Isolated problems or the Ford norm

[BSBB4Les]

I'm going to write about my wife's cars now. She is a short but feisty gal but she was not able to drive any of my early merc/ford's due to either stick shifts or size even with a pillow! After the comet was destroyed, we decided we needed a car both of us could drive. Enter the first of a number of Toyotas. The first, '78 red Corolla. It was perfect for her. 6 years and 100+k miles later, totaled. Next up an '84 turdcel. Underpowered and again another total. Both cars driven by my wife both times not her fault. Next up an 83 corolla wagon with an overheating problem but it held up well enough until we finally purchased a good solid 86 Camry. She put over a 100k on her before trading it in for her first new car, a 2002 red Celica gt. 11 years later, no, not totaled, sold it and moved to Colorado in2013. We had the '08 Escape 4x at that time, which served us very well. OK, time moves on to current day where my patient wife finally has her dream car, a red 2003 mustang convertible with 85k miles. And now I have my Bronco Sport. All of the afor mentioned Toyotas were very good a-b cars, reliable to a fault. I have no doubt that our Ford's will be the same.

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[Legacy40k]

I keep reading through the various (“issues, noises, problems, etc.”) threads and have to ask because I haven't owned a Ford since high school (22 years ago). Is this par for the course, a bad batch, QA part issues from COVID, or poor manufacturing overall?

I've always owned foreign-made cars, Honda or Subaru, and they lasted 10 plus years with routine maintenance and minor repairs. With my BSBL scheduled to be built in May, I'm growing more concerned that this vehicle is going to have a much higher cost of ownership from needed repairs and/or will not last 10 plus years. Any diehard Ford owners that can put me at ease?

I've had 2 Focuses in a row, a 2012 Focus SE, and a 2016 Focus ST, and I had virtually no issues with either one mechanically beyond typically wear and tear items (new wheel bearings on the ST at 125,000km). The one issue I had with both, was shitty paint. It's not even that the body was rusting, the metal is clean, but the paint just flaked off on both cars (different spot on each). The ST, the first time if flaked off was under warranty, but the 2nd location later was not. Neither car even left me stranded on the side of the road.