Consumer Complaint Detail
FORD / CROWN VICTORIA / 1997
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 000089407 | Incident Date: May, 11 2000 |
| Consumer's City: JOHNSON CITY | Consumer's State: NY |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company |
| Model Name: CROWN VICTORIA | Model Year: 1997 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 2FALP74W3VX | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Dec, 20 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: 97 ford crown victoria and 97 mercury grand marquis with 4.6 v8 engines have both had the plastic intake manifold replaced due to cracking and leaking coolant and resulting in considerable expense. this owner joined a class-action suit held in federal court in oakland calif. and on 12-16-05 issued a judgment ruling that ford would reimburse for this problem. a very short three month period was provided for owners to claim this reimbursement. it is not known if the court required notification of the owners of this ruling. if it did this owner did not receive notification. the expense for both cars was $1500. ford notified fleet owners and offered replacement of the manifold. however, private owners were excluded. in view of this notification and the court ruling, reimbursement of this expense should apply to private owners. *jb |