The Most Reliable Car Brands of 2025 are Lexus and… Buick!?

Key takeaways

• Lexus, Buick, and Mazda are the 3 most reliable car brands in the U.S. for 2025
• J.D. Power measures reliability as problems per 100 vehicles (PP100) over 3 years of ownership
• Tesla demonstrated the biggest improvement from 2024, reducing its PP100 by 43

Reliability worsened overall

According to J.D. Power, industry average PP100 has reached its highest level since 2009, the year after the 2008 financial crisis

This is likely because today’s 3-year old vehicles were being built in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Supply chain issues, record-high vehicle prices, and personnel disruption in the wake of the pandemic were problematic.”

- Jason Norton, director of auto benchmarking at J.D. Power