A driver on a 3,000-mile cross-country trip in his new car tried to drive the entire trip without stopping, but fell asleep at the wheel, causing the car to strike a bridge abutment and roll over. The driver was seriously injured by the rollover, and suffered additional injuries when the turn signal rod broke off and punctured his lung. The driver had purchased the car from his local auto dealer. The car was manufactured by a local manufacturer, and the turn signal rod was manufactured by a subcontractor whom the manufacturer had used for many years. Tests after the accident established that the turn signal rod was defective and that the defect was the reason it broke off. The defect was not discoverable through reasonable inspection and the manufacturer had had no prior indication of any defects. The driver brought a strict liability action against the manufacturer in a jurisdiction that does not apply its comparative negligence rules to strict liability actions. What is the likely result of the driver's action?