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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004307287 | Incident Date: Oct, 21 2004 |
| Consumer's City: TAMPA | Consumer's State: FL |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company |
| Model Name: TOWN CAR | Model Year: 1996 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:cooling system |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1LNLM82W2TY | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Nov, 05 2004 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Oct, 17 1996 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Service manager stated that the intake manifold "blew" while checking engine rpm , resulting in loss of coolant and engine failure. further stated that his facility had replaced 30 defective plastic intake manifolds so far this year , 16 since april. he indicated that ford motor will replace at no cost to taxicab , police,and ford thunderbird owners , but not to individual out of warranty owners. cost to replace by the dealers book including labor $1241.00 design defect : intake manifold in replacement part changes the front coolant transfer section with metal section instead of plastic. rear section that transfers coolant also is not changed ,remains plastic. when is projected failure of rear plastic coolant part as this vehicle only had 59,126 miles on the odometer at the time of failure. ? i have retained the defective intake manifold and have documented with photo graphs the defective section with replacement part labels. *jb |
