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Originally Posted by Ecky
Here's what the actual data says, collected from mechanics:
Minivan - Dashboard Light
The Odyssey had some really bad years, where Honda basically messed up all of their V6 auto transmissions. The Accord data were really bad for those years too.
Here's the Dodge (statistically speaking), and bear in mind that even a vehicle with a score of zero will still have many trouble-free examples:
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Bottom line, Honda and Chrysler exactly the same but the chart has problems as some of these models have zero differences, even made on the same assembly lines by the same people and serviced in the same shops. That shows what the plus or minus accuracy of the data must include. Plus as I pointed out, a problem on a Honda or Toyota is likely to cost twice what a problem on a domestic would be but in this data I'm sure any problem gets equal weight.
Yes after max depreciation nothing is going to cost much more than something else but had you put that $10,000 price difference there was back in 2006 in the market you would have enough to buy a whole new van of your choice now.