Reddit threads, specialist forums, NHTSA complaints and recalls collected and cleaned for each specific engine, not just the make.
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Patterns extracted at scale
Thousands of owner posts are cross-referenced to identify failure modes, real repair costs, and the km ranges when problems typically appear.
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One honest page per engine
Reliability score, known issues ranked by severity, buying checklist, real oil intervals. Same format every time so engines are actually comparable.
The problem with used car buying
Most engine reliability information online is either a single owner's bad experience, a forum thread from 2009, or a dealer's sales pitch. None of it tells you what percentage of these engines fail, when they fail, or how much it actually costs to fix.
What enginecreep does differently
Every engine page on this site is built from thousands of real owner reports Reddit threads, specialist forums, and official NHTSA complaint data cross-referenced to find patterns, not outliers. The result is a reliability score, a ranked list of known issues, and a buying checklist for the specific engine in the car you're looking at.
Before you sign anything
A timing chain that fails at 90,000 km is not a surprise if you know to check for it. A DPF that costs €1,800 to replace is not a dealbreaker if you factor it into the price. enginecreep exists so that information is in your hands before you buy, not after.
Common failure categories tracked across all engines