My 96 Se (98,000 miles) cooked the motor after losing the water pump. Had Ford put in a new motor and the piston exploded after 411 miles. My car has been back in 8 times since the motor change and it is still a mess. They just replaced the intake manifold, the flywheel, the torque converter and the radiator because of the second motor self destructing. The overheating also caused the seals in my air conditioning to go bad all over the place. I would love to see Ford accept some responsibility for this mess. The local dealer has been a nightmare to deal with on this problem.
