Feds probe Ford Explorer power-steering problems

by Associated Press

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Posted on June 22, 2012 at 2:20 PM

DETROIT -- Federal safety regulators are investigating complaints that the power steering can fail on 2011 Ford Explorer SUVs.

Fifteen drivers have complained that the popular Explorer can suddenly lose its power steering assist, making it harder to steer the SUVs.

The problem could affect 83,000 Explorers. No crashes or injuries have been reported to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which announced the probe on its website Friday.

In some cases, drivers reported that a warning message appeared on the instrument panel before the power steering quit. At times, restarting the SUVs corrected the problem, several drivers reported.

An investigation could lead to a recall. NHTSA said it is looking into how often the problem happens and what?s causing it.

Ford is cooperating with NHTSA in the probe. Anyone who has a concern about their vehicle should contact their dealer, company spokeswoman Marcey Zwiebel said.

The Explorer, once a hulking family-hauler that helped launch the truck-based SUV boom in the early 1990s, was redesigned for the 2011 model year. The new version is based on car rather than truck underpinnings and is more efficient and maneuverable than the old one.

The new vehicle started arriving at dealers late in 2010. The company sold more than 135,000 Explorers in 2011.

Ford shares rose 1 cent to $10.28 in afternoon trading Friday. They are down 20 percent from $12.90 in mid-March.

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Crystals For a Feng Shui Energy Boost

Posted on 22. Jun, 2012 by admin in Feng Shui Crystals

Some of my favourite Feng Shui cures involve the placement of crystals. Crystals make excellent Feng Shui energy enhancements for the home. Created by the earth they help to bring the outside world in to your interior space and have the advantage of balancing yin and yang energy around your home. Placing crystals in the rooms in your house helps energy flow calmly and more easily and brings harmony and peace where there is conflict or discord.

Below are some of my favourite uses for crystals and tips for how they can be used for maximum benefit. In addition to enhancing the energy in the home placed as part of an arrangement crystals can also make beautiful visual displays.

Crystals for Wealth

Wealth energy is high yang energy and if you are suffering a reduction in income or a downturn in your financial fortunes then you need to give the energy in this area of your life a bit of a boost. High yang crystals such as shiny red Carnelian or the beautiful golden Citrine should be placed both in the south east sector of your home and inside your front door. Citrine and Carnelian, for the best effect, should be placed in rectangular or square wooden bowls as they are high yang crystals and you do not want to minimise the benefits that these bring by placing them in metal or glass bowls both of which represent yin energy. Do not place them in direct sunlight as you do not want the energy to fade.

Crystals for your Career

The areas of your home that represent your career are the rooms that face north and, if you work from home, your home office. If you are looking to gain promotion at work, a change of career or if you run a business and want to improve your business success placing high yin crystals in these areas can work wonders. My favourite high yin crystals for the career area are Lapis Lazuli and Jet both of which look beautiful when placed in a circular or irregular shaped glass bowl. Career energy can be enhanced further if you place the crystals in front of a small water feature which incorporates moving water. The moving water can help bring movement to a career or a business that is stagnating.

Crystals for Love

When I am asked for a crystal cure it is often because the person who wants the cure is looking for love in their life. Crystals as Feng Shui love enhancers are probably the most popular of all crystal cures. The most well known love crystals are the pale pink Rose Quartz and the purple Amethyst and these make beautiful decorations in the bedroom or in the south west area of your home.

If you are looking for love in your life it is important that you place love cures in pairs. Place Rose Quartz or Amethyst crystals in two bowls at either side of your bed or alternatively place two crystals at either side of an ornament of two people. In my own home we have two cherubs sitting side by side both of which hold a Rose Quartz crystal in their hands.

If you are in a relationship and want to strengthen it then a lovely crystal cure is to buy a pair of crystals and give one to your partner to carry with them whilst you keep the other one. Each time your hand touches the crystal you are reminded of the love between the two of you.

Crystals for the Family

No room in the house represents the family more than the living room and if you are experiencing conflict or disharmony in family relationships any cures or enhancements should be concentrated here. Calming crystals such as Green Fluorite or Green Jade should be placed here as they help to bring balance and calmness. Large green plants such as bamboo or ferns help to bring a sense of peace and tranquillity to the family area and crystals can be scattered around the base of these plants to help lift the energy in the room. Alternatively you can place Green Fluorite or Green Jade crystals around family photographs.

