{"count":1,"message":"Results returned successfully","results":[{"odiNumber":10356040,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/01/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"09/16/2010","vin":"2FMZA57411B","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"I WAS DRIVING MY 2001 FORD WINDSTAR MAKING A RIGHT TURN WHEN I STRAIGHTENED OUT I NOTICED THAT MY STEERING WHEEL WAS STILL TURNED AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE. BEING CAUTIOUS NOW LISTENED FOR WARNING SOUNDS OF POSSIBLE FURTHER PROBLEMS,  THERE WAS NO STRANGE SOUNDS OR SHAKING NOTHING TO INDICATE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN NEXT  . AS I CONTINUED ON MY JOURNEY I WAS DRIVING 50KM AN HOUR WHEN SUDDENLY THE FRONT END OF THE VAN DROPPED SITTING ON BOTH FRONT TIRES,  CAUSING ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF STEERING AND BRAKING.  I SLID DOWN THE STREET EVENTUALLY CRASHING INTO THE CURB THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS INJURED AND NO OTHER VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED. I EXITED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED TRANSMISSION FLUID POURING OUT ONTO THE ROAD.  MY VAN WAS TOWED TO THE MECHANICS AND WE DISCOVERED THAT THE RIGHT CONTROL ARM THAT IS CONNECTED TO THE FRONT SUB FRAME BRACKETS WERE TOTALLY ROUGHED OUT DUE TO BAD DESIGN IN THE SUB FRAME IN WHICH THE BRACKETS ARE WELDED TO THE FRAME WHICH HAS A BOWL LIKE BASE WHICH COLLECTS WATER AND SALT AND SPEEDS UP THE CORROSION TIME. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE FOR OTHER WINDSTAR VANS, IF I WAS ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY DOING 100KM  THIS WOULD OF BEEN A FATAL ACCIDENT. IF THIS WOULD OF HAPPENED THE POLICE WOULD OF DETERMINED THAT I WAS GOING TO FAST OR SOME OTHER REASON OTHER THAN THE CONTROL ARM BREAKING OF.  THERE HAS BEEN A RECENT RECALL FOR THE REAR AXLE CRACKING AND SPLITTING IN HALF DUE TO BAD U SHAPE DESIGN OF THE AXLE IN WHERE AGAIN SALT AND WATER BECOME TRAPPED AND SPEED UP THE CORROSION TIME. SO I BELIEVE THAT THE CONTROL ARM IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE WHICH NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH BY ISSUING A RECALL AS WELL. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2001","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"WINDSTAR","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]}]}