1996 Mercury Grand Marquis complaints

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

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

DT: WHILE DRIVING THE BRAKE LINES FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE OWNER CAME OUTSIDE AND SAW THE BRAKE FLUID ON THE GROUND AND REALIZED THAT THE BRAKE LINES FAILED. THE OWNER DROVE THE VEHICLE WITH NO BRAKES TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPAIRED IT. THEN THE OWNER REALIZED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED.*AK THE LEFT REAR SEAT BELT WAS REPLACED TWICE. THE WIPER MOTOR, WIPER SWITCH, DRIVERS SIDE MIRROR SWITCH AND ROTORS WERE ALL REPLACED. THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH, DRIVER WINDOW SWITCH , TAIL LIGHT , CATALYTIC CONVERTER WERE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE BALL JOINTS AND SHOCKS WERE BAD. THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED. *JB

DT: THE VEHICLE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. THE CAR WAS SMOKING WHILE DRIVING. THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED. THE VEHICLE HAD 90,000 MILES ON IT. THE OWNER WAS AWARE THIS WAS NOT A SAFETY PROBLEM. THE OWNER WAS UPSET WITH THE DEALERSHIP.*AK

I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING GEAR BOX IN THE MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS 1996 AND ANY OTHER VEHICLES WHICH USE THIS SAME COMPONENT IN THEIR VEHICLE. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THERE IS EXCESSIVE PLAY INSIDE THE STEERING GEAR BOX. I AM SURE THAT THIS PROBLEM IS THE GEAR BOX NOT SOME OTHER COMPONENT OF THE SYSTEM. THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE PLAY INSIDE WITHIN THE GEAR BOX IS TRANSLATED TO THE ROAD IN THE FORM OF POOR HANDLING,SWAYING ETC. I CHANGED MY UPPER, LOWER BALL JOINTS,TIE RODS, PITMAN ARM ,TIRES,SWAY BARS,IDLE ARM,AND ALIGNED AND ALSO REPLACED THE GEARBOX WITH A REBUILT GEARBOX THIS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT GEARBOX REBUILT MIND YOU HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE PREVIOUS GEAR BOX. THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE IS DRIVEN BY A LOT OF SENIORS, CAB COMPANIES ,ETC. THE NEWER MODEL VEHICLES OF THIS TYPE USE A DIFFERENT GEAR BOX WHICH I AM PRETTY SURE IT DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE OLDER MODELS HAVE. AS FAR AS HAVING THE OLD PART I GAVE IT TO THE COMPANY THAT I PURCHASED THE NEWLY REBUILT ONE FROM AS A CORE. *NM

PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD SPLIT DURING TRAVEL THROUGH MOUNTAINS CAUSING ALL OF THE COOLANT TO SPEW OUT. OVERHEATING OCCURRED IMMEDIATELY AND CAUSED SEVERE DAMAGE TO ENGINE. FORD HAD ISSUED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN 02-2-2 DATED 1/17/2002 AND SUBSEQUENTLY REDESIGNED PART. THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM THAT HAS NOT BEEN PROPERLY COMMUNICATED TO THE CONSUMER RESULTING IN EXTENSIVE COST TO THE CONSUMER WITH AN ENGINE REPLACEMENT.

1996 MERCURY MARQUIS ,,CRACKED COMPOSITE INTAKE HEAD...$ 1100.00 REPAIRED. I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS A FLEET RECALL FOR THIS, BUT NOT FOR PERSONALLY OWNED VEHICLES.I FEEL CHEATED...THE COMPOSITE HEADS ARE DEFECTIVE. *AK

I WAS DRIVING HOME AND MY CAR BEGAN OVERHEATING. THE NEXT DAY I BROUGHT IT TO A REPAIR SHOP. THEY TOLD ME THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED AND THAT THERE HAD BEEN RECALLS ON THE ENGINE IN MY CAR FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM. THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE HAD BEEN SEVERAL INSTANCES OF THIS REPAIR BEING DONE UNDER RECALL. THEY USED THEIR RESOURCES TO OBTAIN DOCUMENTATION OF RECALLS BEING ISSUED FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM. I CONTACTED FORD MOTOR CORP. CUSTOMER SERVICE AND SPOKE WITH A REPRESENTATIVE WHO TOLD ME THAT MY PARTICULAR CAR HAD NO OUTSTANDING RECALLS ASSOCIATED WITH IT. THE REPEATED OCCURENCE OF THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN NOTED BY ME THROUGH SEVERAL INSTANCES OF CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS POSTED ON THE INTERNET. THE EXACT PROBLEM IS WITH A PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD WHICH DEVELOPS A CRACK NEAR THE THEMOSTAT AND LEAKS COOLANT.*AK

