I have my Ford Taurus LX 2000, even my car is ten years old, but I find It is in perfect condition. It is hard to say Ford is sucks because american cars alway have problem. It depends on if you do regular maintance for your car every year, you should not have such problem. You take care of your car, your car takes care of you. so I enjoy driving amercian car, no wonder Japanese car is not my taste, it is just my personal choice.