SWITCH (SW-5945 OR F3TZ-9F924-BB) ATTACHED TO BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER FAILED AND ALLOWED BRAKE FLUID TO PASS THRU THE SWITCH AND SHORTED OUT THE WIRES TO THE SWITCH THIS DEAD SHORT CAUSED FUSE #1 TO BLOW AND THE SPEEDOMETER AND ODOMETER TO CEASE OPERATION--BRAKE FLUID HAD BEEN LEAKING FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER PRIOR TO THE SWITCH ARKING AND CAUSING THE DEAD SHORT WITH NO BRAKE SYSTEM MALFUNCTION INDICATION-PROBLEM CAUGHT BY OWNER PRIOR TO LOW FLUID INDICATION-WHEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR NO ODOMETER/SPEEDOMETER THE DEALERS "COMPUTER " EVALUATION WAS A BAD CLOCK SPRING AND BAD SHIFTER HANDLE. *AK
1999
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
WHILE ENTERING THE HIGHWAY THE RIGHT TIE ROD BROKE CAUSING THE VAN TO SHAKE AND LOOSE STEERING ABILITY, THE VEHICLE CAREENED DIAGONALLY ACROSS THE HIGHWAY CROSSING ALL FOUR LANES UNTIL IT STOPPED IN THE MEDIAN. NLM