Ford Crown Victoria Complaints (2003)

249 consumer complaints on file.

#10036668August 27, 2003
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
I HAVE HAD THE CAR IN MY HANDS FOR 5 DAYS AND THEN IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP THE LAST WEEK. THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE REAR END IT WAS THERE WHEN I GOT THE CAR AND GOT WROSE IN THE 850 MILES THAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PUT ON THE CAR. FORD NOW HAS THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL ALL A PART AND CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. I HAVE SAID THAT IT MUST BE A BAD BARING AND JUST PUT A NEW ONE ON AND FORD WILL NOT. THEY WOULD LIKE TO JUST RIP APART MY NEW CAR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10026333August 15, 2003
WHEELS:RIM
THE RIMS SPLIT IN HALF. FORD ACKNOWLEDGED THERE WAS A PROBLEM. *AK *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10031526August 5, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES
PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE'S CRUISE CONTROL.*MR WHILE DRIVING UPHILL THE VEHICLES CRUISE CONTROL FAILED AND THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION. THE CONSUMER HAD TO APPLY THE BRAKE AND SWITCH OFF THE ENGINE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP. THE FAILURE WAS THE RESULT OF A CABLE ASSEMBLY BETWEEN THE CRUISE CONTROL BOX AND CARBURETOR WHICH CAME LOOSE, JAMMING THE CABLE ON THE PULLEY. *PH *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10025798July 10, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
CRUISE CONTROL FAILED AT ALMOST FULL THROTTLE WHILE GOING UPHILL FROM LEE VINNING CA TO MAMMOTH LAKES CA, ON US 395, FROM ABOUT 4,000 FT TO 8,000 FT ELEVATION. VEHICLE WAS A BUDGET RENTAL CAR, CONTRACT 133247, FROM LONG BEACH, CA, (LGB) AIRPORT LOCATION, 2003 FORD CROWN VICTORIA, DIN [XXX], CA LICENSE [XXX], LESS THAN 9,000 MILES. BRAKE & CRUISE CONTROL OFF SWITCH DID NOT REMEDY THROTTLE POSITION. STOPPED CAR BY APPLYING BRAKE & SWITCHING OFF ENGINE ON SIDE OF ROAD. DID NOT ATTEMPT TO SWITCH ENGINE OFF AT HIGH SPEED AS IT MAY, OR MAY NOT, HAVE LOCKED STEERING WHEEL. FIXED PROBLEM AS A "CABLE ASSEMBLY" BETWEEN "CRUISE CONTROL BOX" & CARBURETOR HAD PARTICULARLY COME LOOSE, JAMMING CABLE ON PULLEY. THERE SEEM TO BE A DEFECT IN THE FASTENER FOR THE PART REATTACHED ALLOWING RECURRENCE.BUDGET @ 800 858 5377 WOULD NOT RECORD PROBLEM BUT TOLD ME TO REPORT TO LGB BUDGET AT TURNED IN.SPOKE TO SERVICE PERSONNEL AT NEAREST FORD DEALER, EASTERN SIERRA MOTORS, BISHOP, CA WHO SAID THERE WERE OTHER RARE INSTANCES OF THIS HAPPENING & THAT IT WAS AN ITEM COVERED BY WARRANTY (PHONE 877 503 6257). REPORTED THIS TO BUDGET AGENT AT LGB WHO WAS FLIPPANT & RUDE. HE DID NOT SEEM TO CARE NOR DID I GET THE FEELING THAT THE ITEM WOULD BE FIXED. TIME OF REPORT 0620 HRS/6 JULY 03 (BUDGET WAS 20 MINUTES LATE OPENING). AGENT REPORTED HIS NAME AS JOCK ROCKET (SUSPECT THIS IS NOT CORRECT).I REQUEST THAT BUDGET BE CONTACTED TO HAVE THE CAR FIXED SO IT WILL RECUR WITH A LESS EXPERIENCE DRIVER WHO MAY BE KILLED OR INJURED. ALSO, FORD SHOULD BE CONTACTED TO FIX THIS DEFECT.*AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10022677July 3, 2003
WHEELS:RIM
A POLICE OFFICER STATED WHILE DRIVING AT LOWER SPEEDS THE VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE HEAVILY DUE TO A CRACKED RIM. THE OFFICERS VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. *AK *CB *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10026337July 1, 2003
WHEELS:RIM, TIRES
POLICE OFFICER NOTICED ONE OF THE FRONT TIRES WAS FLAT DUE TO A FAULTY/CRACKED RIM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10025230July 1, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES
VEHICLE HAS HAD REPEATED COMPUTER PROBLEMS, VIBRATION, EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION, LOW GAS MILEAGE, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, MIRRORS, CRUISE CONTROL, SURGING ENGINE,ENGINE DIES, ALL OF THESE HAVE BEEN REPEAT COMPLAINTS.THESE COMPLAINTS ARE OVER THE LAST 16 MONTHS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10017504June 26, 2003
