Stellantis has added one other week of downtime at its minivan plant in Windsor, Ont., as a result of ongoing world scarcity of semiconductors.

The plant will likely be idled the week of Sept. 27. It was already down the week of Sept. 13 and scheduled to be idle the week of Sept. 20. It was beforehand idled the weeks of Aug. 30 and Sept. 6 for a similar purpose.

“Stellantis continues to work carefully with our suppliers to mitigate the manufacturing impacts brought on by the assorted provide chain points dealing with our business,” the automaker mentioned in an announcement to Automotive Information Canada.

About 4,500 individuals, the vast majority of them Unifor members, construct the Chrysler Pacifica, Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid, Chrysler Grand Caravan in Canada and Chrysler Voyager for the U.S. market.

Stellantis resumed common output on the manufacturing unit on July 5, after being idle practically day-after-day since March 29.

The manufacturing unit resumed operation the week of Could 31, however not at full capability.

Although the plant resumed a two-shift operation on July 5, the automaker warned on the time that “scheduling continues to be launched on a week-to-week foundation.”

The plant was additionally down the weeks of Aug. 16 and 23 for the usually scheduled summer season shutdown.

The corporate mentioned manufacturing continues at its meeting plant in Brampton, Ont., the place the automaker builds the Chrysler 300 and Dodge Charger and Challenger.

The chip scarcity exhibits no signal of easing quickly, and automakers in North America, Asia and Europe final week continued to warn of additional unfavourable impression.

AutoForecast Options now forecasts that the business in the end stands to lose 9.4 million automobiles worldwide due to the chip scarcity.

That worst-case situation is up by practically 55 per cent from AFS’ estimate two months in the past.