**The Least Reliable Cars According to Warranty Wise**

When it comes to reliability, some cars are more prone to breakdowns and repairs than others. In this article, we'll explore the least reliable cars in various categories according to Warranty Wise's Reliability Index.

**City Car: Second Generation Smart 44**

The second generation of Smart 44 is the least reliable City Car according to Warranty Wise. This car scored 60.9 out of a possible 100 points, which may seem like a decent score, but it's actually lower than any other city car on Warranty Wise's list. The average repair cost for these cars was £949, with common issues being related to the electrical system. One notable exception was a clutch-related problem that ended up costing £5,817 to fix.

**Hatchback/Small SUV: Second Generation Mini Clubman**

The second generation Mini Clubman is the least reliable Hatchback or Smallest SUV according to Warranty Wise. This car scored 57.8 out of 100 points, which means it had more issues than most other cars in its class. The most common problems were electrical faults, and the average repair cost was £156. However, one Mini Clubman had a serious gearbox issue that ended up costing £8,768 to fix.

**Pickup Truck: First Generation Volkswagen Amarok**

The first generation Volkswagen Amarok is the least reliable Pickup Truck according to Warranty Wise. This car scored 41.5 out of 100 points, which means it was one of the most problematic trucks on the market. The most common faults were related to emissions issues, and the average repair cost was £1,547. However, the most expensive claim that Warranty Wise paid to fix was a fuel system issue that came to £5,223.

**Smaller SUV/Crossover: First and Second Generation Audi SQ5**

The first and second generation Audi SQ5 is the least reliable Smaller SUV according to Warranty Wise. These cars scored 49 out of 100 points between 2014 and 2021, which means they were more prone to breakdowns than most other SUVs in their class. The most common problems were related to the fuel system, and the average repair cost was £247. However, one SQ5 had a turbocharger issue that ended up costing £10,678 to fix.

**Luxury Saloon: Older BMW 7 Series**

The older versions of the BMW 7 Series (specifically the fifth and sixth generation cars made since 2014) are the least reliable Luxury Saloons according to Warranty Wise. These cars scored 39 out of 100 points for reliability, which means they had more issues than most other luxury saloon cars on the market. The average repair cost was £1,965, with common problems being related to suspension issues. However, one notable exception was a serious gearbox problem that ended up costing Warranty Wise £11,826 to fix.

