If they specify the part to be put on the truck then they ARE at fault. If
the product meets their low spec. than they are at fault for accepting the
part. I gave the same comments to the DC rep. If the part does not meet
their spec than they are still at fault for accepting and installing the
inferior part.
Jim Nelson
'00 QC 4.7 auto 40,000
> Steve,
> Its not just GM and DC, the Blue Oval boys are having problems too.
> and its not the car companies fault either. Its called NAFTA. From what
> I've heard, when former President Clinton got NAFTA approved in the early
> 90's, the big 3 US auto company suppliers found they could buy part blanks
> cheaper from our friends south of the Rio Grande. Come to find out, the
> reason they were so much cheaper was that acceptable, but inferior quality
> raw materials were used. Hence, in this specific case, the brake rotor
> blanks are made from lower quality steel and thus are more susceptible to
> warping. It just took until the mid 90's for those parts to find there way
> onto the production lines. And since the manufacture warranties the
> vehicle, they cover it for the minimum amount of time possible. They also
> try to determine if the problem is caused by the part itself. If they can
> prove that's the problem, they go after the supplier and try to pass the
> cost along to them.
>
>
> Ray
> Dover, DE
>
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