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1998 Lincoln TOWN CAR Engine And Engine Cooling Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	989792
Internal NHTSA #	10521255
Manufacurer	Ford Motor Company
Brand	LINCOLN
Model	TOWN CAR
Model Year	1998
File date	17/04/13
Component	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Vehicle began to over heat. Once it got hot, the power of car is,was lost. After happening a few times,i found a very small [pin size] hole in the thermastate recieving unit. This is a part of the manifold it self. All attemps to repair this problem has failed.! Trying to fix this proved impossible. This part is in fact made of some type of plastic. As it heats up the plastic exspands, and re-opens the hole,which has now become a crack. All effords to find a sealent to stop the leak,has failed. To have this crack repaired means that the entire top of the motor [manifold] must be re-placed. Ford re-placed the termastate housing unit in 2000-2001, with an aluminum piece,problem solved. There are no re-calls,nor even a notification,sent out, to address this problem. I feel stornly that this is in fact a known problem,which ford was aware of,but decided that it did not happen enough to fix it. Please note::when the car ovrt heats it shuts off the power to the engine!!! This could potientially be avery dangerous situation,especially in high traffic,high speed situations!!!!
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	137352
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	GR. CACAPON, WV
VIN pattern	1LNFM82WY70XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
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No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	06/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	60
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A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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1998 Lincoln TOWN CAR Engine And Engine Cooling Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

1998 Lincoln TOWN CAR Engine And Engine Cooling Problems, Complaints and Defects

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