**Sports Car: BMW i8**

The BMW i8 is the least reliable Sports Car according to Warranty Wise, scoring only 16.5 out of 100 points for reliability. This means it was one of the most problematic sports cars on the market. The most common issues were related to the car's hybrid electrical system, and the average repair cost was £206. However, the most expensive claim that Warranty Wise paid to fix was a fuel system issue that came to £7,530.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat are the least reliable cars you can buy in this video I'm going to tell you you see carwow has teamed up with warrantywise they're the UK's leading provider of aftermarket warranties and they have the data from thousands of breakdowns and car related problems they've analyzed this data to work out which cars are the most and the least reliable they recorded the age and mileage of each car and they know how much they cost to fix and how long the repairs took they discounted cars that had less than 100 warranty plans to ensure a fair sample size and they excluded certain types of vehicles such as Vans we're only interested in carsia all the models in warranty wise's data were less than 10 years old and none had any of their manufacturers warranty left after all you'd only buy an aftermarket warranty once the manufacturer's warranty has run out so warrantywise factored in all this information into a reliability index and that gives each car a score out of 100 the lower the score the less reliable the car is simple and now I'm going to reveal the cars that got the lowest scores I'm Matt Watson and you're watching carwow hopefully your car isn't in this list 10th place on this list goes the previous generation Range Rover Sport warranty wise gave it a reliability score of 34.6 out of 100 thanks to some fairly common suspension issues on average warranty wise paid £ 2,280 to fix these Range Rover sports but that's nothing compared to what one repair cost one car had a much more serious engine fault that ended up costing 3,252 to put right I bet the owner was glad they had an aftermarket warranty when they got that bill shouldn't be laughing really taking joint Ninth Place is a SE Leon cpra and Audi A7 which both scored 33.4 out of 100 to be specific I'm talking about cars registered between 2014 and early 2020 2 the most common issue with the A7 was to do with the emission control system while the SE Lan cpra suffered with cooling issues the average repair cost for these cars were £ 1,020 for the seat and unsurprisingly slightly more for the Audi 2367 for the A7 but the most expensive faults were much more expensive one SE Lan CRA had an engine fault that cost 3,984 to fix still that's about tenth of the price of that previous Range Rover sport engine fault but one unlucky A7 owner had a serious engine fault that cost warrantywise 31,900 score for both cars want to sell your car quickly easily for a fair price then head to car where to have over 4,000 trusted dealers ready to bid on it in an online auction first enter your car's registration to get an instant approximate valuation then if you want to proceed give us some more details and upload some photos and we'll help you set a fair reserve price for your car that's the minimum amount you'd be happy to sell it for once you've done that we'll enter your car into an online auction when the auctions over will'll let you know the result and the dealer with the winning bid will be in touch to arrange easy payment and free collection of your car 93% of sellers surveyed said they got the price they expected or more through carb the best bit is it's completely free I put a link in the description of this video and the Ping comment to take you directly to carw where over 4,000 dealers are ready to bid on your car or you can just click on the pop out Buton that will be appearing in the top right hand corner of the screen now alternatively just Google help me carwow and we will help you sell your car quickly easily and for a fair price on with the video the eighth least reliable car on warranty wise's list is another Audi it's the previous generation RS3 now warranty wise has paid out £339 on average to fix broken rs3s and the most common issues were gearbox faults but that's not all the gearbox in one car was so bugger that it cost £9,500 to put right warranty wise factored all this into its reliability index and gave the Audi RS3 a score of 32.1 out of 100 now I wonder in the past whenever I've launched Audi rs3s they were really brutal off the line however with the later generation models and the very most recent cars the launch is much more Progressive I wonder if Audi were aware that the launchers were hurting their gearboxes I don't know I've just totally made that up but it sort of makes sense to me in seventh place is yet another Audi it's the Audi RS6 specifically the C7 and early C8 models Audi isn't having a really great sh so far is it I ran a C8 RS6 for about 6 months back in 20121 and I had no problems with it whatsoever well besides a puncture and I've just collected a brand new RS 72 so hopefully that proves to be just as reliable I've got loads of great content planned for this car so make sure you subscribe to this Channel and you'll be notified when I upload some videos on that particular car anyway back to the RS6 warrantywise found that the most common issues with the older RS6 is were electrical problems the average repair bill for these cars came to £279 ironically the most expensive breakage on one of these cars was to do with the brakes and it cost a total of 8,581 to fix wait a minute let's just stop there that's a lot for fixing the brakes they must have been the carbon ceramic this meant that the Audi RS6 scored 30.3 out of 100 in warranty wises survey next up in sixth place is the Tesla Model S I