1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS SUFFERED INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILURE.*MR *NM

COMPLAINT RECEIVED VIA E-MAIL. WE JUST HAD OUR PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD REPLACED, COSTING $852.28. AFTER SO MANY MILES, THE PRESSURE MAKES THE FRONT END OF THE MANIFOLD CRACK AND LEAK. OUR MECHANIC HAS REPLACED MANY OF THESE FAULTY PLASTIC MANIFOLDS ,AND HE SAID EVENTUALLY ALL EARLY MODELS OF THE MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS WILL HAVE TO HAVE THIS PART REPLACED. HE SAID THE FORD COMPANY HAS REPLACED THIS MANIFOLD ON LATER MODELS, STARTING WITH 2002 WITH AN ALUMINUM PART WHERE THE PROBLEM WAS. *AK *TC

THE VEHICLE WAS MAKING A NOISE. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE FRONT FRAME BROKE, AND LEANED AGAINST THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. VEHICLE PREVIOUSLYBROKE AT DIFFERENT POSITION. DEALER WILL NOT LET THE CONSUMER REMOVE THE VEHICLE FROM THE SHOP UNTIL IT HAD BEEN REPAIRED.*AK.....THE WAS THE SECOND TIME THAT FRAME BROKE FOR NO REASON.*AK

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 CO

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

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

INTAKE MANIFOLD ON 1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS FAILURE.*AK

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

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

CONSUMER NOTICED THAT VEHICLE WAS LEAKING COOLANT. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED AND COOLANT SPILLED INSIDE THE ENGINE. MECHANIC INDICATED THE NEED TO REPLACE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. *AK *NM

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT THE HEAD LIGHTS WERE VERY DIM. IT LOOKED AS IF THERE WERE NO LIGHTS ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER HAD TO DRIVE WITH THE HIGH BEAMS ON TO SEE. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THEY TOLD THE CONSUMER THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A INDEPENDENT SHOP. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED AND COOLANT SPILLED INSIDE THE ENGINE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *JB

MY CAR INTAKE CRACKED. THE CAR DEALERSHIP INFORMED US THAT THERE WAS A RECALL OF POLICE VEHICLES BY MERCURY/FORD FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT NOT TO CONSUMERS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND PULLED OVER. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

SUDDEN LOSS OF COOLANT DUE TO A FAILURE OF THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD. RE-PLACEMENT PART HAS BEEN REDESIGNED WITH A METAL AREA WHERE FAILURE OCCURRED. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL. VEHICLE HAS 86,000 ORIGINAL MILES ON IT.*AK

REAR BRAKE FAILURE.REAR BRAKE LINES RUSTED AND SPRUNG A LEAK LOSING ALL BRAKE FLUID AND THE BRAKES TO BE ABLE TO STOP. *AK

1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS NEEDED A NEW INTAKE MANIFOLD. *MR THE CONSUMER HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THE PLASTIC MANIFOLD. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT. *SC *JB

MY CAR (1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS) DEVELOPED A CRACK IN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD LEADING TO COMPLETE LOSS OF COOLANT AND OVERHEATING WHILE TRAVELING THROUGH WYOMING. IT WAS THEN TOWED TO A SMALL TOWN REPAIR SHOP, WHERE THIS PROBLEM WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION, AND THAT MANY CARS HAD A RECALL FOR THIS. UNFORTUNATELY, FOR CIVILIAN CARS THERE IS NO RECALL WHICH LED TO A REPAIR COST OF $1132.00. *LA

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH SMOKE CAME FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED. *AK *NM

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER NOTICED HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING COOLANT. THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS REPLACED AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. *AK *NM

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH VEHICLE OVERHEATED. DEALERSHIP INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM PERTAINED TO CRACKS IN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. *AK

