JD Power: Autos more reliable now

By Jerry Hirsch
Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES — The auto industry is producing more reliable vehicles. That’s the finding of a J.D. Power and Associates dependability study examining problems experienced during the last 12 months by owners of 2008 model-year vehicles.

The study, released Thursday, found there were an average of 151 problems per 100 of the 3-year-old vehicles during the time period surveyed. That was the lowest problem rate since the inception of the study in 1990 and an improvement from the 155 problems owners of 2007 models reported in last year’s study, J.D. Power said. (more…)