{"count":1,"message":"Results returned successfully","results":[{"odiNumber":10299844,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/29/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"01/15/2010","vin":"2FMDA5145YB","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"WE EXPERIENCED FISH TAILING IN THE REAR OF OUR 2000 FORD WINDSTAR WHILE TRAVELING IN HEAVY HOLIDAY TRAFFIC DURING A TORRENTIAL RAIN STORM ON NJ GARDEN STATE PARKWAY - WE THOUGHT IT WAS THE RAIN ON A VERY COLD DAY. TEN MILES AFTER 400 MILES OF PARKWAY TRAVEL OVER THE HOLIDAYS WITH MY ENTIRE FAMILY IN THE VAN, THE REAR AXLE BROKE IN HALF, OFF CENTER TO LEFT. MY INVESTIGATION SHOWS ME THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MANY OTHER WINDSTAR OWNERS AROUND THE 100,000 MILE MARK. WE, LIKE MANY OTHERS WHO POSTED IT HERE AND OTHER COMPLAINT SITES, THANK GOD THAT IT DID NOT HAPPEN WHILE GOING 65 MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY NEAR ACCIDENTS SITED AND FORD CLAIMS THEY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS ISSUE. AS MANY MORE WINDSTAR APPROACH THIS MILESTONE - WORD NEEDS TO GET ABOUT TO HAVE THEM AND THEIR MECHANICS WATCH FOR THIS. I WAS WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION FOR A WEEK AND IT COST US $1,000 TO REPLACE IT AND OUR MECHANIC COULD NOT FIND ANYWHERE WHERE IT IS ADVISED TO CHECK THIS OUT ON ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ? HE WAS HORRIFIED. IN THE BROKEN REAR AXLE CATEGORY FOR 2000 WINDSTAR'S REPORTED ON THIS SITE, THERE ARE ONLY SIX LESS NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS (57 VS. 51) AS THERE IS THE SPEED CONTROL ISSUE THAT FORD JUST SENT OUT A RECALL FOR AND IN 2001 THERE WERE EIGHT MORE COMPLAINTS ? 45 BROKEN AXLES VS. 38 SPEED CONTROL!  FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE WAS LESS THAN CONCERNED WHEN I CALLED TO REPORT IT. THIS IS A FATALITY LOOKING TO HAPPEN - IF IT HASN'T ALREADY! *TR  UPDATED 10/22/10  *BF  THE CONSUMER STATED SHE IS BEING REIMBURSED, SINCE FORD RECALLED HER VEHICLE. UPDATED IVOQ 10/26/10","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"WINDSTAR","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]}]}