bet you were all waiting for a Tesla on this list right what might not surprise you is that these cars tend to suffer from yeah electrical issues on average the Model S cost 1,281 to B right but one major battery problem on a Tesla Model S actually ended up costing warranty wise £ 10,25 to fix now Tesla actually offers a really impressive 8year 150,000 Mi warranty on battery and drive units in the new model S so this particular car must have been a bit older but when you factor this into the overall reliability score warrantywise awarded the Tesla Model S just 25.9 points out of a possible 100 that means it's the least reliable big saloon car on this list but it isn't the least reliable electric car you can buy I'll tell you about that car in a bit here we go then finally in at number five we have an Italian car living up to The Stereotype they don't have the best reputation for reliability and it looks like the Maser Levante is no different warrantywise gave it a score of 25.3 out of 100 putting it in fifth place weirdly there wasn't one single common issue affecting these cars just lots and lots of different ones and they were pretty expensive to fix too because the average repair cost recorded by warranty wise for that matter aati was £ 2,974 but the most expensive repair cost more than N9 times that amount one unlucky owner or should I say lucky cuz they actually took out an aftermarket warranty had engine problems to their car which came to a total bill of 27,800 ouch in at number four another Tesla according to warranty wise this is the least reliable electric car on this list it's the model X can you guess what the most common issues were not electrical fors this time and not those really really complex Falcon Wing doors the most common problem was actually with the car suspension and the average repair cost on a Tesla Model X came to 1,181 but one suspension issue was so severe that it cost warrantywise £ 4,74 to fix so how come warrantywise rank this Tesla as less reliable than the Maserati Levante even though the repair cost are less well it turns out there was just more chance of a Tesla going wrong so more chance of a Tesla going wrong than a Maserati makes you think anyway this contributed to the Tesla Model X only scoring 24.6 out of a possible 100 points for reliability according to warranty wise now we come to the three least reliable cars according to warranty wise and in at number three we have the BMW M3 now I love my old G80 BMW M3 and thankfully I had no issues with it whatsoever but I might have been lucky because if I had an older f80 model things could have been different warranty wise gave that particular car a rather disappointing 24 out of 100 in its reliability index that means that the M3 is the least reliable small saloon car too common issues related to the twin turbos you get on the M3 s55 engine and this contributed to an average repair bill of £ 2,451 the gearbox didn't prove all that reliable either warranty wise had to pay a stoning £1,115 for a transmission failure in one particular M3 now if you want to see how every generation of BMW M3 Compares in terms of their performance when racing over the qu or mile click on the pop out Banner appearing in the top right hand corner of the screen or scan the QR code on screen now with your phone the second least reliable car according to warranty wise's reliability index is the Land Rover Discovery and the Range Rover I'm specifically talking about the discovery four and five and the previous generation Range Rover these cars scored 22.1 in the reliability Index this makes the discovery the least reliable 7even seater on this list and both it and the Range Rover take the top spot as the least reliable large SUVs according to warrantywise both cars suffered from common electrical faults and both had similar average repair costs the discovery cost on average 241 to put rid and the Range Rover chalked up an average repair bill of £ 1,834 there's little to choose between them when you look at the most expensive repairs too warranty wise forked out of whopping 2,695 to fix the engine in one Discovery and one engine fold in a Range Rover cost a staggering £ 26,6 to fix I recently bought an old Range Rover for less than a tenth of what that repair actually cost now if you want to see what that car's like and how it compares to the very latest Range Rover click on the pop out Banner appearing in the top right hand corner of the screen or follow the QR code on the screen now with your mobile phone now before I tell you which car is the least reliable overall according to warranty wise's reliability index I want to show you the least reliable cars in categories that haven't appeared in warranty wise's top 10 I've already included large SUVs Saloon cars hot hatches and electric cars but what about all the other kinds of cars out there the least reliable City Car according to warranty wise is the second generation of smart 44 this scored 60.9 out of a possible 100 points which is actually pretty reliable but it's still lower than any other city car on warranty wise's list and according to warranty wise they paid out £949 on average to fix problems with these smart 4 fours which were often to do with the electrical system but one car had a clutch and that ended up costing £ 5,817 to put right next up is the least reliable hatchback or smallest state and the award goes to the second generation Mini Clubman overall this car didn't score too badly according to warranty wise it chalked up 57.8 points out of a possible 00 the most common problems were electrical faults and the average repair cost came to £156 but One Mini Clubman had a very serious gearbox issue they ended up costing £ 8,768 to put right moving on to pickup trucks and according to warranty wise the least reliable one is the