GL1800 recall...

[red one]

At best CAD is a digital representation of the desired "perfect" part. There are hundreds of steps in the process of that part being manufactured by a supplier all of which can result in deviation from perfect. NO OEM (Honda, Hyundai, BMW) will pay for a perfect part but they set limits on how and how much acceptable parts can deviate from perfect in order to get parts that meet a price point set by the OEM and provide the desired performance. Sometimes the OEM gets the price/performance mix wrong. Sometimes (on a continuum ranging from by honest accident to deviously to improve profits) suppliers sell parts that don't even meet the OEM targets and the OEM installs them on their product. It would be incredibly unlikely for CAD to be the root cause of a recall.

Still no excuse. When Mr Honda was alive and running the company the people responsible whether it be the engineers or part designers would be expected to "fall on the sword"

 

[Andrew Shadow]

You Sr have found the sweet spot of communication. Bravo.

Thank you.

 

[MidLife]

Seems like in the days of superior CAD designs these things should be bullet proof.

Heard from the head of a test lab after failure of a CAD designed part fresh from the Eng Dept:

"""They must have made it like the print......!""""