Ford Windstar. Published by Transport Canada as 2010284 on 24 August 2010. System: Suspension.
What the notice says On certain vehicles registered and operated in areas where road salt is used on the roadways during winter months for extended time periods (Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland-Labrador), the rear axle may corrode and fracture. If the rear axle fractures, vehicle …
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Ford WINDSTAR in the other registers
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The American register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2010284
- Recall date
- 24 August 2010
- Make
- Ford
- Models
- Windstar
- Model years
- 1998 to 2003
- Vehicle class
- Minivan
- System
- Suspension
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 146,289
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles registered and operated in areas where road salt is used on the roadways during winter months for extended time periods (Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland-Labrador), the rear axle may corrode and fracture. If the rear axle fractures, vehicle handling may be adversely affected, creating the risk of a crash. Correction: Dealers will install rear axle reinforcement brackets.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 2010284.
Ford elsewhere in this register
Ford is named on 818 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2010228 · 14 July 2010 · Transit Connect · Other
- 2010122 · 19 April 2010 · Fusion, Explorer Sport Trac, Explorer · Seats And Restraints
- 2010022 · 29 January 2010 · Mustang · Label
- 2011038 · 26 January 2011 · Windstar · Suspension
- 2011136 · 29 March 2011 · F-350 Super Duty, F-250 Super Duty · Tires
- 2009328 · 16 November 2009 · MKT, Taurus · Other
- 2011415 · 29 November 2011 · E250, E150, E350 Cutaway Chassis Cab · Other
- 2011424 · 5 December 2011 · Fusion · Wheels
The same system: Suspension
746 notices in this register name Suspension. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2010265 · 9 August 2010 · Select Folding Camping Trailer · Suspension
- 2010266 · 9 August 2010 · Centennial · Suspension
- 2010300 · 8 September 2010 · Intruder, Challenger · Suspension
- 2010309 · 14 September 2010 · Titanium, Easy Rider, Royal Classic · Suspension
- 2010315 · 15 September 2010 · Montana, Laredo, Avalanche · Suspension
- 2010243 · 27 July 2010 · Four Winds, Coleman, Lite · Suspension
Reading this against the source
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Ford: 1,346 in the register, and 468 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2010.
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