Trenton Engine Complex to Temporarily Halt Production Next Week

Trenton Engine Complex to Temporarily Halt Production Next Week​

Approximately 20,700 Finished Pentastar Engines Are In Storage...​

The Stellantis Trenton Engine Complex in Trenton, Michigan, will temporarily shut down next week to balance engine inventories, the automaker announced. The facility, which produces Pentastar V6 engines used in various Chrysler, Jeep®, and Ram vehicles, will pause operations while workers are temporarily laid off.

Trenton Engine Complex to Temporarily Halt Production Next Week

The Stellantis Trenton Engine Complex in Trenton, Michigan, will temporarily shut down next week to balance engine inventories, the automaker announced. The facility, which produces Pentastar V6 engines used in various Chrysler, Jeep®, and Ram vehicles, will pause operations while workers are...

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[TripleT]

What is the next powerplant slated for Trenton? Looks like HEV will give the engine some new life, but ultimately it will be sent to pasture.

 

[bill burke]

High salaries and benefits should and must translate into high quality or the UAW’s position on contract negotiations will be destroyed. The political endorsement by union leadership for the upcoming presidential election more than likely could further erode and complicate this situation. The costs of union labor and the infusion of a questionable political agenda that plays to one party that obviously is not supported by the majority of membership gives Stellantis concerns and issues that need immediate evaluation. Are we bringing our best, most qualified workers to the arena or are we risking everything by championing mediocrity and unrealistic expectations? Well are you UAW ??
The ball now rests with UAW leadership that must either control costs, vastly improve worker skills and outcomes and reflect the philosophical thinking of members or face the inevitable negative results. Time to bring policy in line with reality.
We call that “Job Number 1”.

 

[patfromigh]

As someone who built tooling for the automobile industry, and saw some of the employee training to use the new work stations, let me say that quality is up to the management more than the workers on the line. Despite my Calvinist leanings, I believe the majority of people want to do a job with the tasks they are presented with. People take pride in doing a good job. A common question I have been asked in interviews is, "What should be done to motivate employees?" My answer was, "The workers come to work motivated and management drains it out of them." (BTW, I didn't get the promotion. I wonder why.)

Toyota took their eye off the ball and now have to replace a Billion Dollars worth of V6 truck engines. The rear doors on the new Prius pop open in wet weather. The door latches on the Prius are a design problem. The debris from a machining process not being properly removed is a process problem. Why did it take so long to catch the problem? The workers on the line were probably too busy trying to keep up to notice.

This is worth repeating, so I will post here as I did somewhere else.

 

[Bili]

@patfromigh

Where is failure prone PSA sourced 1.6 litre engine slated for production?

 

[patfromigh]

@patfromigh

Where is failure prone PSA sourced 1.6 litre engine slated for production?

It should have been here by now. What the rest of the drivetrain looks like for the next Jeep Compass and Cherokee hybrids remain a mystery. The Pacifica PHEV hasn't been seriously updated since it was introduced. The Pacifica hybrid minivan is to hybrids similar to what the Nissan Leaf is to battery electric vehicles. Both are one time innovative class leaders that weren't updated enough to avoid obsolescence, while the parent company slips into oblivion.

 

[TripleT]

Van is moving the STLA large so the entire flexible energy suite is on the docket