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Posted: 06/23/06
11:15 PM
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I have a 1996 Mercury Grand Marquis with 44,000 miles. Just recently I developed a severe coolant leak. I was told by my mechanic that the intake manifold cracked. I did not know that Ford had a class action lawsuit filed against them regarding this problem. I had no previous knowledge or had not received anything in the mail regarding this problem. New repair cost me $1,100.00. From what I understand of the lawsuit, 1996, 1997, and 1998 models are now expired from the lawsuit due to the 7 year time frame. Correct me if I'm wrong. Any information anyone may have as to how I can recoup some if not all of this repair cost would be greatly appreciated. Seems to me that having only 44,000 miles which is equivalent to 3 years of average driving should account. I also talked to the attorney's office that handled the lawsuit and she suggested possibly small claims court.
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Posted: 12/04/06
01:35 AM
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From what I understand, your car is too old to qualify for the lawsuit settlement. I was in the same boat with my '97 Grand Maquis and my Dad also had an intake failure on his '96 Cougar (which had only 47K miles). I replaced both of them myself for under $220 per car.
The site below has a lot of good info on the intake problem and how to repair it yourself...
http://www.autoclinix.com/Manifold.htm
Unfortunately for you and me, I think we're just out-of-pocket the money to repair Ford's flawed design.
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