There is that nice even light orange surface rust that one might expect after awhile and then there is that rust with medium deep pits that you see on your 5 day old new ST that makes the Service techs eyes roll. This car had 11 miles on it when I drove it off the lot. Ford Service stated that this was not normal to see on a new car and that they will be replacing these........ if the parts are available. In any case, they are working on how to approach resolving this.
1) it "appears" that there is uneven corrosion protection that was applied to these, although I'm not even sure if the 2024's even have any corrosion protection on this part as not all models shafts in previous years have corrosion protection.
2) Does anyone know what the part number should be for a 2024 ST/Explorer shaft/s? I read N1M7-3A428-AA on these. My assumption is that they would be similar from 2020 to present with perhaps slight variation?
I used to work in the auto manufacturing industry and sent these photos to some former co-workers. Their hypothesis is as follows:
1) the car was manufactured at quarter end, which I confirmed it was. This is "make it happen, and hit production targets" time, huge pressure to make it happen and if units get pushed off to service down the road then so be it.
2) the line was probably about to starve or starving (meaning parts weren't catching up to production velocity)
3) some dude and/or manager found a parts rack of shafts sitting outside somewhere and said "hey, I found some, let's use these."
4) meanwhile, this traveled down the line while folks stared at this mess while they assembled the rest of the car, quietly using that inner voice "...not my problem, not my problem."
5) for added bonus someone might have gone out to the MRB cage (Material Review Board) and saved some shafts from the scrap yard to keep the line moving.
This didn't just happen in "transport".
1) it "appears" that there is uneven corrosion protection that was applied to these, although I'm not even sure if the 2024's even have any corrosion protection on this part as not all models shafts in previous years have corrosion protection.
2) Does anyone know what the part number should be for a 2024 ST/Explorer shaft/s? I read N1M7-3A428-AA on these. My assumption is that they would be similar from 2020 to present with perhaps slight variation?
I used to work in the auto manufacturing industry and sent these photos to some former co-workers. Their hypothesis is as follows:
1) the car was manufactured at quarter end, which I confirmed it was. This is "make it happen, and hit production targets" time, huge pressure to make it happen and if units get pushed off to service down the road then so be it.
2) the line was probably about to starve or starving (meaning parts weren't catching up to production velocity)
3) some dude and/or manager found a parts rack of shafts sitting outside somewhere and said "hey, I found some, let's use these."
4) meanwhile, this traveled down the line while folks stared at this mess while they assembled the rest of the car, quietly using that inner voice "...not my problem, not my problem."
5) for added bonus someone might have gone out to the MRB cage (Material Review Board) and saved some shafts from the scrap yard to keep the line moving.
This didn't just happen in "transport".
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