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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: 2) by SunTzuWarmaster on Tuesday July 14 2020, @03:54PM (1 child)

    by SunTzuWarmaster (3971) on Tuesday July 14 2020, @03:54PM (#1021303)

    Our maintenance costs on our 2016 Nissan Leaf (electric) and 2009 Toyota Yaris (gas) have been, precisely, $0 since last October. While we haven't put big miles on the Yaris, we've put over 10K miles on the Leaf.

    The fact that there are no electrics on the list means that the list sucks.

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  • (Score: 2) by VLM on Tuesday July 14 2020, @05:40PM

    by VLM (445) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday July 14 2020, @05:40PM (#1021371)

    Ugh you're missing the point completely.

    Around here batteries die in about 4 years and cost maybe $80? Figure $20/year? So figure your Yaris starter battery has lost maybe a year of its life since October so you need to budget $20 for the starter battery alone?

    Yeah YOU personally didn't spend $80 on a new four year battery within the last year, but accumulate 1000 Yaris owners and the group likely spent about $20000 total on batteries in the last year, which averages out to $20/yr.

    I'm sure very few individual Toyota owners spent exactly $5500 last decade but on average Toyota owners spend half what Dodge owners spend on repairs, sure.