Every year, the German Automobile Club ADAC publishes a Reliability Index that rates the reliability of different car models based on the number of roadside assistances. The ADAC 2025 Index evaluates more than 3.6 million “Yellow Angel” calls in the previous year.
As the table below shows, the Toyota RAV4 (pictured) is the worst performer in the mid-range, with an above-average breakdown rate across all model years analysed. The Ford S-MAX (2016-2018), Opel Insignia (2015-2018, 2022) and also the electric Hyundai Ioniq 5 (2022) are also very common.
Conversely, cars where green is the predominant colour in the table should have significantly fewer problems requiring assistance.
- ADAC 2025 Overall Overview
- City car / Mini-compact
- Supermini / Subcompact
- Small family / Compact
- Executive / Full-size
- Vans
If you click on the name of the car, you will see its recalls.
D-segment / Large family / Mid-size
| Model | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audi A4 | 0,4 | 1,3 | 2,6 | 3,7 | 4,3 | 4,9 | 7,0 | 7,6 |
| Audi A5 | 1,5 | 2,1 | 3,9 | 3,8 | 6,9 | 7,0 | 6,9 | 11,1 |
| Audi Q4 e-tron | 0,7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Audi Q5 | 0,8 | 2,0 | 3,2 | 5,4 | 4,3 | 7,7 | 8,5 | 13,8 |
| BMW 3er | 1,2 | 1,6 | 3,2 | 5,3 | 5,4 | 6,0 | 6,4 | 9,1 |
| BMW 4er | 1,4 | 2,9 | — | 5,9 | 6,8 | 7,7 | 7,1 | 7,5 |
| BMW X3 | 1,3 | 1,4 | 3,2 | 2,8 | 4,8 | 4,4 | 3,8 | 4,2 |
| Ford Mondeo | — | — | 23,2 | 10,7 | 15,2 | 23,6 | 27,0 | 28,1 |
| Ford S-Max | — | — | — | 10,1 | 39,1 | 37,8 | 47,8 | — |
| Hyundai Ioniq 5 | 22,4 | 18,3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mercedes C-Klasse | 3,7 | 3,1 | 2,5 | 4,1 | 8,1 | 9,1 | 8,2 | 11,4 |
| Mercedes GLB | 1,4 | 2,2 | 4,6 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mercedes GLC | 1,5 | 1,0 | 1,9 | 2,8 | 6,8 | 8,4 | 7,1 | — |
| Mitsubishi Outlander | — | 6,9 | 8,3 | 5,5 | 14,1 | 14,3 | 17,3 | — |
| Opel Insignia | 17,2 | 21,0 | 19,5 | 25,3 | 31,0 | 37,1 | 40,9 | 33,8 |
| Seat Alhambra | — | — | 10,5 | 11,5 | 17,9 | 18,1 | 22,8 | 25,2 |
| Seat Tarraco | 2,4 | 5,2 | 7,0 | 9,4 | — | — | — | — |
| Skoda Enyaq | 1,4 | 2,4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Skoda Kodiaq | 6,0 | 9,0 | 7,6 | 10,5 | 13,9 | 14,3 | — | — |
| Skoda Octavia | 4,6 | 11,4 | 9,8 | 8,9 | 9,1 | 9,3 | 10,8 | 10,4 |
| Tesla Model 3 | 0,5 | 1,0 | 2,9 | 4,4 | — | — | — | — |
| Tesla Model Y | 0,9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Toyota RAV4 | 18,4 | 25,1 | 45,2 | 38,7 | 35,6 | 38,8 | 27,2 | — |
| Volvo XC60 | 2,9 | 3,0 | 3,0 | 3,4 | 9,8 | 13,2 | 16,2 | 14,0 |
| VW ID.4 | 1,0 | 1,8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| VW Passat | 2,0 | 3,8 | 6,9 | 9,5 | 11,2 | 10,0 | 10,6 | 11,5 |
| VW Sharan | — | — | — | 9,7 | 21,6 | 19,2 | 22,9 | 25,9 |
| VW Tiguan | 3,1 | 5,5 | 5,8 | 8,5 | 11,0 | 10,5 | 11,0 | 11,4 |
| Risk of breakdown: | Very low | Low | Average | High | Very high |
Legend: Number of breakdowns per 1,000 vehicles registered (= breakdown index) by year of first registration (EZ)
Source: ADAC
Currently 5157 Recalls