AIAG & VDA FMEA Handbook

AIAG & VDA FMEA  New Edition 2022

The AIAG & VDA FMEA Handbook is the new automotive industry reference manual for Failure Mode and Effects Analysis; it will be used as a guide to assist suppliers in developing Design FMEA, Process FMEA, and Supplemental FMEA for Monitoring and System Response. Developed with a global team of OEM and Tier 1 Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), it incorporates best practices from both AIAG and VDA methodologies into a harmonized, structured approach. This Second Printing of the First Edition (English, Chinese, Portuguese and Spanish versions only) includes the content identified on the errata sheet. No new FMEA content is included in this document.

Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) is a process that identifies potential failures with assets and other areas of business. The benefits of utilizing FMEA include reducing potential failures, saving lives, and lowering excessive costs.

Benefits from FMEA include a reduction in potential failures and the savings of lives and excessive costs. Organizations can discover the steps necessary to prevent catastrophes with the application of valuable resources to the appropriate need.

Many organizations are required to demonstrate completion of an FMEA or other risk assessment analysis. FMEAs can guide maintenance and reliability team’s most effective efforts.