Automatic transmission and catalytic converter failed. *ak
1997 Mercury Grand Marquis engine complaints
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The plastic intake manifold cracked, which caused coolant to leak onto the engine.
1997 mercury grand marquis cracked plastic intake manifold.
Nar 02/10/2003. The engine began to overheat. The consumer stopped to a local mechanic and the problem was diagnosed as a intake manifold leak. Ford refused to cover the repair under warranty.
While driving the vehicle at 25-30mph the intake manifold broke. Dealer has been notified. Please provide further information. Ph
Failure of intake manifold was sudden/catestrophic and happened at highway speed. Engine coolant caused a cloud of steam so thick, forward vision was completely blocked. Blocked forward vision could have caused a serious accident. Dt
While driving the vehicle at 40pmh the engine intake manifold developed a cracked and lose all antifreeze. Dealer has been notified. Please provide further information. Ts
In november of 2001 I left for a trip in my mercury, about halfway to my destination, the intake manifold of my car failed, the entire contents of my coolant system evacuated in less than one minute. I thought I had ruptured a hose, upon closer inspection; it appeared to me that a hose had blown close to the engine block in a place that I could not see well. A mechanic at the dealership informed me the next day that the intake manifold was plastic and that it had cracked. But luckily for me he would help me out, he happened to have a spare manifold that he had taken off of another car like mine. Apparently, someone had blown a head gasket in their 97 grand marquis and the owners were convinced that it was the intake manifold. So the mechanic replaced their manifold and kept their old one that was still good. The mechanic was willing to sell me the manifold and replace the broken one on my car for about half the price it was going to cost me to have the dealership replace it. The dealer would have billed me nearly $600.00, so I told him to perform the repairs. He told me that they had some problems with the plastic intakes and had redesigned them. The one he placed on my car was supposedly of the new design. Later in a momentary lapse of judgment I told him to dispose of the original, which I believe was cracked in the same place as the one in the pictures found at this website http://public.fotki.com/trsi/ford_intake_recall/ last night as I was running some errands around town, my car started to overheat. I thought nothing of it I figured I might have a hole in a heater hose. Since I recently started using the heater in the car. The car ran hot all the way home no matter what I did or how much air I tried to pass through the radiator. In the path to or from the radiator from the heater core. The heater hoses go through the intake manifold. The plastic fitting that accepts the heater hose has a hairline crack running its entire length. Dt
The intake manifold is made of a plastic material. It developed a crack and a major coolant leak at the front of the manifold. The car was running at normal temp before the failure, it just cracked with no warning. This is a major fix because the entire intake manifold has to be replaced. The cost of the part alone is $283. This is a defective part, in my opinion. Dt
Consumer notice coolant smell inside vehicle while traveling soon after notice temperature gauge rising with indication light flashing. Consumer pull vehicle over look under hood and notice coolant under hood and ground vehicle was service intake manifold need to be replace. Mr the consumer states that ford acknowledges this problem to fleet owners and has a recall, but aren't addressing the problem. The consumer states that he has made the repairs with parts purchased from the ford dealer. (cracked along the seam, dumped coolant all over the upper engine and onto the ground)
While driving noticed smoke under the hood. Plastic manifold was causing the burning, and damaging wire and alternator. Dealer has been notified.
Coolant is leaking from intake manifold . Dealer contacted. *ak the dealer replaced defective plastic intake manifold piece with a metal part.
Intake manifold on engine cracked while being driven 60 MPH, producing smoke from rear. Please describe details.
While driving, consumer noticed steam coming from the engine. Vehicle was taken to mechanic, plastic engine intake manifold was cracking at the seam.*ak
I puchased my vehicle new in 1997. The harmonic balancer had two major cracks which resulted in damage to the crank shaft which resulted in the vehicle requiring a new engine. This vehicle had only 68000 miles and was never involved in an accident. An independent mechanic who examined my vehicle explained he had never seen something of this nature in all his years of repairing vehicles. Since this vehicle has never been in a accident, all indications are that this is a severe manufacturing defect. If this engine had exploded, it could have caused severe injury to the driver.
This part is made of plastic. Plastic is an unsuitable material for a major component that is subject to frequent heating and cooling, vibration, and aging. The failure of this part occurs suddenly and catastrophically. The driver risks total loss of power from the engine and control of the car if they continue to drive. The driver and occupants are at risk to death and injury if this part fails in unsafe areas, in inclement weather, or at night. This defect is a "no brainer" when you consider the long history of successful operation of automobiles with intake manifolds made with cast iron or cast aluminum.
Two catalytic convertors have burned out while consumer was driving vehicle. Has not contacted dealer.*ak
Rattling noise coming from engine, on the first start up due to the oilfeed back from lack of oil to the tappets and last several minutes, the hydraulic lifters are not holding their oil pressusre overnight,consumer was told by dealer this is a characteristic of this design.
Engine shut down completely while proceeding across a busy intersetion, consumer was able to shift into neutral and restart engine while still rolling and continued on,engine check light would stay on, consumer had aarm reman sensor asy-engine elec. Replaced, and also PCM reprogrammed.
When driving no more than a block consumer noticed temperature gauge go up. Also, steam was coming from engine compartment, all coolant was lost. Consumer contacted dealer. Dealer noticed intake manifold needed replacing. *ak the consumer states similar year and models had a recall and this vehicle should be included.
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Computer has to be 'reflashed' every 20,000 miles approximately because of lost data controlling engine timing and optimum automatic shift performance. This could lead to early engine failure.
Temperature gauge failed.
Water pump failed. Nlm
Engine fire after sitting in driveway for four hours. Referenced in ea02-025
Driving approximately 65mph and suddenly heard a loud nosie,lost control of vehicle which resulted in an accident and vehicle was totaled . Drive belt was on side of highway which leads me to believe it was a defective drive belt.
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