first generation Volkswagen amarok it scored 41.5 points out of 100 the most common faults with these trucks are to do with the emissions wait a minute a Volkswagen with emission issues anyway on average amarok faults cost £ 1,547 to put right which isn't too Steep and the most expensive fault didn't break the bank either warrantywise paid out £ 5,223 to fix a problem with one car fuel system now I've already told you about the least reliable large SUVs and seven seaters you can buy but what about smaller five seater SUVs and crossovers well the least reliable smaller SUV according to warrantywise data is the first and second generation Audi SQ5 the ones made between 2014 and 2021 the most common faults with these cars were to do with the fuel system and the average repair cost when this SUV broke down came to £247 however one SQ5 had a turbo that ended up costing £ 10,678 to fix as a result the SQ5 scored 4.9 out of a possible 100 points in the warrantywise reliability index if you're a politician or a celebrity you want to be chauffered around in a reliable limo well you might want to avoid older versions of the BMW 7 Series specifically the fifth and sixth generation cars made since 2014 these scored 39 out of 100 possible reliability points and according to warranty wise this means they're less reliable than other luxury Saloon cars like the Mercedes S-Class and Audi A8 or the Jaguar XJ when a BMW 7 Series went wrong warrantywise ended up paying an average of £ 1,965 to fix it and most of these repairs will result of suspension issues but the most expensive fault was much pricier one car had a serious gearbox problem the cost warrantywise 11,826 to put right if you're thinking about buying a cheap limo you can see what happened when I bought an old BMW 7 Series an old S-Class and an old Lexus click on the pop out banner up there or follow the QR code using your phone to watch that video now then let's get back to the overall list and drum roll please will I announce what according to warrantywise is the least reliable used car it's another BMW and it's the I8 it only scored 16.5 out of 100 for reliability this also means it's the least reliable sports car on the list as well as being the least reliable car overall and you won't be surprised to hear that most of the common issues were to do with the car's hybrid electrical system the average amount that warranty wise paid to fix these issues was £206 but it turns out the i8's internal combustion engine isn't immune from problems either the most expensive claim that warranty wise paid to fix was to do with the fuel system on an I8 and this came to a hefty £ 7,530 now you might be wondering why the BMW i8 has actually topped or should that be bottomed this list when actually the repair bills aren't as big as some other cars on this list well that's because of the frequency or likelihood of an I8 going wrong hey if you enjoyed the video please give it a like if really helps us out if you click on the video Windows you can watch some more videos and if you click on the carwow logo you can go to carwow to see how much money you can save on your next car thanks for watchingwhat are the least reliable cars you can buy in this video I'm going to tell you you see carwow has teamed up with warrantywise they're the UK's leading provider of aftermarket warranties and they have the data from thousands of breakdowns and car related problems they've analyzed this data to work out which cars are the most and the least reliable they recorded the age and mileage of each car and they know how much they cost to fix and how long the repairs took they discounted cars that had less than 100 warranty plans to ensure a fair sample size and they excluded certain types of vehicles such as Vans we're only interested in carsia all the models in warranty wise's data were less than 10 years old and none had any of their manufacturers warranty left after all you'd only buy an aftermarket warranty once the manufacturer's warranty has run out so warrantywise factored in all this information into a reliability index and that gives each car a score out of 100 the lower the score the less reliable the car is simple and now I'm going to reveal the cars that got the lowest scores I'm Matt Watson and you're watching carwow hopefully your car isn't in this list 10th place on this list goes the previous generation Range Rover Sport warranty wise gave it a reliability score of 34.6 out of 100 thanks to some fairly common suspension issues on average warranty wise paid £ 2,280 to fix these Range Rover sports but that's nothing compared to what one repair cost one car had a much more serious engine fault that ended up costing 3,252 to put right I bet the owner was glad they had an aftermarket warranty when they got that bill shouldn't be laughing really taking joint Ninth Place is a SE Leon cpra and Audi A7 which both scored 33.4 out of 100 to be specific I'm talking about cars registered between 2014 and early 2020 2 the most common issue with the A7 was to do with the emission control system while the SE Lan cpra suffered with cooling issues the average repair cost for these cars were £ 1,020 for the seat and unsurprisingly slightly more for the Audi 2367 for the A7 but the most expensive faults were much more expensive one SE Lan CRA had an engine fault that cost 3,984 to fix still that's about tenth of the price of that previous Range Rover sport engine fault but one unlucky A7 owner had a serious engine fault that cost warrantywise 31,900 score for both cars want to sell your car quickly easily for a fair price then head to car where to have over 4,000 trusted dealers ready to bid on it in an online auction first enter your car's registration to get an instant approximate valuation then if you want to proceed give us some more details and