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The potential use of electronics in future off-highway equipment applications (especially for vehicle control systems) makes the topic of reliability of electronic assemblies extremely important to attaining goals of reduced field failures and resulting vehicle down time. Reliability is the characteristic of an item expressed by the probability that it will perform a required function under stated conditions for a stated period of time. While our engineering and quality assurance personnel have and are continuing training in reliability modeling and prediction, this paper will concentrate on our practices and procedures utilized in the design process and manufacturing (rather than on the theoretical and mathematical approach) to develop and produce high reliability electronic assemblies for the off-highway equipment applications.