Eight problems related to manifold/header/muffler/tail pipe have been reported for the 1999 Ford Crown Victoria. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
The car leaks anti-freeze throught the plastic manifold. Who ever heard of a plastic manifold. The original part is a defective part-made of the wrong material. Ford needs to recall this part, it causes havic constantly needs to add coolant. The thermostat cannot be changed because the plastic housing is one piece with the manifold.
My intake manifold went bad. This is a known issue and a lawsuit was filed. It cost me $1,600 and Ford won't reimburse me.
Intake manifold crack causing a major coolant leak and engine malfunction cause coolant running to last spark plug hole in passenger side. Engine size 4. 6 8cyl. Same as my explorer 2002.
The contact owns a 1999 Ford Crown Victoria. The contact stated while driving approximately 25 mph he smelled anti freeze. He took the vehicle to the dealer and was advised that there were no recalls on the vehicl. He had previously received a recall letter for the intake manifold but the dealer did not perform the recall repair. The vehicle had three transmission replacements for this failure, two by the dealer and one the contact . He stated that there was anti freeze all over his engine. He stated he has taken the vehicle to the dealer three times and they advised him that he has to pay for the repairs. The dealer stated the failure was due to the intake manifold. The vehicle had not been repaired at the time of the complaint. The approximate failure mileage was 90,000 and the current mileage was 142,000.
My car has 98501 miles on it and the plastic intake manifold is cracked with coolant seeping into the spark plug chamber, per ted britt Ford in va. I believe that the cause of the crack is a latent defect in the plastic manifold. I would like to have Ford replace it free of charge since it was a latent defect of the manufacturer. I also believe that this condition was there since I purchased the car (original owner), because during the early part of my ownership of the vehicle, there was always a faint odor of coolant in the passenger cab. This was also reported and documented with the service adviser early in my ownership of this vehicle.
Consumer took vehicle to dealer for inspection, and mechanic noticed that intake manifold cracked, allowing fluid to leak onto the engine.
Intake manifold cracked, resulting in loss of coolant. This failure was due to a design flaw. Dealership installed an upgraded design manifold.
Rear bumper has a large vertical crack in it where exhaust pipe comes from underneath the vehicle. Consumer feels that heat from exhaust pipe has caused this crack, and changed stability of the bumper. Please provide any additional information / attachments.