1996 FORD CROWN VICTORIA Complaints

INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED. CONTACTED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE. ADVISED NO RECALL AT THIS TIME. ADVISED TO RETAIN RECEIPT IF RECALL ISSUED, FORD WOULD REFUND EXPENSE. WAS ADVISED THAT IF I DID NOT HAVE REPAIR MADE AT FORD DEALERSHIP THERE WAS NO OTHER WAY FOR THEIR ENGINEERS TO DOCUMENT AND INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM. ALSO AWARE THE ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FL SHERIFF'S DEPT. HAS TO REPLACE THIS SAME PART ON A REGULAR BASIS. AFTER REVIEWING THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS I FIND THAT A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR POLICE AND TAXI VEHICLES BUT NOT PASSENGER VEHICLES. THE COST OF THIS PART WITH A DISCOUNT WAS $501. THE REPLACEMENT MANIFOLD HAS A METAL WATER PASSAGE TO PREVENT FURTHER CRACKS. FORD MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS AND FORCED TO REPAIR, REPLACE OR REFUND THIS DEFECTIVE MAJOR ENGINE PART.*AK

FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WHAT I HEAR ABOUT THE GRAND MARQUIS HAVING PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL TANK IS RATHER DISTURBING TO ME I AM AWARE NOW THAT THESE CARS ARE CAPABLE OF CATCHING ON FIRE IF HIT FROM BEHIND. I CARRY THREE SMALL CHILDREN TO SCHOOL EVERY MORNING IN "THIS CAR" I HAVE CONTACTED THE FORD CORP. ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND THEY SEEM TO NOT BE BOTHERED ABOUT THIS FACT. NOW TO MY OTHER PROBLEMS. I HAVE JUST REPLACED MY INTAKE MANIFOLD BECAUSE THE ONE THAT CAME WITH THE CAR CRACKED WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT. MY MECHANIC STATED THAT HE FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. THE FORD CORP. HAS REDESIGNED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD FOR THIS MODEL AND RAISED THE PRICE FROM ABOUT 250.00 TO ALMOST 500.00. IN JULY OF 2002 THERE WAS A PART THAT WENT OUT ON MY A/C UNIT THAT I HAD TO REPLACE (I HAVE TO CONTACT MY MECHANIC TO SEE WHAT PART IT WAS THAT WAS REPLACED) IN JULY 2002 I HAD TO HAVE MY ROTERS TURNED, IN JANUARY 2003, I HAD TO HAVE THEM TURNED AGIAN AND HAVE MY RIGHT BACK ROTER REPACED BECAUSE IT WAS NO LONGER GOOD. (ALL THIS WAS DONE ON JANUARY 10 2003 NOW IT IS JAN. 20, 2003 AND MY RIGHT FRONT ROTER IS GRINDING AGAIN (I ALSO HAD NEW BRAKES PUT ON ALL AROUND JAN.10,2003. MY DRIVER SIDE DOOR IS DROOPING BECAUSE IT NEEDS A NEW PIN PUT IN... MY CAR ALSO SEEMS TO BALK WHEN I PUSH ON THE GAS PEDDAL,MY CAR ALSO HAS A POPPING NOISE WHEN I HIT A HOLE OR TURN. WHEN I CALLED THE FORD CORP. ON THESE ISSUES THEY SEEMED LIKED THEY REALLY DIDN'T CARE ABOUT ANY OF THESE THINGS. MAYBE YOU MIGHT KNOW SOMEONE THAT I COULD CONTACT IN THE FORD CORP. THAT IS "HIGH UP" AND THAT WOULD LISTEN TO MY ONCERNS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, SINCERLY, DIANE

I OWN A 1996 FORD CROWN VICTORIA P71 INTERCEPTOR. I HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH MY INTAKE MANIFOLD ON THE ENGINE. THE RECALLED PART WAS NOT REPLACED BY THE DEPARTMENT THAT PREVIOUSLY OWNED THE VEHICLE, AND NOW IT HAS FAILED 6 MONTHS AFTER THE EXPIRATION LEAVING ME AN UNSAFE VEHICLE, AND RISK OF PERMANENT ENGINE DAMAGE OR FAILURE. FORD IS NOT WILLING TO ASSIST IN ANY WAY WITH THIS REPAIR OTHER THAN A STANDARD NEAR $800.00 REPAIR.

ON 10/31/03, THE ACCELERATOR ON A 1996 FORD CROWN VICTORIA STUCK CAUSING A PROPERTY DAMAGE ACCIDENT WHICH WAS REPORTED TO THE POLICE. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN BY MY DAUGHTER. THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED THE SAME PROBLEM WHEN MY SON WAS DRIVING IT ON 11/25/03. MY SON HAD TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AS THE BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP WITH THE BRAKES APPLIED OR STOP ACCELERATING. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITION. *LA

PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE'S PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD.*MR (NAR) DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *CB

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH DRIVER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM INSIDE OF THE VENTS. DRIVER PULLED OVER AND LIFTED THE HOOD UP. THE DRIVER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS. MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED INSIDE, CAUSING A LEAK. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED, CAUSING THE FLUID TO LEAK ONTO THE ENGINE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP. *AK

WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, CAUSING DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL. THE DRIVER MANAGED TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PITMAN ARM BROKE AT THE STEERING LINKAGE. CONSUMER . *AK *NLM

WHILE OPERATING 1996 FORD CROWN VICTORIA LX 4DR SEDAN (140K MILEAGE) ON LOCAL HIGHWAY, UPON STOPPING NOTICED COOLANT SMELL. TOOK VEHICLE TO LOCAL DEALER. DIAGNOSED A CRACKED "RESIN" ENGINE INTAKE ON 4.6 LTR V8 AT SEAM UNDER TEMPERTAURE SENSOR BEHIND ALTERNATOR. REPAIRED WITH REPLACEMENT ALUMINUM INTAKE AT OWNERS EXPENSE. OLD INTAKE SENT TO WILLIAM C. FORD, CEO FORD MOTOR COMPANY, ONE AMERICAN ROAD, DEARBORN, MI, 48121, WITH LETTER OF EXPLANATION/COMPLAINT. FACTORY MANUFACTURING DEFECT. REQUEST ACTION.

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH HOOD LATCH SNAPPED. HOOD FLEW UP AND SHATTERED THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER. *AK