[willy]

MJ I can only speak for GM SUV and trucks, but I will point out to you that Ford has done recalls for a problem where GM has repeatedly just ignored it till they get sued into submission. It is a shame to say it but they have all kinds of problems, just a few examples I have dealt with. Electronic transfer cases that just stop working or even worse lock up and won't disengage. GM has had the problem for years, and even when you are under warranty they will deny coverage because the GM warranty does not include electronic components. I had to go on the internet and print out dozens of the same complaints and raise a stink in their sales lobby before they would cover the labor and part to fix it, with 14000 on a 2002 no less.
Auto windows that would stop working and would all of a sudden just fall down in the door frame when you hit a bump. Windshield wipers that keep freezing up, they would replace the motors, three times, they knew they had a problem but no recall.
Electronic bugaboos out the a$$ that they could never find the problem.
Head light's, Oh my God the headliight's. Driving down the road at night and they would shut off on their own, and then mysteriously come on. Could not find the problem, but according to the mechanic we were one of several he had seen come in saying the same thing, no recalls no tech bulletins.
A friend of mine in a lease with a Chevy 2500 4x4 has had some of these and a bunch of others, including having the rear end replaced the first week he had the truck, some kind of problem with the ring and pinion and the carrier bearing. No recalls no TSB's . No explanation other than they covered it under warranty.
Yea I know we have all had problems at one time or another with one brand or another. But to make a blanket statement about what is by a big margin the most popular trucks sold in the US for 30 years or more, in all sizes too I think just does not cut the mustard.
There is a reason, in spite of being more expensive that Ford has been the most popular truck by such a margin for so long and that is because they have served their owners well.
IMHO