1996 Mercury Grand Marquis

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/27/2009· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLINGFire

  CAR CAUGHT FIRE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR IN THE PAST DROVE ABOUT 2 MILES PARKED AND TURNED CAR OFF AND THE ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE. *TR

• 12/23/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROLCrash

  GEAR INDICATOR WAS IN THE REVERSE POSITION VEHICLE SURGED BACKWARDS, BRAKING SYSTEM WOULD NOT OVERRIDE THE ACCELERATION, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HIT A HOUSE. *AK

• 12/18/2001· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  WHIILE DRIVING INTAKE MANIFOLD BURST AT THE SEAMS. TOOK VEHICLE TO FORD DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

• 12/17/2007· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. IN AUGUST OF 2007, THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V336000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE FORD RECALL NUMBER IS 05S28. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS AND NEITHER HAD ANY AVAILABLE PARTS FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THERE HAD BEEN NO FAILURE TO DATE. THE PURCHASE DATE, POWERTRAIN AND CURRENT MILEAGE WERE UNKNOWN.

• 12/17/1997· SEATSCrash

  COLLISION OCCURRED, DUE TO THE DESIGN OF THE HEAD REST(TOO LOW) THE CONSUMER WAS INJURED.

• 12/17/1997· VISIBILITY

  DESIGN OF THE EXTERIOR REAR VIEW MIRROR OBSTRUCTS VIEW WHILE DRIVING.

• 12/15/2008· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD ON A 1996 FORD GRAND MARQUIS 4.6 LITER V-8. APPARENTLY THERE WAS SOME SETTLEMENT OFFER FROM FORD TO REPLACE THIS PART WITH AN ALUMINUM INTAKE HOWEVER DUE TO THE CAR NOT BEING DRIVEN MUCH, 70,000 MILES IN 12 YEARS THE INTAKE MANIFOLD DID NOT FAIL UNTIL RECENTLY. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT OPTIONS I HAVE IN FIXING THIS PART AND POSSIBLE REIMBURSEMENT OF THE $800 OR MORE IT WILL COST ME TO FIX IT. *TR

• 12/11/2002· SUSPENSION

  WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. CONSUMER STATES' VEHICLE WEAVES ALL OTHER THE ROAD IF THERE IS A DIP OR RAISE IN ROAD ITS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE. MR

• 12/10/2002· SUSPENSION

  WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE VEHICLE WEAVES ALL OVER ROAD. CONSUMER STATES' IF THERE IS A RAISE OR DIP IN ROAD THERES A TEMPORARY LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

• 12/09/1998· STEERING

  WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND MAKING ANY TYPE OF TURN TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT THERE IS A VERY LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. *AK

• 12/07/2005· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROLFire

  DT: THE CONTACT STATED VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND PARKED FOR ELEVEN HOURS. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT CONCLUDED THE FIRE STARTED AROUND THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN, ALSO, PICTURES WERE AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

• 12/06/2008· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROLFire

  WE OWNED A 1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS VEHICLE. THIS VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE IN JULY 2007 WITHOUT ANY WARNING PARKED IN FRONT OF OUR HOME WHILE WE WERE OUT OF TOWN. LUCKILY MY DAUGHTER AND GRANDDAUGHTER WERE HOME AT THE TIME TO CALL 911. WE DID NOT RECEIVE A RECALL NOTICE FROM FORD MOTOR COMPANY REGARDING A RECALL UNTIL 2 MONTHS LATER! HAD WE BEEN ABLE TO KNOW ABOUT THE RECALL, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED. MY WIFE AND I ARE SENIOR CITIZENS, ME IN MY 80'S AND SHE IN HER 70'S. HAD THIS HAPPENED WHILE WE WERE DRIVING WE WOULD HAVE NOT MADE IT OUT OF THE VEHICLE IN TIME! MY DAUGHTER DID EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ONLINE AND FOUND THERE WERE MANY COMPLAINTS PRIOR TO THE SAFETY RECALL #05S28. THESE AUTOMAKERS NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR SITUATIONS AS THIS, ESPECIALLY WHEN NUMEROUS CONSUMER COMPLAINTS WERE MADE PRIOR TO THE RECALL. WE'RE LUCKY TO BE ALIVE AND NOT BURNED! *TR

