1997 LINCOLN TOWN CAR Complaints

DRIVING CAR CAR OVER HEATING DUE TO A CRACKED INTAKE MANIFOLD ( MADE OF PLASTIC ?) IN SHOP NOW FOR REPAIRS APPROXMATE COST $ 1000.00 OR MORE PLUS $200.00 TOWING.

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH VEHICLE OVERHEATED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED. AND COOLANT SPILLED INSIDE THE ENGINE. *AK THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT REFUSED TO PROVIDE AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE (INTAKE MANIFOLD #1L2Z9439AA). *NM

WHILE ON A TRIP FROM FLORIDA TO ILLINOIS IN MID MAY 2004, IN A RURAL AREA ABOUT 50 MILES WEST OF CHATTANOOGA,TN, THE OVER TEMP. WARNING SOUNDED. I INVESTIGATED AND FOUND THE WHOLE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS COVERED WITH COOLANT. BY ALLOWING THE ENGINE TO COOL AND ADDING WATER SEVERAL TIMES, I WAS ABLE TO "LIMP" TO A REPAIR SHOP. THEY FOUND THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CROSSOVER HAD FAILED AND THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE AND WOULD HAVE TO BE ORDERED FROM OUT OF STATE. THIS WAS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND THE EXPENSIVE LINCOLN TOWN CAR COULD NOT BE REPAIRED UNTIL THE FOLLOWING MONDAY (IF THE PART ARRIVED BY THEN) MONDAY EVENING WE WERE ON OUR WAY AGAIN - BACK TO FLORIDA. WE HAD MISSED OUR COMMITMENTS IN ILLINOIS DUE TO THE DELAY AND HAD TO CANCEL OUR TRIP. AS A COUPLE IN THEIR LATE 70'S, I FEEL WE WERE EXPOSED TO A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND UNNECESSARY EXPENSE BECAUSE OF A KNOWN DEFECT AND POOR DESIGN ON THE PART OF THE FORD MOTOR CO. *LA

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER NOTICED BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILED, AND REPLACED INTAKE MANIFOLD, *AK *LA

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH HEADLIGHTS FAILED. CONSUMER USED THE HAZARD LIGHTS WHILE STOPPING ON THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY. AFTER A FEW MINUTES THE HEADLIGHTS BEGAN TO WORK NORMALLY AGAIN. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED MORE THAN TWICE WITH THIS VEHICLE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 45-50 MPH VEHICLE OVERHEATED. THE CONSUMER PULLED TO THE SIDE, RAISED THE HOOD, AND SAW WATER COMING FROM THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. THE CONSUMER LEFT THE VEHICLE BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CALLED A TOW TRUCK. AT THE DEALER MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD BUSTED AND WATER WAS LEAKING. *AK *SC

PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED, CAUSING THE WATER TO RUN OUT. CONSUMER HAD IT REPAIRED. THE PLASTIC PIECE WAS REPLACED WITH A METAL PIECE. HE SEARCHED ON THE INTERNET, BUT THERE WERE NO RECALLS. *AK

1997 LINCOL TOWNCAR-INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED AND SPEWED OUT ANTIFREEZE CAUSING A BLANKET OF WHIT SMOKE ENDAGERING THE VEHICLES BEHIND ME. THE MANUFACTURER KNEW IN ADVANCE THAT THIS PLASTIC MANIFOLD WAS DEFECTIVE. I HAD TO GET A WRTECKER AND THE REPAIR COST ME $1,100.00. FORD SHOULD BE HELD LIABLE

WHILE DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAME ON AND WENT OFF ON THEIR OWN. CONSUMER HEARD A BUZZING SOUND COMING FROM UNDERNEATH DASHBOARD. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT A RECALL WAS NOT ISSUED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

LTR FM W.O. ROSENDAHL (TX) RE DEFECTIVE MANIFOLD FOR A 1997 LINCOLN TOWN CAR, WANTS FORD TO REPLACE THE MANIFOLD EVEN THOUGH HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF FORD'S VOLUNTARY REPLACEMENT PROGRAM, REPLY ATTN. JAMES ALDREDGE@THE AUSTIN, TX OFC. *PH WHILE DRIVING, THE ENGINE LOST COOLANT, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP AND THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE VEHICLE HAD A CRACKED INTAKE MANIFOLD. *JB