With Bill Gates leading the way, automakers might address defective door and ignition locks not by fixing them at the plant but by sending customers a box of parts, a collection of wrenches and a link to online instructions.
Among these are a mother in a wheelchair as a result of an improperly maintained railroad crossing; a brain-damaged child as a result of the manufacture of a defective tire; and a child killed as a result of a defective door handle.
A 13-year-old boy fell out of a coach and broke his wrist due to a defective emergency door, a court has heard.
The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 sustained four fatal crashes for different defects in its early years in the 1970s, including a weak engine mount and a defective cargo door, leading the FAA to ground the plane in June 1979.
The inquiry has already heard there was a litany of failings of compartmentalisation with dozens of defective fire doors and the failure of smoke extractors.
In the weeks after the Grenfell Tower fire, which claimed 71 lives, defective fire doors, missing fire-stopping, dangerous fire escapes and holes in plasterboard meant to stop the spread of flames and smoke were identified by fire officials at New Capital Quay in Greenwich, south-east London, which is home to about 2,000 people and opened in 2013.
The problems included an inoperative fire alarm system, some broken smoke detectors and defective fire doors, along with plumbing stoppages and broken window screens, building records show.
The male tiger, Padang, was not supposed to have access to the corridor where McClay was attacked, but was able to enter because of a defective bolt on a door.
"We argued that the lock on the inner lobby door was defective and the security guard was absent from his post," making it easier for the killers to enter the building, the lawyer for the Santiago-Santana family, Denise Dunleavy, said last week.
It accepted it had not sufficiently addressed risks arising from a defective bolt on the door that was open immediately before the attack.
Defective products streamed out the door while the company made excuses.
