{"id":729379,"date":"2010-05-19T07:43:26","date_gmt":"2010-05-19T11:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/?p=57143"},"modified":"2010-05-19T07:43:26","modified_gmt":"2010-05-19T11:43:26","slug":"nhtsa-opens-formal-investigation-for-1999-2003-ford-windstar-models","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/729379","title":{"rendered":"NHTSA opens formal investigation for 1999-2003 Ford Windstar models"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_57144\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 573px\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-57144\" title=\"2003 Ford Windstar\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/2003_ford_windstar_main_a.jpg?resize=563%2C315\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"315\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">2003 Ford Windstar<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened a formal investigation of 900,000 Ford Windstar minivans after receiving 234 complaints of rear-axel fracturing. The investigation covers Windstar models from 1999-2003.<\/p>\n<p>The NHTSA website said that while a snapped axle can result in loss of control to the vehicle, there have only been two reports of minor crashes.<\/p>\n<p>The agency said that the vast majority of complaints are from &#8220;salt-belt&#8221; states, due to possibility that the rear axle beam collects road salt and corrodes until it snaps. A quarter of the complaints said that the axle broke at speeds of at least 40 mph.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-57143\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A Ford spokesman did not respond to requests for comment by <em>Automotive News<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; By: Omar Rana<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autonews.com\/article\/20100518\/OEM\/100519857\/1143#ixzz0oM32ZjTt\">Automotive News<\/a> (Subscription Required)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/ePnzebrXjLWYLq1BWZ-6OKw7F1E\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/ePnzebrXjLWYLq1BWZ-6OKw7F1E\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/ePnzebrXjLWYLq1BWZ-6OKw7F1E\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/ePnzebrXjLWYLq1BWZ-6OKw7F1E\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=pqlv0BCuIxs:-vg6sjN9UUc:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=pqlv0BCuIxs:-vg6sjN9UUc:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?i=pqlv0BCuIxs:-vg6sjN9UUc:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=pqlv0BCuIxs:-vg6sjN9UUc:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?i=pqlv0BCuIxs:-vg6sjN9UUc:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=pqlv0BCuIxs:-vg6sjN9UUc:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=pqlv0BCuIxs:-vg6sjN9UUc:TzevzKxY174\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2003 Ford Windstar The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened a formal investigation of 900,000 Ford Windstar minivans after receiving 234 complaints of rear-axel fracturing. The investigation covers Windstar models from 1999-2003. The NHTSA website said that while a snapped axle can result in loss of control to the vehicle, there have only been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-729379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-33Kb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=729379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729379\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=729379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=729379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=729379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}