Problems with 1999 Lincoln Town Car ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

Ford motor company, p.o. box 1904, dearborn, michigan 48121, chose to not warn a segment of their full-size car owners who are "civilian" that their cars were produced with a plastic intake manifold that was failing and causing enormous coolant problems for their 4.6l v-8 engines and other component engine parts. because ford did not notify me of their known problems with the intake manifold the defected part caused my car to repeatedly loose coolant and cause my car to overheat and finally blow my intake manifold gasket causing me to replace defective intake manifold (copy of shop bill attached) and causing unknown damages to my engine. i am requesting a refund for these repairs.

I was never notified about the ford recalls on intake manifold, i recently found out that my manifold had cracked and that prior to it braking ford had settle a lawsuit regarding said problem. i have never nor has my godfather be notified about the recall item. known ford recalls: 97m91, 99m01, 01m02 did not apply to privately owned vehicles why. *tr

Tl*the contact owns a 1999 lincoln town car. while driving approximately 40 mph, the contact heard a loud crack. he pulled over but did not find the cause of the noise. the vehicle was taken to a local repair shop where the contact was advised that the front ball joints needed to be replaced. the contact called the manufacturer in regards to recall 98v322000 (suspension: front: control arm: lower ball joint) but was told that the vehicle was not included. the contact also stated that there was a crack in the intake manifold and a mechanic told him that it needed to be replaced. the vehicle had not been repaired. the current and failure mileages were approximately 111,500.

The intake manifold on my 1999 lincoln town car is leaking coolant. my wife noticed a noise coming from under the hood, when i turned on her car to listen to the noise i could tell it was the fan belt squeaking. while the engine was running i opened the hood and i could see the coolant running out of the thermostat housing. i thought it was a bad thermostat so i bought a new one and replaced it myself. it wasn't until i turned the car on following the repairs that i saw the coolant coming from cracks in the manifold. i did not know of the ford recalls 97m91, 99m01, 01m02 until i was researching to buy a new manifold on the internet. i bought this car back in 2000 and never was notified of the recall. this vehicle has 160,000 miles on it and still runs great, until now. i feel i should have been notified of this recall and ford motor co. should reimburse for my expenses. *tr

1999 lincoln town car, cracked intake manifold. my husband, lewis barber, jr., spoke with ford today and was told that ford would not reimburse replacement cost. even though ford told my husband that they mailed notice to me in july 2005, i never received any such notice. i keep very good records, and my car has been in an authorized dealers repair shop but no one told me about the cracking intake manifold problem or any lawsuit "settlement". i found fords number from a letter they sent me dated august 2000, which concerned a problem with tire jacks --at that time i lived in oklahoma city. there may be hundreds of others who are similar situated. again, ford did not give me any notice of this problem. i paid $1,179.56 to c&f automotive (2439 n. decatur blvd, las vegas, nv 89108-0000 - 702-647-7787) to replace the cracked manifold. *tr

Ford motor co. car service engine light come on.

While driving, the vehicle started to shake vibrate. the consumer took the vehicle for an inspection and the mechanic informed the consumer the manifold had cracked. *jb

(1)normal driving; nothing unusual (2)leaking of coolant into air conditioning system; oily substance on inside of windshield (3)heater core replaced 3 times in less than 6 months; first time at my expense. 3rd time i was told that ford motor company had 'found a solution' to keep it from happening again...at an additional cost of $464.27

When driving at various speeds intake manifold cracked, causing anti freeze to leak out. *ak

Car has a problen in the steering box. took it to a specialist and ford discounted it. they sent a lincoln rep down and he just lied to me about the problem said it was a factory flaw and could not fix , then i took the car into the dealer for a pinging and they said they couldn't hear it (nothing was done)then later on a trip it went haywire sounded like a big diesel truck on the highway and ran like crap , sucking gas also, then changed dealers and they said they coulden't find a ping . i grabed me a mechanic and we took a little ride and before i could get it back it was pinging (took them 3 weeks to fix with me coming up almost daily to test it, and nobody can adjust the head lights on the car that is bad its idiot proof

We purchased two new towncars from germain linc.-merc., naples, fl, in 1999 and 2000 my car's,vin [xxx], 1999 town car, and my wife's 2000 town car, vin [xxx]. my first complaint is regarding my car that developed electronic problems right after it ran out of warranty, and needed a $500 repair. a week later, it developed a leak, and was repaired at $1000. is this planned obsolescence? this was at 56,000 miles of use. shouldn't the dealer check basic systems and make sure they are well maintained? my wife's towncar has a far more serious and hazardous history. she, along with our grandsons, experienced a tire blowout at 33,000 miles. after the tire was changed to the spare, she drove to the dealer and was told that both rear tires should be replaced for safety. she agreed. when she picked up the car, all 4 tires (!)had been replaced at the cost of $548. there was no price adjustment for any of the 4 tires removed. on 12-23-02 (3 days later) she reported to the dealer that the brakes were noisy (squeaked). when she got the car, the bill for the brakes was $420. when driving our 2 daughters and 2 grandsons the following day, the brakes did not hold, and she was unable to stop at a red light, nearly hitting the car in front of her. only by forced pumping with both feet, and swerving into the turn lane, did she avoid a crash. had cars been coming in that turn lane, any number of people, particularly in our family, could have been killed. shouldn't the customer "advisor" advise a minor brake-pad replacement rather than wait for a major expensive/dangerous problem? we strongly doubt that we would consider another ford product. this is a short history of 2 regularly-dealer-maintained luxury cars. information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6). *tr

While driving at 25 mph vehicle stalls. consumer has to come to a complete stop to start again. consumer feels this is very dangerous.*ak consumer states transmission vibrates after driving and is also noisy. *slc