9.5
really awful- Typical Repair Cost:
- $1,800
- Average Mileage:
- 69,050 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 8 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- replace plastic intake manifold with an aluminum manifold (3 reports)
- not sure (2 reports)
- covered under class action lawsuit settled Dec 16, 2005 (1 reports)
- engine had to be replace since overheating blew head gaskets (1 reports)
- replace defective part with aluminum manifold if available (1 reports)

engine problem
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
after overheating and having to have my car flatbedded, i found out that the intake manifold had actually melted on the engine. i was also told that there might be significant engine damage withing the valve train. what the hell was ford thinking when they place a plastic intake on top of this engine. plastic+probability of overheating=cracking or in my case, an actual meltdown! I understand that this is an ongoing problem with these engines. is there any ongoing suites as to rectifying costs. since this is a known defect by ford as to this problem, i don't see why the owners should have to absorb the cost to fix this!!
- Gary C., Richland, NJ, US