Intake manifold crossover, as I accelerated the crossover on the manifold ruptured, bursting, massive amounts of coolant to be expelled , causing severe fogging in the interior and exterior of car, coolant on highway interstate, creating a slick surface to other motorist. After contacting and surveying dealers and repair shops in the area, this seems to be a common problem in ford vehicles with the 4.6l v8. Ford does have a tsb, has done a recall on police and fleet vehicles, refuses to do consumer automobiles. This is a major problem. Dt
1996 Ford Crown Victoria engine complaints
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The plastic intake manifold on these 4.6l engines crack causing lost coolant. Ford motor company replaces them up to 6 or 7 years on t-birds, mustangs, and police cars and taxi's. Not regular crown vics, grand marque's and town cars. Why. The replacement you buy is inproved with aluminum cooling system passages. The replacement even gives a picture of where to look for the known defect, yet ford refuses to honor there mistake.
I wrote to the ford customer service department. They called me and said that since they did not issue a recall notice for my car, they would not reimburse me for the repairs. I checked with my dealer and their service department found that ford had made selective recalls of crown victorias, cougars, & mustangs that all had this same problem. My car had a defective part (non-moving) and blew out from normal heat and pressure. Ford should pay for this repair. Nlm
Consumer states the vehicle overheated and there was loss of coolant while driving, due to a crack in the intake manifold. Dealer and the manufacturer were notified. Feel free to provide any further information.
This component is historically made from cast iron or aluminum. The water chamber blew out because it was made from plastic. It caused excess vapor to come from hood. Failure was catastrophic and with no warning. Engine overheated immediately. The parts person at the dealer now performing the service (I was out of town when this happened to me) told me that they stock this part because of the constant failure. There have been recalls issued on other models with the same part but not on my specific model apparently. This should have been replaced proactively by the mfg. Based on the present failure rates.
While traveling at 25 MPH the temperature gauge went to hot, and consumer could smell antifreeze burning smell. Mechanic stated it was a cracked manifold behind alternater. Please provide any further information.
There is a strong antifreeze smell while driving, then, power steering started slipping. Vehicle was towed to dealer, cracked intake manifold needed to be replaced.*ak consumer states when pulling over, the engine was steaming from a crack in the intake manifold just behind the alternator, engine coolant was spraying onto the alternator and belt, the coolant leak disabled the power steering unit, the spark plug wires had also been contaminated due to the coolant leak and the thermostat had to be replaced.
My engine coolant leaks out via a cracked manifold intake. It causes the engine to overheat, and has damaged the alternator with leaking coolant.
My engine coolant leaks out via a cracked manifold intake. It causes the engine to overheat, and has damaged the alternator with leaking coolant.
While driving, the vehicle stalls in the middle of the road or during a turn, vehicle loses all power, causing loss of control, vehicle has crashed into a curb damaging tires and rims, dealer can not remedy the problem.
Vehicle stalls when making slow turns. Vehicle taken to dealer 6 times, cannot find cause.
Turning ignition on and vehicle exploded. Engine of was destroyed. Contacted dealer, and dealer stated that warranty has expired. Vehicle was repaired by consumer. Please add VIN.
The first time we experienced that anything was wrong was when the yellow engine light on the dashboard show up. We immediately went to nearst ford dealar service dept. (purvis ford in fredericksburg, va. They place the automobile under a diagnosis test and told us they had to replace a mass airflow sensor assy. They told us it was safe to drive the ford car the incident happen to us again and we called the purvis service dept. They had the car tow back to their service shop. They again put the car under the diagnosis computer an after 2 days of having it at their shop told us they could not find any wrong with our car. It now happen to us again on a route 3 going 55 miles an hr.,on heavily traveled road. Now here is the scary part, route 3 is a curvy and winding road. No accident has occurred, as yet. But when it does we could be wrapped around a tree going at 55 miles per. So please help us. We have been dealing a ford dealer by the name of "purvis ford and have had no solution to our problem every time we have left our car with them. We had to pay for a rental every time we leave the car there. "the problem is when are driving the steering wheel locks up and the engine quits". We have had this car serviced every 3000 miles since the day we bought it and we have the records to prove it.
Intake manifold has cracked, allowing water to leak and spray into alternator and destroy it. Manifold needs to be replaced. *ak also overheating caused transmission to fail, when the manifold leaked out all the coolant, there was no indication of it, because the temperature sensor does not register unless its in liquid.
