I agree with most of this, but as a lover of my Nissan Altima, which I bought with 77,000 miles on it, 7 years ago and has never had as much as a hiccup, I’d say that statistic is very far from the truth.
On the other hand, I have a 2001 Nissan Pathfinder, close to 300,000 miles on it which I bought from someone who obviously didn’t take care of it, and that’s a whole nother meaning to the word junker. My hubby has done his best to fix it up, but we still have nearly endless problems with the thing. Most of it is due to age and general wearing (salt air has sped that process along as well)