1996 FORD CROWN VICTORIA Fuel System, Gasoline Problems

I PURCHASE MY VEHICLE ON OCTOBER 24TH, 2011 FROM A PRIVATE PARTY WHO SAID, "THE COOLANT LEAK", BUT THE VEHICLE OVER HEATED WHEN I DROVE IT HOME LESS THAN 3 MILES AWAY THE HOOD OF MY CAR WAS SMOKING. AFTER TAKING IT TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WITH MY FRIEND WHO DROVE HIS CAR TO ENSURE MY SAFETY, MY CAR BEGAN TO OVER HEAT AFTER DRIVING IT FOR 10 MINUTES! I WAS SO FRANTIC THAT I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BURNED UP IN THE CAR. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THE NEXT DAY IT WAS THE INTAKE MANIFOLD AND INFORM ME THAT THIS MAY BE A RECALL AND TO CHECK WITH THE FORD CORPORATION AND I DID CALLED FORD CORPORATION AND FOUND OUT THIS VEHICLE HAD CONTROL CRUISE HARNESS AND A INTAKE MANIFOLD RECALL ID IS 01M02, THE DEALERSHIP FOR CAMELBACK FORD IN PHOENIX, MR. CHAD MCDOWELL OFFER THIS RECALL NUMBER BUT HIS EMPLOYEE [XXX] OFFER TO HELP ME FIX THE BOTH PROBLEMS, THEN LATER ON NEGATED. I FEEL A RECALL OF ANY VEHICLE SHOULD NEVER BE EXPIRED BASE ON THESE ISSUES OF SAFETY AND REGARDLESS OF A SETTLEMENT THAT MAY HAVE BEEN REACHED, THERE ARE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO NEED TO HAVE THEIR VEHICLE REPAIR TO MAKE IT AT LEAST A WHOLE AGAIN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND AVOID A POSSIBLE INJURY OR DEATH. I FOUND THE RECALL OF THIS INTAKE MANIFOLD OFFERING CONSUMER UP TO $ 750 TO REPAIR THE CAR WITHOUT ANY RECEIPTS? WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO PURCHASE THE VEHICLE AFTERWARDS, IS THAT FAIR. NOW MY CONCERN IS THAT I AM SMELLING GASOLINE WHEN I AM DRIVING AND I BELIEVED IT MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE GAS LINE OR THE SENSOR, AND I HATE PUTTING MORE MONEY INTO THE VEHICLE. I FEAR THAT THE MECHANIC WILL TELL ME ITS GOING TO BE A COSTLY MATTER AND IT'S NEVER GOING TO STOP WITH THIS CAR AND I JUST WANT TO GET RID OF IT OR HAVE IT REPAIR AS IT SHOULD OF BEEN BY THE DEALERSHIP BUT THE FORD COMPANY WOULD NOT APPROVE IT. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).*TR

Mileage: 35

TL* - THE CONTACT HAS A 1996 FORD CROWN VICTORIA POLICE INTERCEPTOR WITH 108000 MILES AND THE PROTECTIVE SHIELD THAT COVERS THE FUEL TANK HAS NOT BEEN INSTALLED. THE CONTACT FOUND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL (02I003000): AND (96V135000) FOR STEERING:LINKAGES THAT HAD NOT BEEN FIXED ON HIS VEHICLE. WHEN HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER THEY TOLD HIM THAT HIS VEHICLE DID NOT FALL UNDER THE RECALL. THE CONTACT HAS NOT EXPERIENCED ANY PROBLEMS WITH HIS VEHICLE IN REGARDS TO THE RECALL TO DATE. *JB

