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Consumer reports publishes auto reviews that list problem areas in vehicles, there are a lot of vehicles that have very minor issues and of course there are cars that have endless problems no matter how good the care of them is, so getting to 500,000 miles is somewhat dependent on the vehicle you start out with, but auto makers don't like to have to recall vehicles even for small issues, but when there is a common issue it does tend to get documented in the better auto review books.
It also seems more common for someone to get 500,000 miles on a vehicle that they bought new or when it was almost new, I think that the reason for this is that they know the history, whenever I buy a used car I check everything over on it, due a full tune up and make sure that there aren't any hidden problems or parts held on with duct tape that could leave me stranded.
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