1996 Ford Mustang GT Engine cooling Problems

“We owned a 1996 Ford Mustang Gt that had a plastic intake manifold that cracked and failed. The manifold cracked on the coolant crossover passage, directly behind the alternator. There was no crash or injuries. I replaced the manifold myself by purchasing a new one from auto zone on 8/16/05. The cost of the manifold was $264.94.”

“Hello please forgive my poor english but my problem is that I had just bought my first car from a car dealer within 35 days the plastic intake started spray out of the engine area every time the gas pedal was push then causing other problem to the engine. The 1996 Mustang Gt 4.6 has a cracked plastic intake that should never been on this car please help it cost a lot of time and money.”

“Plastic intake manifold cracked for the 2nd time. I was fortunate enough to get covered under the recall the first time, but this time I'm on my own. This is on a '96 Mustang Gt with 100k miles. Both cracks were around the temperature sending unit at the front/passenger side of the motor.”

“There has been a recall on my intake on my Ford mustang 96, that I was not aware of. I recently had my car serviced and they found a problem with my intake my informed me that it had been recalled. Now it is at the dealer and they are telling me that the recall expried 2 months ago. How can a manufacture defect that they recalled expire to leave me hanging. This isnt right and isnt fair. A recall is a recall, it shouldnt be able to expire.”

“This is regard to a 1996 Ford Mustang Gt coup with a 4.6l with the now known faulty plastic intake manifold. I am the second owner of this car, it was purchased from car max in early 2000. So far the repair cost is just $1,000. I am aware of the just finished class action lawsuit but my case was not included due to it being outside the 7 year window. The car was serviced at Ford dealerships well with in the 7 years but they never said a word. I feel this is unfair practices by Ford and their affiliated dealerships. …”