Complaint Review: Ford Motor Company - Dearborn Michigan

If not and you bought this car used then you are out of luck as the lemon law does not apply in the state of Florida. Also may not apply after the original warranty has expired. Check to see if the engine light coming on may be caused by the gas cap being loose on the tank. Sometimes you may need to open it and tighten it up. Something about moisture or something. Been a while since I owned a vehicle that had that sort of problem.

There is a "Lemon Law" to protect the consumer against these "P.O.S's" you may want to check into them if you've had nothing but continual problems that have been fixed under warranty..

This is to update you with my problem with the 2003 Lincoln, Aviator. Today I went to Coggin Deland, Ford, Lincoln, Mercury to pick up my car. I talked to Mike Stewart, assistant service mgr. and asked him to let me see the old parts that were replaced. He showed me the head and told me that cylinder number 7 was the problem but still he could not tell me what happened. I asked him where were the gaskets and he replied he didn't know where they were. I took pictures of the head and the cylinder #7. While paying for the repairs, Rhonda Pryor met me there and asked me if everything was okay? I told her Mike couldn't find the old gaskets and she said she would go and and look for them. After about 15 minutes she did show up with the gaskets and I took pictures of all the gaskets. I transferred the pictures to my PC and when I looked at the pictures of the head gaskets I noticed on one sode there was a perfect seal around the pistons and when I turned the gasket over I noticed there three cylinders that the seal didn't go all the way around perfectly. I believe what caused the problem was a defective head gasket. When they replaced the heads the Aviator had only 54,141 miles and the car never overheated. After the car was repaired there was like a night and day difference to the way the car ran. It was quieter and had more power than it used to. It was like the day I bought it. I trruly believe this problem started when the car had about 40,000 miles but it was a gradual process so it wasn't that noticable. While on vacation in August my wife did mention to me that the car engine seemed to be noisy and didn't seem to run as smooth as it did before. PICTURES WILL FOLLOW, I NEED YOUR OPINION FROM A CERTIFIED MECHANIC. thank you Leon Kubinski DeBary, Florida

Take your car to an independent mechanic. The on-board computer system on your Linc. holds all the codes in its memory bank, unless they have been cleared by the mechanic working on it. The check engine light does not have to be on to find out why it came on. I work for a small independent dealer and we have a local mechanic check the lights on our cars even if the light isn't on. The heads on your car should not need to be replaced at 49,000 miles. Unless you had an overheating problem, which you would have noticed. Or there was a manufacturer problem, which I know Chrysler had with the Neons in the 90's. Then there should be a recall for this. Chrysler did a no-notice recall for their problems. You had to go to the dealer to find this out. As far as the rotors goes that is a wear and tear part and should be replaced every 30-50,000 miles.