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12-28-2011, 02:32 PM
Filed under: Minivan/Van (http://www.autoblog.com/category/minivans/), Government/Legal (http://www.autoblog.com/category/government-legal/), Recalls (http://www.autoblog.com/category/recalls-tsbs/), Safety (http://www.autoblog.com/category/safety/), Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/category/ford/), GM (http://www.autoblog.com/category/gm/), Mercury (http://www.autoblog.com/category/mercury/)
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'Tis the season... for road salt. And with that, comes rust. And what does rust bring? Well, for Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/) and General Motors (http://www.autoblog.com/category/gm/), a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/nhtsa/) investigation. According to The Detroit News, NHTSA is looking into potential recalls issues with Chevrolet (http://www.autoblog.com/chevrolet/) Express vans and Ford Freestar (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/Freestar/) minivans.
The feds have received five complaints that rust has caused leaking fuel filler pipes on 2003 Express (http://www.autoblog.com/chevrolet/express/) vans. Separately, seven complaints have been filed over excessive rust in the rear wheel wells of 2004 Ford Freestar and Mercury (http://www.autoblog.com/mercury/) Monterey minivans. The Freestar and Monterey went out of production in 2007 (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/01/03/lights-out-production-ends-for-ford-freestar/). Neither issue has resulted in any crashes or injuries, according to the report.Feds open investigation into Chevy Express, Ford Freestar rust issues (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/12/28/feds-open-investigation-into-chevy-express-ford-freestar-rust-i/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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'Tis the season... for road salt. And with that, comes rust. And what does rust bring? Well, for Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/) and General Motors (http://www.autoblog.com/category/gm/), a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/nhtsa/) investigation. According to The Detroit News, NHTSA is looking into potential recalls issues with Chevrolet (http://www.autoblog.com/chevrolet/) Express vans and Ford Freestar (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/Freestar/) minivans.
The feds have received five complaints that rust has caused leaking fuel filler pipes on 2003 Express (http://www.autoblog.com/chevrolet/express/) vans. Separately, seven complaints have been filed over excessive rust in the rear wheel wells of 2004 Ford Freestar and Mercury (http://www.autoblog.com/mercury/) Monterey minivans. The Freestar and Monterey went out of production in 2007 (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/01/03/lights-out-production-ends-for-ford-freestar/). Neither issue has resulted in any crashes or injuries, according to the report.Feds open investigation into Chevy Express, Ford Freestar rust issues (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/12/28/feds-open-investigation-into-chevy-express-ford-freestar-rust-i/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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