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#1802 of 3244 Intake manifold by jjacob9105 Feb 10, 2003 (9:39 pm)
I just finished reading all of the active posts, and learned a lot. Thanks to all who took the time to post.   I am the original owner of a 97 GM and still love it after 5 1/2 years.   Last April, the intake manifold failed. I became aware of the extended warranty for some but not all of the Fords that have the 4.6 and grouched to Ford, but to no avail. To the retired attorney who planned on pursuing Ford over this: how are you coming along? any luck? Thanks again to all. Replies to this message: melcoh (Apr 26, 2005 7:20 am)
#1803 of 3244 John: Present your case to Ford again. by kinley Feb 10, 2003 (10:07 pm)
If their district service office is reasonably close, go in person with all of your paperwork. To make a deal, they need to document your individual case. IMO they should pay the entire bill and they have in the past to many people. Good Luck.
#1804 of 3244 New Grand Marquis vs a New SUV by cfocfo Feb 17, 2003 (12:58 pm)
Last month I was deciding between a roomy SUV or a roomy GM for our family vehicle. Both met my needs and wants lists and I could have gone either way. Better gas MPG would have been nice, as the writing was on the wall for higher gas prices, but the size of the other beasts out on the road eliminated a gas efficient vehicle, too bad. The SUV advantages were - it rode high for a good view and everyone in the neighborhood owns at least 1 SUV and for those 5 days a year there is more snow than salt on the road, you get better traction. The GM advantages were - it has an easy to read electronic instramentaion panel, rides with less hwy bounce, and I wouldn't have to succumb to the neighborhood/national SUV craze.   Now none of the above were strong enough to make a final vote.   The final vote that carried the decision was SAFETY. Early in my Edmunds research, I eliminated the 3rd row seat if I DID get the SUV. There's nothing safe about that seat located inches in front of the back glass and rear bumper. The kids loved it, it was like a little hidden club back there for them. But I wasn't going to stress out at every stopped light when I had someone sitting back there. Of course, the other big SAFETY fear I had was ROLLOVER. Dr. Jeffrey Runge, the NHTSA administrator, said rollovers account for more than half of SUV fatalities.   So why am I posting this ? Well I just got done reading some posts and SUV links to TIME, James R. Heale, USA Today, and so-on about how unsafe SUVs are and I would bet there will be more data to come that will back this up even more. And as I get commments about driving a grandpa mobile, I'll just smile and enjoy as the great marketing of SUVs takes a few shots.   I still like the SUV I almost bought, but ... IMO, I am driving one of the safest vehicles on the road with as many creature features as I've seen on ANY vehicle !   http://www.mercola.com/2002/mar/13/car_seats.htm   http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101030224-42346- - - 4,00.html   justreading "I don't like SUVs, why do you?" Feb 16, 2003 1:24pm
#1805 of 3244 Rear end whine 2002 CV by hughiem Feb 18, 2003 (3:57 pm)
I have a CV with only 7000 miles on it and the rear end has a whining noise, most noticable when you let off the gas at 65mph, the whining gets loudest at about 62 down to about 52. Then it comes in again about 40 down to 30mph. The noise is only under deceleration, if you give gas it goes away. Service manager drove it and can't seem to hear the noise, but everyone else can, especially rear seat passenger. Anyone else run into this problem.
#1806 of 3244 1999 Grand Marquis (O/D OFF) Flashing by drs120 Feb 24, 2003 (6:00 am)
I presently own a 1999 Grand Marquis with 40,000 miles. The car runs terrific except for an occasional hiccup. When driving in stop and go traffic (aka Cross Bronx Expressway), the O/D OFF light on the dashboard flashes. It takes turning off the car and restarting it to reset it. Can anyone lend some advise here? It only happens when the car is warmed up and you encounter stop and go conditons.
#1807 of 3244 Re-Design ? by wgr Feb 27, 2003 (7:59 am)
Does anyone know when/if any siginificant redesign is planned for the Crown Vic/Marquis ?
#1808 of 3244 Life is unpredictable. Buy one now. by kinley Feb 27, 2003 (9:56 am)
#1809 of 3244 Is the GM the SAFEST car on the road ? by cfocfo Feb 27, 2003 (10:51 am)
It looked like it was the highest ranked (5 stars) full size vehicle on the market, according to the STAR ranking system at http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/.   The side impact was only 4 STARS, but if eqquiped with side airbags, I don't see how there is a safer VEHICLE on the road right now ?   And please, no need to include the 60 MPH crash into the back-end on the hwy issue. (If I was pulling over 3-5 drivers a day on the hwy, that would concern me, but most people don't)
#1810 of 3244 safest would probably be some $70k Mercedes by iusecad Feb 27, 2003 (4:00 pm)
Question - is it possible to add a factory keyless entry system to an Interceptor? Would it just be plugging in some controller/receiver? Second question is how much do you suppose all this would run me?
#1811 of 3244 by rea98d Feb 27, 2003 (4:14 pm)
You can usually find those keyless entry kits at Target or K-mart for something like $30. Installation will be DIY, and I'm not sure what that entails, although I almost did this to my '95 Thunderchicken once.   As far as a redesign? Don't expect one anytime soon. The same basic platform goes back to '79, although with significant improvements over the years, especially the 2003's. Personal speculation, but I think the Mercury Montego and Ford 500 will end up replacing the Grand Marquis and Crown Victoria. I think the Grand Marquis and Crown Victoria nameplates have become too associated with "old people" cars to be viable in the marketplace, and the Taurus will probably never recover from the radioactive catfish design of '96, so Ford is hoping that one car, splitting the difference between the Taurus and the Crown Vic, will correct two of their marketing mistakes, make them more competitive in the family sedan market, and reduce the number of car models they have to make. Much as they hoped to replace both the Contour and Escort with the Focus on the small car end of the market. If Ford has ceased production on the Contour and Escort, I missed that notice, but replacing them with the Focus was the original plan. I wouldn't be surprised if Ford is doing the same thing with the 500.   As an aside, such a tactic worked for Jaguar in the '60's, when they replaced a small, medium, and large sized sedan with a single midsize car, the XJ6. Now, ironically, they're going the opposite way, having come out with a midsize S-Type, a small X-Type, and moving the XJ up to the big end of the spectrum with the 2004's.

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