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POTENTIAL FAILURE MODE AND EFFECTS ANALYSIS (FMEA) Reference Manual Fourth Edition Fat ion, February 1995 + Second Edin, February 199 + Tis Eston, Jy 2001, Four Eaton dune 200 Conytgt © 190, € 158, © 2007, © 2008 Crysler LLC, Perd Mair Company, Gonera Mrs Corpraton FOREWORD 4" Edition ‘he FMEA 4 Eton sa reference manual tobe wsdl by supple to Crysler LLC, Ford Motor Compan. end General Motors Corporation a «pide ait them ia te develope of beh Design and Process FMEAs, The man det not define requmens i sine o clarify ‘ussionsconceming the ecnial development of FMEAS. This manal i aligned wit SAE sin, ‘Summary of Changes inthe 4th edition FMEA Reference Manual ‘The DFMEA and PFMEA methods dail in th 4 ton FMEA Reference Maal nla ‘hose seid with designate syst subsystem, interface, ni component level and he proces at manufictaring and assembly operations. General Changes ‘+The formating used inthe eons inended to provide easier ang 0 Aninde incl, © eons are used india key prapraphs and visa ues re used. + Adon exaple sad verbiage ave been povided to improve he wy ofthe ‘anual and to pvide a loser fi it the FMEA proces a develop + Reinforcement of the need fr management oppor iret, sd seview ofthe [EMEA process ang resus + Define and engthe the udertndg of the kage between DFMEA and PIMA as wells defining the inkages to cer ool. + Improvements tothe Severity, Oveurence, Detection ranking bles oat hey re ‘more meaning to real word aly and ge + Alerative methods are nde Yat ae curently Being applied in indy. Sana sppendices which ve example forms and speci ate spicaion of The focus onthe “standard fobs ea replaced with several opons tht repesct te cua! application of FMEA in nd. 1+ Thesggestion tht RPN ote weds the primary meat or assessing. The ‘eed for improvement hs been isd inci a atonal method, and he we ‘ofthesbolds on RPN cared a racic tht is ot commended, Chapter provides genes! FMEA guidelines the need for management support andiavng ‘find roe for devloping and rsintsining FMEA, i the eed Yor coinuous Improvement, Chapter It describes he eeneral aplication of the FMEA methodology, whichis common bernven DFMEA and PFMEA proces Thi lus he planing sate, acto: plas, and ‘he ore for management appt and eons in FMEAS ‘Chapter I (ocuses on DFMEA (Design Fllre Mode Ete and Analy) estbising the {cope of te alsin us of black dugams,vrsous pes of DFMEAS, formation he es, ‘ate procedure fer aay, eto plas, apd follow-ap ternative to RPN, and canton © DPEMEA® and validation plans. {Chapter 1 fous on PFMEA (Process File Mode Eets and Analysis), easing the scope ofthe analysis, use of Now dagrans,fomaton of eas, basic procedure eral, ‘ton pls, the connection o DFMEAS andthe development of conta plans “The Appenes have several examples of forms for DMFEA and PPMEA and dieses

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