About 6percentt are caused by vehicle malfunctions, weather and other factors.
Dubious meals, vehicle malfunctions and relics of the Gulag fill Frazier's uproarious, sometimes dark account of his journeys.
In addition to finding and repairing vehicle malfunctions, the teams were assessed at four workstations, which include emissions testing, electronic diagnosis, chassis alignment and the ability to write repair orders and reference manuals.
The most serious effect is a global FlexRay network failure, which usually leads to the fatal vehicle malfunction.
Mr. Ross's lawyer, William F. Dow III, said Sunday that the crash "appears to be the result of a vehicle malfunction".
In 2001 a test version of Cosmos-1, with only two sail blades, was lost when its launch vehicle malfunctioned.
(Pedal error, as it is known, is a well-documented source of vehicle malfunction, affecting drivers of many makes and models).
Scheduled maintenance means any adjustment, repair, removal, disassembly, cleaning, or replacement of vehicle components or systems which is performed on a periodic basis to prevent part failure or vehicle malfunction, or anticipated as necessary to correct an overt indication of vehicle malfunction or failure for which periodic maintenance is not appropriate.
Although as much as 75% of an automobile's cost comes from purchased parts, OEMs generally bear the liability when consumers bring legal claims for vehicle malfunction.
Unscheduled maintenance means any inspection, adjustment, repair, removal, disassembly, cleaning, or replacement of vehicle components or systems which is performed to correct or diagnose a part failure or vehicle malfunction which was not anticipated.
And Bragg powerfully details the series of mistakes -- exhaustion, vehicle malfunction, poor communication -- that led the 507th into their ambush; these scenes are the high point of the book.
