1996 FORD CROWN VICTORIA Complaints

WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE HEARD NOISE. CONSUMER GOT OUT OF VEHICLE AND NOTICED A LARGE CRACK IN FRONT OF THE MANIFOLD, IT LEAKED COOLENT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

TURNING IGNITION ON AND VEHICLE EXPLODED. ENGINE OF WAS DESTROYED. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED THAT WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY CONSUMER. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD CRACKED DUE TO BEING MADE OUT OF PLASTIC. THIS CAUSED COOLANT FLUID TO LEAK ONTO ALTERNATOR AND MOTOR. STEAM WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. TEMPERATURE GAUGE HAD SHOWN VEHICLE RUNNING HOT WHILE DRIVING. *AK *JB

MY INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED, AND ACCORDING TO FORD (SERVICE CENTER REP) AND MY MECHANIC THIS PART IS UNDER RECALL. PLEASE ADVISE WHO I CONTACT FOR REIMBURSEMENT.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ENGINE STALLED AND FLUID WAS COMING FROM THE BOTTOM. THEN, VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A NEAR DEALER, WHERE THEY FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS A CRACK ON INTAKE MANIFOLD. ALSO, THERE WAS A RECALL, BUT DID NOT INCLUDE THIS VEHICLE DUE TO VIN AND MILEAGE OVER THE WARRANTY.*AK VEHICLE WAS HAD ALSO OVERHEATED, MECHANIC FOUND THE FRONT OF THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED BADLY AT MANUFACTURING SEAM AND STATED THAT THIS WAS A FACTORY DEFECT. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE SHUDDERS, THERE ARE SEVERAL SERVICE BULLETINS RELATING TO THIS, HOWEVER CONSUMER STATES SHE PAID FOR REPAIRS AND FEELS THIS TOO SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM. *SLC

THE FIRST TIME WE EXPERIENCED THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG WAS WHEN THE YELLOW ENGINE LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD SHOW UP. WE IMMEDIATELY WENT TO NEARST FORD DEALAR SERVICE DEPT. (PURVIS FORD IN FREDERICKSBURG, VA. THEY PLACE THE AUTOMOBILE UNDER A DIAGNOSIS TEST AND TOLD US THEY HAD TO REPLACE A MASS AIRFLOW SENSOR ASSY. THEY TOLD US IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE THE FORD CAR THE INCIDENT HAPPEN TO US AGAIN AND WE CALLED THE PURVIS SERVICE DEPT. THEY HAD THE CAR TOW BACK TO THEIR SERVICE SHOP. THEY AGAIN PUT THE CAR UNDER THE DIAGNOSIS COMPUTER AN AFTER 2 DAYS OF HAVING IT AT THEIR SHOP TOLD US THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY WRONG WITH OUR CAR. IT NOW HAPPEN TO US AGAIN ON A ROUTE 3 GOING 55 MILES AN HR.,ON HEAVILY TRAVELED ROAD. NOW HERE IS THE SCARY PART, ROUTE 3 IS A CURVY AND WINDING ROAD. NO ACCIDENT HAS OCCURRED, AS YET. BUT WHEN IT DOES WE COULD BE WRAPPED AROUND A TREE GOING AT 55 MILES PER. SO PLEASE HELP US. WE HAVE BEEN DEALING A FORD DEALER BY THE NAME OF "PURVIS FORD AND HAVE HAD NO SOLUTION TO OUR PROBLEM EVERY TIME WE HAVE LEFT OUR CAR WITH THEM. WE HAD TO PAY FOR A RENTAL EVERY TIME WE LEAVE THE CAR THERE. "THE PROBLEM IS WHEN ARE DRIVING THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP AND THE ENGINE QUITS". WE HAVE HAD THIS CAR SERVICED EVERY 3000 MILES SINCE THE DAY WE BOUGHT IT AND WE HAVE THE RECORDS TO PROVE IT.

WHEN I ENTERED MY VEHICLE AND STARTED IT I ATTEMPTED TO PLACE THE TRANSMISSION INTO DRIVE. THE SELECTOR LEVER JUST HUNTED BUT COULD NOT FIND THE PROPER GEAR. I HAD MY VEHICLE TOWED TO MY TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP: JIM JENNINGS TRANSMISSIONS, 601 EASTERN BLVD., ESSEX, MD, 21221, 410-686-6700. THEY INFORMED ME THAT A RETAINER BOLT HAD FALLEN FROM BENEATH THE DASH THAT SUPPORTED THE TRANSMISSION SELECTOR CABLE HOUSING. THEY ALSO STATED THAT THIS HAD BECOME A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. THE FIX WAS TO REPLACE IT WITH THREAD LOCKER.*AK

INTAKE MANIFOLD HAS CRACKED, ALLOWING WATER TO LEAK AND SPRAY INTO ALTERNATOR AND DESTROY IT. MANIFOLD NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *AK ALSO OVERHEATING CAUSED TRANSMISSION TO FAIL, WHEN THE MANIFOLD LEAKED OUT ALL THE COOLANT, THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF IT, BECAUSE THE TEMPERATURE SENSOR DOES NOT REGISTER UNLESS ITS IN LIQUID.*JB

WHILE TRAVELING AT 70 MPH FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS CONSUMER NOTICED A RATTLE AND SMOKE COMING FROM ENGINE. PULLED OVER AND NOTICED ALL RADIATOR FLUID HAD LEAKED TO GROUND. TOOK CAR TO FORD, AND THEY SAID INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED, AND WHOLE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 45MPH ON HIGHWAY AND WAS IN PROCESS OF PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE. HE NOTICED THAT VAPOR TRAIL STEAM AND ANTI FREEZE COOLANT WAS PURING ONTO THE ENGINE. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO SHOULDERS. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. FORD DEALERSHIP TOLD HIM THAT INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS MADE OUT OF PLASTIC. *AK