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Quick Link: Toyota Sienna Recall

Published on October 13, 2010 in Recalls. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , .

I have had dozens of responses from readers of Road Reality regarding their minivan and Toyota’s lack of a solution for the spare tire corrosion problem which prompted a recall in April of this year, so I went ahead and created a link at the top of the site so anybody affected by this recall can gain quick access to any information I have posted about it.

Thanks to all those who have contacted me about the issue, and if you’d like to send me photos and your experience so far concerning this issue, you can email me directly.

John Suit
Editor, Road Reality

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Honda and Isuzu Joint Recall over Suspension Corrosion

Published on October 5, 2010 in Recalls. 2 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .

2002 Honda Passport

In the latter part of the 1990s, Honda and Isuzu had a joint effort to create SUVs, namely the Honda Passport and Isuzu Rodeo.  The Isuzu Axiom used a lot of underpinnings for the aforementioned SUVs, so it too suffers from the same malady causing the recall.  It turns out that vehicles exposed to “highly corrosive materials,” such as the road salt used in more northern states, experience premature wear and possible breaking of the rear suspension brackets.  Click past the jump for the model years, more details, and the press release.

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Ford recalls 575,000 Windstar minivans over rear axle

Published on August 27, 2010 in Recalls. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .

2000 Windstar

It just seems like it’s been “Recall Week” in the US Auto industry.  In a late-week press release reported by Automotive News, Ford is recalling 575,000 of its Windstar minivans, built from 1998-2003, for a problem with the rear axle.  The affected people movers were sold in the US and Canada, and are only from states that use road salt in the winter months to combat snow and ice.  The road salt causes corrosion, which weakens the rear axle, which can lead to it breaking, possibly causing an accident.

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