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Interesting numbers. What's the source? Clearly European.
My data suggest that the C6 is likely to be more reliable than the C5.
We continue to need more participants for the C6. 395 A6 owners signed up so far, but most of these are for the C5.
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My data suggest that the C6 is likely to be more reliable than the C5.
We continue to need more participants for the C6. 395 A6 owners signed up so far, but most of these are for the C5.
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Recently enhanced the related repair history survey so that it can (optionally) be used as a personal car maintenance record.
As always, more participants would be helpful. Updated Car Reliability Survey results in May.
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As always, more participants would be helpful. Updated Car Reliability Survey results in May.
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We've updated the results for the A6 to include owner experiences through March 31, 2010. In terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:
2006: 83, about average
2005: 137, worse than average, small sample size
Thank you, once again, to everyone who has been helping.. We'll have further updates in August and November. With more participants, we could provide more precise information and cover all model years.
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2006: 83, about average
2005: 137, worse than average, small sample size
Thank you, once again, to everyone who has been helping.. We'll have further updates in August and November. With more participants, we could provide more precise information and cover all model years.
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We've updated the results for the A6 to include owner experiences through June 30, 2010. Other sources of car reliability information won't cover the more recent months until the summer or even fall of next year.
Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:
2006: 67, about average
2005: 113, worse than average, small sample size
Thank you, once again, to everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in November and February. With more participants, we could provide more precise information and cover all model years.
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Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:
2006: 67, about average
2005: 113, worse than average, small sample size
Thank you, once again, to everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in November and February. With more participants, we could provide more precise information and cover all model years.
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Consumer Reports recently rated the C6 A6 as one of the two most unreliable cars in its survey (the other being the Jaguar XF). But their results are sometimes off by a surprisingly large margin.
I'd like to have some results for recent model years of the C6 A6--a matter of getting more owners involved.
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I'd like to have some results for recent model years of the C6 A6--a matter of getting more owners involved.
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We've updated the results for the A6 to include owner experiences through September 30, 2010. Other sources of car reliability information won't cover the months since April until the summer or even fall of next year.
Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:
2007: 189, worse than average but very small sample size; the result for the 2006 is likely much more accurate
2006: 69, about average
2005: 112, about average
Decent sample size for the 2006, small and even very small sample sizes for the others.
Thank you, once again, to JET, this forum, and everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in February and May. With more participants, we could provide more precise information and cover all model years.
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Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:
2007: 189, worse than average but very small sample size; the result for the 2006 is likely much more accurate
2006: 69, about average
2005: 112, about average
Decent sample size for the 2006, small and even very small sample sizes for the others.
Thank you, once again, to JET, this forum, and everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in February and May. With more participants, we could provide more precise information and cover all model years.
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Mike, I think CR's unreliable rating was based on the new 3.0T cars. They used to like the 3.2. CR is annoying that way variant to variant, they will recommend the GS for example and not really point out less than stellar record of the AWD model.
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We have quite a few 2010 S4 owners participating in the survey, and they haven't been reporting problems with the supercharged 3.0.
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We've updated the results for the A6 to include owner experiences through December 31, 2010. Other sources of car reliability information won't cover the months since April until the summer or even fall of this year.
Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:
2008: 127, worse than average
2007: 163, worse than average
2006: 38, better than average
2005: 127, worse than average
The 2006 is the only year with a decent sample size, though the 2005 is close. The sample sizes for the 2007 and 2008 are very small, so these results are mosts likely to be inaccurate.
I am not sure how to reconcile the difference between the 2006 and the others, other than to suggest that this difference would go away with larger sample sizes, especially for the 2007 and up.
Thank you, once again, to everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in May and August. With more participants, we could provide more precise information and cover all model years.
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Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:
2008: 127, worse than average
2007: 163, worse than average
2006: 38, better than average
2005: 127, worse than average
The 2006 is the only year with a decent sample size, though the 2005 is close. The sample sizes for the 2007 and 2008 are very small, so these results are mosts likely to be inaccurate.
I am not sure how to reconcile the difference between the 2006 and the others, other than to suggest that this difference would go away with larger sample sizes, especially for the 2007 and up.
Thank you, once again, to everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in May and August. With more participants, we could provide more precise information and cover all model years.
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606 owners signed up for the A6. A very good start, but more remain needed for all model years.
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