Mileage: 108,000

FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WHAT I HEAR ABOUT THE GRAND MARQUIS HAVING PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL TANK IS RATHER DISTURBING TO ME I AM AWARE NOW THAT THESE CARS ARE CAPABLE OF CATCHING ON FIRE IF HIT FROM BEHIND. I CARRY THREE SMALL CHILDREN TO SCHOOL EVERY MORNING IN "THIS CAR" I HAVE CONTACTED THE FORD CORP. ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND THEY SEEM TO NOT BE BOTHERED ABOUT THIS FACT. NOW TO MY OTHER PROBLEMS. I HAVE JUST REPLACED MY INTAKE MANIFOLD BECAUSE THE ONE THAT CAME WITH THE CAR CRACKED WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT. MY MECHANIC STATED THAT HE FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 1996 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS. THE FORD CORP. HAS REDESIGNED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD FOR THIS MODEL AND RAISED THE PRICE FROM ABOUT 250.00 TO ALMOST 500.00. IN JULY OF 2002 THERE WAS A PART THAT WENT OUT ON MY A/C UNIT THAT I HAD TO REPLACE (I HAVE TO CONTACT MY MECHANIC TO SEE WHAT PART IT WAS THAT WAS REPLACED) IN JULY 2002 I HAD TO HAVE MY ROTERS TURNED, IN JANUARY 2003, I HAD TO HAVE THEM TURNED AGIAN AND HAVE MY RIGHT BACK ROTER REPACED BECAUSE IT WAS NO LONGER GOOD. (ALL THIS WAS DONE ON JANUARY 10 2003 NOW IT IS JAN. 20, 2003 AND MY RIGHT FRONT ROTER IS GRINDING AGAIN (I ALSO HAD NEW BRAKES PUT ON ALL AROUND JAN.10,2003. MY DRIVER SIDE DOOR IS DROOPING BECAUSE IT NEEDS A NEW PIN PUT IN... MY CAR ALSO SEEMS TO BALK WHEN I PUSH ON THE GAS PEDDAL,MY CAR ALSO HAS A POPPING NOISE WHEN I HIT A HOLE OR TURN. WHEN I CALLED THE FORD CORP. ON THESE ISSUES THEY SEEMED LIKED THEY REALLY DIDN'T CARE ABOUT ANY OF THESE THINGS. MAYBE YOU MIGHT KNOW SOMEONE THAT I COULD CONTACT IN THE FORD CORP. THAT IS "HIGH UP" AND THAT WOULD LISTEN TO MY ONCERNS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, SINCERLY, DIANE

THE FUEL TANK HAD NO SHIELD BEHIND IT, IF THE VEHICLE WAS HIT FROM BEHIND IT COULD CATCH FIRE. THE DEALER STATED THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THE ISSUE, HOWEVER THE RECALL ONLY RELATED TO POLICE INTERCEPTOR VEHICLE'S. *JB

Mileage: 146,000

THE VEHICLE IS A POLICE INTERCEPTOR MODEL. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER REGARDING RECALL 02I003000 AND THE DEALER ADVISED HIM THAT THEY COULD NOT PERFORM THE RECALL BECAUSE VEHICLE WAS NOT A PART OF THE FLEET OF LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES. TS SCC

THERE HAS BEEN 3 DEATHS AND 1 CRITICAL INJURY WITHIN THE ARIZONA LAW ENFORCEMENT, REGARDING THE FORD CROWN VICTORIA POLICE CRUISER'S, THE DESIGN AND PLACEMENT OF THE FUEL TANK HAS BEEN KNOWN TO CATCH ON FIRE IF THE VEHICLE IS INVOLVED IN A REAR SIDE IMPACT COLLISION.*JB *TT

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING 50MPH THE INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILED.*JB CONSUMER STATED THAT SUDDEN FAILURE OF INTAKE MANIFOLD CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS ON RECALL, BUT THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO HONOR THE RECALL. *YH

I WAS FORCED TO STAY AT A HOTEL OVERNIGHT UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON WHEN THE CAR WAS REPAIRED WITH A REPLACEMENT MANIFOLD MADE OF METAL BY FORD. THE HOTEL BILL CAME TO $220.

