The affeced engine is the 4.6L engine with the defective plastic intake manifold part number F8az-9424-bc* installed in 1996 and up all crown vics, Grand Marquis and town cars. This is a very serious safety issue. Consider a family of 6 traveling an interstate, at highway speeds, when the defective intake manifold gives out and a rapid loss of coolant occurs. The driver panics and tries to get to the right shoulder, only to be hit by an 18-wheeler. Or the driver gets to the right shoulder and a highway patrolman stops to render assistance and eventually, a tow truck shows up to tow the vehicle. All these people are in harms way, because the defective intake manifold was not put on the recall list. Do we have to wait for people to die or are seriously injured, before the Ford Motor Company will finally extend their recall notice, from certain Ford crown victorias to all vehicles having this defective intake manifold? the driving public needs your help in getting the Ford Motor Company to extend their recall notice to include all Ford products having this defective intake manifold. Visit the following web sites, for complete details of the problem, I want to avoid. www.complaints.com/june2002/complaintoftheday.june6.13.htm www.complaints.com/november2002/complaintoftheday.november4.26.htm public.fotki.com/trsi/ford_intake_recall ( must visit web site) hopefully, after you visited these web sites, you will get the picture. In my opinion, the Ford Motor Company must be made to include all

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