AltaRed
Full time employment: Posting here.
I don't think any of the manufacturers make a perfect product, but none make nothing but lemons.
Very true. We proably all know someone who has had trouble with every manufacturer. Example: Toyota didn't exactly publicize its sludge problems with most of its V6's (including Lexus) several years ago. But they did replace engines for free to avoid publicity.
Most of us can only go by our personal experience or that of close friends and relatives, tempered by JD Power data, etc. I am one of those who can say I would never own another Ford because of my 3 experiences with them, but the person upthread obviously had better luck. But I quite frankly got tired of all domestics nickeling and diming me....so I gave up on domestics entirely.