That may be true. But software is also much more ubiquitous and essential these days. At least in the 90s you could be confident your car wasn't buggy.
Yeah, and I shit you not, many vehicles have had software updates to solve oil consumption issues. People walk away from those service encounters just shaking their head wondering how in the fuck software was causing their car to lose/burn oil. Truth is, several different reasons.
The number of vehicle software updates are staggering.
American cars in the 90s were terrible. The domestic automakers wouldn't be in business today if people actually bought based on reliability. Now you can buy almost any brand and reasonably expect it to last over 100k miles.
