The phrase "a design defect" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to product design, engineering, or manufacturing when discussing flaws or issues in the design of a product.
Example: "The recall was necessary due to a design defect that could potentially compromise user safety."
Alternatives: "a design flaw" or "a design issue".
The manufacturer is not liable under a design defect theory.
The tire maker, based in Nashville, said a design defect involving the steering made many Explorers unsafe.
Mr. Usami's resignation follows the company's admission last month that a design defect may have been the cause of a series of truck accidents, including a fatal one.
"I think it's a design defect," said Joan Claybrook, a former vehicle safety regulator who is now the president of Public Citizen, a safety advocacy group.
"The question is going to be whether it is a design defect, a manufacturing defect or an installation defect," Mr. Montroy said.
It could take months to determine whether the crash on Saturday was caused by a design defect, a manufacturing flaw or human error.
Mutual contends that liability under a design-defect claim still arises out of the violation of a state-created common-law duty.
PARIS — Shares of Rolls-Royce, the British aircraft engine maker, extended their declines on Friday after the chief executive of Qantas suggested that a design flaw or manufacturing defect was the most likely explanation for a engine blow-out that forced one of the Australian carrier's A380 jets to make an emergency landing in Singapore on Thursday.
Apple declining to call it a design flaw or manufacturing defect seems to be a point of pride on their part.
Before a claim under a building design defect can support invoking the immunity exception, such a design must more directly cause the injury at issue.
They assured me that they had discovered it was truly a manufacturing defect, not a design flaw.