• 12/06/2004· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  THE AFFECED ENGINE IS THE 4.6L ENGINE WITH THE DEFECTIVE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD PART NUMBER F8AZ-9424-BC* INSTALLED IN 1996 AND UP ALL CROWN VICS,GRAND MARQUIS AND TOWN CARS. *AK THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. CONSIDER A FAMILY OF 6 TRAVELING AN INTERSTATE, AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, WHEN THE DEFECTIVE INTAKE MANIFOLD GIVES OUT AND A RAPID LOSS OF COOLANT OCCURS. THE DRIVER PANICS AND TRIES TO GET TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER, ONLY TO BE HIT BY AN 18-WHEELER. OR THE DRIVER GETS TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER AND A HIGHWAY PATROLMAN STOPS TO RENDER ASSISTANCE AND EVENTUALLY, A TOW TRUCK SHOWS UP TO TOW THE VEHICLE. ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE IN HARMS WAY, BECAUSE THE DEFECTIVE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS NOT PUT ON THE RECALL LIST. DO WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR PEOPLE TO DIE OR ARE SERIOUSLY INJURED, BEFORE THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY WILL FINALLY EXTEND THEIR RECALL NOTICE, FROM CERTAIN FORD CROWN VICTORIAS TO ALL VEHICLES HAVING THIS DEFECTIVE INTAKE MANIFOLD? THE DRIVING PUBLIC NEEDS YOUR HELP IN GETTING THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY TO EXTEND THEIR RECALL NOTICE TO INCLUDE ALL FORD PRODUCTS HAVING THIS DEFECTIVE INTAKE MANIFOLD. VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEB SITES, FOR COMPLETE DETAILS OF THE PROBLEM, I WANT TO AVOID. HTTP://WWW.COMPLAINTS.COM/JUNE2002/COMPLAINTOFTHEDAY.JUNE6.13.HTM HTTP://WWW.COMPLAINTS.COM/NOVEMBER2002/COMPLAINTOFTHEDAY.NOVEMBER4.26.HTM HTTP://PUBLIC.FOTKI.COM/TRSI/FORD_INTAKE_RECALL ( MUST VISIT WEB SITE) HOPEFULLY, AFTER YOU VISITED THESE WEB SITES, YOU WILL GET THE PICTURE. IN MY OPINION, THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY MUST BE MADE TO INCLUDE ALL

• 12/04/2002· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHILE DRIVING, THE MANIFOLD CRACKED AND ANTIFREEZE SPLASHED ALL OVER THE MOTOR, WHICH CAUSED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THE MANIFOLD WAS FAULTY AND WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL/YEAR. TS SCC *JB

• 12/04/1996· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  NOTICED DRIVE TRAIN VIBRATING AND SHAKING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE AT 70MPH.

• 12/03/2004· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKE FAILURE, REPLACEMENT OF LINE. BRAKE LINE HAD CORRODED. *BF THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT HAD COME ON. THE BRAKE WAS ALMOST ON THE FLOOR IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS LEAKING WHERE THE CORROSION WAS. *SC *JB

• 12/03/2000· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS ARE USELESS ON ASPHALT HIGHWAYS ESPECALLY IN THE RAIN. PARKING LIGHTS ARE BRIGHTER. LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY HAS A SHIELD OVER THE LOW BEAM BULB, IT BLOCKS TOO MUCH LIGHT. PROBLEM IS SO SERIOUS A RECALL IS IN ORDER.*AK

• 12/02/2004· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE PLASTIC INTAKE MANAFOLD CRACKED, RESULTING IN COOLANT SPRAYING ENTIRE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND LIMITING VISABILITY. ENTIRE RADIATOR WAS EMPTY IN MATTER OF SECONDS. REPLACEMENT PART WAS REDESIGNED ADMITTING THAT THERE WAS A DESIGN FAULT IN ORIGINAL.*AK

