I own a 2010 and it has been
I own a 2010 and it has been good to me, it has 155,000. Only thing I know about head gasket issues is that the water pump goes out at some point with very little warning. I guess without a coolant temp gauge the car throws the alert when the car is already very hot. Best advice I found is to stop driving immediately, get the car towed and repair to avoid the head gasket blowing. Looks like in the article's case, most likely this didn't happen. The previous owner replaced the water pump but ignored the head gasket (chances are he/she kept driving until it was too late). I am proactively intenting to replace the water pump with an OEM in the next few months