While traveling at 70 MPH for about two hours consumer noticed a rattle and smoke coming from engine. Pulled over and noticed all radiator fluid had leaked to ground. Took car to ford, and they said intake manifold was cracked, and whole engine needed to be replaced.
I had my 1996 crown victoria in for its' regular preventative maintenance. My mechanic (whom I have been going to for 15 years) discovered the coolant was low. Upon further inspection; the manifold was found to have a crack in it and was slowly leaking out coolant. This is the original ford part and is not under a recall at this time. However, upon contacting my ford dealer - I was informed that this part has been recalled for the police vehicles (same make, model and year). I have been in contact with ford. They said if there would be a recall, I would be eligible for a refund for this repair. Ford gave me the federal safety agency's web site so I can move forward on a recall for this ford part. This is clearly a defective part - given the low mileage (less than 65,000) of my car. I want to know what else I need to do to pursue a recall for this defective part. Thank you.
While driving temperature gauge went up, car over heated. Consumer later noticed that intake manifold cracked.
On 10/26/2000, the mass air flow sensor was replaced due to the check engine light coming up and difficulty in starting the vehicle. After the replacement, these problems were solved. However, a new problem appeared. The vehicle stalled without any warning. It happened twice within a 24-hour period. In both incidents, it happened on a slow left turn after exiting an interstate highway. At the same time, the power steering was disabled. This created a major safety hazard since I had minimal control of the vehicle. In fact, I almost hit a lamppost. I contacted the dealer, but they could not identify the cause yet. In fact, they could not even reproduce the problem. I have a feeling that this is due to a defective mass air flow sensor, but the dealer does not agree. The dealer said that they are going to install a flight recorder on the vehicle to further investigate the cause of the problem.
Whenever the vehicle is in low idle engine would stall. Problem is intermittent & would have no warning. Been to dealership 3 different times & mechanic can not locate cause of problem. Had air flow sensor replaced due to check engine light coming on.
Manifold pipe is cracked, it is made out of plastic and water is leaking out, and vehicle overheated. Consumser has contacted the dealership.
Veh. # 1, "wife's car-1996 ford cv with a 4.6 ltr. 281cu engine suffered a cracked plastic manifold in april of 2000 while enroute to work. Vehicle has 85,000 miles on it. Cost of repair was $839.00 . Ford shop said that car was out of warranty. Veh. No. 2, "husbands car" sustained a cracked plastic intake manifold on 8-21-2000, car had 105,000 miles on it. Costs of repair was 739.00. Ford shop said that they were giving me a deal but that manuf. Warranty was expired. I spoke to approx. 22 ford dealers and parts house's and questioned the number of plastic manifold intake that have been replaced and found that this is a common failure and most places sell more than two dozen each month. Ford co. Refused to discuss the matter with me. Told me to write a letter and they would look at it.
While driving about 5 MPH and making a sharp turn on a city street engine stallled without prior warning.had not happened again since this date.*ak vehicle stalled 2 more times since sep 2000
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City of pensacola police vehicle a 1996 crown victoria, unit 842, caught fire while it was parked and shut off while parked under a carport damaging the rented mobile home and totalling the vehicle. Our jofficer was asleep at the time and was awaken by a neighbor who advised him that the vehicle was on fire. This could have been a fatality .ity
Defect in design caused the intake manifold to fail, manifold is constructed of plastic which is too weak of a material. Yh
Oil pan experiencing problem with severe rust and corrosion which causing oils leakages. Dealer / manufacturer were not contacted at this time.
While driving engine check light came on, and the next day consumer try to start vehicle, but it couldn't start. Engine had been replaced, problem still exits.
Engine rocker arm was replaced. Also, consumer experienced shaking and trembling when he drove vehicle.
It gets too hot because of catalic converter right under driver seat. Lack of proper insulation.
The above mentioned car was traded in at a lose to us, we now own a 97 taurus with no problems. Ford was contacted, but they did not seem to care, we depleted our savings account of $2000.00 in a month on this car. The dealer hasseled us, but eventually ate the cost to fix the plastic intake manifold. From sept. 15 on slightly chilly mornings it would not crank, it was worked on three different times and I was out of work for it. Then the head gaskets cracked, leaving me out of work and a savings, and in dec. The intake went out. The dealer ate the repair, but I had to have a more reliable car so I traded to a taurus. Apparently I was not the only one to get a "lemon".
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