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smart fortwo reliability - better stats
I wanted more up-to-date car reliability information that included actual repair rates. So in late 2005 I started getting people together to make this possible. TrueDelta now updates actual repair frequencies, not just dots, four times a year, to track cars closely as they age.
We recently updated results for the smart fortwo to include owner experiences through December 31, 2009. In terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:
2009: 54
2008: 52
Both model years started out worse than average, and have now improved to average. These cars appear to have some initial problems, then few additional problems once those are fixed.
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.
In the case of the 2008 fortwo, the percentage with no repairs is about 65, and the percentage of lemons is about 3.
We'll have further updates in May and August. The more participants we have, the better the information we can provide.
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We have updated our reliability stats for the smart fortwo to include owner experiences through September 30, 2012.
Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:
2009: 31, better than average
2008: 49, 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.
These are:
2009: 73, < 1
2008: 66, 1
We'll have further updates in February and May. We'd love to provide more precise stats and cover more model years--just a matter of getting more owners involved!
To see how other cars compare, and to sign up to help improve this information:
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