I used to have a bad impression of American cars as far as reliablity but since about 2003, I’ve changed my tune. I’ve owned about 20 cars in my time and honda, toyota and infiniti were my favorite for reliability until my recent experiences with a few domestics, now it’s an all domestic garage at casa de TG. It’s anectdotal but my current and recent domestics have gone further with fewer repairs than my german or japanese cars.
People sell cars for a variety of reasons, those for sale are not a good indicator of which vehicles are problems. I’ve owned almost all makes and my old Ford Expedition was the most dependable car I’ve ever had, I miss her, I regret getting rid of her.