Failure is Not a Factory-Installed Option

8.1/10 · 1,144 votesSep 24, 200622 min

Ranked #3 of 19 in Season 3•+0.6 vs season avg

Stan loses his confidence, and his job, when a car salesman gets the best of him in a negotiation. Meanwhile, Roger and Steve set up a makeshift drive-in to try to get to first base with popular schoolgirls.

Season 3 Episodes19

E1 8.2

Camp Refoogee

E2 7.8

The American Dad After School Special

E3 8.1Now viewing

Failure is Not a Factory-Installed Option

Lincoln Lover

Dungeons and Wagons

Iced, Iced Babies

Of Ice and Men

Irregarding Steve

The Best Christmas Story Never Told

E10 8.4

Bush Comes to Dinner

E11 7.2

American Dream Factory

E12 7.6

A.T. The Abusive Terrestrial

E13 7.3

Black Mystery Month

E14 7.7

An Apocalypse to Remember

E15 7.4

Four Little Words

E16 7.8

When a Stan Loves a Woman

E17 6.8

I Can't Stan You

E18 6.9

The Magnificent Steven

E19 6.7

Joint Custody

Cast5

Seth MacFarlane

Stan Smith / Roger (voice)

Wendy Schaal

Francine Smith (voice)

Rachael MacFarlane

Hayley Smith (voice)

Scott Grimes

Steve Smith (voice)

Dee Bradley Baker

Klaus (voice)

Crew2

Etan Cohen

Writer

Rodney Clouden

Director

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Episode Summary

"Failure is Not a Factory-Installed Option" is episode 3 of American Dad! season 3. It scored 8.1/10 from 1,144 votes, ranking #3 of 19 episodes this season (season average 7.5). Directed by Rodney Clouden and written by Etan Cohen, it aired on September 24, 2006.

Failure is Not a Factory-Installed Option

Seasons22

Season 3 Episodes19

Cast5

Crew2

Discussion

Episode Summary