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posted by Fnord666 on Monday July 13 2020, @09:44AM   Printer-friendly
from the money-pit-on-wheels dept.

The Most and Least Expensive Cars to Maintain

The most expensive thing most Americans own, after their house, is their car. On average, Americans spend 5% of their income on purchasing a car. Another 5% goes towards ongoing maintenance and insurance costs.

But not every car costs the same to keep it running. And different cars have varying risks of leaving their drivers suddenly immobilized.

At YourMechanic, we have a massive dataset of the make and model of the cars we have serviced and the type of maintenance done. We decided to use our data to understand which cars break down the most and have the highest maintenance costs. We also looked into which types of maintenance are most common to certain cars.

Which Car Brands Cost the Most to Maintain?
Based on estimates of total car maintenance over 10 years

RankCar-BrandCost
1BMW$17,800
2Mercedes-Benz$12,900
3Cadillac$12,500
4Volvo$12,500
5Audi$12,400
6Saturn$12,400
7Mercury$12,000
8Pontiac$11,800
9Chrysler$10,600
10Dodge$10,600
11Acura$9,800
12Infiniti$9,300
13Ford$9,100
14Kia$8,800
15Land Rover$8,800
16Chevrolet$8,800
17Buick$8,600
18Jeep$8,300
19Subaru$8,200
20Hyundai$8,200
21GMC$7,800
22Volkswagen$7,800
23Nissan$7,600
24Mazda$7,500
25Mini$7,500
26Mitsubishi$7,400
27Honda$7,200
28Lexus$7,000
29Scion$6,400
30Toyota$5,500

What has been your experience in this regard ?


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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by tizan on Monday July 13 2020, @02:34PM (1 child)

    by tizan (3245) on Monday July 13 2020, @02:34PM (#1020321)

    May be anecdotal...

    I have a Saturn SC1 from 2000 manual gear

    At 170K miles now and still running ...change oil 2 times a year... no electrical windows erc...i.e why no much maintainance in all of this.
    In 20 years replaced an engine support and a broken gear cable.

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  • (Score: 2) by VLM on Tuesday July 14 2020, @12:48PM

    by VLM (445) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday July 14 2020, @12:48PM (#1021203)

    In 20 years replaced an engine support

    Engine mounts are disposable and the rubber wears out. My strategy back when I wrenched on my own cars was to replace the engine mounts when I replaced the car battery. I honestly don't remember much of this process but on a 90s era SC2 engine I do remember at least the top mount was like a 30 minute job given the right tools. I vaguely recall the engine mount (parts only) cost about as much as the battery, seemed steep to charge as much as a battery for essentially a friggin huge o-ring.

    I like the strategy of "when I replace the battery, replace the engine mount". Easy to remember.

    I find it very surprising how a driver can get used to engine vibration slowly over time until the whole car rattles; its a nice creature comfort upgrade to have a vibration-less car again.