GM PFMEA Rankings

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GM Powertrain Standard P-FMEA Risk Rankings

Severity
Rating Criteria Example
Failure affects safe operation of vehicle or may Safety Hazard to customer or operator.
10
endanger operator
Failure involves non-compliance with Government Emmissions (OBD II) item. Regulatory item.
9
Regulations

Field
Failure causes customer high degree of Customer Walk-home. Field return. Durability issue
8
dissatisfaction
Failure causes customer dissatisfation. May Dealer repair (noise, vibration, leaks, etc). Vehicle Assembly Plant
7

Vehicle
result in disruption to Assembly Plant operation. return / pull or major spill.
Major disruption to production line. Defect caught at GMPT Final Test. Assembly Line heavy rework.
6

Minor disruption to production line. Defect caught at GMPT Final Test. Assembly Line. Light rework or
5
scrap.

GMPT Plant
Failure may cause inconvenience to subsuquent Defect passes to next process.
4
operation, minor repair.
Failure may cause slight inconvenience to Defect caught at subsequent operation (In-line).
3
subsequent operation, minor repair. Occurrence
Failure may cause slight inconvenience to Defect caught and corrected at operation (In-station).
2
operation, minor repair. Rating Failure Probabilt PPM *Example CpK
Customer will probably not even notice. No effects.
1 10 Very High >500000 <0.33

*Example is for total of 5,000 pieces per day, in a two-shift operation. Recalculate example column for specific volumes. 9 Very High 333,333 >0.33

8 High 125,000 >0.51


7 High 50,000 >0.67
6 Moderate 12,500 1/Hour >0.83
Detection 5 Moderate 2,500 1/Shift >1.00

Rating Criteria Suggested Range of Detection Methods 4 Moderate 500 1/Day >1.17
10 Absolute certainty of non-detection Cannot detect or is not checked. 3 Low 67 1/Week >1.33
9 Very-low - controls will probably not detected Indirect check only.
Manual Inspection

2 Very Low 7 1/Month >1.50


8 Low - controls have poor chance of detection Visual inspection.
1 Remote <1 1/Year >1.67
7 Low - controls have poor chance of detection Double visual inspection.

6 Moderate - controls may detect 100% Visual inspection by touching the parts. Manual gaging/testing.

5 Moderate - controls may detect 100% Go/No Go Gaging. Periodic Gaging with Control Chart.
Gaged

4 Moderate High - Controls have good chance to Error proofing--Cannot accept at next operation. Gaging on Setup/First-
detect Piece check.
Error-Proofed

3 High - controls have good chance to detect Error proofing--Cannot pass part. Automatic Gaging with stop.

2 Very High - Controls almost certain to detect Multiple layers of Error. Proofing: Supply, select, install or verify.

1 Very High - Controls certain to detect Error Proofing--Cannot make part.

October 2002 GM 1927-28

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