They have always built junk, just now the junk is 1000x more complicated, and they are being forced to do recalls since people get information instantly... I like seeing recalls.. it means they are actually fixing **** rather than letting it fester.
In the 70s GM knew gas tanks in one their cars would explode... lawyers figured it's cheaper in the long run to settle lawsuits from death than to do recalls to fix it (was like $3.50 per car to fix)... I much prefer the recalls...