This forums been boring lately, I figure this will lighten this up a bit. Looks like Ford and Honda have the highest number of cars listed.

http://www.mylemon.com/Lemon_Car_Complaints.htm

Model Complaint Index Ratio
Mazda MPV 11,090
Kia Sportage 7,204
Ford Excursion 6,682
Ford Windstar 4,550
Mercury Cougar 4,342
Honda Passport 3,691
Honda S2000 3,510
Mitsubishi Eclipse 3,421
Isuzu Rodeo 3,393
Ford Explorer 3,039
Land Rover Range Rover 3,034
Audi A6 2,982
Hyundai Tiburon 2,954
Honda Odyssey 2,825
Lincoln LS 2,753
Jeep Grand Cherokee 2,744
Volkswagen Passat 2,676
Buick LeSabre 2,555
Suzuki Grand Vitara 2,552
Chevrolet Blazer 2,541

 

huh thats funny, ford holds top spots while Gm and affiliates have half as many lemons...

 

must be the 6. oh....lol

 

I noticed that only one of the Ford products listed has ever been available with a diesel.

 

i would like to see this list crossed with where they are made at also, just for curiosity sakes.

if the 6.0 was the case, then we would see lots of f250 and f350 on the list somewhere also.

 

Kind of curious what brought about a lemon-law buyback? Someone who bought a new Honda is probably less tolerant of any defects than someone who bought, say, a Kia.

The one thing that worries me most is that NONE of the Ford models listed are actually new designs. I can understand (don't like, but accept) that a new car will have problems, but the Windstar, Cougar, and Excursion have been around for a while, one would think that Ford would have learned how to make them right.

 

That list is probably a few years old. The Cougar, Windstar and Passport haven't been around for a few years now.

 

This list was complaints to the government, not buy-backs. Having said that, the only lemon law buyback (under California law) that I ever personally knew about was a Ford SuperDuty 4x4 V-10 automatic. The transfer case self-destructed three times within the first three months and about 1800 miles. He was towing, but way under GCWR (ski boat).

Jim

 

IMO there are alot of variables that may not be taken into consideration-
How many complaints may have been resolved at the dealership level?
How many consumers never pushed their complaints to the point of being documented?
How many complaints were unfounded?

These numbers may be pretty close to real life, but numbers can be manipulated in many ways also. I take it with a grain of salt.