First thing I did was searching for the car brand (Volkswagen) of my car in the list. I was surprised to find it way down in the yellow area of medium reliabili

First thing I did was searching for the car brand (Volkswagen) of my car in the list. I was surprised to find it way down in the yellow area of medium reliability. After all, I choosed that brand specifically because I wanted to have a reliable car. It should at least last 20 years. After reading into the details of the rank and some comments here I came up with the following explanation for me: - Reliability is only related to the first 2-3 years of the car - Long term reliability of engine and gears or chassis is not related to some minor issues of other parts in the first years of life of a car I'm currently in year 3 and so far only had 2 issues caused by external factors: - Electric cables damaged by animal bite (marten) - Rear drive shaft gear broken because workshop forgot to refill oil after change