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A comment on F-150 Lightning Recall Due to SK Cells. Parent comment

Re:F-150 Lightning Recall Due to SK Cells by CodeWriter23 on Thursday March 23, 2023 @09:47AM (#35274734)
Barcodes containing batch or unique serial numbers (laser etching is common in auto part supply chains), along with good manufacturing records is how the scope of a recall such as this is contained.

In the food industry, a portion of cGMP (Current Good Manufacturing Practice) covers traceability. Not sure what the practice is called in the Auto Industry but I’m sure raw material tracing is a part of their practice.

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Re:F-150 Lightning Recall Due to SK Cells by icegreentea2 on Thursday March 23, 2023 @09:54AM (#35274838)
Yes. It's not just Ford which had good records here, their battery vendor must have had great tracking to limit the blast radius so much.

Though potentially they just all got lucky and caught a problem early enough that most units with the problem batteries haven't left Ford control yet.

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Re:F-150 Lightning Recall Due to SK Cells by CodeWriter23 on Thursday March 23, 2023 @06:09PM (#35281999)
Of course, the supplier would have to have some SOPs to say how to make the assemblies and then a QA department to catch the Deviation and write it up.
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