{"count":1,"message":"Results returned successfully","results":[{"odiNumber":10147490,"manufacturer":"UNKNOWN MANUFACTURER","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/21/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"01/11/2006","vin":"","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"I TOOK A CAR TO MY MECHANIC I WANTED TO BUY, AND HE SAID EVERYTHING LOOKED FINE. THE NEXT DAY THE MANIFOLD CRACKED. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT CANNOT BE RECOGNIZED. THE ONLY WAY TO PREVENT IT IS TO REPLACE ALL MANIFOLDS ON 96-97 TOWN CARS AND OTHER YEARS AND MODELS OF FORD CARS. IT CRACKED WHEN MY CAR HAD 99K MILES. I WAS ABOUT 20 MINUTES AWAY FROM HOME WHEN IT CRACKED. I WAS LUCKY I MADE IT HOME. THIS CAN CAUSE SERIOUS DAMAGE IF NOT TREATED.  COOLANT AND STEAM WENT EVERYWHERE. IT COST $1000.00 TO REPAIR. THEY DO NOT EVEN MAKE THE ORIGINAL PART. YOU NEED TO GET AN UPDATED PART TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. THEY ISSUED A SETTLEMENT ON THIS, BUT I AM EXCLUDED FROM IT. ALL MANIFOLDS WILL CRACK; IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME. MY MANIFOLD NEEDED TO CRACK WITHIN SEVEN YEARS ACCORDING TO THE SETTLEMENT. MINE CRACKED IN EIGHT YEARS. IF ONE WERE TO BUY A 97 TOWN CAR WITH ONLY 30K MILES IN PERFECT CONDITION, ONE WOULD STILL NEED TO SPEND AN EXTRA $1000 TO REPLACE THE MANIFOLD. THE SETTLEMENT IS EXCLUDING MANY PEOPLE FROM IT. IF IT HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED AND ONE HAS A 96 97 OR 98, ONE CANNOT GET ANYTHING. IF IT DID FAIL IN THE SEVEN YEARS, BUT ONE DID NOT HAVE A RECEIPT, AND HAVE A 96 97 OR 98, ONE CANNOT GET ANY MONEY BACK. IF ONE HAS A 1999 OR NEWER CAR, ONE HAS AN EXTENDED SEVEN YEAR COVERAGE FOR THE MANIFOLD. IF IT HAS NOT FAILED, ONE HAS SEVEN YEARS FROM THE WARRANTY START DATE FOR IT TO FAIL. IF IT DOES NOT, YOU DO NOT GET ANY MONEY FOR REIMBURSEMENT. IF ONE DOES NOT KNOW ABOUT THE SETTLEMENT, WHICH IS EASY TO DO BECAUSE IT WAS NOT A RECALL SO ONE CANNOT LOOK AT RECALL SITES, ONE ONLY HAS THREE MONTHS TO CLAIM THE SETTLEMENT. THE SETTLEMENT IS EXCLUDING A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND THERE SHOULD BE ANOTHER ONE FOR PEOPLE AFTER THE SEVEN YEAR MARK. I AM SURE WHEN THEY ISSUED THIS RECALL FOR FLEET VEHICLES, FORD BENT THE RULES AND FIXED THE MANIFOLDS AFTER THE SEVEN YEAR MARK FOR THEM, ESPECIALLY IF THEY WERE A GOOD COSTUMER AND BOUGHT A LOT OF VEHICLES.*JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"9999","productMake":"UNKNOWN","productModel":"UNKNOWN","manufacturer":"UNKNOWN MANUFACTURER"}]}]}