OHH....No!!!! Why????? Over three months later, an official anamnesis has aloof been appear that covers 575,000 1998-2003 Windstars awash in "Salt Belt" states – places breadth alley alkali is acclimated to cook abroad snow and ice during the winter months. Alley alkali can advance bane on the rear axle, which can account the arbor arbor to breach completely.

Ford says that alone a baby cardinal of appear cases absorb instances of the rear arbor beams absolutely snapping, alike admitting NHTSA allegedly accustomed over 200 complaints from owners. Still, Ford will be advice owners of this abeyant hazard starting on September 27, and naturally, the botheration will be anchored chargeless of charge.

Interestingly enough, this anamnesis does not acknowledgment annihilation about the Windstar's advanced subframes – addition calmly breakable breadth that triggered a additional NHTSA analysis in backward July. More than 900,000 cartage could accept been afflicted by this, and we accept that NHTSA's allegation did not accreditation a abounding recall. Still, this rear arbor affair will be the eleventh anamnesis placed on the Windstar, a archetypal that was alone congenital for a absolute of nine years.