Hell, if it was that bad I would imagine that they would pull the entire product line until they solved the problem or found a solution for it just like Samsung did with the Note 7. If the failure rates, repair rates, and return rates were that high the company would pull AppleCare+ from the sales floor (or considerably jack the price up) and be running in the red. I had a fan replacement on an older MacBook Pro of mine that would have cost $700 had it been out of pocket that was years ago. I believe most of the tier-based repair options are running around $700 or more per pop.
They sell it for these computers at $379 for three years of coverage, and a single repair or component replacement costs considerably more than that. They wouldn't sell AppleCare+ if they didn't make money on it. If I were to guess, there is probably a 20% failure rate of some kind within the first five years of use, be it a fan or a motherboard, but that is just a part of the electronic lottery. I wouldn't be terribly surprised if the number was around 10%, but if I were to guess it is 5% or less with current manufacturing capabilities and technology. What could possibly change to make this computer underpowered in that time? Probably not much. I love mine and I plan on using it for the foreseeable future five years or more. The current generation is friggin' awesome. I am not trying to discount people who are having actual issues, but I really think a huge majority of these complaints are software bugs that should have been tested for and solved during development and beta testing of the OS. I get it, you spend $4,000 or $5,000+ on a computer and you want it to be perfect, but some of it is really a little over the line of realistic expectations for a mass produced product.at least in my opinion.
I would be willing to bet that 90% or more of end-users would never recognize backlight bleed or complain about it, or other seemingly nitpicked impurities. Most users just open up the computer, and as long as it turns on and they can log-in, they're happier than a dog in mud. Apple is the only one who can figure out the statistics, and quite frankly, it is probably a really small percentage of users that have any issues.
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