--- title: These Are the Least Reliable New Cars description: Consumer Reports named 5 Fiat Chrysler and 5 General Motors vehicles to its list of the 20 least reliable new cars, including the Fiat 500L. authors: - name: Brad Tuttle role: Senior Editor url: https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/ bio: Brad Tuttle is a former senior editor at Money with over 10 years’ experience covering a vast number of personal finance topics, including careers, cars, travel, budgeting, investing, insurance, credit cards, consumer psychology, real estate, banking, and shopping and deals. education: Columbia University School of Journalism, MS at_money_since: 2014 articles: 366 covers: - Shopping - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Pets - Professional Services - Retirement - Taxes - Technology social: - https://twitter.com/bradrtuttle - https://linkedin.com/in/brad-tuttle-834b225 former_staff: true published: '2015-11-06T21:51:57.000Z' modified: '2015-11-06T21:51:57.000Z' section: Shopping tags: - Autos - car reliability - cars - Consumer Reports word_count: 279 canonical: https://money.com/new-car-reliability-consumer-reports/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![151109_EM_LeastReliable](https://img.money.com/2015/11/151109_em_leastreliable.jpg) *Fiat 500L* Infiniti, Mercedes, Cadillac ... these are among the luxury car brands that find themselves highlighted on a list that every automaker would much prefer to avoid. It's the [20 Least Reliable New Car](http://www.consumerreports.org/cars/20-least-reliable-new-cars) "awards" from *Consumer Reports*. The study, being published in the [December 2015 issue](http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2015/12/index.htm), isn't yet on newsstands, but a [*USA Today* story](http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2015/11/06/consumer-reports-reliablity-20--worst/75275986/) offers a sneak peek of the dubious "winners." Fiat Chrysler came out looking the worst of any automaker, holding five of the 20 spots—for the Chrysler 300, Dodge Challenger, Dodge Ram 2500, Jeep Cherokee, and Fiat 500L. The latter was named the least reliable vehicle overall, and Fiat unsurprisingly earned the title for least reliable auto brand. "The transmission won't shift gears," one reader said of his 500L, according to a [*Consumer Reports* video](http://www.consumerreports.org/cars/most-and-least-reliable-cars). "Had to be towed five times," said another frustrated Fiat 500L owner. *Consumer Reports* created the rankings based on thousands of survey responses from vehicle owners, who were more than happy to share problems they've had with car electronics, brakes, transmissions, engine noise and leaks. Lexus and Toyota came out on top as the most reliable car brands, though some luxury, high-price models such as the Mercedes Benz GL Class, Infiniti QX60, and Cadillac ATS were categorized among the 20 least reliable cars. Here are the top—err, bottom—10 are the following models, counting down to the vehicle with the absolute worst reliability, as named by *Consumer Reports* readers and editors. As you can see, General Motors fared about as poorly as Fiat, with five models on the list. Cadillac ATS Nissan Pathfinder Chevrolet Colorado/GMC Canyon Dodge Ram 2500 Chevrolet Suburban/GMC Yukon XL Chevrolet Corvette Cadillac Escalade Ford Fiesta Fiat 500L ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/new-car-reliability-consumer-reports/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Shopping", "item": "https://money.com/shopping/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Vehicles", "item": "https://money.com/vehicles/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "These Are the Least Reliable New Cars" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/new-car-reliability-consumer-reports/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/new-car-reliability-consumer-reports/", "name": "These Are the Least Reliable New Cars", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2015-11-06T21:51:57.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/new-car-reliability-consumer-reports/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/new-car-reliability-consumer-reports/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2015-11-06T21:51:57.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "These Are the Least Reliable New Cars", "articleSection": "Shopping", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2015/11/151109_em_leastreliable.jpg", "width": 2100, "height": 1404, "caption": "151109_EM_LeastReliable" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brad Tuttle", "url": "https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/#author", "description": "Brad Tuttle is a former senior editor at Money with over 10 years’ experience covering a vast number of personal finance topics, including careers, cars, travel, budgeting, investing, insurance, credit cards, consumer psychology, real estate, banking, and shopping and deals.\r\n\r\n", "image": "https://img.money.com/2014/01/Brad-Tuttle.png?w=226&h=247&crop=1", "alumniOf": "Columbia University School of Journalism, MS", "sameAs": [ "https://twitter.com/bradrtuttle", "https://linkedin.com/in/brad-tuttle-834b225" ] } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2015-11-06T21:51:57.000Z", "description": "Consumer Reports named 5 Fiat Chrysler and 5 General Motors vehicles to its list of the 20 least reliable new cars, including the Fiat 500L.", "abstract": "Consumer Reports named 5 Fiat Chrysler and 5 General Motors vehicles to its list of the 20 least reliable new cars, including the Fiat 500L.", "@id": "https://money.com/new-car-reliability-consumer-reports/", "inLanguage": "en-US", "dateModified": "2015-11-06T21:51:57.000Z", "wordCount": 279, "keywords": [ "Autos", "car reliability", "cars", "Consumer Reports" ], "about": [ { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Shopping", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shopping" ] }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Vehicle", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle" ] } ] } ] } ```