• 12/01/2010· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE HOME FROM WORK IN THE EVENING, THE CAR STARTED TO PUTTER, THEN SMOKE CAME POURING OUT FROM UNDER THE ENGINE HOOD BLOCKING MY VIEW FROM THE ROAD CAUSING CARS TO RACE AROUND ME AND ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT...ALSO STARTED COMING IN THE VENTS OF THE CAR, MAKING ME NAUSEA. EXTREME DANGER AND FEAR. I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED $65.00 AND THE REPAIR ESTIMATE CAME IN AT $900.00. CRACKED PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD. ??PLASTIC?? WHO DOES THAT? I HAVE BEEN UNEMPLOYED AND ONLY ABLE TO GET PART TIME EMPLOYMENT. I CAN'T AFFORD THIS REPAIR SO I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED BACK TO MY HOUSE...ANOTHER $65.00. THE CAR ONLY HAS 85,218 MILES ON IT AND HAS BEEN KEPT IMMACULATE. I CONTACTED MERCURY/FORD AND THEY SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. IN RESEARCHING, I SPENT HOURS READING HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF POSTINGS REGARDING THE SAME SITUATION...AND ALSO, THE SAME CAR, FORD CROWN VICTORIA HAS THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS A "SILENT RECALL" WHERE ONLY GOVERNMENT FLEET/POLICE CARS WERE TAKEN CARE OF. HOW NICE! THE REPLACEMENT WAS WITH A METAL PART, WHICH IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FROM THE BEGINNING. THIS IS AN EXTREME NEGLECT ON FORD/MERCURY PART. I BELIEVE THAT THE INVESTIGATION AND ACTION SHOULD BE BASED ON THE QUANTITY OF BOTH THE CROWN VICTORIA AND GRAND MARQUIS COMBINED, SINCE THEY ARE THE EXACT SAME CAR MANUFACTURED. PLEASE HELP! *TR

• 11/30/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED PLASTIC MANIFOLD INTAKE CRACKED, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO LOSE COOLANT, I WAS TOLD THIS WAS A PROBLEM FROM A GA STATE HERO UNIT WHO STOPPED TO GIVE ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 89,000 ORIGINAL MILES, TO ME THIS IS A PROBLEM AND BAD BUSINESS ON FORD'S PART. NOT TAKING CARE OF THE CUSTOMER!*AK

• 11/29/2006· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH ON NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS APPLIED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKE LINE BLEW AND BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING DUE TO A HOLE ON THE BRAKE LINE. THE DESIGN OF THE BRAKING SYSTEM WAS ANTI-LOCK. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNALS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP, WHO DETERMINED THAT THE REAR AND FRONT BRAKES WERE DEFECTIVE RESULTING IN THE WHOLE BRAKE LINES BEING REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND OFFERED REIMBURSEMENT BUT THE CONTACT HAD NOT HEARD FROM THE MANUFACTURER SINCE THEN. UPDATED 01/10/07. *JB

• 11/29/2005· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  HORN & CRUISE CONTROL STOPED WORKING , REPAIR SHOP SAID WIRING HARNESS IS BREAKING DOWN AT THE TIGHT BENDS .ALSO SAID THIS IS A COMMON COMPLAINT WITH THIS MODEL AND ITS SISTER MODEL. I HAVE NOT CORRECTED THIS AS OF YET. *JB

