| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005035745 |
Incident Date: Aug, 17 2005 |
| Consumer's City: PICKENS |
Consumer's State: SC |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO |
Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company |
| Model Name: GRAND MARQUIS |
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#: 2MELM75W0VX |
Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Aug, 24 2005 |
Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police:
No |
Purchase Date:
Feb, 06 2005 |
| Was Original Owner:
No |
Anti-lock Brakes:
Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 |
Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed:
- |
Description of the Complaints:
My wife, and i were comeing home, after eating lunch, going about 50 mph, when a big cloud of smoke,steam come from the motor compartment," i almost hit a on comeing car, because the smoke, and steam was so "sudden, and thick". i pulled over as soon as possible, to find anti-freeze all over the motor compartment, and all under neith the car, even on all (4) tires. if we had been on a much busyer hwy, some one could have easily gotten hurt, are killed ! after getting a car hauler to take the car to my home, we found out the manifold was a defected part on the fault of the manufacturer of the manifold ! this is a part that is defected, not warn-out. my car does`nt have but 77,000 miles," i know the problem has been corrected," but "who" is going to fix my car? the lowest estimate was $624.00 ! my wife and i are both disable,and we live month, by month on a very low disabity cheeck, and we can`t afford to be paying what we live on, because a manufacturer`s did`nt preform the test enough,are tried a shourt-cut that could, and will hurt, are mayby kill some one," if not already.
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