Factory installed wrong size full tank

BenK wrote:
Incoming QC inspection should have had a talking to their manager...
and the manager should have had a talking to by the product manager...

What did they say their AQL was and that they had a sign-off for that lot?

OEM's Automakers do not have incoming QC and have not for over 20 years! All vendors certify their parts are in spec and meet all the QC standards. If non conforming parts are found the vendor has to pay for a QC sort or provide their own. ALL related down time, recalls, fines and ultimately any and all suits from the end user. The last will never happen as the vendor will already be in bankruptcy from all the back charges. FCA uses a company called PIC to do all vendor sorts unless the vendor can supply their own within two hours of being notified. It's not a pleasant ordeal for the vendor and the cost can close most small to mid sized suppliers.

Don

Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:

sch911 wrote:
They are taking it off the truck and to a gas station to see how much it holds? Why? All that needs to be done is to get the part number off of the tanks bar code label and look it up in the parts department....

Not if the vendor put the wrong label on the tank. Change the die over to make the *SMALLER* tank and forget to change over the label code. Happens all the time, happened up at Trenton with the the upper plenum cover. Had 3.3 labels on the cover but the bar code said it was 3.8. Two stations down the line stops and the boss asked why I built the engine with the wrong cover. Reinstalled another 3.3 cover on it and it still wouldn't buy it. Took over and hour to find covers with the correct bar code. You know who paid for the two hours total down time don't you. Yep the vendor, I hear it even happens at the Ford plants Fish! LOL

Don