The manufacturer is recalling 46,000 of the vehicles due to a faulty exterior panel, marking the eighth time it's been recalled.
  • Lka1988@sh.itjust.works
    321·
    22 days ago

    To be fair, that’s how a lot of manufacturers attach trim pieces. However, they tend to use high-quality bonding adhesive that is as strong as (or stronger than) welding. Not fucking Elmer’s Glue.

    • werefreeatlast@lemmy.world
      6·
      22 days ago

      Hey every glue has a purpose. Elmer used to run the fastest races. Now elmer makes delicious Jello, fine wooden instruments and the very best whatever it is that little girl made for her daddy in kinder. Elmer, you’re the best!

      • Lka1988@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        22 days ago

        I can imagine. Even still, a bit of proper prep work and actual panel bonding adhesive (with some form of adhesion promoter) on the reverse side would have gone a long way, I think. I’m not a body guy though, just pulling shit out of my ass.

    • atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      22 days ago

      Yeah, it’s not that they used glue but that they used the wrong glue. Sounds like they’re replacing it with a different glue in the recall.

    • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
      2·
      22 days ago

      They may have used the proper glue… that foot pedal recall, proper glue, but the workers had trouble installing it so they added soap to the pedal without properly vetting it and that fucked up the glue.

      Something like that could have happened again

      Edit: Just thinking of a made up stupid reason like the soap and thought it was funny…

      E.g: We were supposed to use a size 3 glue applicator as per the asssembly spec, but it was causing some excess glue to come out along the edges as we placed the trim down and it was a lot of effort to properly wipe up on each vehicle, so we started using a size 2 applicator with less glue! 🤦

  • Gordon Calhoun@lemmy.world
    131·
    22 days ago

    Well yeah, the only cyberway to cyberattach cybertrim is with cyberglue.

    That doesn’t make it good, it makes it cybergood. Which is another word for shit.

  • Grass@sh.itjust.works
    11·
    22 days ago

    you could tell from whistlindiesel videos, you could tell from how the panels just fell off the burned ones, you could tell by literally grabbing it and walking away without letting go. I’m still surprised they are acknowledging it.