How do Consumer Reports (and others) rate reliability for new vehicles?

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I mean – how can they do this? I can see where they can see if previous flaws are fixed and a car maker has a history of less recalls – but that still doesn’t mean a newly redesigned vehicle won’t have major flaws. Please explain.

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The utilize stats from consumers in terms of number of repairs, types of repairs, how widespread it is on a particular vehicle, and may use that data to project for newer vehicles based on what has or has not changed for new models — maybe the body and interior are different but the engines are basically the same, and the new suspension has been used in another of the make’s vehicles for a couple years already, and those give at least some projection for reliability.

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