Cars with good reputation or assumption of reliability where it is not the case (US spec):
no particular order*
List derived from owner complaints.
Basically a List of Toyotas and Hondas to look out for.
2009 Toyota Corolla, Toyota Matrix, and Pontiac Vibe 2.4: Excessive oil consumption and major engine issues
2003 Toyota Corolla Manual: Transmission issues
2000-2002 Toyota Corolla 1.8: Excessive oil consumption and sometimes engine failure as a result
2007-2009 Toyota Camry 2.4: Excessive oil consumption and defective engine design
2006-2008 Toyota Rav4 2.4: Excessive oil consumption and defective engine design
2001-2003 Toyota Rav4 Automatic: Arguably the worst automatic transmission ever made
2006 Toyota Avalon: Complete loss of engine with no warning
2017-2018 Honda CR-V 1.5: Oil dellusion, gas in oil
2008 Honda Accord I4 and V6: Premature break ware
2008 Honda Accord 2.4: Excessive oil consumption
2003 Honda Accord: Transmission failure
2001 Honda Civic: Transmission failure
2008 Scion XB 2.4: Excessive oil consumption
2015 Acura TLX: Jerkey Gear Changes (class action lawsuit)
1999-2003 Acura TL: Transmission failure
That is all for now hope this was interesting.
Thanks!
Gives me a good idea since I’m trying to buy a cheap car 👍
Also, wanted to add the 2016 Scion IM has had big CVT issues, despite being a Toyota made vehicle.
I like using Carcomplaints.com I get suspicious if I keep seeing a certain car for sale Example, why are lots of '09 Corollas listed by not '10's Reason, some engine issues. https://www.carcomplaints.com/Toyota/Corolla/2009/ Also see https://www.motorbiscuit.com/toyota-camry-the-most-annoying-problem-you-should-know-about/
@digidad
The 2009 Corolla had two engine options. The 2.4 engine was designed wrong and had tons of issues and I have a friend with a car with that engine and it is not something pleasent to deal with. Also, I have not seen a single first year Corolla of a generation that did not introduce new problems. The ownership experience between a 09 Corolla and lets say a 2012 Corolla would be very different.
@mountainmanjoe
You may delete this one as I am making a new more comprehensive and organized page which I will maintain.
Hey great work I love when people put an interesting post that can help other people out because yeah people often get confused by names and images of course you always need real data specifically on vehicles you are looking at
Note: This page is now not the primary Toyota/Honda complaints page as a new page is in progress labeled "Progressive"