general problems of the 2003 Ford Crown Victoria

The contact owns a 2003 Ford Crown Victoria. The contact stated that after starting the vehicle, the contact smelled an abnormal coolant odor. The contact inspected the vehicle and noticed there was corrosion and a crack near the intake and radiator hose. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, where it was diagnosed that the intake manifold needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and advised the contact to file a complaint with the NHTSA hotline. The approximate failure mileage was 70,000.

A couple of years ago, #2 cylinder blew the spark plug out. This cylinder was repaired using a thread insert. The car had approx 130,000 miles on it. Today, no warning, again, blew out another spark plug, this time #3 cylinder. Going to attempt repair using same type of insert. Plugs have been replaced one time, were properly torqued per Ford specs, the problem, in my opinion is a defective design of the cylinder head where there are only approximately 3 threads in the aluminum head that actually grip the plug or about 1/16'th of an inch, where the plug has nearly 3/4 inch of thread. Naturally, Ford won;t do anyting to help, but there are literally thousands of cases like this, some of which have resulted in fires, and even the aftermarket heads by trick flow address the problem by fully threading the spark plug holes in the heads.

Threw a spark plug on interstate. Had to have it towed to nearest Ford dealer and repairs were over $400 plus a rental car to get home. I understand this is a problem with Ford engines. Not good for older peopl traveling alone and out of town by 3 hours. This needs to be fixed.

Spark plug blew out of cylinder #6 and ruined coil-on-plug along with it. I had to take it to a mechanic and they used a time-sert kit to rethread the cylinder spark plug wall and replaced all plugs with factory plugs. I replaced the spark plugs myself 6 months before the incident using aftermarket plugs and it ran fine for about 5,000 miles until a plug blew out.

Tl-the contact owns a 2003 Ford Crown Victoria. The contact stated while driving approximately 50 mph, thick white smoke started emitting from the front end of the vehicle. The failure was not diagnosed nor was the vehicle repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 200,000. Pam.

2003 Ford Crown Victoria p71 upon starting the car, a spark plug was ejected from the engine. Necessitated repair of engine. This is the second cylinder to have this occur.