Although the new car comes with a manufacturer’s warranty and should cover the cost of any major defects that may occur within at least three years, for an old car, your return is much less, and in many cases you will have to bear any repairs to yourself . This means you may receive repairs worth thousands of pounds.

To help you choose a reliable old car, what car did we carry out? Reliability survey is conducted every year. In the latest survey, we obtained data on nearly 13,000 car owners. We asked them to tell us if their car had a breakdown in the past 12 months, and if so, which areas of the car were affected.

Car owners are asked to choose from 14 different fault categories: air conditioning, battery, body, brakes, engine, engine electrical, fuel system, exhaust system, gearbox/clutch, infotainment/dashboard, interior, non-engine Electrical, steering and suspension. For each question, we ask the car owner to tell us how much the repair cost, and their answers range from free warranty to over £1500. They also told us whether the car can still be driven and how long it will take to repair it, ranging from less than a day to more than a week.

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