reliability

The BMW 5 Series debuted in 1972 and has been a mainstay of the brand ever since. But BMW has made plenty of changes through the car’s eight generations. As a result, the BMW 5…

Just last night, I was with a group of car enthusiast friends, all of whom own old cars, ranging from a 1957 Auto Union DKW (look it up) to a 1990 Mercedes 190E, plus me…

We’ve all been there; we bought a used BMW at some point in time and it ended up costing far more in repairs than any car from a more affordable, reliable brand would. For example,…

It’s that time of the year for Consumer Reports to release its auto reliability brand study, and things are not looking good for BMW. The annual rankings show a worrying drop of four places to…

According to the J.D. Power 2020 U.S. Vehicle Dependability StudySM, released today, overall vehicle dependability improves 1.5% from 2019. BMW places eight this year in the new reliability ranking. The study, now in its 31st…

BMW models have been getting a bit of a bad rap in recent years in terms of overall reliability. There were a couple of issues with certain V8 engines and other issues but overall, BMW…

The J.D. Power U.S. Dependability Study examines problems experienced during the past 12 months by original owners of 2014 model year vehicles. The overall dependability is determined by the number of problems experienced per 100…

BMW has had its share of bad publicity in the US in the last few years. A lot of people have claimed that ‘German reliability’ is nothing more than a myth and it seemed for…

BMWs get a bad reputation for reliability and quite unfairly. There is good reason for many peoples fear of German cars in general, but generally BMW and Mercedes have been pretty solid cars and, at…