IN 4-1999 A RECALL OWNER LETTER WAS SENT TO ALL FORD DEALERS IN REGARD TO FATIGUE CRACKS IN THE INTAKE MANIFOLDS USED ON THE 4.6 L SCHC ENGINES. THE RECALL IS FOR 1996-1998 CROWN VICTORIA TAXIS AND I FEEL SINCE I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MY INTAKE MANIFOLD I SHOULD BE REIMBURSE FOR THE REPAIR. FORD HAS HAD RECALLS FOR THE INTAKE MANIFOLDS EVERY YEAR UP TO 2002.FORD DEALER IN TOWN IS NO HELP NOR THE 1-800 CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE NUMBER. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A LOCAL GARAGE FOR REPAIR SINCE THEY WERE CHEAPER THE FORD DEALER. BRYAN WALKER AT THE GARAGE SAID HIS 96 FORD CROWN HAD THE SAME PROBLEM LAST YEAR AND THE FORD DEALER DID HELP HIM GET A REFUND SO I KNOW THEY ARE HELPING SOME PEOPLE.I KNOW THERE IS NO RECALL ON MY CAR BUT SINCE THERE IS ONE FOR THE TAXIX AND I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM I FEEL IT SHOULD BE UNDER THE SAME RECALL.*AK

HOW MANY COMPLAINTS ARE REQUIRED BEFORE A RECALL IS ISSUED, FORCING A MANUFACTURER TO MAKE REPAIRS FOR A MANUFACTURER TO MAKE REPAIRS FOR A MANUFACTURING DEFECT ? ON YOUR SITE, THERE ARE 24 COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME COOLANT LEAKING PROBLEM WITH THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD ON FORD'S 4.6L ENGINES. WHY WAS THE ACTION ALREADY TAKEN ONLY APPLIED TO POLICE VEHICLES ? I'M SURE THE LEAK IS THE SAME PROBLEM WE ALL HAVE HAD. MINE IS NUMBER 25 AND THESE ARE ONLY THE OWNERS WHO HAVE TAKEN THE TIME TO PURSUE THE ISSUE WITH NHTSA. MY COST FOR THE PART ALONE IS $650.00. SINCE THIS IS AN OBVIOUS MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND FORD HAS CHANGED THE DESIGN OF THE REPLACEMENT PART, I FEEL THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO REPAIR IT FOR FREE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED AND WAS LEAKING ANTI FREEZE, CAUSING ENGINE TO OVERHEAT. CONTACTED DEALER ,AND DEALER WASNOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

WHILE DRIVING HEARD A NOISE/PULLED OVER, AND ANTI FREEZE HAD LEAKED OUT DUE TO A BROKEN INTAKE MANIFOLD. *AK

THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED NEAR THE THERMOSTAT AND ALL THE COOLANT LEAKED OUT CAUSING THE CAR TO OVERHEAT. TOOK IT TO RANDALL NOE FORD DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT FIXED. THEY TOLD ME WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. AT THAT TIME I TOLD THEM IT SOUNDED LIKE A DESIGN DEFECT. THEY SAID THEY HAD SEEN A LOT OF FAILURES LIKE THIS. I ASKED THEM TO CHECK FOR RECALLS WHICH THEY DID BUT NONE WERE FOUND. ABOUT 30 DAYS AGO (AROUND MARCH 15, 2002) A RELATIVE SENT ME AN EMAIL SHOWING THAT MANY 1996 CROWN VICTORIAS WERE BEING RECALLED FOR THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. I CONTACTED FORD AND THEY SAID OURS WAS NOT INCLUDED. I WOULD LIKE THE NTSA TO MAKE THEM INCLUDE IT. I KNOW, ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC, THAT THERE ARE MANY OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. IT WAS CLEARLY A DESIGN DEFECT AND FORD SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO REIMBURSE ME FOR THE $800+ THAT I PAID TO HAVE IT FIXED. THANKS MIKE PARKS

