1993 MERCURY VILLAGER Engine And Engine Coolingexhaust System Problems

STUDS ON EXHAUST MANIFOLD SHEARED OFF. CAUSED EXHAUST FUMES TO ENTER PASSENGER COMPARTMENT SICKING PASSENGERS. ALSO CAUSED A LOUD NOISE LIKE A EXHAUST LEAK. MECHANIC SAID HAD SEEN THIS ON SEVERAL OTHER VILLAGERS.*AK

THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY BECAME UNSTEERABLE AT SPEED. THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE CRANKSHAFT'S PULLEY WHICH CAME LOOSE DUE TO THE CRANKSHAFT BREAKING . THIS HAS RUINED THE CRANKSHAFT AND REQUIRES A NEW ENGINE INSTALLED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. DT

THIS IS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE FOR VILLAGERS. DON;T UNDERSTAND WHY A RECALL HAS NOT HAPPENED YET. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE SMELLS LIKE ROTTEN EGG. DEALER CHANGED EXHAUST SYSTEM, AND ADDED STRAWBERRY AIR FRESHNER TO TAKE SMELL AWAY. SMELL MAKES PASSENGERS SICK. SMELL IS STILL THERE, AND NO REMEDY IS DTERMINED.*AK

WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING FUMES FROM EXHAUST SYSTEM ENTERED VEHICLE. WHEN CONSUMER GOT HOME HE WAS FEELING SICK AND WENT TO HOSPITAL. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT PROBLEM. *AK

SINCE THE FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS WITHIN THE WARRANTY PERIOD, IT WAS A DOCUMENTED TSB PRIOR TO THE FIRST OCCURRENCE, AND IT IS THE SAME RECURRING PROBLEM, FORD MOTOR COMPANY IS OBLIGATED TO PROVIDE A REMEDY. CURRENT MILEAGE SHOULD NOT BE A FACTOR. *AK

SOON AFTER PURCHASING VEHICLE, STARTED SMELL EXHAUST AND GAS SMELL. DEALERSHIP CHANGED A BROKEN EXHAUST BOLT. SAME THING HAPPEN ABOUT SIX MONTHS LATER. AFTER THREE OR FOUR TRIPS FOR SAME PROBLEM, DEALER CHANGED EXHAUST MANIFOLD. PROBLEM RESURFACED AFTER ABOUT THREE YEARS. TOOK VEHICLE TO ANOTHER SHOP TO HAVE BOLTS CHANGE AGAIN. AFTER ABOUT THREE MONTHS, PROBLEM IS BACK AGAIN. ONE OF MY CO-WORKERS HAVE SAME MODEL WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. WAS TOLD BY A MECHANIC THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. SOME OF THE STUDS COULD NOT BE REMOVED. MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT FORD USES A MANIFOLD WITH TWO SETS OF HOLES BECAUSE OF THE BOLT PROBLEM. HE USED THE SECOND SET OF BOLT HOLES ONLY TO HAVE THE BOLTS BREAK OFF AGAIN. IS THERE A FIX OR RECALL IN EFFECT TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE RESPOND.

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

1. POWER LOCKS STUCK ON UNLOCK AND COULD NOT USED KEY OR MANUEL LOCK TO SECURE VEHICLE. 2) MANAPHOLED AND BOLT FAILED WAL DRIVEING. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THIS IS A REACURRING PROBLEM WITH THE VILLIAGERS. THIS COULD CASE ENGINE TO FAIL

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

STRONG RAW GAS ODOR AND SULPHUR ODOR ENTERS VEHICLE CABIN THROUGH VENTS WHEN CAR IS AT A STOP LIGHT. ODOR IS SO STRONG THAT YOU MUST OPEN THE WINDOWS TO AVOID PASSING OUT. FORD CONFIRMS THE PROBLEM, BUT SAYS THERE IS NO REPAIR PROCEDURE. *AK

THE EXHAUST STUDS BROKE, CAUSING THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD TO CRACK. THE DEALER HAS INFORMED THE OWNER THAT THERE IS A TSB ON THESE VEHICLES. *AK

THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD HAS STARTED LEAKING. LAST WEEK, I WAS NOTIFIED BY MAIL THAT THE WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED TO 7 YEARS OR 70,000 MILES AND IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT THE CAR IN FOR REPAIRS. THE DEALER REFUSES TO REPAIR THE CAR DUE TO HAVING 71,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. DEALER ADMITS THAT THE CAR MUST HAVE HAD DEFECT DURING THE TIME THE CAR WAS IN WARRANTY BUT THE WARRANTY HAD NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED YET. I HAVE PROTESTED TO THE REGIONAL SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE THAT THE DEFECT SHOULD BE COVERED.

EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS OR STUDS WERE COMPLETELY BROKEN AND THE ENGINE MAKES A HISSING AND FLUTTERING NOISE. ALSO EMITS UNSAFE EXHAUST FUMES WHICH ENTER INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE VAN.

BOLT TO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM CONTINUE TO FAIL CAUSING LEAKAGE.

EXHAUSTSYSTEM FAILED, CAUSING SULFURIC ACID SMELL TO ENTER INTO VEHICLE.

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON THE ROAD SMELLED SMOKE, PULLED OVER AND SAW THAT THE MUFFLER WAS CORRODED . PLEASE DESCRIBE .*AK

THE EXHAUST SYSTEM HAS BAD ODOR SMELL FUMES INSIDE VEHICLE. TT CONSUMER STATES SMELL IS SO BAD IT MAKES HIM SICK TO HIS STOMACH. *SLC

REAL BAD ODOR OF BURNING LEAVES WHEN TURN ON MOTOR. TT

SMELLS LIKE BURNING GRASS WHILE DRIVING DOWN ROAD; SORT OF SCARY; SMELL SO HEAVY, HAVE TO KEEP WINDOWS ROLLED DOWN. TT

CONSUMER SMELLS A BURNING UNDER THE HOOD. TT

VEHICLE WAS IN FOR REPAIR BURNING SMELL IN VEHICLE, PE95-037 ACTIVE. TT

AUTO SMELLS LIKE SOMETHING IS BURNING . TT

BURNING SMELL INSIDE VEHICLE; OPENED HOOD, SAW NO SMOKE/FIRE; STARTED VEHICLE, DROVE AWAY; SMELL WENT AWAY. TT

VAN HAD AN EXHAUST LERAK. *AK

CONSUMER LEASED CAR THERE IS AN EGGY SMELL AND BURNS YOUR EYES HAVE TO DRIVE WITH WINDOW DOWN IF DRIVING LONG DISTANCE YOU WILL GET A HEADACHE. TT