An automobile manufacturer wants to find out what types of product-related problems its customers are experiencing. the best method to gather the data is .

 A survey.

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that a survey is a data collection of questions used to gather information about population.

To find out what types of product-related problems its customers are experiencing we need to investigate about the problems faced by customers by means of collecting data from a sample of population of customers and estimate types of product-related problems its customers are experiencing through the use of statistical techniques.

Hence, the The best method to gather the data is a survey .

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