As a retiree (18 years ago!) I don't get too irritated with car issues. Fortunately, my '03 Kia Sedona has had only had one failure in 130,000 miles. The alternator died at about 53,000 miles. It was a known problem with one of three suppliers and Kia hadn't kept track of which cars got which alternators. It was replaced under warranty, but it had screwed up the battery, which wasn't under warranty. Still, $125.00 over 15 years with only one issue is pretty good.
We'll be getting a new car sometime this year, maybe a Honda SUV, but we'll keep the Kia until it dies. It will be our Labrador transporter (10 year old yellow female.)