upload some photos and we'll help you set a fair reserve price for your car that's the minimum amount you'd be happy to sell it for once you've done that we'll enter your car into an online auction when the auctions over will'll let you know the result and the dealer with the winning bid will be in touch to arrange easy payment and free collection of your car 93% of sellers surveyed said they got the price they expected or more through carb the best bit is it's completely free I put a link in the description of this video and the Ping comment to take you directly to carw where over 4,000 dealers are ready to bid on your car or you can just click on the pop out Buton that will be appearing in the top right hand corner of the screen now alternatively just Google help me carwow and we will help you sell your car quickly easily and for a fair price on with the video the eighth least reliable car on warranty wise's list is another Audi it's the previous generation RS3 now warranty wise has paid out £339 on average to fix broken rs3s and the most common issues were gearbox faults but that's not all the gearbox in one car was so bugger that it cost £9,500 to put right warranty wise factored all this into its reliability index and gave the Audi RS3 a score of 32.1 out of 100 now I wonder in the past whenever I've launched Audi rs3s they were really brutal off the line however with the later generation models and the very most recent cars the launch is much more Progressive I wonder if Audi were aware that the launchers were hurting their gearboxes I don't know I've just totally made that up but it sort of makes sense to me in seventh place is yet another Audi it's the Audi RS6 specifically the C7 and early C8 models Audi isn't having a really great sh so far is it I ran a C8 RS6 for about 6 months back in 20121 and I had no problems with it whatsoever well besides a puncture and I've just collected a brand new RS 72 so hopefully that proves to be just as reliable I've got loads of great content planned for this car so make sure you subscribe to this Channel and you'll be notified when I upload some videos on that particular car anyway back to the RS6 warrantywise found that the most common issues with the older RS6 is were electrical problems the average repair bill for these cars came to £279 ironically the most expensive breakage on one of these cars was to do with the brakes and it cost a total of 8,581 to fix wait a minute let's just stop there that's a lot for fixing the brakes they must have been the carbon ceramic this meant that the Audi RS6 scored 30.3 out of 100 in warranty wises survey next up in sixth place is the Tesla Model S I bet you were all waiting for a Tesla on this list right what might not surprise you is that these cars tend to suffer from yeah electrical issues on average the Model S cost 1,281 to B right but one major battery problem on a Tesla Model S actually ended up costing warranty wise £ 10,25 to fix now Tesla actually offers a really impressive 8year 150,000 Mi warranty on battery and drive units in the new model S so this particular car must have been a bit older but when you factor this into the overall reliability score warrantywise awarded the Tesla Model S just 25.9 points out of a possible 100 that means it's the least reliable big saloon car on this list but it isn't the least reliable electric car you can buy I'll tell you about that car in a bit here we go then finally in at number five we have an Italian car living up to The Stereotype they don't have the best reputation for reliability and it looks like the Maser Levante is no different warrantywise gave it a score of 25.3 out of 100 putting it in fifth place weirdly there wasn't one single common issue affecting these cars just lots and lots of different ones and they were pretty expensive to fix too because the average repair cost recorded by warranty wise for that matter aati was £ 2,974 but the most expensive repair cost more than N9 times that amount one unlucky owner or should I say lucky cuz they actually took out an aftermarket warranty had engine problems to their car which came to a total bill of 27,800 ouch in at number four another Tesla according to warranty wise this is the least reliable electric car on this list it's the model X can you guess what the most common issues were not electrical fors this time and not those really really complex Falcon Wing doors the most common problem was actually with the car suspension and the average repair cost on a Tesla Model X came to 1,181 but one suspension issue was so severe that it cost warrantywise £ 4,74 to fix so how come warrantywise rank this Tesla as less reliable than the Maserati Levante even though the repair cost are less well it turns out there was just more chance of a Tesla going wrong so more chance of a Tesla going wrong than a Maserati makes you think anyway this contributed to the Tesla Model X only scoring 24.6 out of a possible 100 points for reliability according to warranty wise now we come to the three least reliable cars according to warranty wise and in at number three we have the BMW M3 now I love my old G80 BMW M3 and thankfully I had no issues with it whatsoever but I might have been lucky because if I had an older f80 model things could have been different warranty wise gave that particular car a rather disappointing 24 out of 100 in its reliability index that means that the M3 is the least reliable small saloon car too common issues related to the twin turbos you get on the M3 s55 engine and this contributed to an average repair bill of £ 2,451 the gearbox didn't prove all that reliable either warranty wise had to pay a stoning £1,115 for a transmission failure in one particular M3 now if you want to see how every generation of BMW M3 Compares in terms of their performance when racing