[mkaresh]

Because existing sources of vehicle reliability information left much to be desired, in late 2005 I started conducting my own reliability research at TrueDelta.com. TrueDelta reports absolute stats like "trips to the shop" that make the differences between cars much clearer. Results are updated four times a year, so it's possible to provide reliability information on new models quickly. Also, any significant changes in a model's reliability become apparent quickly.

Thanks to the help of a number of Dodge and Chrysler forums, we've had excellent samples of the 2005 and 2006 for some time (though larger would be better still). For more recent years, we could especially use more participants.

Participants simply report repairs the month after they occur on a one-page survey. When there are no repairs, they simply report an approximate odometer reading four times a year, at the end of each quarter.

To encourage participation, panel members will receive full access to the results for free.

For the details, and to sign up to help out:

Vehicle reliability research

 

[mkaresh]

Updated results for the 2005, 2006, and 2007 next week.

Especially need more owners of the 2007 and 2008 to participate.

Vehicle reliability research

 

[mkaresh]

Those results have been posted.

The 2005 continues to have a worse than average repair rate, while the 2006 is average and the 2007 might be a bit better than average. The sample size is marginal in the last case, so that result is less precise and asterisked on the site.

With more participants would could have a more precise result and include more model years.

To view the full results, and to sign up to help:

TrueDelta Vehicle Reliability Survey results

 

[mkaresh]

Next set of results in November.

Over 300 LX owners are signed up to participate, but most of those are 2005s and 2006s. Continue to need more of all years, but especially 2007+.

Vehicle reliability research

 

[mkaresh]

We have updated results for the Chrysler 300, Dodge Charger, and Dodge Magnum. In terms of successful repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2005: 100, about average

2006: 62, about average

2007: 82, about average, smaller sample size than the other two years

2008 and 2009: not yet included in the survey

A big thanks to everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in May, August, and November. With more participants, we could provide more precise information and cover all model years.

We now have a separate results page for each model that includes the results for competitors. The page for the Chrysler 300, which includes results for all LXs:

Chrysler 300 reliability comparisons

 

[mkaresh]

Updated results coming in May.

350 LX owners signed up so far. A good start, but more remain needed, especially for 2007 and up.

Car reliability research

 

[mkaresh]

We've updated the results for the LXs to include owner experiences through March 2009. In terms of successful repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2007: 80

2006: 57

2005: 85

All are about average. Sample size is smaller for the 2007 than the others--just above the minimum for a full result--so that result is probably not as accurate.

A big thank you to everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in August and November. With more participants, we could provide more precise information and cover all model years.

Chrysler 300 reliability comparisons

Dodge Charger / Magnum reliability comparisons

Same results both pages.

 

[mkaresh]

We've updated the results for the LXs to include owner experiences through June 2009. In terms of successful repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2008: 59, small sample size

2007: 72

2006: 64

2005: 57

All are about average.

A big thank you, once again, to this forum and everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in November and February. With more participants, we could provide more precise information and cover all model years.

Chrysler 300 reliability comparisons

Dodge Charger / Magnum reliability comparisons

Same results both pages.

 

[mkaresh]

We've updated the results for the LXs to include owner experiences through September 30, 2009. In terms of successful repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2008: 64, small sample size

2007: 66

2006: 72

2005: 57

All are about average except for the 2005, which is now better than average.

We've also introduced two new statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds," to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop.

In the case of the 2005 and 2006 LXs, the percentage with no repairs is about 50, and the percentage of lemons is less than one. Not enough data yet to provide these stats for other years.

Nada-odds and Lemon-odds car reliability stats

A big thank you, once again, to everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in February and May. With more participants, we could provide more precise information and cover all model years.

Chrysler 300 reliability comparisons

Dodge Charger / Magnum reliability comparisons

Same results both pages.

 

[mkaresh]

362 LX owners now signed up. A good start, but more are needed to provide precise results for all model years. Especially need more 2008 and newer.

Car reliability research

 

[mkaresh]

We've updated the results for the LXs to include owner experiences through December 31, 2009. In terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2008: 55

2007: 66

2006: 73

2005: 73

All are about average.

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds," to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop.

The percentage with no repairs is about 46 for the 2005 and 54 for the 2006, while the percentage of lemons is less than one for the 2005 and about 6 for the 2006. Not enough data yet to provide these stats for other years.

Nada-odds and Lemon-odds car reliability stats

A big thank you, once again, to this forum and everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in May and August. With more participants, we could provide more precise information and cover all model years.

Chrysler 300 reliability comparisons

Dodge Charger / Magnum reliability comparisons

Same results both pages.

 

[mkaresh]

We've updated the results for the LXs to include owner experiences through March 31, 2010. In terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2008: 44

2007: 56

2006: 63

2005: 85

All are about average.

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds," to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop.

The percentage with no repairs is about 48 for the 2005 and 58 for the 2006, while the percentage of lemons is about 7 for the 2005 and about 5 for the 2006. Not enough data yet to provide these stats for other years.

