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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
Rank Car-Brand Cost 1 BMW $17,800 2 Mercedes-Benz $12,900 3 Cadillac $12,500 4 Volvo $12,500 5 Audi $12,400 6 Saturn $12,400 7 Mercury $12,000 8 Pontiac $11,800 9 Chrysler $10,600 10 Dodge $10,600 11 Acura $9,800 12 Infiniti $9,300 13 Ford $9,100 14 Kia $8,800 15 Land Rover $8,800 16 Chevrolet $8,800 17 Buick $8,600 18 Jeep $8,300 19 Subaru $8,200 20 Hyundai $8,200 21 GMC $7,800 22 Volkswagen $7,800 23 Nissan $7,600 24 Mazda $7,500 25 Mini $7,500 26 Mitsubishi $7,400 27 Honda $7,200 28 Lexus $7,000 29 Scion $6,400 30 Toyota $5,500
What has been your experience in this regard ?
(Score: 2) by cmdrklarg on Monday July 13 2020, @09:11PM (2 children)
I've been driving Toyotas for 10 years now. I've been leasing RAV4's (I'm on my 4th one) and they have been extremely reliable. The only one that has needed work was the 2016 one that was in an accident (some damn fool turned left in front of me). I would have bought that one off lease had it not been in a crash. I really like my 2019; I'll probably buy this one if it comes out unscathed, unless somebody sells a small electric pickup truck, which I will buy ASAP.
The world is full of kings and queens who blind your eyes and steal your dreams.
(Score: 2) by cmdrklarg on Monday July 13 2020, @09:20PM
Forgot to add: before the Toyotas I drove a 2000 Dodge Dakota quad cab pickup for 8 years. Very reliable, only big issues were that the electronic door lock actuators tended to fail, and the headlight relay crapped out so the low beams quit working.
The world is full of kings and queens who blind your eyes and steal your dreams.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 14 2020, @05:05AM
I currently own a Toyota Yaris. It is fine for reliability, but some design decisions make working on the thing pretty terrible. I had to replace the water pump, and to do it, you have to remove the motor mounts, and hang the engine on a jack to get the extra couple mm clearance needed to remove the damn thing. The clutch pedal bracket is attached by a bolt that is accessed from above, by removing the dash! There is a whole lot of WTF in the design of this thing.
I had a Nissan pickup before this that had almost 600,000 hard working miles on it when I parted with it (3/4 ton loads daily; it had 1 ton springs). It never had any issues. No oil usage, and no non-consumable part failed except the alternator. I replaced the clutch twice, and brakes a few times, lots of tires. But, with Nissan now owned/partnered by/with Renault, I'm kinda afraid to go near one.