Starting this month we have a new question to measure, as objectively as possible, the severity of a problem. Many people have been asking for reliability stats that weight problems by how severe they are, and once we have enough responses with the revised survey we'll start providing this.

Also, updated reliability stats this month.

As always, the more owners participate, the better the information we can provide to everyone.

Car reliability research

We have updated results for the Elantra Touring to include owner experiences through September 30, 2010. Other sources of car reliability information won't cover the months since April until the summer or even fall of next year.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2010: 56

2009: 67, small sample size but now close to the minimum

Both are about average.

Thank you, once again, to everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in February and May.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help:

Hyundai Elantra Touring reliability ratings and comparisons

We have updated results for the Elantra Touring to include owner experiences through December 31, 2010. Other sources of car reliability information won't cover the months since April until the summer or even fall of this year.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2010: 59, about average

2009: 92, worse than average

Thank you, once again, to everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in May and August. With more participants we could provide more prcise results and cover all model years.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help:

Hyundai Elantra Touring reliability ratings and comparisons

We have updated our car reliability stats for the Elantra Touring to include owner experiences through March 31, 2011.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2011: 23, better than average, small sample size

2010: 49, about average

2009: 67, about average

We'll have further updates in August and November. With more participants we could provide more prcise results and cover all model years.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help improve this information:

Hyundai Elantra Touring reliability ratings and comparisons

We have updated results for the Elantra Touring to include owner experiences through June 30, 2011.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2011: 40

2010: 51

2009: 66

All are about average.

We'll have further updates in November and February. With more participants we could provide more precise results.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help improve this information:

Hyundai Elantra Touring reliability ratings and comparisons

We have updated our reliability stats for the Elantra Touring (on our redesigned site) to include owner experiences through September 30, 2011.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2011: 33, better than average

2010: 42, about average

2009: 85, about average, but trending towards "worse than average"

Thank you, once again, everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates later this month and in May. With more participants we could provide more precise results.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help improve this information:

Hyundai Elantra Touring reliability ratings and comparisons

We have updated our reliability stats for the Elantra Touring to include owner experiences through September 30, 2012.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2011: 38, about average

2010: 29, better than average

2009: 75, worse than average, small sample size (two cars short of the minimum!)

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds," to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop.

2010: 80, 3

We'll have further updates in February and May. We'd love to provide more precise stats and fully cover all model years--just a matter of getting more owners involved!

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help:

Hyundai Elantra Touring reliability ratings and comparisons

We have updated our reliability stats for the Elantra Touring to include owner experiences through December 31, 2012.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2011: 37, moderate

2010: 24, low

2009: 61, moderate

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds," to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop.

2010: 83, < 1

Thank you, once again, everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in May and August. With more owners involved we could provide more precise results and cover all model years.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help:

Hyundai Elantra Touring reliability ratings and comparisons

We've updated our reliability stats for the Elantra Touring to include owner experiences through March 31, 2013.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2011 Elantra Touring: 42, moderate
2010 Elantra Touring: 27, low
2009 Elantra Touring: 36, low

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds", to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop:

2010 Elantra Touring: 90, 3

We'll have further updates in August and in November.

For the details, including the descriptions of reported repairs, and to sign up to help improve this information:

Hyundai Elantra Touring reliability ratings and comparisons

We've updated our reliability stats for the Elantra Touring to include owner experiences through June 30, 2013.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2011 Elantra Touring: 50, moderate
2010 Elantra Touring: 21, low
2009 Elantra Touring: 30, low, small sample size

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds", to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop:

2010 Elantra Touring: 91, 3

We'll have further updates in November and February.

To view competitors' scores and descriptions of reported repairs, and to sign up to help:

Hyundai Elantra Touring reliability ratings and comparisons