Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / CROWN VICTORIA / 1996

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006079557 Incident Date: Sep, 13 2006
Consumer's City: CLIFTON Consumer's State: IL
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: CROWN VICTORIA Model Year: 1996
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:exhaust system:manifold/header/muffler/tail pipe
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 2FALP74W9TX Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Sep, 20 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Feb, 13 2004
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: My wife while traveling to visit her son in a distant city, she pulled into a shopping center to call him, he lived nearby. he came to the shopping center in an effort to lead her to his residence. when leaving she noticed smoke and thought the vehicle caught fire. further investigation proved it was an ant-ifreeze leak. the failure was the intake manifold produced of an inferior material (nylon) a crack developed at 100614 miles causing the antifreeze to leak out and overheat the engine and cause more damage. within several day the auto went to the repair shop and the intake manifold was replaced a substantial cost. there was no recall present with this event however ford motor company had a class action suit with this event as its center piece. unfortunately the failure on my ford occurred after the class action suit expired. the suit was limited by a time frame. my thought is all nylon manifold will fail far short of the expectations of the life of the engine. *jb