Ford Motor Recalled Windstar Minivans for Rear Axle Problem

U.S. carmaker Ford Motor Co. announced today that more than 575,000 Windstar minivans in the snow, north-eastern states, due to problems with corrosion problems reminds the rear.

The company said a Windstar sold or registered in 1998-2003 in Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania was Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Washington DC are involved in memory, reported the Detroit News. The newspaper adds that the aforementioned 21 states allow the nation “Salt Belt,” the newspaper said. Ford added that the vehicles recalled 463,000 minivans in the U.S. and 113,000 in Canada.

It is important to note that the weakened rear axles, the focus of a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study, which began in May after receiving 234 complaints were rear axle failures. This is the first recall of Ford. Several other carmakers, including General Motors, Chrysler and especially the Japanese carmaker Toyota had issued recalls in the past.

Ford‘s shares rose 39 cents, or 3.5 percent, to $ 11.56 at 4 hours in New York Stock Exchange composite trading today. Ford Motor Company is based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The car manufacturer was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on 16 juni 1903rd Ford is currently the second largest car manufacturer Ford in the U.S. dropped from second to third place in U.S. annual sales in 2007, behind General Motors and Toyota. But Toyota outsold Ford briefly during the summer of last year. [via LAnewsmonitor]