HAVING PROBLEMS WITH INTAKE MANIFOLD. *AK

THEIR HAVE BEEN 3 VIN# RECALLED POLICE CARS,TOW TRUCK DRIVER NEW WHEN I TOLD HIM WHAT PART HAD FAILED INTAKE MANIFOLD. NEW MANIFOLD FRONT PART IS NOW MADE OF METAL. THIS A MANUFACTOR PROBLEM NOT A DEALER PROBLEM. A MAN CAME UP TO ME AND ASKED IF I HAD A PROBLEM WITH INTAKE MANIFOLD HIS HAD DONE THE SAME THING. *AK

RECALL 01 F 025 000/INTAKE MANIFOLD; INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED AND CAUSED COOLANT TO LEAK, AND ENGINE TO OVERHEAT. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN.FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT SPEED LIMIT VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING WITHOUT WARNING.*AK

A CORNER SEAL FOR INTAKE MANIFOLD IS CRACKING, CAUSING ENGINE TO OVERHEAT. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL CAMPAIGN 01F025000. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK

WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE HEARD NOISE. CONSUMER GOT OUT OF VEHICLE AND NOTICED A LARGE CRACK IN FRONT OF THE MANIFOLD, IT LEAKED COOLENT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD CRACKED DUE TO BEING MADE OUT OF PLASTIC. THIS CAUSED COOLANT FLUID TO LEAK ONTO ALTERNATOR AND MOTOR. STEAM WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. TEMPERATURE GAUGE HAD SHOWN VEHICLE RUNNING HOT WHILE DRIVING. *AK *JB

MY INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED, AND ACCORDING TO FORD (SERVICE CENTER REP) AND MY MECHANIC THIS PART IS UNDER RECALL. PLEASE ADVISE WHO I CONTACT FOR REIMBURSEMENT.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ENGINE STALLED AND FLUID WAS COMING FROM THE BOTTOM. THEN, VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A NEAR DEALER, WHERE THEY FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS A CRACK ON INTAKE MANIFOLD. ALSO, THERE WAS A RECALL, BUT DID NOT INCLUDE THIS VEHICLE DUE TO VIN AND MILEAGE OVER THE WARRANTY.*AK VEHICLE WAS HAD ALSO OVERHEATED, MECHANIC FOUND THE FRONT OF THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED BADLY AT MANUFACTURING SEAM AND STATED THAT THIS WAS A FACTORY DEFECT. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE SHUDDERS, THERE ARE SEVERAL SERVICE BULLETINS RELATING TO THIS, HOWEVER CONSUMER STATES SHE PAID FOR REPAIRS AND FEELS THIS TOO SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM. *SLC

INTAKE MANIFOLD HAS CRACKED, ALLOWING WATER TO LEAK AND SPRAY INTO ALTERNATOR AND DESTROY IT. MANIFOLD NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *AK ALSO OVERHEATING CAUSED TRANSMISSION TO FAIL, WHEN THE MANIFOLD LEAKED OUT ALL THE COOLANT, THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF IT, BECAUSE THE TEMPERATURE SENSOR DOES NOT REGISTER UNLESS ITS IN LIQUID.*JB

WHILE TRAVELING AT 70 MPH FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS CONSUMER NOTICED A RATTLE AND SMOKE COMING FROM ENGINE. PULLED OVER AND NOTICED ALL RADIATOR FLUID HAD LEAKED TO GROUND. TOOK CAR TO FORD, AND THEY SAID INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED, AND WHOLE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 45MPH ON HIGHWAY AND WAS IN PROCESS OF PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE. HE NOTICED THAT VAPOR TRAIL STEAM AND ANTI FREEZE COOLANT WAS PURING ONTO THE ENGINE. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO SHOULDERS. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. FORD DEALERSHIP TOLD HIM THAT INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS MADE OUT OF PLASTIC. *AK

THE ARIZONA DEPT PUBLIC SAFETY & PHOENIX POLICE DEPT ARE REPORTING HIGH OCCURENCES OF FIRES ASSOCIATED WITH REAR-END COLLISION OF THE CROWN VICTORIA VEHICLES, AN OFFICER WAS KILLED WHEN HIS VEHICLE WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND AND BURST INTO FLAMES, THE OFFICER WAS STOPPED AT A COLLISION SCENE AND THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING INEXCESS OF 66 MILES MPH AT IMPACT, AUTHORITIES SUSPECT FUEL SYSTEM RELATED(NO VIN GIVEN)*JB