• 11/29/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  THIS AUTOMOBILE WAS PURCHASED NEW IN SEPTEMBER, 1996. THE CAR NOW HAS 31,066 ORIGINAL OWNER DRIVEN MILES ON IT. ON 11/27/99, I TOOK THE CAR INTO A LOCAL SHOP (EXPRESS OIL CHANGE) FOR BRAKE INSPECTION. THE CAR NEEDED FRONT BRAKE PADS AND WHEN THE FRONT WHEEL BRAKE ROTORS WERE TURNED, ALL THAT WAS LEFT ON THEM WAS .965 IN USEABLE METAL. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THE ROTORS WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED ON MY NEXT BRAKE PAD REPLACEMENT. I WALKED ACROSS THE STREET TO VULCAN LINCOLN-MERCURY DEALERSHIP AND ASKED MR. MARSHALL AVERY (SERVICE ADVISOR) WHY THE PROBLEM WITH BRAKE ROTORS ON MY AUTOMOBILE, AND HE STATED THAT FORD WAS NOT USING THE SAME METAL THICKNESS ONCE USED IN MANUFACTURE OF BRAKE ROTORS WOULD BE HIS GUESS. WHY DOES AN AUTOMOBILE WHICH IS MINIMALLY DRIVEN TO AND FROM WORK NOT HAVE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS LARGE ENOUGH IN THICKNESS TO ALLOW MORE THAN ONE TURNING? IT WOULD SEEM THAT FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAS REDUCED THE THICKNESS OF ITS BRAKE ROTORS TO A DANGEROUSLY THIN LEVEL. THIS IS A RIP-OFF OF THE AUTOMOTIVE CONSUMER IN THAT ONLY 31,000 MILES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH A PAIR OF FRONT BRAKE ROTORS AND ON THE NEXT BRAKE REPLACEMENT THE ROTORS MUST BE DISCARDED AND NEW ONES PURCHASED. IN ADDITION, IT IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION WHEREAS A SET OF ROTORS WHICH IS TURNED ONCE NOW IS BELOW THE MINIMUM DOT REQUIREMENT (.974) FOR THICKNESS. I HAVE SENT A NOTE VIA E-MAIL TO FORD MOTOR COMPANY TO THEIR CONSUMER ASSISTANCE CENTER, BUT HAVE NOT RECEIVED A REPLY. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW THIS SITUATION HAS COME ABOUT. I HAVE OWNED MANY VEHICLES, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME FRONT BRAKE ROTORS HAVE BEEN AN ALARMING ISSUE IN MY MAINTENANCE PROGRAM FOR MY CAR. THIS SITUATION CONCERNS ME DUE TO THE FACT THAT MY WIFE ALONE USES THIS CAR, AND I AM NO LONGER SURE OF THE SAFETY OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM. IT IS MY PERSONAL THINKING THAT THE USE OF A SPECIFIC FRONT BRAKE PAD WHICH IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE ROTOR THICKNESS HAS CAUSED UNDUE AND EARLY ROTOR WEAR ON THIS SIZE AUTOMOBILE. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

• 11/24/1999· SUSPENSION

  THE ENTIRE WHEEL FELL OFF DUE TO LACK OF LUBRICATION IN THE SUSPENSION SYSDTEM, AND IS THE RESULT OF MANUFACTURER HAVING NO GREASE FITTINGS. YH

• 11/22/2000· SEAT BELTS

  STARTED TO TRANSPORT MY GRANDCHIDREN WHO ARE IN NEEED OF CAR SEATS. SEAT BELTS WILL NOT RETRACT AFTER USING THEM 2 TIMES PRECLUDING USE OF THE CAR FOR TRANSPORTING THE CHIDREN. *AK

• 11/21/1996· POWER TRAIN

  ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT FROM D2 TO D1 AT 50 MPH, SHIFT LEVER STUCK, REQUIRING EXCESSIVE FORCE TO MOVE, RESULTING IN ACCIDENT/INJURIES.

• 11/19/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILURE.*AK

• 11/19/2003· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  HEADLIGHTS PRODUCED A THICK FILM COVERING THE LENS. AS A RESULT VISIBILITY HAD BEEN IMPAIRED. *AK

• 11/19/2003· SUSPENSION

  UPPER BALL JOINTS FAILED AT 70,000 MILES. DEALER STATED THAT WAS NORMAL. *AK

• 11/18/2005· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  MY CAR WAS NOT RUNNING CORRECTLY ONE DAY, SO I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC AND HE FOUND ANTI-FREEZE IN THE CYLINDERS. HE SAID THAT THE ANTI-FREEZE BLEW THROUGH PASSAGE ON INTAKE MANIFOLD INTO THE PISTONS, AND I HAD TO REPLACED THE ENTIRE MOTOR AND THE INTAKE WHICH COST ME $3400.00 ENABLE TO FIX. I CAN NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THEY USED A PLASTIC PART ON THE MOTOR. *NM

• 11/18/2004· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  INTAKE MANIFOLD ON 1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS FAILURE.*AK

• 11/18/1996· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  CONSUMER STATES THAT THE KEY WILL NOT WORK IN THE IGNITION, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP AND THE INGNITION WILL NOT TURN. *AK