INTAKE MANIFOLD MADE OF PLASTIC AND IT CRACKS. REPLACEMENT HAS METAL WHERE PLASTIC WAS USED, OBVIOUS A DESIGN DEFECT.*AK

I PURCHASED A PRE-OWNED,LOW MILEAGE 1996 GRAND MARQUIS MERCURY LS[XXX] FROM A LOCAL CAR DEALER IN JANUARY 2000. THE CAR WAS IN IMMACULATE CONDITION WITH ONLY 57800 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. NOVEMBER,2003,WHILE DRIVING THE CAR,I LOST ALL BRAKING.MY LOCAL REPAIR SHOP FIXED THE PROBLEM[BRAKE LINE FAILURE].WHILE AT MY STATE INSPECTION IN MARCH,04,THE BRAKE LINE "BLEW" OUT AGAIN WHILE THE TECHNICIAN WAS TESTING THE BRAKES. I FEEL THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY FACTOR. I VALUE MY LIFE AND I FEEL THERE SHOULD BE A RE-CALL ON THIS PROBLEM. SO FAR,REPAIR BILLS TOTAL OVER $500. THIS IS A GREAT AUTOMOBILE EXCEPT FOR THE BRAKE PROBLEM I AM EXPERIENCING. *AK UPDATED 07/26/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

FLAMES SHOT FROM UNDER THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND THE TRANSMISSION AREA BEFORE THE ENTIRE ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE. *PH VEHICLE SHOWED SYMPTOMS OF HAVING HOSE LEAKING WITH ANTI-FREEZE BEFORE FIRE WENT OFF. ALSO, THE ENGINE AND FIRE WALL WAS BURNED, CONSUMER WASN'T ABLE TO DISTINGUISH THE CAUSE OF FIRE. *LA

LOW ANTIFREEZE LEVEL DURING MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATION REVEALED CRACKED IN PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD. DEALER INDICATES HAS SEEN THIS FAILURE SIGNATURE BEFORE. *JB

CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED, CAUSING FLUID TO LEAK ONTO THE ENGINE. *AK THIS LED TO THE BLEW UP OF COOLANT IN THE MOTOR AND OVER HEATING OF THE VEHICLE. SERVICE DEALER REPLACED INTAKE MANIFOLD. *LA

SEPTEMBER OF 2003 THE INTAKE MANIFOLD BLEW IN MY CAR ON MY WAY TO MY DADS FUNERAL AND I CONTACTED THE FORD COMPANY ABOUT IT AND THEY SAID IT WAS GOING TO COST ME 690.00 TO GET IT FIXED AND I SAID THAT WASNT RIGHT. THEY RECALLED THE POLICE CARS AND TAXI CABS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM BUT WOULD NOT RECALL THE CONSUMERS VEHICLES. I TOLD THEM THAT I KNEW THEY HAD BROUGHT THOSE VEHICLES BACK SO THEN THEY OFFERED TO DO THE JOB FOR 590.00 STRANGE ISNT IT!! I GOT THE JOB DONE BUT I STILL THINK THAT THEY SHOULD RECALL THESE VEHICLES. THEN TODAY I WENT OUT TO GET IN MY CAR WHICH I JUST DROVE YESTERDAY AND NOW IT WONT RUN AGAIN NOW ITS THE COMPUTER THAT WENT OUT IN IT AND IT IS GOING TO COST ME ANOTHER 130.00 TO GET A NEW COMPUTER , THIS IS NOT GOOD THIS CAR IS THE FIRST NEWER CAR THAT I EVER OWNED IT IS A 1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS YES I KNOW IT ISNT THAT NEW AND YES IT HAD ALOT OF MILES ON IT BUT THEY NEW OF THE PROBLEM AND STILL SHOULD HAVE RECALLED THESE VEHICLES TO GET THEM FIXED . I HOPE YOU CAN HELP THANK YOU.YES I DID PUT 6 PEOPLE GOT HURT BUT WE REALLY DID BECAUSE WE HAD NO WAY TO GO AWAY BECAUSE WE ONLY HAD 1 OTHER VEHICLE AND IT WAS A CHEVY S10 AND WE COULD NOT ALL GO AWAY IN THAT THANKS AGAIN

PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED. DEALER TOLD US THIS WAS VERY COMMON AND WOULD COST $977.00 TO REPAIR. THIS SEEMS EXCESSIVE SINCE THE CAR HAS ONLY 75,000 MILES. FORD HAD A RECALL FOR THEIR BIG CUSTOMERS BUT THE LITTLE GUY WILL TAKE IT IN THE SHORTS. THIS PART SHOULD LAST FOR THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE. *JB

