Manifold/header/muffler/tail Pipe problems of the 1996 Mercury Grand Marquis - part 1

A crack in my exhaust manifold behind the alternator causing coolant to spray all over under my hood and now my engine overheats. . Thanks for using plastic parts Ford .

While driving my vehicle home from work in the evening, the car started to putter, then smoke came pouring out from under the engine hood blocking my view from the road causing cars to race around me and almost had an accident. . . Also started coming in the vents of the car, making me nausea. Extreme danger and fear. I had to have the car towed $65. 00 and the repair estimate came in at $900. 00. Cracked plastic intake manifold. ??plastic?? who does that? I have been unemployed and only able to get part time employment. I can't afford this repair so I had to have the car towed back to my house. . . Another $65. 00. The car only has 85,218 miles on it and has been kept immaculate. I contacted Mercury/Ford and they said there is nothing they can do. In researching, I spent hours reading hundreds and hundreds of postings regarding the same situation. . . And also, the same car, Ford crown victoria has the exact same problem. I understand there was a "silent recall" where only government fleet/police cars were taken care of. How nice! the replacement was with a metal part, which it should have been from the beginning. This is an extreme neglect on Ford/Mercury part. I believe that the investigation and action should be based on the quantity of both the crown victoria and Grand Marquis combined, since they are the exact same car manufactured. Please help!.

The contact owns a 1996 Mercury Grand Marquis. The contact stated that there was steam emitting from the engine compartment. A mechanic advised the contact that there was a crack in the plastic intake manifold. The vehicle had not been repaired at the time of the complaint. The contact called the manufacturer who offered no assistance. The current and failure mileages were approximately 85,000.

Plastic intake manifold on a 1996 Ford Grand Marquis 4. 6 liter v-8. Apparently there was some settlement offer from Ford to replace this part with an aluminum intake however due to the car not being driven much, 70,000 miles in 12 years the intake manifold did not fail until recently. I would like to know what options I have in fixing this part and possible reimbursement of the $800 or more it will cost me to fix it.

Had just turned off freeway when warning chime for overheated engine sounded. Stopped car within one block & turned off motor. Towed to mechanic. Turns out to be the intake manifold catastrophic failure, common to fords (mine is 1996 Mercury Grand Marquis, 71k miles. ) am now running compression test to see if any engine damage, if there is no damage then I will have to fix manifold at a cost of approx. $1036. If there is engine damage then I will have to junk a perfectly fine car in excellent condition (apart from this). Ford does not offer any redress. I never received any information about this problem, nor about the class action lawsuit settlement. This could have been extremely dangerous, as I had just excited a freeway when the warning beep sounded. I have received all other recall info on this vehicle and have complied w. Recall. In fact vehicle had been fully checked by dealer only 6 days when taken in for the second part of the switch recall on this model. Dealer never informed me of any potential manifold problem. This is a safety issue as well as a defective part issue. At the very least, owners should be notified that this is a common catastrophic failure.

Same old story plastic intake manifold cracked lost all water cost 900. 00 to fix with tow. 92,000 miles come on Ford get real step up and fix this.

The intake manifold has a hairline crack on the rear heater hose inlet. Anti-freeze is seeping out into the #4 spark plug causing misfiring. This plastic manifold was previously replaced before the recall to repair defective manifolds. This is the replacement manifold with a separate aluminum hot water cross over in front.

I was driving my 1996 Mercury Grand Marquis when steam started pouring from under the hood. I had to have my car towed and learned that the intake-manifold had cracked, causing coolant to pour all over the engine. The garage replaced the unit for a charge of $692 and told me everything was then fine. However, before I got home, my engine light came on. I took my car to the very reputable automobile repair shop that I use and upon checking, they said the wires, points, and plugs needed replacing, no doubt caused from the prior incident. This work cost me an additional $425.

: the contact stated the temperature gauge became inoperable, and while attempting to repair a leak in the intake manifold was noticed. The vehicle was taken to an independent repair shop where the intake manifold was replaced. There have been no further problems.

The vehicle had problems with the intake manifold. The car was smoking while driving. The intake manifold was cracked. The vehicle had 90,000 miles on it. The owner was aware this was not a safety problem. The owner was upset with the dealership.

Plastic intake manifold split during travel through mountains causing all of the coolant to spew out. Overheating occurred immediately and caused severe damage to engine. Ford had issued a technical service bulletin 02-2-2 dated 1/17/2002 and subsequently redesigned part. This was a known problem that has not been properly communicated to the consumer resulting in extensive cost to the consumer with an engine replacement.

1996 Mercury marquis ,,cracked composite intake head. . . $ 1100. 00 repaired. I understand there was a fleet recall for this, but not for personally owned vehicles. I feel cheated. . . The composite heads are defective.