Nada-odds and Lemon-odds car reliability stats

A big thank you, once again, to everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in August and November. With more participants, we could provide more precise information and cover all model years.

Chrysler 300 reliability comparisons

Dodge Charger / Magnum reliability comparisons

Same results both pages.

 

[mkaresh]

Updated stats in about a week.

More participants remain needed to fully cover all model years.

To help make this happen:

Car reliability research

 

[mkaresh]

We've updated the results for the LXs to include owner experiences through June 30, 2010. Other sources of car reliability information won't cover the more recent months until the summer or even fall of next year.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2008: 38

2007: 53

2006: 60

2005: 84

The 2008 is better than average, the others are about average.

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds," to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop.

The percentage with no repairs is about 46 for the 2005 and 64 for the 2006. Not enough data yet to provide these stats for other years.

Nada-odds and Lemon-odds car reliability stats

Thank you, once again, to everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in November and February. With more participants, we could provide more precise information and cover all model years.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help:

Chrysler 300 reliability comparisons

Dodge Charger / Magnum reliability comparisons

Same results both pages.

 

[mkaresh]

We've updated the results for the LXs to include owner experiences through September 30, 2010. Other sources of car reliability information won't cover the months since April until the summer or even fall of next year.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2008: 55

2007: 54

2006: 65

2005: 71

All are about average.

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds," to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop.

The percentage with no repairs is about 64 for the 2005 and 52 for the 2006, while that for 3+ repair trips is less than one. Not enough data yet to provide these stats for other years.

Chrysler 300 Lemon-odds and Nada-odds

Thank you, once again, to this forum and everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in February and May. With more participants, we could provide more precise information and cover all model years.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help:

Chrysler 300 reliability ratings and comparisons

Dodge Charger / Magnum reliability ratings and comparisons

Same results both pages.

 

[mkaresh]

We've updated the results for the LXs to include owner experiences through December 31, 2010. Other sources of car reliability information won't cover the months since last April until the summer or even fall of this year.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2008: 72, about average

2007: 32, better than average

2006: 63, about average

2005: 58, better than average

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds," to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop.

The percentage with no repairs is about 63 for the 2005 and 57 for the 2006, while that for 3+ repair trips is less than one for the 2005 and about 2 for the 2006. Not enough data yet to provide these stats for other years.

Chrysler 300 Lemon-odds and Nada-odds

Thank you, once again, to this forum and everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in May and August. With more participants, we could provide more precise information and cover all model years.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help improve this information:

Chrysler 300 reliability ratings and comparisons

Dodge Charger / Magnum reliability ratings and comparisons

Same results both pages.

 

[mkaresh]

We've updated the reliability stats for the Chrysler and Dodge LXs to include owner experiences through March 31, 2011.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2008: 63, about average

2007: 28, better than average

2006: 54, better than average

2005: 66, about average

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds," to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop.

The percentage with no repairs is about 58 for the 2005 and 60 for the 2006, while that for 3+ repair trips is less than one for the 2005 and about 3 for the 2006. Not enough data yet to provide these stats for other years.

Chrysler 300 Lemon-odds and Nada-odds

We'll have further updates in August and November. With more participants, we could provide more precise information and cover all model years.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help improve this information:

Chrysler 300 reliability ratings and comparisons

Dodge Charger / Magnum reliability ratings and comparisons

Same results both pages.

 

[mkaresh]

We've updated the our reliability stats for the LXs (on our redesigned site) to include owner experiences through September 30, 2011.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2008: 101, worse than average, small sample size, blip as warranty ends?

2007: 23, better than average
2006: 52, better than average


2005: 84, about average

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds," to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop.

2006: 65, < 1

2005: 45, 3

Chrysler 300 Lemon-odds and Nada-odds

We'll have further updates in February and May. With more participants, we could provide more precise information and cover all model years.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help improve this information:

Chrysler 300 reliability ratings and comparisons
Dodge Charger / Magnum reliability ratings and comparisons
Same reliability stats both pages.

 

[mkaresh]

We've updated the our reliability stats for the LXs to include owner experiences through December 31, 2011.
Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2008: 98, about average

2007: 29, better than average

2006: 57, better than average

2005: 86, about average

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds," to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop.

2006: 59, < 1

We'll have further updates later this month and in August. With more participants, we could provide more precise information and cover all model years.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help improve this information:

Chrysler 300 reliability ratings and comparisons

Chrysler 300 Lemon-odds and Nada-odds

 

[mkaresh]

We've updated the our reliability stats for the LXs to include owner experiences through June 30, 2012.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2011: 62, about average, small sample size

2008: 53, about average, small sample size (a single car short)

2007: 53, about average

2006: 38, better than average

2005: 36, better than average

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds," to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop.

2006: 73, < 1

2005: 68, < 1

We'll have further updates in late November and February. We'd love to provide more precise stats and cover more model years--just a matter of getting more owners involved.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help improve this information:

Chrysler 300 reliability ratings and comparisons