The National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) has published a recall affecting 1999-2001 Ford Windstar vehicles.

The defect is on certain minivans, if the auxiliary air conditioning blower motor stops turning while in the medium-low blower speed setting, there is the potential that the resistor may become hot and smoke. The motor could potentially catch on fire.

The remedy is that Dealers will install a jumper wire that will ensure that the medium-low blower speed setting is protected by the thermal limiter. Owners should contact Ford at (866) 436-7332.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has published a recall affecting 2000-2001 Ford, Lincoln and Mercury cars.

The models involved are:
	Ford Focus Years:	2000-2001
	Ford Taurus Years:	2000-2001
	Ford Expedition Years:	2000-2001
	Ford Excursion Years:	2000-2001
	Ford F150/F250/F350/F450/F550/F650 Years:	2000-2001
	Lincoln Continental Years:	2000-2001
	Lincoln Town Car Years:	2000-2001
	Lincoln Navigator Years:	2000-2001
	Mercury Sable Years:	2000-2001

The defect is on certain passenger cars, sport utility vehicles, and light and medium duty pickup trucks, a switch located in the plastic cover of the wiper motor gear case could malfunction and overheat, potentially resulting in loss of intermittent wiper function, loss of wiper park function, complete loss of wiper function, smoke, or ignition of the plastic cover material. Switch malfunction is most likely to occur when the intermittent setting of the wipers is being used, or when snow or ice obstructs the blades from returning to the "parked" position at the bottom of the windshield.

Remedy: Dealers inspect the date code on the wiper motor. Motors built within the suspect time frame will have the wiper motor gear case cover replaced. Owners should contact Ford at (866) 436-7332.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has published a recall affecting 2000-2001 Dodge Ram Vans.

The defect is on certain vans and wagons not equipped with power front seats, in the presence of road salt, water, and possibly other debris, the power seat connector located beneath the driver's seat could develop a high resistive short circuit that cycles the circuit breaker. If the circuit breaker cycles for an extended period of time, heat could build up in the connector, possibly resulting in a fire.

Remedy: Owners are to receive instructions for removing the circuit breaker from the fuse panel. If an owner desires, their dealer can perform the repair. Owners should contact DaimlerChrysler at (800) 853-1403.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has published a recall affecting 1999 BMW R1100 S models motorcycles.

The defect is on certain motorcycles, the flexible fuel hose leading from the fuel distributor can chafe against the rigid lines of the fuel feed and the return lines. Continued chafing of the hose can lead to fuel leakage. Fuel leakage, in the presence of an ignition source, could result in a fire.

Remedy: Dealers will replace the right side flexible hose with a hose that has a braided cover to prevent chafing. Owners should contact BMW at (800) 831-1117, Option #5.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has published a recall affecting 2000-2001 Audi A8.

The defect is on certain passenger vehicles equipped with a fuel and vapor leak detection system, a "blind cover" at the filler neck of the fuel tank may not seal properly, allowing fuel vapor to escape. Should this happen, the fuel tank pressure will be reduced, which will activate the leak detection system and alert the driver of a system's fault indicated by an instrument panel light. Fuel vapor leakage, in the presence of an ignition source, could result in a fire.

Remedy: Dealers will replace the fuel filler neck/expansion tank assembly. Owners should contact Audi at (866) 892-2834.