10123
I think CR does an great job in being fair and unbiased. They don't have anything to benefit by writing false reports about the reliability of cars, toasters or anything else.
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I agree
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Originally Posted by nupe10123
What I find interesting is that several people on this board and in this thread have talked about only having a handfull of issues. I've had a few issues with my 2003 X5. However, my neighbor who has and MDX and another with a RX300 have not had a single problem/issue in the same time period. Actually thier cars are a bit older than mine.
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I also have a Honda Pilot, which has almost twice the mileage of our X3. It has only been in the shop for normal maintenance. The first year maintenance also incorporated the service bulletin for reporgramming the airbags and the second year maintenance also incorporated the installation of the oil jet on the transmission.
Conversely, our X3 has been in the shop a half a dozen times for items OTHER than normal maintenance. Oh, by the way, to my earlier list, please add replace seat mat (to extinguish air bag light warning indicator on dashboard).
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Originally Posted by nupe10123
Personally, I haven't done all the test and seen all the data that CR has. But who else is there to look to for this kind of info?
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There was a guy on hondapilot.org that was collecting independent information on automotive reliability. The web site is unavailable right now but let me post a link to the thread. Perhaps this might be another source for raw data the extend beyond a handful of internet forum PWs ;-)