NHTSA Complaint #10340183 — 2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED

DRIVING OUR FORD FIVE HUNDRED 2005 SEL AT 30 MILES PER HOUR MY WIFE AND FELT A SUDDEN CRACK ON THE DRIVERS RIGHT REAR SIDE. I STOPPED THE CAR AND SAW THAT THE POSITION OF THE TIRE WAS NOT ADEQUATE AND SUSPECTED A DAMPER SITUATION, NOT SO. LUCKILY WE WERE 5 BLOCKS AWAY OF A FRIENDLY FORD DEALER, WE DROVE WITH PAINFULLY SQUEAKING TIRE THERE AND WHEN INSPECTED THE REAR CROSS MEMBER HAD A CRACK WHERE THE WELDING OF THE ADJUSTING CAMBER CASTER IS. WE THANKED THE LORD WE WERE NOT ON THE HIGHWAY AS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN CERTAIN DEATH. I KNOW THIS IS A STRUCTURAL FAILURE AS IS THE WHOLE REAR CROSS MEMBER PART AND BELIEVE IS SUFFICIENT FOR A RECALL OF ALL FORD FIVE HUNDRED FORD THE CAR HAS ONLY 55,000 MILES AN IS A 2005 SEL MODEL. *TR