{"count":1,"message":"Results returned successfully","results":[{"odiNumber":10733409,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/09/2015","dateComplaintFiled":"07/11/2015","vin":"2GNALDEKXD6","components":"VISIBILITY/WIPER","summary":"DRIVING IN LEFT LANE ON I75 AT 70 MPH IN MODERATE TRAFFIC.  STARTED TO RAIN AND WITHIN SECONDS TURNED TO A DOWNPOUR.  I SWITCHED MY WIPERS FROM REGULAR TO HIGH SPEED, THEY MADE 2 OR 3 STROKES AND THEN QUIT.  I COULDN'T SEE A THING. MOST SCARED I'VE EVER BEEN IN A VEHICLE.  LUCKILY, NO ONE IN FRONT OF ME BRAKED SUDDENLY, SO I FLIPPED ON MY FLASHERS AND GRADUALLY SLOWED AND EDGED ACROSS THE RIGHT LANE ONTO THE SHOULDER.  TURNS OUT THE WIPER TRANSMISSION HAS SEVERAL PLASTIC BALL/SOCKET PIECES, AND ONE FAILED, SEPARATING THE MOTOR FROM THE LINKAGE.  THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A TERRIBLE MULTICAR WRECK.  I WORK IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY, AND AM AN ASE MASTER TECH.  I KNOW A LITTLE ABOUT CARS.  IN A SAFETY-CRITICAL SYSTEM LIKE WIPERS, WHY, OTHER THAN A SMALL COST, WHY COULDN'T THE LINKAGE BE DESIGNED NOT TO SEPARATE WHEN THE BALL/SOCKET FAILS? A SECONDARY CONNECTION OR IMPROVED DESIGN THAT WOULD ALLOW THE WIPERS TO OPERATE, EVEN POORLY, UNTIL A VEHICLE CAN GET OFF THE ROAD.  I COULD HAVE BEEN INJURED (ALONG WITH OTHERS) BY THE FAILURE OF A SMALL PIECE OF PLASTIC THAT IS NEVER INSPECTED WHEN AN AUTO IS SERVICED.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2013","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"EQUINOX","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]}]}