I agree that the quality has gone down
I think its mainly due to the parts manufacturers they contracted

From AccordV6.com and from my own personal experience I know
that these items will fail pretty early

alternator - its made by Delphi (GM) mine went at 15k
fuel sending unit - the guage stops going to full, mine went at 20k
EGR valve getting clogged, CEL, - Recall
muffler paint starts to chip really early
paint chips and really really easily
then theres the tranny, at accordV6.com we get someone posting up a tranny failure every week it seems like, some are bone stock

thats all the things i can think of right now

oh ya my power locks also stopped working one time, i had to take it in and the guy said the solder connection on the pass side lock wasnt done well from the factory which caused there to be an open which blew the fuses which stopped all my power locks and remote from working