Ford Agrees To Settle Intake Manifold Lawsuits

[ttown]

This is for all you guys and gals with 96-01 4.6 cars

http://www.blueovalnews.com/2005/legal/cv.intake.fordagree.18jn05.htm

 

[Milenko]

WOW. Thats pretty good.

Mine never cracked, but I have a PI intake in the box in the garage.

 

[tjm73]

Great. Mine hasn't cracked. How long has the warrenty been extended? How will dealerships know that this "warrenty" has been extended?

This "warrenty" they talk of....what happens if a car is out of it's warrenty? How is this "warrenty" applied? This is fine news, but it leaves me with many, many, many questions.

 

[stallion98gt]

cool. great news. time to upgrade my intake manifold

 

[topless98gt]

Ford will pay $735.00 to those without receipts, provided that they can verify with a dealership that a repair was made.

Holy crap...time to take it to a dealership. How would I go about getting that money?

 

[tjm73]

cool. great news. time to upgrade my intake manifold

I wouldn't run out and pay cash out of pocket to upgrade just yet. It didn't say they would pay if you decide dto upgreade. It said they would reimburse if you already paid (work order date will be checked I'm sure) or if you didn't have the receipt they would give a certain ammount, or extend some kind of warrrenty for when/if it breaks.

I want to see terms of this so-called warrenty. It must have soem kind of limits. Like a 100,000 miles limit or something. Like they did with the 3.8 head gasket fiasco a couple years back.

 

[DropTopPony]

now how do the guys who swapped their own intakes because they knew the warranty time had expired get credit?....i wonder if they will get reimbursed if they show the new intake to a dealer for verification.

 

[streetstang03]

soo.....we have to wait for it to crack and then we can have it fixed for free, or I can take it to the dealership BEFORE it cracks and get it fixed

 

[DropTopPony]

soo.....we have to wait for it to crack and then we can have it fixed for free, or I can take it to the dealership BEFORE it cracks and get it fixed

they are not gonna fix something thats not broken, atleast not for free!
you have to wait for it to crack, but its nice they are extending the warranty.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Soooo, I have to overtighten my thermostat housing before I can get it replaced? No problem

 

[east_sidaz40]

soo.....we have to wait for it to crack and then we can have it fixed for free, or I can take it to the dealership BEFORE it cracks and get it fixed

 

[9646gt]

Soooo, I have to overtighten my thermostat housing before I can get it replaced? No problem

that is what I will be doing..however using a flat head screw driver and a hammer on the seams came to mind also...

 

[Hiltonizer]

so can I just take my 01 to a ford dealer and have them replace the part? though mine isnt broken (yet)

 

[Roger_4.6_96]

I had mine replaced under my used car warranty. Something like $400 in labor and parts. Hopefully i can get that back.

 

[mijo_latino]

Hmm, sounds not so good. Those of us who did the Pi intake swap may not benefit from this. Ford can easily say some bs that keeps them from reinbursement of modded intake manifolds.

I did the whole "if something breaks, upgrade." Saddness.

 

[STNG_96]

This is great, I cant wait to get my $925 back.

 

[mrvax]

I did the headswap at 60K before the old intake cracked. Too bad they won't cover the enevitable crack.

 

[FEARED]

Did anyone figure out how long the warranty is extended for?

 

[RedefinedGT]

I am going to stop by the ford garage tomorrow and find out if they will fix mine now.... I will let you know any details I find.

 

[tjm73]

Found another article with a bit more info. We will be notified of the settlement.

http://www.freep.com/money/autonews/manifold18e_20050618.htm