The 9th edition of the textbook includes numerous case studies with illustrations, in full color, of how dangerous and expensive errors have been made in the past, and how they should be avoided, among them:

· General Motors' Corvette C7 rear quarter panel

· Evanflo’s fatal mattress cover fabric

· Chrysler's Dodge Nitro airbag door

· Abbott’s Indeflator Plus press-fits

· Honda Accord's power lumbar gear drive system

· Spider-Man wrist watch using annular snap-fit

· Survivalink fatal battery snap-fit feature within defibrillator

· Mercedes-Benz C-Class tumble valve made with In-Mold Assembly process

· BMW X5 thermal management module designed & made by Schaeffler

· General Motors’ Quad 4 engine spin welding plug

· Mercedes-Benz M-Class hot-plate windshield welded washer bottle

· Volkswagen Sharan minivan vibration welded air intake manifold

· Mercedes-Benz E-Class through-transmission laser welded ignition key

· BMW 750 transmission support bracket

· Magna's LED enclosed exterior door-handle assembly

· Chrysler 300M fusible core injection molded air intake manifold

· Delphi’s world-class connector having four living hinges

· Honeywell’s FitLogic with In-Mold Assembly

· Mercedes-Benz E-Class engine cover made with hollow glass microspheres

· Inteva Products’ door panel snap-fits

· De Havilland Comet One passenger jet airplane window design

· Hewlett-Packard notebook’s snap-fit design

· CCV’s (Chrysler Concept Vehicle) injection molded body bonded together

· DMG (Germany) dental applicator Icon®

· Injection blow molded dispensing bottle using annular snap-fits

· Scholle Europe Erance’s beverage flexible tap made using Dilas’ laser welder

· Dura Automotive transmission shifter compression limiters

· Various oil-can designs used in packaging

· General Motors' 3.5 liter engine cover using 3M’s hollow glass microspheres

· Automotive splash shield assembled to chassis with M10 and flat washers