1997 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS Complaints

BALL JOINTS SEPARATED WHEN VEHICLE WAS ON A FLOOR JACK AND CONSUMER WAS UNDER VEHICLE. *AK

THE WEB SITE WITH ALL THE COMPLAINTS IS THE FOLLOWING.HTTP://COMMENTS.FOTKI.COM/TRSI/ I DON'T FEEL IT'S FAR TO CONSUMERS TO MAKE A DEFECTIVE PART WHICH CAN DESTROY AN ENGINE. HELP DO SOMETHING FOR ME AND OTHERS LIKE ME. *AK

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, I HAVE A 97 GRAND MARQUIS WITH A CRACKED MANIFOLD, BUT MY ENGINE IS DESTROYED. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION OR IF I CAN JOIN THIS CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST FORD COULD YOU PLEASE FORWARD IT TO ME.. I'VE BEEN PRICING REBUILT ENGINES AND MOST RUN ABOUT $3000, I HAVE THE DOHC ENGINE WHICH IS VERY PRICEY. ANY HELP IN THIS ENDEAVOR WOULD BE GLADLY APPRECIATED..PLASTIC JUNK! I HAVE VISITED SEVERAL WEBSITES THAT HAVE MANY CUSTMERS OF FORD WHO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE PLASTIC MANIFOLD.. I AM SURPRISED BY ONLY SEEING 15 OR SO COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS. FORD HAS A RECALL ON THIS PART FOR OTHER VEHICLES BUT NOT MINE ALTHOUGH IT HAS THE SAME ENGINE AS THE OTHER VEHICLES. I DON'T HAVE $3000 FOR A NEW ENGINE AND WOULD LIKE SOME HELP WITH THIS PROBLEM..*AK

THE INTAKE MANIFOLD MELTED TWICE WITHOUT WARNING. AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE BECAME INOPERABLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

CONSUMER PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THERE WAS FLUID ALL OVER THE ENGINE BECAUSE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD, WHIC WAS MADE OF PLASTIC, CRACKED. CONSUMER CONTACTED LINCOLN MERCURY AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS THE DESIGNED FEATURES OF THE VEHICLE AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. *AK

PROBLEMS WITH INTAKE MANIFOLD ON 1997 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS.*MR THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED WHICH CAUSED ANTIFREEZE TO BE SPRAYED ONTO THE ENGINE. THE CONSUMER OBSERVED THAT THE REPLACEMENT MANIFOLD HAD AN ADDITIONAL PROTECTIVE METAL PLATE LOCATED AROUND THE FRONT FACE OF THE MANIFOLD DIRECTLY OPPOSITE THE ALTERNATOR. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT THE ADDITION OF THE METAL SHIELD IS PROOF THAT THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE POORLY DESIGNED ORIGINAL DESIGN THEREFORE HE FEELS THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED. THE CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE COST OF A NEW INTAKE MANIFOLD. *NM

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND STALLED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO CONSUMER'S HOUSE. HOWEVER, CONSUMER RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. UPON INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE BY THE DEALERSHIP THEY NOTICED THAT INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED, AND NEED TO BE REPAIRED. MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM, BUT WAS ONLY PAYING FOR THE REPAIRS ON FLEET VEHICLES. *AK *NM

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE BRAKES FAILED. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE REAR BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK *JB

PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD ON MY 1997 MERCURY GRAND MARQUEE MELTED ON ARIZONA FREEWAY . BY THE TIME I COULD SAFELY PULL OVER, MY CAR HAD LOST IT'S COOLANT AND CAUSED THE ENGINE TO BE DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR, MERCURY KNEW IF THIS PROBLEM BUT DID NOT NOTIFY ME. THE RESULT WAS A NEW ENGINE AT A COST OF $4871.45 I FEEL THAT THE FORD MOTOR SHOULD HAVE PAID FOR SOME PORTION OF THIS REPAIR. I HAD TAKEN MY CAR IN FOR ALL THE SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE AT THE REQUIRED INTERVALS AND WAS NEVER MADE AWARE OF THIS CONDITION. *LA

AIR FROM AIR CONDITIONER TURNED WARM; TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT UP TO ITS HIGHEST LEVEL; PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. GOT OUT OF CAR AND OBSERVED STEAM AS WELL AS LEAKING ANTIFREEZE. CALLED FOR TOW TRUCK WHICH TOOK CAR TO THE NEAREST AUTO REPAIR. TECHNICIAN NOT AVAILABLE. CAR THEN TOWED TO FORD MECURY DEALERSHIP IN BAKERSFIELD, CA WHERE THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A CRACK IN THE MANIFOLD. REPLACED THE MANIFOLD AT A COST OF $1600!!!!*AK