I have an Asus X5AV for over a year and a half and it hasn't given me any kind of issues. Also, it's been the most reliable laptop I've ever had. I've burned through a Toshiba Satellite 100-400P and a HP before this one.
I'm sorry for your bad luck, but your experience with any laptop isn't an indicative of how a brand of laptops perform overall. And no, their laptops are not of terrible quality. If you want terrible quality, buy an Acer 
Current PC Build
CPU - i7 8700K 3.7 GHz (4.7 GHz turbo) 6 cores OC'd to 5.2 GHz with Watercooling (Hydro Series H110i) | MB - Gigabyte Z370 HD3P ATX | Gigabyte GTX 1080ti Gaming OC BLACK 11G (1657 MHz Boost Core / 11010 MHz Memory) | RAM - Corsair DIMM 32GB DDR4, 2400 MHz | PSU - Corsair CX650M (80+ Bronze) 650W | Audio - Asus Essence STX II 7.1 | Monitor - Samsung U28E590D 4K UHD, Freesync, 1 ms, 60 Hz, 28"
