Getting a ‘C’ rating is generally, due to an overall audit-performance of below 80%. However, there are some conditions called knock – out or downgrading rules, which bring your rating to ‘C’ even if your overall performance happens to be above 80% i.e. otherwise qualifying for a ‘B’ grade.
Therefore, you need to know whether your rating of ‘C’ is due to audit observations belonging to Downgrading rules, or whether the overall score happens to be below 80%. In either case, there is no short cut to hard and sincere work directed towards clearing the non-conformities and gaining ‘A’ grade. Remember, even the ‘B’ grade gets you a conditional acceptance and only ‘A’ grade means full acceptance from the German OEM.