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McMurray and Montoya like direction of team

Juan Pablo Montoya, of Colombia, prepares for practice for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race, Friday, June 22, 2012, in Sonoma, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Juan Pablo Montoya, of Colombia, prepares for practice for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race, Friday, June 22, 2012, in Sonoma, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Jamie McMurray, left, talks with his team after practice for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race, Friday, June 22, 2012, in Sonoma, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Driver Jamie McMurray (1) leads Josh Wise during practice for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race Friday, June 22, 2012, in Sonoma, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

SONOMA, Calif. (AP) ? It's been a continuous search for consistency at Chip Ganassi Racing, where the NASCAR program has never matched the performance levels of its dominant IndyCar entries.

But there's no bitterness from Juan Pablo Montoya or Jamie McMurray, who have watched from afar as IndyCar counterparts Dario Franchitti and Scott Dixon race for wins and championships every year.

"I don't think we are jealous," McMurray said. "We are happy for those guys."

Franchitti, the four-time IndyCar champion, won his third Indianapolis 500 last month, and Dixon reached Victory Lane a week later at Belle Isle and is currently in the thick of the title race. But they both had to overcome early season struggles, which hasn't been lost on Montoya.

"I laugh because this year has been the hardest year for them for quite a few years, and I am like 'Welcome,' " he said, smiling.

Indeed, welcome to the up-and-down battles that Montoya and McMurray have faced the last several years in Ganassi's NASCAR program. The two head into Sunday's race at Sonoma at just about the halfway mark of another rebuilding year for the organization.

McMurray is 18th in the Sprint Cup Series, Montoya is 19th and combined they have only five top-10 finishes all season. But they say their cars are better, they've had increased speed of late and they are pleased with the direction of the race team.

"I think we've done a lot of progress," Montoya said. "If you really go through the team right now and see how different everything is working, it's pretty amazing. We haven't had the results we want to have, but I think there has been a lot of really good changes and we've been putting people in the right places.

"You want to run better overnight, but things have got to change. Everybody has got to adapt, and it's a process. But I really feel we made a lot of gains with the car and a lot of gains in how the engineering program is working and we definitely have been making progress."

Ganassi and co-owner Felix Sabates had arguably the most aggressive offseason in NASCAR as sweeping changes were made to the organization. Competition director Steve Hmiel and longtime team manager Tony Glover were replaced, and Brian Pattie left the organization at the end of the season after being removed as Montoya's crew chief in late July.

Ganassi brought in Max Jones as general manager, John Probst as technical director and lured Chris Heroy away from Hendrick Motorsports to crew chief Montoya. There has been added personnel, improved engineering and a cohesiveness that was absent last season, when both drivers went winless and failed to contend for spots in the 12-driver Chase for the Sprint Cup championship field.

It was a dramatic drop-off from 2010, when McMurray won three races ? including the Daytona 500 and the Brickyard 400 ? and the drivers were far more competitive.

"It seemed like everything was going in the right direction, and the next year (in 2011) ... we just dropped the ball completely," Montoya said. "Last year was frustrating, it was more about arguing. Once we changed everybody on the team ? it's nice to be here, it's really fun to be here. We have really good people and you know they are working their butts off together to give us better race cars every weekend."

McMurray said there have been times this season when either he or Montoya has one of the fastest cars on the track, but the team is still working on getting both cars clicking at the same time and putting together complete races.

"It gets better every week. We made all those changes in the offseason, and I don't think any of us expected to change all those people around and immediately be where we were in 2010," he said. "The teams are working really well together. The way the team is structured with personnel in the engineering department and the crew chiefs, it's so much better than it was last year.

"It's a completely different environment than what it was a year ago, and it's all for the better. And Chip is still out hiring people and looking for more engineers and more people to make it better than what it is right now. My guess is somewhere around the last 10 races we're going to see a lot of the progress. It takes time."

Still, both think they'll be competitive Sunday at the road course in scenic Sonoma. Montoya will start 12th; McMurray goes off 25th.

Montoya earned his first career victory at Sonoma and has four-top 10 finishes in five starts; McMurray's career-best second-place finish at Sonoma came when he was driving a Ganassi car.

The duo also announced Friday they'll team together to run the inaugural Grand-Am race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in July. They've been teammates the last two years with Dixon and Franchitti for the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona race, but will be a two-driver tandem at the Brickyard.

"I think it's good for our racing relationship to get to go do things like this," McMurray said. "It seems like every year after the Rolex race, we're closer. I think that's really important for the NASCAR side, for us to be closer and want to help each other more. When we go do that race, it seems like it does that automatically.

So, I'm looking forward to getting to go up and do the test and then the race."

Associated Press

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