“It said the connecting rod and crankshaft engine components may have manufacturing defects that can lead to engine damage or failure.”
About the most basic components of a traditional car.
That’s what DEI gets you...people who think they know better than 100+ years of gasoline engine design. All they had to do was stick to what they know works.
Government regulations including EPA reg. made them make changes not compatible with longevity.
Ford had those issues in the late 70’s - early 80’s. Both my dad and myself bought Ford trucks that broke pistons due to the cylinders being bored oversize. Mine had other unbelievable problems, such as the timing chain jumping teeth on the sprocket at 30,000 miles.
Ford quality was such crap they actually improved their game and came out with the Quality Is Job One adds.
GM’s problems today probably is DEI. Ford’s issues back then were unionized machine operators and quality control people.
That’s what bad management gets you. GM has been screwing up basic stuff for decades before anybody knew how to spell DEI.