1996 LINCOLN TOWN CAR Complaints

A CELL PHONE USING DRIVER CUT INTO MY LANE AND I HAD TO HIT THE BRAKES HARD. THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF BRAKING POWER BUT I WAS ABLE TO STEER AROUND THE SUV. MY REAR STEEL BRAKE LINE FAILED IN THE AREA LOCATED JUST IN FRONT OF THE LEFT REAR TIRE. THESE BRAKE LINES ARE A PROBLEM! LAST SUMMER THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO MY WIFE'S 95 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. I WILL HAVE TO REPLACE ALL STEEL LINES AS ALL ARE RUSTED. WHEN WILL FOMOCO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THESE FAILURES? HOW MANY PEOPLE MUST GET HURT OR DIE? *JB

BALL JOINTS CORRODED, RESULTING IN ABNORMAL WEAR. BECAUSE OF THE DEFECT DESCRIBED IN THE STEERING LINKAGE:ARM:PITMAN RECALL 96V135000, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED DUE TO VIN. THE BALLM JOINTS WERE REPLACED BY THE DEALERSHIP.*AK

9/12/04 CRACKED "COOLANT CROSSOVER PASSAGE" OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD DRAINED ALL COOLANT FROM MY 1996 LINCOLN TOWN CAR, ON TO THE GARAGE FLOOR, WHILE SMOKING AND SMELLING. I WAS TOLD THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM SINCE 1996, FORD/LINCOLN HAS REPLACED THIS PART IN , CRUISERS, FLEET CAR, RENTALS ETC, WHAT ABOUT THE CONSUMER IN GENERAL. PLEASE SEE 97M91 RECALL BULLLETIN FOR FURTHER INFO.ALSO TSB 02-2-2 FEB 02 INTAKE MANIFOLD-CROSS OVER CHANNEL COOLANT SEEPAGE. I HAD TO HAVE THIS REPAIR DONE TO MY 1996 LINCOLN TOWN CAR MILEAGE OF 74675. THE COST WAS $535.00. THE MECHANIC AND THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME THIS WAS AN ON GOING AND VERY PREVALENT PROBLEM. THEY HAVE DONE ALOT OF THESE REPLACEMENTS. THE NEW PART IS MADE OUT OF METAL, ?ALUMINUM OR STEEL.I CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS TOLD IT WAS MY PROBLEM. I FEEL THAT I HAVE BEEN TOTALLY IGNORED AND BASICALLY BLOWN OFF BY FORD MOTOR CO. THEY DEFINATELY ARE NOT VERY CUSTOMER ORIENTED AS FAS I AM CONCERNED. I AM A WIDOW, AND THEREFOR HAVE NO OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION, THIS WAS DEFINATELY A VERY COSTLY AND TOTALLY PREVENTABLE OCCURRENCE. I HAVE RETAINED THE DEFECTIVE PART.*AK

INTAKE MANIFOLD DEVELOPED A CRACK. AS A RESULT, VEHICLE OVERHEATED, AND ENGINE LEAKED ANTI-FREEZE. A RECALL WAS ISSUED. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

MY COMPLAINT IS ABOUT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD ON THE 1996 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. I AM A AVIDE CAR PERSON AND I HAVE WORKED ON CAR ALL MY LIFE. I HAVE COME ACROSS A PROBLEM THAT I HAVE FOUND OUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING. THE INTAKE MANIFOLD ON THE 4.6 LITER ENGINE. THIS ENGINE IS COMMON IN THE BIG FORD CAR. MY CAR DEVELOPED THIS PROBLEM AFTER 136,000 MILES. SO WHEN I STARTED LOOKING FOR THE PART I HAD A PROBLEM FINDING IT. AFTER A LONG SEARCH I STARTED GETTING THE SAMETHING, WE ARE OUT OF THE PART, AND THE PEOPLE THAT HAD THE PART WANTED JUST AS MUCH OR MORE THAN THE PART COST NEW. THEN I WAS TOLD BY A PERSON AT THE JUNK YARD THAT I SHOULD CHECK TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL BECAUSE HE STATED THAT HE GETS A LOT OF CALLS ON THIS SAME PART. I CALLED FORD AND FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE PART, SEVEN YEARS. MY WARRANTY EXPIRED LAST YEAR. SO I STARTED DOING RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. SO I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP. I WENT ON 8/18/2004 AND I ASKED ABOUT THIS AND A MECHANIC TOOK ME TO A WORK STATION AND ON THE FLOOR WAS 4 INTAKES ALL WITH THE SAME THINGS, CRACKED! I WROTE FORD AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY COULD NOT DO ANY THING FOR ME, MY TIME HAS EXPIRED. NOW I AM OUT OF A CAR WITH NO JOB AND NO MONEY AND FORD WILL NOT DO ANYTHING. I THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING FOR YOU TO LOOK INTO. FORD SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL! I HAVE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THIS MATTER. PLEASE CONTACT ME!

WHILE DRIVING THE TEMPERATURE SUDDENLY READ HOT. THEN, STEAM CAME FORM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED, AND COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE ENGINE. MANUFACTURER HAD A PARTIAL RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE, BUT IT ONLY APPLIED TO COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.*AK

THE CONSUMER BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC TO HAVE AN OIL CHANGE, AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE DEFECTIVE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT HIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, NUMBER 98V322000. *LA

MY 96 LINCOLN TOWNCAR BOGS DOWN, SPUTTERS, JERKS AND MISFIRES FROM A STANDING START. ALSO MISFIRES, SPUTTERS IN PASSING GEAR WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW YOU TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE WITH CONFIDENCE. AT THIS TIME THE SOLUTION HAS NOT BEEN FOUND. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, STEAM EMITTED FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONSUMER FOUND THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED, WHICH CAUSED WATER TO SPRAY OVER THE ENGINE. THE CONSUMER CLAIMED THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT WOULD NOT REPAIR THE PROBLEM. *AK THREE OF THE LOCAL DEALERS WERE WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *SC *JB

INTAKE ON MOTOR WAS MADE OF PLASTIC AND IT CRACKED. THE REPLACEMENT WAS REDESIGNED WITH ALUMINUM FRONT IN PLACE OF PLASTIC. IF PART WAS DESIGNED RIGHT WHY WAS REPLACEMENT MADE WITH ALUMINUM. THE COST OF THE PART WAS OVER 550.00 PLUS LABOR AND OTHER PARTS. *NM