THE ARIZONA DEPT PUBLIC SAFETY & PHOENIX POLICE DEPT ARE REPORTING HIGH OCCURENCES OF FIRES ASSOCIATED WITH REAR-END COLLISION OF THE CROWN VICTORIA VEHICLES, AS THE POLICE OFFICER HAD JUST BEGUN TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP LIGHT, HIS VEHICLE WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND AND BURST INTO FLAMES, THE OFFICER SUFFERED SEVERE BURNS, AUTHORITIES SUSPECT POSSIBLE FUEL SYSTEM RELATED.*JB

THE ARIZONA DEPT PUBLIC SAFETY & PHOENIX POLICE DEPT ARE REPORTING HIGH OCCURENCES OF FIRES ASSOCIATED WITH REAR-END COLLISION OF THE CROWN VICTORIA VEHICLES, AS THE POLICE OFFICER HAD JUST BEGUN TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP LIGHT, HIS VEHICLE WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND AND BURST INTO FLAMES, THE OFFICER SUFFERED SEVERE BURNS, AUTHORITIES SUSPECT POSSIBLE FUEL SYSTEM RELATED.*JB

INTAKE MANIFOLD BLEWOUT. FORD HAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY PROGRAM FOR THIS, BUT WILL NOT COVER THIS VEHICLE.*AK

4.6L ENGINE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACK LEAKING HOT COOLANT.*AK

THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED, LEAKING COOLANT. FORD REFUSES TO REPAIR IT BECAUSE IT IS NOT A FLEET VEHICLE (REFER TO FORD PROGRAM #01M02).*AK

WHILE DRIVING TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT UP, CAR OVER HEATED. CONSUMER LATER NOTICED THAT INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED.*AK

4.6L ENGINE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACK LEAKING HOT COOLANT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED AND COOLANTS WAS ALL OVER THE ENGINE. IT WAS ALMOST INPOSSIBLE TO KEEP CONTROL OF VEHICLE. LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE CRACKED. TECHNICIAN STATED THAT FORD WAS FIXING THIS PROBLEM ON THE POLICE VEHICLES. *AK

INTAKE MANIFOLD HAS MALFUNCTIONED WHICH CAUSED ANTI FREEZE TO LEAK INTO ENGINE COMPARTMENT, RESULTING IN A POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARD. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER HAS REPLACED INTAKE MANIFOLD. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

THE INTAKE MANIFOLD ON THE 1996 CROWN VICTORIA IS MADE OUT OF PLASTIC. I BEGAN NOTICING AN "ANTIFREEZE SMELL" SEVERAL WEEKS BEFORE THE PROBLEM WAS FINALLY ISOLATED. EVIDENTLY, THE MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED AND WOULD NOT OPEN UP UNTIL THE ENGINE REACHED A CERTAIN TEMPERATURE. THEN WHEN THE TEMPERATURE REACHED THAT POINT THE ANTIFREEZE WOULD SPEW OUT ON TOP OF THE HOT ENGINE. WHEN THE HOOD WAS RAISED YOU COULD SEE THE MOISTURE ON THE NON-HOT PARTS. THE RESERVOIR WOULD BE DOWN ABOUT ONE OR TWO INCHES. I KEPT REFILLING IT WITH ANTIFREEZE. FINALLY, I CARRIED IT TO THE SHOP THINKING IT WAS A PIN HOLE IN THE HOSE OR A HUNG THERMOSTAT. IT WAS NEITHER. IT WAS A CRACKED INTAKE MANIFOLD. THE REPAIR COST $583.41. I HAVE THE PART AND A COPY OF THE INVOICE. *AK

DEFECT IN DESIGN CAUSED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD TO FAIL, MANIFOLD IS CONSTRUCTED OF PLASTIC WHICH IS TOO WEAK OF A MATERIAL. YH

INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD A CRACK IN THE MOLD LINE, CAUSING A COOLANT LEAK. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

BRAKE LINE FOWARD OF REAR AXLE AND ABOVE FUEL FILTER RUBS ON CAR BODY RESULTING IN A HOLE IN BRAKE LINE

BRAKE LINE FOWARD OF REAR AXLE AND ABOVE FUEL FILTER RUBS ON CAR BODY RESULTING IN A HOLE IN BRAKE LINE

THE INTAKE MANIFIOLD CRACKED, CAUSING THE COOLANT TO KEEP RUNNING OUT, THAT CRACK SUCKED IN SO MUCH AIR, CAUSING THE COOLANT TO STEAM AND THEN CAUSING MY ENGINE TO SEIZE UP. ALSO THE COOLANT WAS POURING ONTO THE ALTERNATOR, CAUSING IT TO GO BAD. FORD WILL NOT COVER ONE SINGLE BIT OF THEIR DEFECT. THEY RECALLED THE 96-97 TAXIS, INTERCEPTORS, AND MUSTANGS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM, JUST NOT MY CAR. *AK

PROBLEM INVOLVES NHTSA RECALLS 98I001000 AND 98V322000. DEALER AND FORD SAY MY CAR DOES NOT HAVE THESE PROBLEMS. I DO NOT WANT TO TAKE THE CHANCE OF HAVING MY STEERING CONTROL FAIL, OR HAVING MY BRAKES FAIL. PLEASE HELP. ALSO, THE TRANSMISSION HAS AN EXTREMELY LONG SHIFT FROM FIRST TO SECOND. FORD HAS A TSB ON THIS, AND STATES THIS WILL NOT AFFECT THE TRANSMISSION,BUT IT WILL SHORTEN THE LIFE AND LEAD TO POSSBILE ACCUMULATOR BORE SCUFFING. THANKS! *AK

THE CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH ELECTRICAL WIRING. VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR 24 HOURS BEFORE IT BURST INTO FIRE. THE CONSUMER PUT THE FIRE OUT. THE MANUFACTURER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THERE WERE SIGNS OF A SHORT UNDER THE FRONT RIGHT FENDER BY THE TRAILER WIRES, A FORD MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER THAT HE DID NOT BELIEVE THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY THE TRAILER WIRES. *ADJ REFERENCED IN EA02-025

CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 2 TIMES FOR GAS VAPORS INSIDE THE CAR, THE SECOND TIME THEY REPLACE A GAS LINE O-RING BUT THAT DID NOT HELP.I WILL BE SENDING IT BACK FOR THE SAME PROBLEM THIS IS THE THIRD TIME. THE CAR ENGINE SHUTS DOWN AT ANY SPEED AND HAS DONE IT FOUR TIMES, AND THIS WILL BE THE SECOND TIME FOR THIS PROBLEM, LAST TIME MY CAR WAS IN THE SHOP FOR 5 DAYS AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND ANY THING WRONG WITH IT.NO GAS VAPORS OR THE ENGINE SHUTTING DOWN.

CHIEF OF POLICE CALLED TO INFORM OF RECALL NOTICE RECEIVED CONCERNING FORD CROWN VICTORIA LOWER BALL JOINT FAILURE. *AK DOOR HANDLES WERE REPLACED. REAR BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS REPLACED AT 18290, FRONT PADS AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED AT 28679 MILES, FRONT AND REAR BRAKE PADS REPLACED AT 51031 MILES. INTAKE MANIFOLD REPLACED TWICE. HEATER HOSE REPLACED. PASSENGER SIDE TAIL LIGHT REPLACED. TIRE ROTATIONS ARE DONE EVERY 3000 MILES, HOWEVER TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED AT APPROXIMATELY 9600 MILES AND AT 600000 MILES, NO SPECIFIC TIRE INFORMATION GIVEN. COOLING FANT AND MOTOR REPLACED. TPC, PVC, AND FUEL REGULATOR REPLACED. *SLC

ENGINE IDLE HIGH.