Just yesterday, J.D. Power and Associates released its study on initial vehicle quality, and the Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge brands all showed improvement. The J.D. Power study surveys vehicle owners and leasees after 90 days of ownership, asking about 228 possible problems in their vehicles. And actually, Chrysler did by 15 points over last year while the industry average was only 10 points. Some pretty impressive gains from a company that was thought to be done with. Of the 10 most improved vehicles, five were from Chrysler, including the top three. The five vehicles from Chrysler Group are the Chrysler Sebring, Dodge Grand Caravan, Dodge Avenger, Jeep® Wrangler and Jeep Liberty.
The results “demonstrate that the improvements we have been implementing over the past year are starting to show for the company as a whole and within each of the brands,” said Doug Betts, Senior Vice President – Quality, Chrysler Group LLC.
Among some of the highlights for the Chrysler Group:
- The Jeep brand improved by 30 points and moved up three rank positions. This jump is attributable primarily to a 47 point improvement for the Jeep Wrangler.
- The Chrysler PT Cruiser, which tied for first place in the Compact Multi Activity Vehicle segment.
- The Chrysler Sebring (sedan and convertible) finished fourth in the very competitive Midsize Car segment. But when factoring out just the Chrysler Sebring sedan, the Chrysler Sebring convertible tied the Nissan Altima for first place in the segment with a score of 81 points.
Alright Chrysler!!!
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(Source: Chrysler LLC blog)
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