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Originally posted by J.D.M.:
Not a big fan of Consumer Report when it comes to the X. I reseached their auto books before I purchased my '03 X. CR didn't like the X due in part to the fact that it was a body on frame and "only available in part time 4WD." I believe they also called it "based on the dated Frontier design." Reliability was called average. Well after 36k the only thing I have replaced from the dealership is the oil filter. If that is average, I wish that my Ford Truck would be average also.
I expected a post like this. It's always difficult to make people understand the way statistics work. Reliability statistics are based on averages of thousands of drivers NOT specific vehicles.

Think about it ... isn't it possible to drive the most unreliable model of a car ever built and you still get lucky and have no problems at all with your particular car?

As to Consumer Reports' opinion of the Xterra, this post was only referring to the reliability data of Consumer Reports. I was not referring to the opinions of Consumer Reports as to how good of a truck the Xterra was. They are two entirely different parts of Consumer Reports.

For myself, I tend to prefer vehicles that the "testers" at Consumer Reports don't like. Their opinions on certain cars provide little value to me however the reliability data they collect I find useful.
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2002 Xterra XE 190K
2012 Frontier S 64K
2007 Toyota Tundra 103K