over the qu or mile click on the pop out Banner appearing in the top right hand corner of the screen or scan the QR code on screen now with your phone the second least reliable car according to warranty wise's reliability index is the Land Rover Discovery and the Range Rover I'm specifically talking about the discovery four and five and the previous generation Range Rover these cars scored 22.1 in the reliability Index this makes the discovery the least reliable 7even seater on this list and both it and the Range Rover take the top spot as the least reliable large SUVs according to warrantywise both cars suffered from common electrical faults and both had similar average repair costs the discovery cost on average 241 to put rid and the Range Rover chalked up an average repair bill of £ 1,834 there's little to choose between them when you look at the most expensive repairs too warranty wise forked out of whopping 2,695 to fix the engine in one Discovery and one engine fold in a Range Rover cost a staggering £ 26,6 to fix I recently bought an old Range Rover for less than a tenth of what that repair actually cost now if you want to see what that car's like and how it compares to the very latest Range Rover click on the pop out Banner appearing in the top right hand corner of the screen or follow the QR code on the screen now with your mobile phone now before I tell you which car is the least reliable overall according to warranty wise's reliability index I want to show you the least reliable cars in categories that haven't appeared in warranty wise's top 10 I've already included large SUVs Saloon cars hot hatches and electric cars but what about all the other kinds of cars out there the least reliable City Car according to warranty wise is the second generation of smart 44 this scored 60.9 out of a possible 100 points which is actually pretty reliable but it's still lower than any other city car on warranty wise's list and according to warranty wise they paid out £949 on average to fix problems with these smart 4 fours which were often to do with the electrical system but one car had a clutch and that ended up costing £ 5,817 to put right next up is the least reliable hatchback or smallest state and the award goes to the second generation Mini Clubman overall this car didn't score too badly according to warranty wise it chalked up 57.8 points out of a possible 00 the most common problems were electrical faults and the average repair cost came to £156 but One Mini Clubman had a very serious gearbox issue they ended up costing £ 8,768 to put right moving on to pickup trucks and according to warranty wise the least reliable one is the first generation Volkswagen amarok it scored 41.5 points out of 100 the most common faults with these trucks are to do with the emissions wait a minute a Volkswagen with emission issues anyway on average amarok faults cost £ 1,547 to put right which isn't too Steep and the most expensive fault didn't break the bank either warrantywise paid out £ 5,223 to fix a problem with one car fuel system now I've already told you about the least reliable large SUVs and seven seaters you can buy but what about smaller five seater SUVs and crossovers well the least reliable smaller SUV according to warrantywise data is the first and second generation Audi SQ5 the ones made between 2014 and 2021 the most common faults with these cars were to do with the fuel system and the average repair cost when this SUV broke down came to £247 however one SQ5 had a turbo that ended up costing £ 10,678 to fix as a result the SQ5 scored 4.9 out of a possible 100 points in the warrantywise reliability index if you're a politician or a celebrity you want to be chauffered around in a reliable limo well you might want to avoid older versions of the BMW 7 Series specifically the fifth and sixth generation cars made since 2014 these scored 39 out of 100 possible reliability points and according to warranty wise this means they're less reliable than other luxury Saloon cars like the Mercedes S-Class and Audi A8 or the Jaguar XJ when a BMW 7 Series went wrong warrantywise ended up paying an average of £ 1,965 to fix it and most of these repairs will result of suspension issues but the most expensive fault was much pricier one car had a serious gearbox problem the cost warrantywise 11,826 to put right if you're thinking about buying a cheap limo you can see what happened when I bought an old BMW 7 Series an old S-Class and an old Lexus click on the pop out banner up there or follow the QR code using your phone to watch that video now then let's get back to the overall list and drum roll please will I announce what according to warrantywise is the least reliable used car it's another BMW and it's the I8 it only scored 16.5 out of 100 for reliability this also means it's the least reliable sports car on the list as well as being the least reliable car overall and you won't be surprised to hear that most of the common issues were to do with the car's hybrid electrical system the average amount that warranty wise paid to fix these issues was £206 but it turns out the i8's internal combustion engine isn't immune from problems either the most expensive claim that warranty wise paid to fix was to do with the fuel system on an I8 and this came to a hefty £ 7,530 now you might be wondering why the BMW i8 has actually topped or should that be bottomed this list when actually the repair bills aren't as big as some other cars on this list well that's because of the frequency or likelihood of an I8 going wrong hey if you enjoyed the video please give it a like if really helps us out if you click on the video Windows you can watch some more videos and if you click on the carwow logo you can go to carwow to see how much money you can save on your next car thanks for watching\n"