Absolutely true in my and many others experience. There are reasons people bought and continue to buy import marque cars despite them being more expensive.
See for yourself what the real world reliability rankings are like: https://www.consumerreports.org/car-reliability-owner-satisfaction/car-brands-reliability-how-they-stack-up/
Only one American maker in the top 10 and thats because Buick recently dumped most of their American designed product line and is now importing a lot of rebadged Opels and making Opel designs as Buicks in their North American factories. And this has been the state of affairs for a very, very long time now for domestic quality.
A lot of people have been suckered into thinking American cars are inferior, even after the tens of thousands of recalls if not millions. I have never made my decisions on what other people say is the best. I judge for myself and have had many very fine cars throughout my life. People can buy Jap and German all they want. I’ll stick to the USA.