“You think that to be an acceptable design?”
absolutely!!
All these bastards are built of the same bolt of cloth.
Ford did the same thing a few years ago with the cruise control disconnect switches on the master cylinder shorting out and causing fires.
I had an immaculate 95 f150 burn down in the street at 7 am on a sunday morning. Ford did not give a crap unless somebody was hurt or killed and said file it on our insurance, otherwise, see ya in court. We only carried liability on the truck so we got to eat the whole enchilada.
Their fix was a new wire about 12 inches long with a fuse inline. Their cost? Maybe 5 bucks.
These people will all push, push, and more push until they are forced byt the gov or law to do other wise. It is all about the benjamins, nothing else.