2001 Lincoln Town Car Engine Problems

My car has been making a weird whistling noise for a few months. My husband found it was coming from the rear intake manifold hose. He started my car and next the car started smoking and he looked under the hood the nipple where the hose connected had broke off and there is a crack all the way down the intake manifold.

There was a loud pop after I got gas. My car wouldn't stay running. I couldn't figure out what was going on. My husband looked under the hood and the spark plug still attached to the ignition coil had popped out of the engine. All of the screws holding the ignition coils had backed out.

ENGINE STARTED TO MAKE A LOUD CLICKING NOISE WHILE DRIVING 45MPH DOWN THE BLOCK. MANAGED TO PULL INTO THE DRIVEWAY AND WHEN A OPENED THE HOOD THE COIL PACK HAD BLOWN APART AND THE SPARK PLUG WAS SITTING ON TOP OF THE ENGINE. *TR

FORD'S PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD IS CRACKED. IS THERE ANY RECOURSE STILL AVAILABLE FOR THIS PROBLEM? THE MANIFOLD IS STILL ON THE CAR AND NOW LEAKING. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH THE CHECK ENGINE SOON SERVICE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. HE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS NO WATER IN THE ENGINE. THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THE WATER IN THE MANIFOLD PENETRATED IT AND CAUSED THE ENGINE TO FAIL. THE DEALER REPLACED THE MANIFOLD AND THE ENGINE FOR $6,200. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,787. UPDATED 02/18/10. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANIFOLD CRACKED AND WATER LEAKED IN THE MOTOR. THE DEALER STATED THE ENGINE WAS RUINED. UPDATED 09/07/10*JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATES VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY WHICH RESULTS IN LOSS OF POWER. THE MOTOR SHUTS COMPLETELY OFF. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS, AND THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. REPAIRS WHERE MADE AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. *AK

THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ENGINE, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *JB

THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED. *MR THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, THE TRANSMISSION LEAKED FLUID, AND WOULD NOT ENGAGE WHEN WARM. THE TECHNICIAN RESEALED THE TAILSHAFT PLUG. THE LUG NUTS WERE LOOSE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASES. THE VEHICLE WOULD CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. THERE WERE RATTLE NOISES COMING FROM THE CHASSIS WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS. THE LIGHT HAD COME ON, AND THE TEMPERATURE WOULD DROP BY ITSELF. SCC *NLM

THIS LINCOLN TOWN CAR HAS BEEN STRETCHED 120 INCHES. MAY 2002 STOCKTON LINCOLN DIAGNOSED SYSTEM AND PUT DYE IN AND COULD NOT FIND LEAK. TO TOP IT OFF THEY WANTED 392.00 PAYMENT FOR THIS.AGAIN IN OCTOBER 2002 I WENT BACK IN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. AT THAT TIME THEY FOUND 19700A4 COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY-AIR CONDITIONER REMOVE AND INSTALLED OR REPLACED (19V703/19703) MILEAGE AT THAT TIME WAS 8952. NOW APRIL 2003, MILEAGE 13,200 THE A/C IS OUT AGAIN. THE SAME AS BEFORE. THE DRIVERS COMPARTMENT GETS SO HOT I HAVE TO ROLL THE WINDOW DOWN. FROM OCTOBER TO NOW I DID NOT NEED TO USE THE A/C DUE TO IT BEING WINTER. WHEN I TURN THE A/C ON IT BECOMES A SANA IN THE DRIVERS COMPARTMENT. I OWN ANOTHER LINCOLN TOWN CAR (NOT STRETCHED) AND KNOW QUITE WELL HOW TO OPERATE THE A/C - HEATER. I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THE A/C AND HEATER SINCE I PURCHASED THIS LINCOLN TOWN CAR. HELP.....

VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, MILEAGE WAS 154. DEALER COULD NOT FIND CAUSE. *AK *JB

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PREMATURE ENGINE FAILURE. UPON STARTING VEHICLE CONSUMER HEARD A GRINDING NOISE. CONSUMER CHECKED THE OIL LEVEL, AND DISCOVERED THAT OIL LEVEL WAS VERY LOW. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THIS WAS CAUSED BY A DEFECT IN THE OIL CHECK VALVE FILLER. TSB 630515 WAS ISSUED ON THIS PROBLEM. *AK