Bonus part from Ford!
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Originally Posted by saleen97
Ahh......watch yourself with that, you may need to get a tetnis shot!!
I happen to work for Ford (Louisville Assembly Plant), this is one of the
problems we have, dont know why, but its a problem none the less.
Picture the vehicle going through the body assembly area.......bare shell with doors, hood etc. Small bolts nuts sometimes get dropped, and sometimes they go down inside the doors (patential rattle if the sealer doesnt get it). Sometimes during a break trash gets tossed in, gloves, cigs etc.. This may not be that big of a problem in the body shop because before it goes to the paint deptartment they jobs go through a phosphate type of bath and usually the trash washes or floats out.
The problem is in the trim departments and finally chasis lines. If nuts or screws get dropped in the door before the door panel goes on, its there until the customer finds it. Or maybe that little lump under your carpet is really a screw or nut or something else.
We have a little bulletin board at work with some of the stuff they have found in the vehicles. You would not believe some of it. Gloves under carpets, nuts screws, magazines, trash, tools. These are just from the untils that they pull of the line every so often to do quality checks on.
But even still this is just the minority of the vehicles we produce a day.
Your razor blade could have come from the dealer as mentioned above. The only place we would use any type of loose blade like that is out in the shop. This is where the vehicle goes after it is completed and found to have some sort of problem. Then its fixed and shipped out the door with the rest of them.
Just dont be surprised if you find a half eaten sandwhich behind one of the interior panels somewhere, lol.
I happen to work for Ford (Louisville Assembly Plant), this is one of the
problems we have, dont know why, but its a problem none the less.
Picture the vehicle going through the body assembly area.......bare shell with doors, hood etc. Small bolts nuts sometimes get dropped, and sometimes they go down inside the doors (patential rattle if the sealer doesnt get it). Sometimes during a break trash gets tossed in, gloves, cigs etc.. This may not be that big of a problem in the body shop because before it goes to the paint deptartment they jobs go through a phosphate type of bath and usually the trash washes or floats out.
The problem is in the trim departments and finally chasis lines. If nuts or screws get dropped in the door before the door panel goes on, its there until the customer finds it. Or maybe that little lump under your carpet is really a screw or nut or something else.
We have a little bulletin board at work with some of the stuff they have found in the vehicles. You would not believe some of it. Gloves under carpets, nuts screws, magazines, trash, tools. These are just from the untils that they pull of the line every so often to do quality checks on.
But even still this is just the minority of the vehicles we produce a day.
Your razor blade could have come from the dealer as mentioned above. The only place we would use any type of loose blade like that is out in the shop. This is where the vehicle goes after it is completed and found to have some sort of problem. Then its fixed and shipped out the door with the rest of them.
Just dont be surprised if you find a half eaten sandwhich behind one of the interior panels somewhere, lol.
I work at a facility that produces over 740 full size trucks and SUV's a day. To my knowledge, none have left as you have suggested. I am rather disappointed that Ford allows this to happen. If this were to happen at the facility where I work, the offending worker would be dismissed in short order.
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From: Virginia Beach, VA
Originally Posted by longdog
Obviously, no one takes pride in their jobs at KTP...
I work at a facility that produces over 740 full size trucks and SUV's a day. To my knowledge, none have left as you have suggested... If this were to happen at the facility where I work, the offending worker would be dismissed in short order.
I work at a facility that produces over 740 full size trucks and SUV's a day. To my knowledge, none have left as you have suggested... If this were to happen at the facility where I work, the offending worker would be dismissed in short order.
I am sure that the guy who works in quality control takes as much pride in his job as you do - it feeds himself and his family, pays his bills... - Things are missed, no matter how good the inspectors are, things get missed. Just the simple fact that Ford has a bulletin board with these photos of gloves under the carpet, etc - shows that they are aware of the problem and looking for it. I am sure that if "Joe blow" were to place a pair of gloves under the carpet of every truck that comes by his station - the company would ask for his resignation and not "hey Joe what are you doing with those gloves!?!"
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From: Fuquay Varina, NC
this used to happen a LOT back in the 60s and 70s when workers took the lunch break IN the car they were working on. in my torino i found a paper cup with the ford light bulb logo!!! in my friends 65 mustang we just did the interior of, we found FIVE razor blades and 7 extra trim screws rolling around under the padding.
yours however, looks like a dealer thing, and not the factory
yours however, looks like a dealer thing, and not the factory