2025 Worst Cars & SUV s - You Can't Fix STUPID Buying These

2025 promises to have some of the least reliable cars, trucks, SUVs, with manufacturers constantly challenged with new innovations, new technology, as well as this battle to find efficiencies to save money and maximize profits. Many car manufacturers sadly are cutting corners in places they no longer should. Guess what? I'm going to share a list of 2025's worst cars, trucks, and SUVs you're going to want to avoid like the plague. Let's get into it now! Life's too short to drive boring cars. The first one on our list is a compact car. What we're looking at here is a product from the VAG group. Here's a Volkswagen Jetta. Unfortunately, even it's got some great details. You've got the LED lights, you've got some beautiful chrome detail on the bottom, but there's no exhaust tips anywhere. There's all kinds of fake going on here and sadly Volkswagen has been struggling with quality control challenges. Of course, you get great details like the door handles and big panoramic glass and laser-cut rims, but what happens when stuff gets real and you've got issues under the hood? Because in fact, yes, there's been problems already with creaking, of course, throughout. Talking about loose controls on the HVAC controls. People are talking about tops of strut noises and other problems like the clock spring issue. You get clicking noises in the steering wheel as you turn it from side to side. Really shouldn't happen. Squeaking in the interior and even more importantly, the engine itself has been known already to blow head gaskets. That's right, no brand new vehicle should be blowing head gaskets, but according to 2024 results and 2025 looks to be much the same, transmissions are somewhat problematic as are many electrical gremlins. There's also been many customers complain about the brakes, whether it's the back or even the front, only lasting as much as 20,000 miles. The vehicle is clearly not built up to task. One of the worst vehicles you can possibly buy for 2025 and definitely if you're looking for something more robust, Toyota Honda definitely has you answered. Now we'll carry over into 2025. It's not a new model. It's this little unit wrapped in this baby blue skin and we're looking at the Bronco, but this is the Bronco Sport. This is the baby one. This has the smaller engine, doesn't have the V6 that you're finding in the full-size Bronco and these ones have a whole host of problems. We have this fun little grill here and it has been a popular vehicle for a while until people start finding out what kind of engine issues, but we'll get to that. Basic wheels, cheap plastic, Bronco script, and as well lots more plastic around. Of course, lots more plastic and yet lots more plastic again. You get the drift here, lots of plastic, plastic up top. Okay, you get a sunroof and a beautiful set of seats in this particular unit. Look at the small infotainment screen in there, absolutely tiny, but that's the least of your concerns because there's a two liter and there's a 1.5 liter in these vehicles, but did you hear the latest recall? The two liter EcoBoost engine has not been without troubles and has had some significant transmission issues. The vehicle in general isn't the worst and a lot of people are okay with that two liter engine. The big problem comes with fuel leaks and injectors cracking, allegedly on the 1.5, which is a big issue. NHTSA has chased Ford around the block to say you've got to fix this, and Ford came up with a patch, said they would fix it, set a tune in there so it detects a drop in pressure. They put a little trough and drain that fuel to drain onto the ground. What a catastrophic situation that is. Instead, NHTSA looked at it and said, no, we're not good with that. So Ford, instead of shutting down the vehicle while you're driving down the highway at 70 miles an hour because it detected that pressure drop, the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration said we need to find something more legitimate, a better fix, and so transmission issues as well as electrics have not been solo in the list of problems you're going to find with the Ford Bronco Sport like you're looking at right here. You also can't forget that in general, the EcoBoost has had a whole series of issues, two liter or 1.5, especially where you're dealing with the oil pump drive belt, and as well being submersed in oil. There's a lot of questionable technology on top of direct injection, variable valve timing, and turbocharging just adds to the host and suite of problems that you could anticipate, and these vehicles clearly, in my own personal opinion and my experience, are not built for any kind of longevity. For 2025, find another option, and a midsize luxury SUV you should probably avoid for 2025 goes to the Audi product. You get the beautiful calipers and shiny piano gloss finishing along there. This one's an S-line, so you get extra trim upgrades, the big fold-away mirrors, and a big sunroof on top. Beautiful detail on there, and that's why people buy these. They look stylish, but the Q5, even with the LED tail lights and the quattro all-wheel drive system, isn't enough to outcome some of the issues. Sure you get the fake tailpipes right there, really a lot like Volkswagen, but they just make it look like an exhaust tip, when in actuality the exhaust system is actually buried under there, and you're actually not even getting a proper outlet right there, but there are some problems with a lot of these Audi products, and the Q5 particularly, where we have the 2.0 litre TFSI engine that does produce enough horsepower, but unfortunately what's going on with about 70,000-80,000 miles, and it doesn't matter, a lot of their models, it doesn't matter if you're looking at the Q5, Q7, and even some of the A-series, A5, A6s, a lot of them are using that same engine, and it's the 2 litre TFSI engine that's heavily known for oil burning. These vehicles are known to consume a lot of oil, PCV issues, oil leaks, carbon fouling, O2 sensors, water pumps, thermostats, cooling line problems, and sure while a base gearbox and transfer case are fine, the fact remains is there's way too many issues under the hood, where