Better Assembly Quality in Mexico?
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Better Assembly Quality in Mexico?
When I used the link to decode my VIN and obtain a free build sheet, which link was given to me by someone on this forum I learned that my HHR LS was assembled in Ramos Arizpe in Mexico. When I wrote to GM for a build sheet, they advised me to call a telephone number to request a build sheet for a fee.
Anyhow, I Googled this Mexican plant, and basically found why the US is failing. The article I found said that this plant is the best of the GM plants for reliabiity. They only have 86 glitches per 100 cars. The entire U.S. auto industry for glitches is 140. The writeup states that this was the situation in the 1950's with American auto workers.
Whatever, happened to zero defects? What if the 86 glitches are in the car I buy?
Further, the uneducated workers working for $3 an hour work their asses off doing this good work. They also are very enthusiastic about their work, and are open to changes in their work. They average at 22 yrs. old. These workers are so low paid, that they don't even have to use robots in the plant for manufacturing.
It further said:
"Buyers of these models are the luckiest of all General Motors buyers, because their vehicles were made in Mexico. Fewer than eight percent of all U.S. buyers of these models had any claims against their warranties! The brutal fact is that either of these Mexican-made models is a better buy than an identical car made in Ste. Therese, Quebec or in Oklahoma City."
Anyhow, I Googled this Mexican plant, and basically found why the US is failing. The article I found said that this plant is the best of the GM plants for reliabiity. They only have 86 glitches per 100 cars. The entire U.S. auto industry for glitches is 140. The writeup states that this was the situation in the 1950's with American auto workers.
Whatever, happened to zero defects? What if the 86 glitches are in the car I buy?
Further, the uneducated workers working for $3 an hour work their asses off doing this good work. They also are very enthusiastic about their work, and are open to changes in their work. They average at 22 yrs. old. These workers are so low paid, that they don't even have to use robots in the plant for manufacturing.
It further said:
"Buyers of these models are the luckiest of all General Motors buyers, because their vehicles were made in Mexico. Fewer than eight percent of all U.S. buyers of these models had any claims against their warranties! The brutal fact is that either of these Mexican-made models is a better buy than an identical car made in Ste. Therese, Quebec or in Oklahoma City."
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I'm not sure just as I was unsure of the purpose when I read the same post in the other thread:
https://www.chevyhhr.net/forums/general-hhr-4/mexican-amount-worth-hhr-40865/
https://www.chevyhhr.net/forums/general-hhr-4/mexican-amount-worth-hhr-40865/
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I'm not sure just as I was unsure of the purpose when I read the same post in the other thread:
https://www.chevyhhr.net/forums/showthread.php?t=40865
https://www.chevyhhr.net/forums/showthread.php?t=40865
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It further said:
"Buyers of these models are the luckiest of all General Motors buyers, because their vehicles were made in Mexico. Fewer than eight percent of all U.S. buyers of these models had any claims against their warranties! The brutal fact is that either of these Mexican-made models is a better buy than an identical car made in Ste. Therese, Quebec or in Oklahoma City."