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|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005028310 | Incident Date: Jul, 10 2005 |
| Consumer's City: LYNWOOD | Consumer's State: CA |
| 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 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1LNLM81W1TY | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 11 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Feb, 09 2004 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I own a 1996 lincoln town car v-8 4.6 engine, which has a plastic intake manifold, terrible mistake by ford engineers, i made a temporary repair to move the vehicle from the middle of no were, it worked until i install the thermostat again to make the smog inspection to the car, the manifold crack again, leaking the anti-freeze, i get this car from a used car lot dealer, it only has around 85,000 miles, i check that there is a recall in this failure for the kind of engine, but not every owner qualifies for the repair, why? i all ready run my vin number in the ford website and do not show anything. from my point of view, ford motor company is liable for this engineering mistake, every body in this world that is mechanic oriented knows that plastic do not hold for temperature and pressure. my car vin [xxx]. this is a expensive repair and this is not part of normal wear or missed use, so i, in use of a tort law, award the same of others in similar circumstances, i want to have my car repaired by ford motor company. *js information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6) |