a lot of these vehicles, if you're not dealing with water ingress through here, or water ingress through the top, or water ingress through here, you're dealing with electrical gremlins, no start conditions, and a whole host of other challenges with MMI system issues, and power components seem to be a problem that plagues a lot of the VAG products from Volkswagen and Audi, unfortunately. As a matter of fact, electrical troubles got so bad that carried over to the e-tron, of course we know those are pure EVs, and that was a big part of the issue, but electric gremlins were the challenge, and many people that I've spoke to said by the time you hit 60, 70, 80,000 miles, many people find themselves burning a quart of oil every 400, 500, 600 miles, which is far too much, and about 12 to 15 dollars a quart, that gets not only expensive, but when you're burning oil, that is sludging up inside the engine, and that's causing other problems, which can exacerbate premature failures. We're also talking about mechanical issues with suspension troubles on a lot of these vehicles, brake wear, and quite frankly it's like many Audis that I often recommend, if you're going to buy any, get the upscale engines, the V6s, and sometimes even the best engine they've ever made was that 2.5 liter turbocharged hot rod engine that you find in the RS3, that's one of the few engines that Audi actually makes that's worth holding on to, and here's the next one on the list, we're talking about a full-size SUV, this one's a Volkswagen Atlas, and whether you're getting the crossboard here, where you have to sacrifice the rear seat, or you get the full-size regular Atlas, the bottom line is durability has been slightly problematic, and whether you like the details on it like this, and the beautiful alloys, and all of the great lines and accents on the side, LED taillights for motion means you get all-wheel drive, and you even get a hitch receiver, but fake, that's right, not even an exhaust tip in there to be found, it is clearly hiding something, and hiding problems is really what the issue is. You circle around, you get great upgraded LEDs, of course 2024-25 offers up a new grille, of course lots of great details there, and I love the lines of that, definitely looks prominent, you get the big beautiful roof rack on top, and this nice sloped back end here, which is largely based on products from VAG, Porsche Cayenne, Audi RS Q8, Q8 products, as well as a Lamborghini Urus, if you can loosely believe it, except this is basically just a facade of those other vehicles, as all you're getting is a turbocharged four-cylinder engine, now that's right, a full-size SUV with nothing but a turbo four-cylinder engine, barely produces 250 horsepower, and it could barely get out of its own way. I actually drove on this year, and I was grossly underwhelmed, not only that, I felt there was a bit of a surging as you're driving along on partial throttle, so it feels like there's certainly something not quite right under the hood, but there's been a couple of issues, there's been bulletins, recalls, allegedly associated with connecting rod bearing on certain serial numbers, and there's also been an issue with the brake master cylinder up in here, which hasn't properly been assembled, and created all kinds of potential brake fluid issues. You leak brake fluid on a hot exhaust, that's a recipe for absolutely catastrophic failure, and because it's Volkswagen, and what we're finding quite often in the late history is lots of electrical gremlins, problems with the sunroof, problems with all of the extra technology under the hood, and problems with water pumps, thermostats, and the regular gamut of issues with the EA888 engine that this engine is based on. Unfortunately, this is a vehicle that has too much to push around with too little drivetrain, and reliability is a serious concern. The Volkswagen Atlas definitely one to dodge for $25,000. And the next one that's most problematic, and likely going to be a problem buying in 2025, just due to some of the quality challenges, is this vehicle right here. Clearly it's a Jeep brand, and it has the big bold grille, naturally this is the older version, this is the newer version, you can tell quite substantially different, beautiful little front end on it, yes you get nice alloy wheels on the Grand Cherokee, two-tone handles, big beautiful running rack, as well as glass, and it's a good-looking vehicle. Some even argue that this is a luxury vehicle, which I think they seriously went outside their swim lanes on this one. While you do have these impressive little taillights, LEDs, you do get a set of exhaust tips that you have this nice shroud, but you'll notice there's a lot of carbon developing on the tailpipes there, painted fender flares, and third row seating makes it very practical, and a lot of people are buying these, but we know the conundrums that Stellantis is going through right now, and Jeep is struggling with quality control challenges, and the real question is, are they going to continue to be in existence in three or four years from now at the current pace? Jeeps aren't selling very well, and a big part of it is the pricing, which makes them poor value for the most part, as well as the quality control issues. A lot of people are talking about brakes prematurely wearing out, power steering issues in a short couple of years, premature brake fail, and a few years ago they had that issue with the transmission, and you'll notice this one here has the rotary knob, not a great design by any stretch of the imagination. A lot of people don't love the ergonomics of it as well. There was one of these that rolled away a few years ago. Apparently the driver got out of the vehicle, thought they put it in park, it actually wasn't fully engaged into park, rolled and crushed that person, sadly enough. There's some quality challenges, ergonomic challenges, as well as just a whole host of electrical gremlins you could anticipate. A big part of it is because the Tipum, the totally integrated power module, which controls all of your electrical inputs, outputs, lights, mirrors, power windows, gauges, and even the fuel pump is powered by the Tipum, so a lot of