11.   Firestone is also trying to determine what if any effect there may have been from two batches of defective parts on Explorers that Ford recalled this month.

12.   For all their size and weight, stamping dies are remarkably fragile, and will produce defective parts unless mounted with great precision in huge mechanical presses.

13.   General Motors Corp. is pressuring its suppliers to improve the quality of parts they make and to quickly repair any defective parts.

14.   He has had several problems with an artificial-hip replacement that include filing a lawsuit against the maker for defective parts.

15.   If left undiscovered, the defective part could have left Toshiba without steering capability when it needed it most.

16.   It was sparked by a series of embarrassing production and quality control problems that resulted in defective parts being installed on Boeing airplanes.

17.   Lockheed needed a license to send defective parts back to their German manufacturer for repair.

18.   Northrop Grumman Corp. used defective parts in target drones it sold to the U.S. Navy, the Justice Department charged in a lawsuit it joined yesterday.

19.   One of two its paint shops is entirely robotic, and lasers are used to detect defective parts in the body shop.

20.   Richard Mulieri, another spokesman for the utility, said inspectors would examine the transformer for possible defective parts.