How automakers tackle reliability

摘要

World automakers have made tremendous strides to improve reliability in the past two decades. Here are some design tips from the people mho made it happen. It's dark. You're driving down an interstate highway in the dead of winter and it's 20 miles to the nearest town. As you drive into the night, you ask yourself: What would I do if the fuel pump suddenly conked out? Or the water pump? Or the alternator? Could I walk that far in sub-zero temperatures? Do I trust my car that much?