Water Pump Problems of Lincoln MKZ

While driving down the highway with no warning my engine started knocking real bad and then I lost all power due to the engine stopping. Had I been on an interstate with lots of traffic this could have been a very dangerous situation. After a tow and taking the car to a Ford dealership. I found out that the water pump failed and allowed coolant to go into the oil pan, causing damage to the bearing on the pistons. After research I found this is a design flaw with fords 3. 5 engine and millions of cars are on the road now that will eventually experience this failure. I have recently had the car into a Ford dealership and had they told me of this problem and the fix was to replace the water pump before it failed, I wouldn't have been subjected to this dangerous driving condition and my engine wouldn't now be a paperweight.

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Tl-the contact owns a 2010 Lincoln Mkz. The contact stated that the the water pump went out and it caused antifreeze to leak into the oil and as a result the engine was damaged and needed to be replaced. The diagnosis was done by the dealer sioux falls Ford 4901 w 26th st, sioux falls, sd 57106 (605) 361-0361. The manufacturer had not been contacted. The VIN tool did not pull up a recall on the vehicle at this time. The failure mileage was 109,670. Tf.

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P0016 code came up. . Lincoln advises repair will be over $5000. 00 to fix and I should trade in and get new car. Just made last payment and car only has 66, 000 miles on it. P0016 is part of class action lawsuit. Water pump is leaking on timing chain which will eventually seize engine.

I had heard a wheezing noise in the front end so I took the car to my mechanic. He was unable to find a problem. A week after while driving the car I was driving and as I turned the car completely shut down. Two days later it began to not drive properly I took the car back to the mechanic and said I had a bad sensor but the water pump was going bad. He stated it shouldn't go bad in this newer of a car. My car has been undrivable ever since. I've called around to get it fixed as though it seems nobody has the proper tools to fix this issue due to the fact the whole engine needs to be removed to fix the problem.