Mercedes-Benz

===Quality rankings===
[[File:Concesionario de Mercedes-Benz, Múnich, Alemania, 2013-03-30, DD 21.JPG|thumb|Mercedes-Benz dealer in Munich, Germany]]

Mercedes-Benz normally has a strong reputation for quality and durability. Some objective measures looking at passenger vehicles, such as [[J. D. Power]] surveys, demonstrated a downturn in reputation in these criteria in the late 1990s and early 2000s. By mid-2005, Mercedes temporarily returned to the industry average for initial quality, a measure of problems after the first 90 days of ownership, according to J. D. Power.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessweek.com/autos/autobeat/archives/2006/11/measuring_merce.html |title=Business Week, November 2006 |work=BusinessWeek |access-date=26 September 2010 |archive-date=28 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628204212/http://www.businessweek.com/autos/autobeat/archives/2006/11/measuring_merce.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>  In J. D. Power's Initial Quality Study for the first quarter of 2007, Mercedes showed dramatic improvement by climbing from 25th to 5th place and earning several awards for its newer models.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jdpower.com/corporate/news/releases/pressrelease.aspx?ID=2007088 |title=J. D. Power and Associates Reports: Ford Motor Company Captures Most Awards in 2007 Initial Quality Study |publisher=Jdpower.com |date=6 June 2007 |access-date=26 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091126103600/http://www.jdpower.com/corporate/news/releases/pressrelease.aspx?ID=2007088 |archive-date=26 November 2009 }}</ref> For 2008, Mercedes-Benz's initial quality rating improved by yet another mark, to 4th place.<ref name=2008jdpower>{{cite web|url=http://www.jdpower.com/corporate/news/releases/pressrelease.aspx?ID=2008063 |title=2008 Initial Quality Study &#124; J. D. Power and Associates |publisher=Jdpower.com |date=4 June 2008 |access-date=26 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091125120931/http://www.jdpower.com/corporate/news/releases/pressrelease.aspx?ID=2008063 |archive-date=25 November 2009 }}</ref>  On top of this accolade, it also received the [[Platinum Plant Quality Award]] for their Mercedes branded Sindelfingen, Germany body assembly plant.<ref name=2008jdpower/>  J. D. Power's 2011 US Initial Quality and Vehicle Dependability Studies both ranked Mercedes-Benz vehicles above average in build quality and reliability.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jdpower.com/news/pressrelease.aspx?ID=2011089 |title=2011 U.S. Initial Quality Study (IQS) |publisher=JDpower.com |date=June 2011 |access-date=25 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110731162017/http://www.jdpower.com/news/pressRelease.aspx?ID=2011089 |archive-date=31 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jdpower.com/news/pressrelease.aspx?ID=2011029 |title=2011 U.S. Vehicle Dependability Study |publisher=JDpower.com |date=March 2011 |access-date=25 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810001012/http://www.jdpower.com/news/pressRelease.aspx?ID=2011029 |archive-date=10 August 2011}}</ref> In J. D. Power's United Kingdom Survey in 2011, Mercedes cars were rated above average.<ref>[http://www.whatcar.com/car-news/jd-power-survey-2011/the-results/257096/ JD Power Survey 2011 – The results] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106205451/http://www.whatcar.com/car-news/jd-power-survey-2011/the-results/257096 |date=6 January 2012}}, J. D. Power Survey 2011, 27 May 2011</ref> Additionally, [[iSeeCars.com]] study for [[Reuters]] in 2014 found Mercedes to have the lowest vehicle recall rate out of competitors.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-autos-recalls-study-idUSBREA2Q1ZQ20140327 Mercedes-Benz has lowest vehicle recall rate in U.S.: study] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001183303/http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/27/us-autos-recalls-study-idUSBREA2Q1ZQ20140327 |date=1 October 2015}}, Reuters, 27 March 2014</ref>