these issues when they start creeping in there are related to that module, which end up costing customers often thousands of dollars. Sure there's people out there that say, yeah you can go third party and get them rebuilt, yeah that's always an option, but if you get these fixed properly at the dealership, you're expecting to pay thousands of dollars to repair, so the quality, the price, just not aligned, and the Jeep Grand Cherokee for 2025, maybe look for something a little different, perhaps maybe a Lexus, possibly an Acura, and if you're looking for trucks, there's some great options out there, but the new Ram isn't necessarily one of them. Unfortunately for those die-hard lovers of the Fan and Mopar products, they've lost their V8s, so 2025, which is this the older outgoing generation that we're looking at right here, as you can see right here, this is a 2021 model year. The bottom line is the version you're going to be looking at for 2025 is going to have a totally different engine. It's called a Hurricane engine. It's coming featuring a different state of tune, and depending on the model, it's called a Hurricane for a reason. It's a whirlwind of catastrophic failures in my own personal opinion. Time will tell, but when we're dealing with Stellantis and new technology, we know we're in for a bumpy ride, and with these Rams, we're only going to get a straight six twin turbo engine that's producing significant performance levels, and the numbers that it's going to throw down are certainly quite impressive. The first rule of thumb, never buy the remake model, the first model year of any major overhaul, which the Hurricane will be in 2025, and second, Stellantis usually takes five to ten years to figure out how to build an engine reliably, at least based on my personal experience, and so while Rams produce some of the best looking trucks on the market, they definitely give you the big grills, and they give you the very strong looking, in this case you get the Nostrils, this one's the Hemi eTorque 1500, but we know that Unfortunately, even with all of these good looks, and I will say Ram has some of the nicest interiors of the pickup trucks on the market today, the fact remains is it's way too much of a long shot right now, and it's an absolute huge risk on buying a total overhaul to the Ram brand for 2025. There's the next mid-sized car you definitely want to avoid for 2025, we're talking about the Nissan Altima, as you'll notice this one's all-wheel drive, but it has a lot of plastic parts, and I think that theme just continues on, the rear taillights look quite low grade, this looks lower grade, and although this is kind of a slick looking piece, the rest of the car just really lacks the luster of a lot of their competitors, you know if you're looking for a car like this, you want a mid-size sedan, you definitely got to look at Honda for the Accord, and you want to look at Toyota Camry, they're going to provide you a more reliable, more interesting drive train and driving experience, because the Altima like this has known for a from camshaft, crankshaft, position sensors, intake gaskets, fuel pumps, catalytic converters that crumble, and of course cause all kinds of back pressure issues, electronic problems, and naturally the transmission that's found in almost every Nissan, including the Altima like this, contains the CVT, the continuously variable transmission, which Nissan's known for, not a great product, it's not the most reliable vehicle in that two and a half liter four-cylinder engine, although it's a little bit old-school and conventional, the rest of the platform's simple and conventional too, but not in a good way. Sure you get all this chrome here, and chrome detail there, but there's not even a sunroof, and of course sadly this one here has had a few rough goes in it, naturally not a very well put together vehicle, and as you can see, just a good indication, we see plastic, plastic, plastic, fantastic almost everywhere. Suspension parts are not uncommon to fail prematurely, as are brakes are common issues as well with these vehicles, and leaks are bound, and a lot of Nissan products, including this one, is no different. As you can see, leaks starting to spew out just about everywhere here too. As mentioned, I know the midsize sedan market is a hard one to find any products nowadays, the big three domestic manufacturers are giving them up, Ford went away with the Fusion, as well as Dodge went away with the 300 series vehicles, and now unfortunately GM has also but eliminated all their cars for 2024, so 2025 means your selection is fewer and far between, but definitely you want to look at other products from Toyota and Honda, they're going to be much more reliable than the Nissan Altima. If a car maker was ever able to make wires leak oil, or an exhaust system blow a rear bearing, or have body panels literally fall off, from my experience Range Rover is definitely that manufacturer that is going to have the best fighting chance at doing all of the above. Unfortunately these vehicles are not that reliable, and even though they've reached into the BMW grad bag of goodies for drivetrains, they have had their host of issues with all kinds of coolant leaks, O2 sensor leaks, transmission issues, brakes locking up and seizing because they're electric, air ride suspension problems sagging, strange noises coming from under the hood, leaks, coolant, oil, and everything above. Electrical technology overload in these vehicles creates all kinds of sorts of issues that you wouldn't even dream of that could possibly happen, and sadly enough even a simple thing as a door handle can lock up and cost you thousands of dollars in these vehicles, and unless you earn the salary of king of England as well, I would suggest don't even want to try one of these outside a warranty, they will literally put you in the poorhouse. The Range Rover and Range Rover Sport definitely ones for the ultra mega rich, and with all of that said, check out right there, yes great popular video about the best vehicles you're going to want to look at if you're shopping for a vehicle in 2025. Hope to see each and every one on the next one. We'll see you real soon. Bye-bye.