| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 001083418 | Incident Date: Oct, 27 2001 |
| Consumer's City: TUCSON | Consumer's State: AZ |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company |
| Model Name: MUSTANG | Model Year: 1998 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Fuel system, gasoline:carburetor system |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1FAFP42X6WF | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Nov, 08 2001 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: May, 31 1999 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Intake manifold is cracked in the exact same place on the exact same part that had recalls the two previous years. recall number 97m91. i called ford and they said my vin isn't covered. obviously, whatever they did to "fix" the problem didn't work. there are also select vin's that are covered for the exact same problem in my year car. why would they only replace certain manifolds? they could have had left over intakes from the previous years faulty batch that they installed on various cars from my year, and think they will get away with not replacing it because my vin isn't showing up as made in factory "x" which had faulty parts made from a bad casting. curiously, the intakes from the two previous years have a 7 year no-questions-asked replacment program going on for the same car, same model, same engine. what did ford do to alleviate the problem for my year car? my guess is nothing. also, the way we found the crack initially was by a suggestion from a ford parts/service tech who specifically told me to "check the intake for a crack under the thermostat housing". isn't that a little too coincidental????*ak |