I was driving home and my car began overheating. The next day I brought it to a repair shop. They told me that the intake manifold was cracked and that there had been recalls on the engine in my car for this exact problem. They told me that there had been several instances of this repair being done under recall. They used their resources to obtain documentation of recalls being issued for this exact problem. I contacted Ford motor corp. Customer service and spoke with a representative who told me that my particular car had no outstanding recalls associated with it. The repeated occurence of this problem has been noted by me through several instances of customer complaints posted on the internet. The exact problem is with a plastic intake manifold which develops a crack near the themostat and leaks coolant.

My car was not running correctly one day, so I took it to my mechanic and he found anti-freeze in the cylinders. He said that the anti-freeze blew through passage on intake manifold into the pistons, and I had to replaced the entire motor and the intake which cost me $3400. 00 enable to fix. I can not understand why they used a plastic part on the motor.

Intake manifold had to be replaced. The manufactured manifold is made of some sort of plastic. The replacement manifold is also made of the same sort of plastic, but has been revised. Lincoln Mercury considers the new manifold improved. The new one has an aluminum metal on the front section of manifold where alternator support bracket bolts in to hold back of alternator. Speaking to many garages dealing with these same type of vehicles it was stated that this is a common problem with these types of vehicles. Reasoning believed to be is from the vibration of alternator bracket where it bolts into the intake manifold. The intake manifold between the 2 mounting bolts of the alternator bracket cracked across the 2 bolts.

While driving at 45 mph, the vehicle overheated and stalled. The vehicle was towed to a independent shop. The mechanic determined the intake manifold was cracked and coolant spilled inside the engine. Please provide further information.

Consumer noticed that vehicle was leaking coolant. Vehicle was taken to an independent repair shop, and mechanic determined the intake manifold cracked and coolant spilled inside the engine. Mechanic indicated the need to replace the intake manifold.

My car intake cracked. The car dealership informed us that there was a recall of police vehicles by Mercury/Ford for this problem but not to consumers.

Sudden loss of coolant due to a failure of the plastic intake manifold. Re-placement part has been redesigned with a metal area where failure occurred. This is a common problem with this model. Vehicle has 86,000 original miles on it.

Intake manifold on 1996 Mercury Grand Marquis failure.

My car (1996 Mercury Grand Marquis) developed a crack in the intake manifold leading to complete loss of coolant and overheating while traveling through wyoming. It was then towed to a small town repair shop, where this problem was brought to my attention, and that many cars had a recall for this. Unfortunately, for civilian cars there is no recall which led to a repair cost of $1132. 00.

1996 Mercury Grand Marquis needed a new intake manifold. The consumer had concerns about the plastic manifold. The consumer requested reimbursement.

While driving 55 mph consumer noticed smoke coming from the front of the vehicle. Consumer was able to maintain control of the vehicle, and pulled over. Vehicle was towed to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic determined that the intake manifold was cracked and needed to be replaced.

Complaint received via e-mail. We just had our plastic intake manifold replaced, costing $852. 28. After so many miles, the pressure makes the front end of the manifold crack and leak. Our mechanic has replaced many of these faulty plastic manifolds ,and he said eventually all early models of the Mercury Grand Marquis will have to have this part replaced. He said the Ford company has replaced this manifold on later models, starting with 2002 with an aluminum part where the problem was.

1996 Mercury Grand Marquis suffered intake manifold failure.

While driving 50 mph smoke came from underneath the hood. The dealer stated that the intake manifold cracked.

While driving 50 mph vehicle overheated. Dealership informed the consumer that the problem pertained to cracks in the intake manifold. The problem was not resolved.

Intake manifold made of plastic and it cracks. Replacement has metal where plastic was used, obvious a design defect.

While driving consumer noticed head gasket was leaking coolant. The intake manifold was replaced at consumer's expense.

Consumer took the vehicle to dealership for inspection, and mechanic determined that plastic intake manifold cracked, causing fluid to leak onto the engine. This led to the blew up of coolant in the motor and over heating of the vehicle. Service dealer replaced intake manifold.

Plastic intake manifold cracked. Dealer told us this was very common and would cost $977. 00 to repair. This seems excessive since the car has only 75,000 miles. Ford had a recall for their big customers but the little guy will take it in the shorts. This part should last for the life of the vehicle.

While driving at highway speed plastic manifold intake cracked, causing the engine to lose coolant, I was told this was a problem from a GA state hero unit who stopped to give assistance. The vehicle only has 89,000 original miles, to me this is a problem and bad business on Ford's part. Not taking care of the customer!.

Intake manifold failure.

Cracked intake manifold, causing overheating and lost of coolant while traveling at highway speed. 1996 Mercury Grand Marquis 4. 6l engine.

1996 Grand Marquis intake manifold failed, mechanic determined this needed to be replaced.