Intake manifold made of plastic and it cracks. Replacement has metal where plastic was used, obvious a design defect.
1996 Mercury Grand Marquis engine complaints
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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.
Low antifreeze level during maintenance investigation revealed cracked in plastic intake manifold. Dealer indicates has seen this failure signature before.
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.
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.
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!
Intake manifold failure.
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.
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
Intake manifold cracked, causing vehicle to overheat and stall while driving. Dealership indicated that manifold cracked because it's made of plastic.
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
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 federal safety agency. A back up email address is: [email protected]
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.
Cracked intake manifold, causing overheating and lost of coolant while traveling at highway speed. 1996 mercury grand marquis 4.6l engine.
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 the federal safety agency site for same item.
While driving and without any indication smoke started coming from under the hood. The technician serviced the vehicle and noticed the manifold was cracked. *ak *scc
The plastic intake manifold cracked and leaked anti freeze all over the engine compartment. This resulted in the vehicle overheating while driving at highway speed.
Plastic intake manifold cracked 4 inch crack behind distributor.
While driving manifold cracked, causing a fire in the fuel tank. Dealer notified. *ak while driving the manifold cracked which caused antifreeze to leak from the vehicle. The dealer indicated that the manifold was a defective part and that they replaced many of them with the same type of failure. *scc
Sudden loss of engine coolant due to failure of plastic intake manifold behind alternator.
Heating cooling system = car overheated and mechanic found a cracked intake manifold. There have been quite a few complaints on this by other owners - one dealer even states this is a defective manifold. Believe ford should recall these or repair them when needed as they are defective.
There was a defect in intake manifold, which was described in the tsb 630628. Please provide more details.
The intake manifold over heated and cracked, which caused fluid to leak.
The vehicle experienced intake manifold problems. *ak
Manifold cracked allowing antifreeze to splash over engine. Do not understand why they would make a manifold out of plastic given the cooling and heating area of the engine. Understand there have been several complaints, one in which a dealer apparently stated that the manifold was defective and this is a common problem with the vehicle.
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
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Consumer states, while driving vehicle noticed a smoke under the hood. Plastic manifold was causing the burning and damaging engine. Dealer has been notified. Provide further information. Ts
The plastic manifold cracked, which caused the vehicle to overheat.mr
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