• 11/16/2002· VISIBILITY

  THE A/C ELECTRONIC ACTUATOR MOTOR CONTROLS THE A/C AND DEFROSTER. THE UNIT FAILED SO THAT DURING DEFROST MODE ONLY COLD AIR WAS AVAILABLE. WHILE TRAVELING THE UNIT FAILED SO THAT I COULD NOT DEFROST THE WINDSHIELD. THIS UNIT SHOULD ONLY FAIL IN THE FAILSAFE STATE (PROVIDE HOT AIR) OR HAVE AN MANUAL OVERRIDE FOR THE DRIVER SO THAT HE CAN MOVE THE DOOR TO GET HOT AIR WHEN IN DEFROST DURING A FAILURE. DT

• 11/16/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  THE VEHICLE SHUDDERS AND VIBRATES WHEN TRAVELING IN 3RD AND 4TH GEAR AND THEN LOOSES POWER. NLM

• 11/16/1999· VISIBILITY

  ON-GOING / INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH DRIVER 'S SIDE POWER WINDOW FAILING TO OPERATE, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY WHEN UNABLE TO CLOSE OR UNABLE TO SECURE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

• 11/15/2001· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  THE INTAKE MANIFOLD ON MY VEHICAL IS THE SAME THAT IS ON ANY 4.6LTR ENGINE THAT FORD HAS PUT INTO PRODUCTION IN THE YEARS PRIOR TO 1998. WHEN FORD WENT TO A CASTED MANIFOLD. I KNOW THEY HAVE HAD SEVERAL FAILURES OF THIS PART. EVEN THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP PARTS MAN SAID THAT THIS PART SHOULD BE RECALLED. THAT TELLS ME THAT THEY HAVE HAD A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF FAILURES OF THIS MANIFOLD. BUT INSTEAD THE CONSUMER HAS TO PUT OUT AROUND 500 DOLLARS, TO REPAIR A DEFECTIVE PART. IS THERE ANY RECOURSE FOR THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM. I NOTICED SEVERAL OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS IN YOUR LISTING OF FAILURES. *AK

• 11/15/1996· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  FAST IDLE--800 RPM AT NEUTRAL. SELF-ACCELERATES ON FLAT SURFACE UP TO 9 MPH.

• 11/13/2000· STRUCTURE

  WHILE DRIVING, THE SIMULATED CONVERTIBLE TOP FLEW OFF, THE TOP FLEW OFF DUE TO NOT BEING INSTALLED PROPERLY, THE 3 STRIPS OF RUBBER ON THE ROOF STILL HAD THE PAPER ATTACHED TO IT INSTEAD OF BEING PEELED OFF TO SECURE THE FIBERGLASS TOP. *SLC

• 11/11/2012· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE

  THE CAR ALL OF A SUDDEN FELT DIFFERENT WHILE DRIVING ONE DAY, KIND OF SLUGGISH AND THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON. THE TEMP ROSE AND SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. WHEN I PULLED OVER TO LET COOL DOWN I COULDN'T START IT UP AGAIN. HAD IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHO SAID THAT THE ENGINE WAS SHOT. NOT WORTH REPAIRING. HAD IT TOWED BACK HOME AND ITS BEEN PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY EVER SINCE. *TR

• 11/10/2007· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  (DEFECT IN SPEED CONTROL EQUIPMENT RELATED) I RECEIVED THE LETTER INFORMING CONSUMER OF DEFECT IN SPEED CONTROL EQUIPMENT, IT IS NOW NOVEMBER, AND IT SEEMS LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIPS HIN ROCHESTER NEW YORK STILL HAVEN'T RECEIVED PARTS TO REMEDY THIS SITUATION IN A TIMELY BASIS. IT STATED FORD AND LINCOLN MERCURY DEALERS COMMITMENT "TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SERVICE AND SUPPORT" IT IS MY RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU ET THESE PARTS TO ROCHESTER NY AND ELSEWHERE ND FIX THIS DEFECT. THANK YOU. *TR

• 11/10/1998· STEERING,SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VISIBILITY

  WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THEY WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD. ALSO, THE WINDOW GEARS BROKE AND HAVE BEEN REPLACED. BUT THE PROBLEM IS STILL HAPPENING. IN ADDITION, THERE IS PROBLEM WITH THE IGNITION/ IT IS VERY HARD TO STEER THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE POWER STEERING FAILURE. TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND BANGS INTO GEAR WHEN ACCELERATING. ELECTRICAL FAILURES AS WELL. *AK *ML

