What Car? Magazine has published its latest Warranty Direct reliability survey, and Suzuki has been placed joint third.
In the latest Warranty Direct reliability survey from What Car? magazine, Japanese car maker Suzuki has scored 38 points, putting them in joint third place alongside other Japanese manufacturers.
In the What Car? reliability survey, fewer points indicates a more reliable manufacturer, so Suzuki's score of 38 represents a strong performance compared to the average score of 100 points across the whole field of 35 car makers.
The Reliability Index measures a number of factors, such as the frequency of failures, cost of parts and labour for repairs, and the amount of time each vehicle spends off the road for repairs. The average repair bill for a Suzuki came in low at just £225, and 15% of the surveyed vehicles had required a warranty claim during the course of their average 4.5 years on the road.
Suzuki performed particularly well in the Supermini sector, with the Alto coming in as one of the cheapest cars to repair with an average bill of only £96.20, alongside a reliability index score of 6.00. This makes the Alto one of the cheapest cars to run, when taken together with its 1E insurance group and 64.2mpg fuel economy.
At the same time another reliability survey, this one published by Which? magazine, gave Suzuki a score of 81.5%, ranking the firm 7th in the league table. The Which? survey asked car owners how much they had spent on maintenance for their vehicle over the course of the previous 12 months, as well as how much time their vehicles had spent off the road.
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