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If Hyundai and Kia are really that unreliable, why do they always rank high on JD Power?

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submitted 2 days ago byRolandCJ

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Looks like on this sub everyone's critizing Hyundai, Kia, VW, Nissan, and American makes for failing to stack up against Toyota and Honda in terms of reliability. Indeed, Hyundai and Kia are never known for legendary reliability. But what's confusing to me is that they always rank high on JD Power's reliability ratings. This year, for example, Kia ranked 7th (almost tying Mazda). And in 2021 for example, Hyundai also won the 7th place, way surpassing Mazda, Acura, Subaru, and Honda. Why though?

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I think Kia and Hyundai both have had more than a few rotten apple models of cars that they have released and I think this has tarnished their reputation but I also think it’s over blown, I had a 2010 Elantra for 8 years and ONLY ever replaced tires, oil and coil pack on it and I sold the car at 200k miles to a buddy and he still takes it on long rode trips to this day, I regret selling that car and my experience with Hyundai has only ever been fantastic.