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Mercedes' quality up! (Better than Nissan, Acura, and most domestic brands)
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Mercedes' quality up! (Better than Nissan, Acura, and most domestic brands)
JD Power: Other nameplates reporting significant initial quality improvement in 2004 include: Honda (23%), HUMMER (23%), Land Rover (22%), Jaguar (20%) and Mercedes-Benz (20%).
Great jump from 2003:
If you compare the two, you will see Lexus has more problems per 100 cars then they did in 2003.
I really think Mercedes is going to be what it used to.
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The IQS refers to only problems in the very first few days of ownership. Many, many of the European cars have electrical gremlins that can appear early on, but often crop up much further down the road. ( Pun intended.)
Wake me up when Mercedes cracks the Top Ten in the Long Term (5-year) survey. On second thought, considering how long I suspect that will take, just let me Rest In Peace.
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I think it's problems the first 90 days of ownership. Many problems do appear in the first 90 days but obviously long term reliability is what they are shooting for. Right now I'm glad to see MBZ climbing up!
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True that it would be nice to see MB be back at the top in long term survey, but at least MB is moving on up in the initial survey, which is most likely a good sign of things to come. They gotta start somewhere to make improvements and this shows it IMO.
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I don't give much credence in these JD powers studies anyway:
How is it that
Buick is # 5,
Olds is # 13,
Chev is # 16,
Poncho is # 20.
I would think these should be closely grouped. These are all GMs and use pretty much the same parts vendors. (Some spicing up on the upper end lines) Furthermore, I would suspect that GM has similar shop quality standards across their facilities, and in some cases they build the different lines in the same facility.
How does Porsche go from like 6th or something to third last place in 1 year??????
These studies are a bunch of B.S.
Just a thought
How is it that
Buick is # 5,
Olds is # 13,
Chev is # 16,
Poncho is # 20.
I would think these should be closely grouped. These are all GMs and use pretty much the same parts vendors. (Some spicing up on the upper end lines) Furthermore, I would suspect that GM has similar shop quality standards across their facilities, and in some cases they build the different lines in the same facility.
How does Porsche go from like 6th or something to third last place in 1 year??????
These studies are a bunch of B.S.
Just a thought
