Ford Assembly Plant/ First Impression

Cars.com's Kelsey Mays walks you through the Chicago Ford Assembly Plant.

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[type2mike]

I don't get the Ford haters. I have 02' Ranger with almost 90K on it and i just now had to replace the original alternator. My dad had a 91' Escort that lasted him 198k so there's nothing wrong with them. I expect my Ranger to last a half million.

[pmhoard]

You are partialy correct. But, it dosen't really matter if a Nissan is made in the USA. 90% of money goes back to Japan.

[fopeano]

The factory lives up to the cars it produces, alright. That factory itself looks like a Ford: Failure Of Rational Design. The Super duty truck plant looks the same way. Such a moisy, unergonomic, dimly lit, dirty place to work seems to share the same kind of engineering blunders that compose the cars themselves.

[jsparrowfan]

@indyfeds Thank you. I completely forgot I asked the question.

[indyfeds]

@jsparrowfan I work in that plant, and it all depends at how far along in production the car is. They can pull a shell of the assembly line or wait until the car reaches the end which is when any necessary repairs will be made before the car gets shipped out. hope this helps!

[1001Hobbies]

@dajohen2 uumm, man (older generation), Nissan has been Japanese long before I was around. Originally sold in US as Datsun the name was then changed to Nissan in 1986, the name of the parent company that owned Datsun, also based in Japan. Just correctin'...

[7477238]

@dajohen2 Nissan is Japanese, well at least it's origin. It's 44% owned by Renault, which helped develop the VQ series engines which turned out to be some of the best V6 engines of all time. All the Nissans meant for the North American market are now assembled in the States or Mexico. Rest are built all over the world.

[jsparrowfan]

What happens if a car doesn't pass inspection during assembly? For example, when he mentioned the robots alert the people that there is an error- what happens? I'm assuming it gets fixed but I just want to know the whole process.

[2354bill6]

Isent Kelsey a girl name?

[dajohen2]

@pmhoard ...umm Dude. Nissan is Korean, not Japanese. Just sayin...

[dajohen2]

I work in an assembly plant and this is the first time I saw the exact same thing I see everyday on YouTube. Cool. The cars I build are way better but I very much respect the history and quality of the Chicago plant.

[minivan442]

@type2mike I agree my 1920 Model T Touring has a numbers matching engine (So in other words its 90 years old) and it still runs great!