I wanted more up-to-date car reliability information that made the differences between cars clearer. So a few years ago I started getting people together to make this possible. TrueDelta now updates actual repair frequencies, not just dots, four times a year, to track cars closely as they age.

We've been providing stats for the first- and second-gen Fit, and I'm looking forward to doing the same for the third. Just a matter of getting enough owners involved. Participants report repairs the month after they occur on a one-page survey. When there are no repairs, they simply report an approximate odometer reading four times a year, following the end of each quarter.

To encourage participation, participants receive full access to all results, not just those for the Fit, for free. I'll share results for the Fit in this thread after each update.

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Sounds awesome! Thanks

 

I participated with my 09 Fit, and I just marked it as sold and added my 15 Fit to my TrueDelta account. Will I just keep on getting the quarterly surveys with my new car?

 

Just signed up. Looking forward to seeing the results over time. Thanks!

 

Another spammer? Guy doesn't own a fit, goes around car boards pastes the same message. Tired.

 

Yep...And Consumer Reports releases yearly car reports in May, that have more input from a great many individuals than what the OP is trying to do.

 

No, he's not a spammer. I take it neither of you are familiar with the website The Truth About Cars (TTAC)? Michael is a former reviewer for TTAC; you can still see many of his reviews on there--they're comprehensive and truly excellent. TrueDelta is still fairly young, but it's increasingly helpful as it accumulates more data. I've been participating with my own car for several years. It's free, and I'd encourage you to check it out. The more people who join, the more useful it will be. It's not a bad thing to have multiple places to find data on car reliability...Consumer Reports and JD Powers are valuable in their own way, but they're not exactly foolproof or unbiased.

 

This guy gets it!

 

Sorry for the late reply, notifications must be going somewhere other than my inbox.

We've already had quite a few 2015 Fit owners sign up, so the car is in the survey. Happy to hear you'll be among them!

 

Have you checked when the reliability data are collected for CR's April annual auto issue? It's in April, just not the same April.

I started this survey for a few reasons:

1. The way CR words their question opens the door wide for owner bias. It's overly subjective.

2. CR does not post the actual problem frequencies, only dots. Many people conclude from these dots that problem frequencies are far higher than they actually are.

3. CR's reliability info is always old. Ours is, on average, over nine months ahead of theirs. At the moment it's 14 months ahead.

They do have more respondents. But if we get 50+ owners involved, as we have for earlier years of the Fit, our stats will be as precise as anyone not trying to split hairs needs them to be.

 

Eighteen 2015 Fits signed up so far, a great start considering that we're still early in the model year.

With another ten or so, we could have a fairly precise initial reliability stat in February.

If you're not among the 18, to help make this happen:

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Michael's totally legit. I've been a member for seven years now.

I'll be adding the Fit when it (finally) gets in. Looking forward to contributing.

 

I've been using True Delta for three cars of my own, and I casually go back to check it when friend or co-workers mention problems with their particular vehicles.

It's impressively predictive for what to expect. In particular, problems with aging Honda Odyssey, Ford Mustangs show up in the truedelta repair histories. I know two 7th generation Civic owners who have suffered catastrophic automatic transmission failures. Sure enough, similar issues at similar mileage show up in the Truedelta data.

 

Consumer Reports! OMG Totally biased, many years ago when I cancelled my subscription it was because I was positive it was taken over by Japanese car companys!

Also several CR's Best Buys turned out to be junk! JIm

 

Thanks for putting a good word in, guys!

We now have 26 2015 Fits signed up, one over the bare minimum. With the next round of the survey just days away, a few more would be very helpful.

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I just joined, should be fun!

 

I'm in! 10 char.

 

I just joined, glad to participate in this project.

 

Thanks, guys. An initial stat soon based on 26 cars. (Don't expect to be surprised.)

Now 47 signed up, so we'll have a larger sample size with the May update. Perhaps over 50, even 60?

For those who haven't yet signed up:

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How is Consumer Reports biased? They buy the cars retail and accept no advertising from anyone.