NHTSA Complaint #10335145 — 1999 LINCOLN TOWN CAR

THE INTAKE MANIFOLD ON MY 1999 LINCOLN TOWN CAR IS LEAKING COOLANT. MY WIFE NOTICED A NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, WHEN I TURNED ON HER CAR TO LISTEN TO THE NOISE I COULD TELL IT WAS THE FAN BELT SQUEAKING. WHILE THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING I OPENED THE HOOD AND I COULD SEE THE COOLANT RUNNING OUT OF THE THERMOSTAT HOUSING. I THOUGHT IT WAS A BAD THERMOSTAT SO I BOUGHT A NEW ONE AND REPLACED IT MYSELF. IT WASN'T UNTIL I TURNED THE CAR ON FOLLOWING THE REPAIRS THAT I SAW THE COOLANT COMING FROM CRACKS IN THE MANIFOLD. I DID NOT KNOW OF THE FORD RECALLS 97M91, 99M01, 01M02 UNTIL I WAS RESEARCHING TO BUY A NEW MANIFOLD ON THE INTERNET. I BOUGHT THIS CAR BACK IN 2000 AND NEVER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE RECALL. THIS VEHICLE HAS 160,000 MILES ON IT AND STILL RUNS GREAT, UNTIL NOW. I FEEL I SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THIS RECALL AND FORD MOTOR CO. SHOULD REIMBURSE FOR MY EXPENSES. *TR