general problems of the 2004 Ford Thunderbird

The contact owns a 2004 Ford Thunderbird. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the contact approached a stop sign and the vehicle stopped as needed; however, after the contact depressed on the accelerator pedal, the vehicle began to misfire and shuddered for several minutes. The contact took the vehicle to the local dealer who inspected the vehicle and diagnosed that the failure was related to TSB 05-16-2 (moisture build up on the plugs and on cylinder) that caused the vehicle to misfire. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 40,526.

Vehicle unexpectedly lost power upon mild acceleration on a city street and developed a rough, skipping and hesitant idle upon warm up. We immediately brought the car in for evaluation at the sarat Ford dealership in agawam, MA. They diagnosed the dreaded Thunderbird coil on plug failure in this vehicle at only 33,165 total miles. Being that this car is now over ten years old, I was told that the fomoco extended warranty (10 years and 100,000 miles) on this vehicle, for this very same problem, does not apply. What is extremely aggravating and really maddening with this is that they grossly over charged me for the parts. Much more than what Ford charges on their own parts website for both the 8 spark plugs and the 8 coil components. Rather than trying to help a customer get through this unexpected and expensive mechanical failure (. . . Which they are fully aware of and should help cover) they decide to allow their dealers to price gouge. I have all paperwork from the repair.

The contact owns a 2004 Ford Thunderbird. The contact stated that while e driving 20 mph, the engine misfired. The failure recurred frequently. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, who stated that there were two ignition coils that failed. The ignition coils were replaced however, the contact later noticed oil on several cylinders in the engine. The failure was not corrected. The failure was reported to the manufacturer. The failure and current mileage was 97,512.

The contact owns a 2004 Ford Thunderbird. The contact stated that while driving approximately 55 mph, the engine misfired and lost throttle response without warning. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the coil over plug assembly needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 30,000 and the current mileage was 36,000. The VIN was not available.

The contact owns a 2004 Ford Thunderbird. The contact stated that the spark plugs were causing damage to the engine. The dealer advised the contact to have the spark plugs removed and replaced with a different model spark plug. The manufacturer was aware of the failure yet no repairs were performed on the vehicle. The current and failure mileage was 6,000.