Toyota slips and Ford gains in reliability rankings

0 Comments | USA TODAY, October, 2007 | by James R. Healey

In what amounts to a symbolic earthquake, Consumer Reports magazine says it no longer will assume that new Toyota and Lexus models are reliable enough to recommend them without real-world data.

Toyota and its Lexus luxury vehicles "don't get a 'pass' anymore," because of problems in three recent models, says David Champion, director of auto testing for the widely read magazine. The reliability ratings, based on a survey in March, were announced Tuesday in Detroit.

Also striking: 93% of models sold by troubled Ford Motor scored average or better reliability, thumping rivals General Motors (49%) and Chrysler (67%).

"Over the last five years, Ford has made consistent improvement in reliability. They've been coming up and up," Champion says.

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