https://finance.yahoo.com/news/gm-must-face-big-class-191425891.html
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You can cut costs by getting rid of QA.
GM's all about low cost, except for management, where they pay a premium.
Let the users do the testing?
GM tests transmissions like Boeing tested the Starliner.
Poorly.
Lazy union employees doing shotty work
They knew and didn't do anything about it?
That's a problem.
GM Powertrain test lab in Pontiac. They probably knew.
Why don't other transmissions have those build variations and the same problems?
I've felt the "judder" but don't know of it's shift logic in the controller or bad hydraulics. Subtle build variation on valve body features could be spotty to find and expensive to fix. Maybe initially missed because it takes a lot of miles to show up - and then only on certain builds. If the pre-production cars had the right tolerances this may have never been seen. By now somebody in powertrain who's torn down and measured every thing has a good idea. Maybe it can be managed by changing shift logic but I would suspect that might harsher shifts.
We have the most qualified people valuing each other's diverse backgrounds. Thats how we got here. I hope the judge also values GMs diversity and dismisses the case.
Our transmissions are safe because the stuttering is a safety feature.
Nobody sweats the recalls like GM.....
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Bargain basement pay buys you bargain basement quality.
Is it a design problem with the transmission or a manufacturing problem?
Didn't they test the new transmission before they put it in hundreds of thousands of cars?
How did it get released to the public?
And why didn't the company own up to their mistake instead of trying to hide it?
Ethics in action.