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

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

INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILURE.*AK

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

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

POWER WINDOWS MALFUNCTIONED. *AK THE WINDOW BECAME STUCK. THE REGULATOR(S) HAD BROKEN AND THE TRASMISSION SLIPPED. *SCC

INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT AND STALL WHILE DRIVING. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT MANIFOLD CRACKED BECAUSE IT'S MADE OF PLASTIC.*AK

PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED CAUSING PREMATURE DAMAGE TO VEHICLE.*MR CONSUMER STATED FORD WAS AWARE OF THE FAILURE BECAUSE THEY ENTERED A RECALL TO FLEET OWNER'S ONLY. THIS INCLUDED TAXI CABS, AND ALL POLICE DEPARTMENTS. THERE WAS NO RESTRICTION ON MILEAGE. FORD HAS MADE THE CROSSOVER PIPE OF THE NEW MANIFOLDS OUT OF ALUMINUM. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD "THE VIN WASN'T RECALL AND IT WASN'T UNDER WARRANTY." *PH *NLM

I TOO HAVE RECENTLY SUFFERED FROM THE FORD DEFECT - INTAKE CRACK AT APPROXIMATELY 85,000 MILES AS SO MANY OTHER HAVE WITH THE 4.6 LITER ENGINE. THE LOCAL DEALERS SAY THEIR IS CURRENTLY NO RECALL BUT THEIR IS AN EXISTING RECALL FOR POLICE AND TAXI CABS. PURCHASED THE "NEW STYLE" INTAKE FOR APPROXIMATELY $450.00 AND REPAIRED MYSELF. I WILL BE HOLDING ON TO THE RECEIPT WHEN FORD REALIZES THEY BETTER PUT A RECALL ON THIS TO REGAIN THE TRUST OF LOYAL BUYERS! I WILL ALSO BE REPORTING A COMPLAINT TO THE NHTSA. A BACK UP EMAIL ADDRESS IS: [email protected] *LA

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A MAJOR HIGHWAY, THE MANIFOLD CRACKED AND A CLOUD OF SMOKE COME OUT FROM BEHIND MY CAR. I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A HOSE. AFTER HAVING IT TOWED TO A REPAIR STATION, I FOUND OUT THAT THE MANIFOLD HAD CRACKED AND THAT IT WAS MADE OUT OF PLASTIC. IT COST OVER $500 TO FIX IT. *LA

CRACKED INTAKE MANIFOLD, CAUSING OVERHEATING AND LOST OF COOLANT WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. 1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS 4.6L ENGINE. *JB

1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS, WHICH HAS A PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD, STARTED LEAKING COOLANT OVER THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE. PLASTIC CRACKED IN FRONT SECTION ALLOWING COOLANT LOSS TO SPRAY ALL OVER. VISITED LOCAL DEALER, PALM BEACH LINCOLN-MERCURY WHO ADMITTED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND IS RECALLED ON SOME NEWER MODELS BUT THERE IS NOT RECALL, FREE OR PAID REPLACEMENT ON THIS ITEM. REPAIRS COST IN EXCESS OF $800.00 TO HAVE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD REPLACED. PLEASE COMMENCE INVESTIGATION AS THERE ARE NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS ON NHTSA SITE FOR SAME ITEM. *JB

1996 GRAND MARQUIS LS BURNED ITSELF TO A COMPLETE LOSS,FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE

1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS LS, VIN: [XXX] FRONT TIE ROD SEPARATION FROM WHEEL WHEN FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEAL BALL JOINT SNAPS IN HALF. ESTIMATED SPEED AT TIME OF BALL JOINT FAILURE WAS BETWEEN 1-5 MPH IN A PARKING LOT. FIRST NOTICED WHEN BACKING OUT OF PARKING SPACE, HANDLING WAS POOR, TIE ROD SEPARATED COMPLETELY. CAR IS BEING SERVICED BY NYS DOT CERTIFIED C AND D AUTOMOTIVE, STATE ROUTE 104, ONTARIO, NY 14519. THIS VEHICLE WAS IN LATE JUNE, EARLY JULY OF 1999 FOR A REPLACEMENT OF THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE BALL JOINT SEAL DUE TO LOUD NOISES COMING FROM FRONT DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL AREA AND QUIVERING STEERING FEEL. *JB INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR