CARS are becoming more reliable but more are being recalled, according to figures in the Consumers' Association Which? magazine.
The magazine's members supplied motor-reliability information on 34,000 cars up to two years old.
A total of 94 per cent of cars had no breakdowns in the last 12 months compared with 93 per cent in a similar survey last year.
But the number of recalls increased by 150,000 to more than 1.5 million, with problems ranging from faulty seatbelts to difficulties with brake pedals.
Japanese cars proved the most reliable, with the Honda HR-V, the Mazda 323, the Mazda 626, the Subaru Forester and the Toyota RAV4 all having no breakdowns in the last 12 months.
The MGF sports car and the Volkswagen Beetle also had no breakdowns, while the worst-performing vehicle, with a 17 per cent breakdown vehicle, was the Renault Espace.
The next worst were the Volkswagen Lupo and the Land Rover Discovery, with 14 per cent breaking down.
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