Same old story plastic intake manifold cracked lost all water cost 900.00 to fix with tow. 92,000 miles come on ford get real step up and fix this.
1996 Mercury Grand Marquis engine complaints
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Regarding my 1996 mercury grand marquis. Engine fire on august 15,2007 in my driveway. Key off, vehicle driven and parked 1/2 hour before incident. I received fords recall notice on sept. 4, 2007.
Tl*the contact owns a 1996 mercury grand marquis. While driving 35 MPH, the vehicle began making a knocking noise and the contact noticed smoke rising from underneath the hood. She pulled the vehicle over and had it towed to the repair shop. The mechanic stated that the plastic intake valve melted. The purchase date was unknown. The current and failure mileages were 89,021. The dealer stated 1 set of disc pads, 2 new rotors, and clutch fan. Updated 09/25/07
Tl*the contact owns a 1996 mercury grand marquis. The contact started the vehicle and noticed smoke rising from the engine compartment. He then noticed that all of the coolant had leaked out of the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to a mechanic and they stated that the upper and lower intake gaskets needed to be replaced. The contact later found a recall that applied to the failures he was experiencing. The dealer stated that his VIN was not included in the recall. The vehicle was repaired and the contact wants to be reimbursed. The federal safety agency recall number was unknown. The failure mileage was 39,336 and current mileage was 40,000.
The intake manifold has a hairline crack on the rear heater hose inlet. Anti-freeze is seeping out into the #4 spark plug causing misfiring. This plastic manifold was previously replaced before the recall to repair defective manifolds. This is the replacement manifold with a separate aluminum hot water cross over in front.
I was driving my 1996 mercury grand marquis when steam started pouring from under the hood. I had to have my car towed and learned that the intake-manifold had cracked, causing coolant to pour all over the engine. The garage replaced the unit for a charge of $692 and told me everything was then fine. However, before I got home, my engine light came on. I took my car to the very reputable automobile repair shop that I use and upon checking, they said the wires, points, and plugs needed replacing, no doubt caused from the prior incident. This work cost me an additional $425.
Dt*: the contact stated the temperature gauge became inoperable, and while attempting to repair a leak in the intake manifold was noticed. The vehicle was taken to an independent repair shop where the intake manifold was replaced. There have been no further problems.
1996 grand marquis intake manifold failed, mechanic determined this needed to be replaced. *ts
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 $3400.00 enable to fix. I can not understand why they used a plastic part on the motor.
Dt: while driving the brake lines failed and had to be replaced. The owner came outside and saw the brake fluid on the ground and realized that the brake lines failed. The owner drove the vehicle with no brakes to the dealership and they repaired it. Then the owner realized that the brake lines were rusted.*ak the left rear seat belt was replaced twice. The wiper motor, wiper switch, drivers side mirror switch and rotors were all replaced. The turn signal switch, driver window switch , tail light , catalytic converter were replaced. The consumer was told the ball joints and shocks were bad. The battery was replaced.
Dt: the vehicle had problems with the intake manifold. The car was smoking while driving. The intake manifold was cracked. The vehicle had 90,000 miles on it. The owner was aware this was not a safety problem. The owner was upset with the dealership.
Plastic intake manifold split during travel through mountains causing all of the coolant to spew out. Overheating occurred immediately and caused severe damage to engine. Ford had issued a technical service bulletin 02-2-2 dated 1/17/2002 and subsequently redesigned part. This was a known problem that has not been properly communicated to the consumer resulting in extensive cost to the consumer with an engine replacement.
1996 mercury marquis ,,cracked composite intake head...$ 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.
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.
1996 mercury grand marquis suffered intake manifold failure.*mr
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
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.
Intake manifold on 1996 mercury grand marquis failure.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
1996 mercury grand marquis needed a new intake manifold. *mr the consumer had concerns about the plastic manifold. The consumer requested reimbursement. *sc
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.
While driving 50 MPH smoke came from underneath the hood. The dealer stated that the intake manifold cracked. *ak
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.
While driving consumer noticed head gasket was leaking coolant. The intake manifold was replaced at consumer's expense. *ak
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