Consumer Reports gave my 2000 Chevy Astro van an "Average" reliability rating. 18 years and 150,000 miles later it is still running strong and has always started and ran with no problems....except when the pack rats built a nest on the distributor and ate the spark plug wires. I had to replace the wires and that was 8 years ago. Even with two wires ate up it still ran at 80 MPH but would sputter a bit getting there.
My 08 HD Silverado (130,000 miles) had a fuel issue (hot weather and heavy load would cause the injectors to demand more fuel than the system could provide) and needed one glow plug around 100,000 miles. A FASS lift pump and 15 minutes replacing the glow plug fixed those last year. Overall it was less reliable than the Astro.
As others have said I would not put much stock in Consumer Reports...or maybe I am just lucky with my vehicle purchases.
I do read their "how we rate" section when I am in a DR's office and see one of the magazines with articles on things I may want to buy, but I do not subscribe.
