Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE | |||||
| AS-21769 | 03/01/2011 | 10039053 | Ready | 07/06/2011 | |
| AS-21769 | 03/01/2011 | 10039053 | Ford: if there is an intermittent lack of power, surge, or hesitation while driving the brakes will override acceleration. *rm | 07/06/2011 | |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - EXHAUST SYSTEM - EMISSION CONTROL | |||||
| TSB-08-26-14 | 05/01/2009 | 10028506 | Ford/mercury: some vehicles may exhibit a malfunction indicator light (mil) on with diagnostic trouble codes (dtcs) p0340 and/or p0344 (camshaft position sensor circuit). may be due to incorrect reading from the camshaft sensor. *pe | 05/06/2009 | |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - EXHAUST SYSTEM - EMISSION CONTROL - CRANKCASE (PCV) | |||||
| TSB-08-26-14 | 05/01/2009 | 10028506 | Ford/mercury: some vehicles may exhibit a malfunction indicator light (mil) on with diagnostic trouble codes (dtcs) p0340 and/or p0344 (camshaft position sensor circuit). may be due to incorrect reading from the camshaft sensor. *pe | 05/06/2009 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINE | |||
| 08/29/2012 | 51000 | 1 | |
| When driving at a normal speed, the idle of the car quickly drops and you are unable to maintain your speed. you immediately are forced to stop the car, turn it off and let it sit to reset it's self where ever on the road you are. this has happen randomly last few weeks. just a few days ago it got increasingly worse. was entering highway off an exit trying to merge. was unable to get the speed because the idle dropped. luckily had just enough time to get to shoulder to sit and wait. had it been few seconds longer would of merged with highway traffic and then car would of came to a quick halt. the diagnosis to this problem the throttle body went bad. *tr | |||
| 08/29/2012 | 51000 | ||
| When driving at a normal speed, the idle of the car quickly drops and you are unable to maintain your speed. you immediatley are forced to stop the car, turn it off and let it sit to reset it's self where ever on the road you are. this has happen randomly last few weeks. just a few days ago it got increasly worse. was entering highway off an exit trying to merge. was unable to get the speed because the idle dropped. luckily had just enough time to get to shoulder to sit and wait. had it been few seconds longer would of merged with highway traffic and then car would of came to a quick halt. the diagnosis to this problem the throttle body went bad. | |||
| 03/08/2010 | 52000 | ||
| I was driving to the dealer to have them check a tapping sound comming from the engine that i had heard earlier that day. i made it about 5 miles from home, and the engie had blown, no warning lights, nothing other than the sound that had just occured that morning. now i had made it about 90k after the new engine was installed (now at 139000), and again the engine has blown. this time it was a little worse, the car had a sudden increase of power, and then all the sudden there was a loud bang, and a cloud of white smoke followed by smoke comming from the hood and the rear of the car. when i pulled onto the shoulder i looked under the car and saw a peice of the engine fall out and then all of the oil as well. i take very good care of every vehicle i own, the first time it happended the dealership told me it looked like i hadnt changed my oil ever. it was just a sludge. | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | |||
| 06/01/2010 | |||
| U.s. department of energy u.s. department of transportation this is a request for inspections, compliance, on potential safety hazards, health hazards, defects recalls at the following locations : please begin year - round inspections during all race events listed : many collisions and other race rage, road kill occurrences have to be stopped. coca cola 600 ponoco 500 lifelock 400 toyota savemart 350 lenox industrial tools 301 coke zero 400 lifelock.com 400 brickyard 400 indianapolis 500 pennsylvania 500 helluva good sour cream dips at the glen carfax 400 sharpie 500 labor day classic 500 chevy rock and roll 400 daytona 500 sylvania 300 dover 400 price chopper 400 pepsi 400 bank of america 500 tums fast relief 500 amp energy 500 aaa texas 500 ford 400 checker auto parts 500 ford city 500 please include these nascar events and all other nascar events for inspections, compliance and all other potential hazards, deaths, etc. please also include all indy type race events with this request. | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE | |||
| 07/10/2009 | 10120 | 1 | |
| 1. engine threw a rod resulting in catastrophic engine failure july 10, 2009: while traveling the i805 s in san diego, ca, the vehicle engine exploded without warning causing loss of vehicle control. no warning lights were illuminated, there were no noises, nothing to indicate what was about to happen. i was heading to work at approximately 1pm, with cruise control set to 65mph, when i began to near my freeway interchange. it's an area where two freeways meet and merging traffic is moving much slower. cruise control was disengaged and the vehicle gradually began to slow from 65mph. merging traffic was trying to move right to left and i was trying to move left to right; once i saw my opening, i pressed the accelerator pedal to speed up. instantly there was a loud explosion and the vehicle jolted. my first reaction was that i had been rear ended or hit by another vehicle. the vehicle began to 'buck' and threw itself into the lane to it's right. smoke was billowing out from under the hood and bottom of the vehicle. the interior hvac system pulled smoke into the passenger compartment during this time. i managed to brake and move to the shoulder, during this time there were bursts of power and then deceleration. when the vehicle was finally under control, my next thought moved to the fire danger it posed to the surrounding freeway embankment and residential areas above. i allowed the vehicle to coast down the home ave exit ramp and parked it in the center of home ave. i literally leapt from the vehicle and ran to pull my school and work material from the trunk. i attempted to call 911 6 times before giving up and calling my work manager. he was able to get through to 911 dispatchers that eventually sent a firetruck. 2. failure happened once 3. ford replaced entire engine assembly and miscellaneous damaged components. *tr | |||