Other Engine Info: EFI: Electronic Fuel Injection, Romeo Engine Plant
Plant City: Talbotville: St. Thomas
Plant Country: Canada
Plant State: Ontario
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: Base
Valve Train Design: Single Overhead Cam (SOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1997
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
WHILE DRIVING MY 1997 FORD CROWN VICTORIA DOWN THE HIGHWAY THERE WAS A GUSH OF SMOKE BEHIND MY CAR AND IT STARTED TO OVER HEAT. STOPPED AND FOUND ANTI FREEZE SPRAYING OUT OF EXHAUST MANIFOLD. HAD IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC THAT ADVISED ME THAT FORD HAD UPDATED PLASTIC MANIFOLD PART WITH AN ALUMINUM PART BUT DID NOT DO A RECALL. $1,000 DOLLARS LATER I WAS BACK ON THE ROAD. WE ARE FORD PEOPLE AND VERY DISAPPOINTED IN FORD FOR NOT RECALLING THIS ITEM. I HAD MY WHOLE FAMILY WITH ME AND 3 HOURS FROM HOME, HAD TO PAY FOR ANOTHER NIGHT OF LODGING AND FOOD ON TOP OF THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE BEING STRESSFUL I AM OUT $1,000 DOLLARS. WE ARE GOING TO WRITE TO FORD AND BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU. AFTER THAT WE WILL GO TO SMALL CLAIMS COURT. *NLM
1998
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
THE OUT TIE ROD EXPERIENCED PRE MATURE FAILURE. *JB