Got to love the idea of a supplier "self certifying" their parts. From a business bottom line point (bean counter) it makes since I guess. With the vendor cert any and all costs for rejected parts will be charged back to the Tier One. But the cost to the manufacturers reputation IMO is more important then any savings the OEM's will ever see.
The big thing now is having a third party do all sorts and certs for rejected product. This is done in house and the cost is charged to the Tier One. We have sorts going everyday and the sort vendor pays their workers $7.80 per hour. Does anyone think you will get any quality workers for that pay rate?
Now the question becomes, if this companies highly trained :R work force allows defective material to be re-certified and then is built into the vehicle, who is responsible for those costs?
My bet is, this is what has happened with this recall. And now you will have people (like we have here @ rv.net) saying look at this guys they (Fiat/Chrysler/Ram) can't even get the replacement parts for a major recall right! Makes it hard to say you build World Class Vehicles, when you have******like this going on.
The only saving grace is, it's not just happening at Fiat/Chrysler it's happening at every manufacturer. It's the consumer that is suffering along with the workers that are actually trying to build a quality product.
Don