• 11/09/2001· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  THE WATER JACKET ON THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED RIGHT BEHIND THE ALTERNATOR THE DEALERS CARY ATLEAST 6 MANIFOLDS IN STOCK AT ALL TIMES THEY HAD THE PROBLEM ON OTHER VEHICLES AND TOLD ME MINE WASNT ON THE LIST. *AK

• 11/09/1999· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROLCrash

  WAS PULLING OUT OF PARKING LOT WHEN VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. HAD FOOT ON BRAKES AT TIME, BUT BRAKES FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE. HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND FINALLY CAME TO A STOP AFTER FUEL CUT OFF SWITCH KICKED IN. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER & WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC WHO ACTIVATED THE VALVE IN TRUNK & WAS ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE. *AK

• 11/06/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STARTED VIBRATING. SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT FROM THE HOOD, THEN THE VEHICLE STALLED. THIS WAS CAUSED BY A CRACK IN THE HEAD GASKET. THE HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED.*AK

• 11/06/2002· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  CONSUMER STATED WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD OR BACKWARD AND DID NOT STOP EVENLY. TS DEALER MACHINED WARPED REAR AND FRONT ROTORS AND REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS. *TT

• 11/06/2001· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  AIR INTAKE PLENUM DEVELOPED A CRACK WHICH IN TURN SPRAYES COOLANT ONTO THE REAR OF THE ALTERNATOR. I KNOW THERE ARE MANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS PART BUT FORD WILL NOT REPLACE IT.THERE IS A LIMITED RECALL ON THIS PART BUT IT BEGINS LESS THAN 4 MONTHS AFTER THE BUILD DATE ON MY CAR, EVEN THOUGH THE PROBLEM DESCRIBED EXISTS ON MANY EARLIER MODELS. I WOULD LIKE MY CAR INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL BUT AM TOLD NO WAY BY FORD. ANY HELP IN THIS MATTER WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. *AK

• 11/05/2004· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING COOLANT. THE COOLANT CROSSOVER TUBE CRACKED AND WAS SPRAYING COOLANT INTO THE ALTERNATOR. IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES. FORD SHOULD HAVE RECALLED THESE VEHICLES TO REPAIR THEM.*AK

• 11/05/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  CONSUMER STATED INTAKE GASKET FAILED. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK. THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, HE SMELLED ANTIFREEZE AND NOTICED THE VEHICLE STARTED TO OVERHEAT, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THE PART WAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT, BECAUSE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD USED TO BE MADE OF CAST IRON AND NOW IT IS MADE OF ALUMINUM. *JB *SCC *JB

• 11/04/2004· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURED MANIFOLD IS MADE OF SOME SORT OF PLASTIC. THE REPLACEMENT MANIFOLD IS ALSO MADE OF THE SAME SORT OF PLASTIC, BUT HAS BEEN REVISED. LINCOLN MERCURY CONSIDERS THE NEW MANIFOLD IMPROVED. THE NEW ONE HAS AN ALUMINUM METAL ON THE FRONT SECTION OF MANIFOLD WHERE ALTERNATOR SUPPORT BRACKET BOLTS IN TO HOLD BACK OF ALTERNATOR. SPEAKING TO MANY GARAGES DEALING WITH THESE SAME TYPE OF VEHICLES IT WAS STATED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE TYPES OF VEHICLES. REASONING BELIEVED TO BE IS FROM THE VIBRATION OF ALTERNATOR BRACKET WHERE IT BOLTS INTO THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. THE INTAKE MANIFOLD BETWEEN THE 2 MOUNTING BOLTS OF THE ALTERNATOR BRACKET CRACKED ACROSS THE 2 BOLTS. *AK

• 11/04/2002· STEERING

  STEERING WHEEL FELL OFF WHILE DRIVING..TOTAL LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. MANAGED TO GET TO SIDE OF ROAD WITH LAST BIT OF STEERING. I NOTICED THAT CAR WAS NOT RESPONDING TO TURNING WHEEL. THE WHEEL ACTUALLY FEEL OFF OF THE COLUMN AND ROLLED INTO THE PASSENGER SEAT WHEN I TOOK MY HANDS OFF OF THE WHEEL. DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSIS: "STEERING WHEEL FELL OFF. DT