Mercury Cougar 1997

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My vehicles became totally disabled on a very busy highway with heavy after hours rush hour traffic. The manifold which is made of plastic broke were the coolant temperature sensor was built in, i also noticed that a few sparkplugs were flooded with coolant. I found out that there was a lawsuit on these vehicles but no one knew about it and only fleet vehicles were covered and not civilian vehicles. I wonder if there is any chance for me to seek a dealership and get reimbursed for these damages. *tr

Fuel was noted leaking from fuel lines just aft of the passenger side door. Upon further investigation, fuel was seem running down the fuel lines and side of fuel tank. Leak was caused by fuel lines chaffing through on top of tank. Car had 51,000 miles on it. *tt

I understand there was a class action suit due to a faulty intake manifold on many ford cars with a 4.6 liter engine. I or my kids have owned a 1997 mercury cougar since new. Recently this car which had been in storage for several years was given to my son who is laid off and attempting to complete his bachelors degree. I spent money to repair sensor, freezeplug and he put new tires on this car. I am writing because i contacted ford about this defective intake manifold problem and was told i was too late because the class action involving the faulty plastic intake manifold had expired in 2007 or at 75,000 miles. The car in question has slightly more than 75,000 miles. How could i have taken part in repairing or reimbursement of over $800 i had to pay to get the plastic intake manifold replaced. I then found on the internet that many individuals are in the same position i am in. I found the following link on the internet very informative and gives several examples of people with this problem and explains some safety issues concerning this problem because people are still driving these cars possibly not knowing the engine could blow up at any time in any place including traffic. See link below http://public.Fotki.Com/trsi/ford_sucks/ford_intake_recall/manifold2.Html can or will you help with this problem. At the least people should be made aware that their car with this plastic manifold could leave them stranded in a dangerous situation. The link i included does give examples of why this could be dangerous and indicates many people may still be unaware that this plastic manifold problem even exist. This is important as an owner and to prospective buyers of these cars as well. Please help! I just think it is obvious the intake manifold is and was faulty and wrong that the actions was settled and i did not even know about it. I do have the defective intake manifold which is cracked at both ends of the manifold. Water in engine boom! Safety danger! *tr

Intake manifold crack and anti-freeze spilling out and a lot of steam smoke while i was driving,car in shop now a it will cost me $600.00 to fix. *tr

Ignition failed to turn with key. Put lubricant (wd-40) in hole and tapped with hammer until key turned.

Ford headlights: cloudy lenses: ford made autos have plastic lenses/headlights that cloud up over time, within 5 years to 10 years, that limit effectiveness of the headlights at night. I personally have hit curbs and narrowly missed pedestrians etc due to inability to see them at night due to low headlight brightness. The ford/mercury dealer informs me that to replace the fogged lenses, i will have to pay him $350.00 per headlight for a whole new assembly. Lenses are not sold separately, he says. Cannot be cleaned, he says. Why, why, why do you let ford get by with selling cars that have these defective, prone to failure headlight lenses? People can't see where they are going at night! Doesn't that concern you? Look through any parking lot, see the ford products with darkened, ruined lenses. These are accidents waiting to happen to 1000's of drivers who can't afford $350 per headlight every 5 years or so! Ford should recall these cars and/or offer reasonable cost replacements. $350 per lens is not reasonable! *nm

I have a 1997 mercury cougar xr7 that has 42,000 miles on it. The intake manifold cracked in my garage and liquids leaked all over garage. My car was one of the excluded vehicles in fords class action and recall of cracked manifolds. *nm

1 .Heavy loss of coolant,spraying all over engine area continuously and would not maintain proper levels. 2. Car overheating and risk of burning up the engine. 3. Replaced "plastic" manifold,coolant,thermostat and gasket. This manifold was a class action lawsuit against ford motor company that i contacted after the incident and was told my vin did not fall into the category. I now looked it up and it certainly does. The outcome of the lawsuit had dates involved and my incident happened seven months after the judges decision of seven years after the warranty. After calling ford and speaking with 3 "customer service" people their script was the legal decision and they (ford) was not going to do a thing for me. How many people are out there that had this happen and have no idea of this "plastic manifold" that should have never been in the car and paid good money for something that ford caused and now will not stand by their product. *jb

I parked our 1997 cougar in the driveway around 5:00p.M. On 07/15/05. I have not been having any problems with the car. About 1:00a.M. On 07/16/05, we were awaken by neighbors who had spotted the car on fire. The firemen said it appeared to be an electrical problem starting on the right side. Since it was totally burned, we don't know how to find out what happened. I e-mailed the ford corporate & filled out the information including the vin asking about a recall, but i have not received anything from them except the acknowledgement of receiving my e-mail.

Common OBD-II Error Codes

• P0340 [1] Camshaft Position Sensor Circuit Malfunction (Bank 1)
• P1309 [1] EGR Calibration High
• P1336 [1] Misfire Rate Catalyst Damage Fault - Bank 1
• P0171 [1] System too Lean (Bank 1)
• P0174 [1] System too Lean (Bank 2)
• P0705 [1] Transmission Range Sensor A Circuit malfunction (PRNDL Input)
• P0708 [1] Transmission Range Sensor A Circuit High Input
• P1704 [1] Turbo Charge Relief Circuit Malfunction
• P1705 [1] Transmission Indeterminate Failure (Failed to Neutral)
• P0300 [1] Random/Multiple Cylinder Misfire Detected
• P0308 [1] Cylinder 8 Misfire Detected