NHTSA Complaint #10250502 — 2002 LINCOLN LS

I AM CONCERNED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE 2003 FORD THUNDERBIRD AS WELL AS "SOME LINCOLNS" FOR VALVE COVER LEAKING OIL INTO THE SPARK PLUGS. THIS CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO BURN OIL AND FILL THE CABIN WITH BAD GASES. IT REQUIRES A CONSUMER TO SPEND APPR. $700.00 TO FIX; REPLACING THE VALVE COVER GASKET AND PROBABLY NEEDING THE SPARK PLUGS THAT ARE FILLED WITH AND BURNING OIL REPLACED ON TOP OF THIS COST. THE 2002 LINCOLN LS HAS THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM, MADE AT THE SAME ASSEMBLY PLANT WITH THE SAME PARTS THE YEAR PRIOR TO THE RECALL BUT I WAS TOLD BY FORD CUSTOMER RELATIONS THAT NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE COMPLAINED TO INCLUDE THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE. THE CURRENT RECALL/ "CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM" THROUGH FORD MOTOR IS: 07M07 AND IT REQUIRES FORD TO FIX THE PROBLEM 10 YEARS OR UP TO 100K MILES. IT IS DISAPPOINTING TO LEAVE THIS BURDEN ON CUSTOMERS WHO TAKE CARE OF THEIR VEHICLES AND COME TO FIND OUT THAT THERE IS A KNOWN DEFECT. *TR