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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon
That is a surprise. I would love to see the failure distribution for those engines. I've seen it for the FA20 because I met and discussed the issue with one of our European friends away from the forum in confidence. The data and conclusion of the internal study fit textbook expectations perfectly. I can imagine one or two outliers for such a great number of total failures, though. Based on the ratio of failures to total in service, leaving it alone would still be a solid bet in any case.
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I had the link to the full NHTSC report once upon a time but can't find it now.
Yes the failure rate was still low even when you look at the total number of vehicles but must have been enough to spook somebody. They may have expected more failures than actually occurred. Since it cost them millions for the whole recall I highly doubt it was just minor precaution on their part.