This was the biggest independent surveys of car reliability and owner satisfaction in the UK.
The survey, which asked car owners to rate their own cars, was calculated from the number of breakdown, faults and niggles suffered by all models in the last 12 months. The score for each of these was then combined to provide an overall reliability score for each manufacturer. As breakdowns are more serious than faults or niggles, they were given a heavier weighting than the other two areas.
Frank Kennedy of Universal Honda expressed his delight at this latest result: "The Which? Car Survey is very comprehensive in that car owners who live with their cars are the people who rate the cars. This means that potential buyers will be able to make an informed decision as how good it is to own a Honda which has been rated so highly by existing owners."
Honda is up one place from last year when it came second in the Which? Car survey.
Car owners were asked to rate out of five how satisfied they were with their car and also how likely they were to recommend the car to a friend.
