NHTSA Complaint #10404265 — 2003 LINCOLN AVIATOR

I OWN A 2003 LINCOLN AVIATOR WITH 85,000 MILES ON IT . IT IS A 48,000 DOLLAR VEHICLE AND I AM LESS THAN SATISFIED WITH THE WAY ITS HELD UP . THE VEHICLE SEES SYNTHETIC OIL CHANGES EVERY 3,000 MILES . AT AROUND 79,000 THE ENGINE DIED ON WHILE DRIVING ON A HILLY COUNTRY ROAD WITH MY FAMILY IN THE CAR . I WAS ABLE TO MUSCLE THE CAR OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH NO POWER STEERING AND LIMITED BRAKES WE ENDED UP IN A CORN FIELD , HOWEVER THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE THERE WAS A VERRY UNHAPPY FARMER . THE VEHICLE THEN STARTED UP AND RAN BUT WAS RUNNING ROUGH WITH A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT . BROUGHT TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD ITS A COMMON PROBLEM AND NEEDED A VALVE JOB SOMEWHERE TO THE TUNE OF 5,000 DOLLARS . I AM ONE OF AT LEAST 350 OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME PROBLEM ONLINE AND WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT BEING LOOKED INTO FURTHER . THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN BABIED SINCE DAY 1 AND I LOVED IT UNTILL NOW AND ITS A SHAME . ALONG WITH THE LOW COMPRESSION THE VEHICLE ALSO DEVELOPED AN OBNOXIOUS KNOCK AND TICK. I DONT APPRECIATE THE VEHICLE AS I DID BEFORE OH AND AS FOR FORD , THEY WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH IT . *TR