Complaint 347706
1996 FORD PROBE • ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE • incident Jan 15, 2002
Crash
No
Fire
No
Injuries
0
Deaths
0
Complaint Summary
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
Owner Narrative
THERE IS OIL LEAKING INTO THE SPARK PLUG CYLINDERS. A TUNE UP WAS PERFORMED, HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM WAS NOT SOLVED. OIL CONTINUES TO SEEP INTO THE SPARK PLUG CYLINDERS, AND THIS IS CAUSING A DEGRADATION IN PERFORMANCE AS WELL AS ROUGH OPERATION. WHAT IS MOST INTERESTING, HOWEVER, IS THAT MY CAR IS NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH SUCH A PROBLEM. SEVERAL FORD PROBE OWNERS HAVE INFORMED ME THAT THEY HAVE SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THEIR CARS AS WELL (DIFFERENT MODEL YEARS).*AK
Owner-submitted narrative on file with NHTSA. Complaint narratives are self-reported and have not been verified.