WHEELS:RIM
THE CONSUMER NOTICED A HARD VIBRATION COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED BY A TECHNICIAN, WHO STATED THE RIM WELL WAS CRACKED. *JB PH *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10024377June 18, 2003
WHEELS:RIM
CONSUMER NOTICED A SLOW LEAK IN THE RIGHT REAR TIRE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER STATED THAT THE RIM WAS CRACKED. CONSUMER FELT THE RIMS WERE DEFECTIVE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10024183June 17, 2003
WHEELS:RIM
RIMS CRACKED ON THREE OF THE SIX CROWN VICTORIAS OWNED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF BLUFFS. *MR PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10018046May 2, 2003
WHEELS:RIM
THE RIMS CRACKED WITHOUT WARNING. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10016859May 1, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
2003 FORD CROWN VICTORIA PURCHASED IN 1/03 HAS REPEATED ENGINE VIBRATIONS THAT ARE NOTICED WHILE IDLING IN DRIVE AND APPLYING THE BRAKE. THE INDICATIONS FEEL LIKE THE ENGINE IS MISSING AND GETS WORSE AFTER DIRVING MORE THAN THIRTY MINUTES. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THREE DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS WITH NOT RESOLVE. THE ONE HONEST DEALSHIP WAS FRIENDLY FORD IN CROSBY TEXAS AND THEY TOLD ME THAT FORD ENGINEERING WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND I WOULD HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THE VIBRATION UNTIL THEY FOUND A SOLUTION. THE ENGINEER TOLD THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT THEY HAVE TO LOWER THE IDLE "THE CAUSE" TO MEET FEDERAL EMMISSION CONTROL STANDARDS. I HAVE JUST RETURNED FROM SETTING IN A BRAND NEW CROWN VICTORIA THAT DOES NOT MISS LIKE MIND DOES. IT SEEMS THAT FORD KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND DID NOT CARE WHAT THE CONSUMER HAD TO PUT UP WITH. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT FORD IS HAVING ALOT OF ENGINE PROBLEMS WITH THE CROWN VICTORIA POLICE INTERCEPTOR. HOW CAN FORD SELL A CAR THAT IS BELOW PAR AND MISLEAD CONSUMERS. I PAID ALMOST THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A CAR THAT FEELS LIKE IT IS RUNNING ON SEVEN OF THE EIGHT CYLINDERS. CAN YOU PLEASE ADVISE ME OF WHERE I CAN GO FROM HERE. REGARDS, TED MATUSZEWSKI
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10017354April 28, 2003
TIRES
THE TWO FRONT TIRES HAD A BUBBLE AND ONE OF THEM HAD BURST WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE OTHER TIRE WAS ENLARGED. THE CONSUMER PURCHASED A USED TIRE AND CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEY REFUSED SERVICE DUE TO THE VEHICLE BEING OUT OF WARRANTY. MR SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10016299April 22, 2003
WHEELS:RIM
TIRE RIMS ARE SEPARATING ON THE WELD-WE HAVE FOUR RIMS THAT THIS HAS OCCURRED TO, ON TWO DIFFERENT VEHICLES. THE TIRES WILL HOLD ABOUT TWENTY POUNDS OF AIR EVEN WITH THE WELD BREAK. FRONT END SHIMMIES AT 30 MPH OR MORE WHICH INDICATES THE PROBLEM. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10014274April 11, 2003
WHEELS
2003 FORD CROWN VICTORIA WHEELS FAIL AT THE WELD, WE HAVE AT LEAST 20 FAILURES WHERE THE WELD CRACKS AND THE TIRE DEFLATES. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED. WE ARE AFRAID THAT WE WILL HAVE A GRAVE ACCIDENT IF THIS IS NOT CORRECTED.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10011632March 31, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE 2003 CROWN VICTORIA'S GAS TANK. *PH *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10009597March 17, 2003
TIRES:SIDEWALL
GOODYEAR TIRE BLOWOUT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10010221March 10, 2003
WHEELS
STEEL WHEEL CRACKED AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE WHEEL. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10007260March 3, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
FUEL TANK PLACEMENT, AND LIKELY DANGER OF AN EXPLOSION IN A REAR END COLLISION.*AK *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10009111February 24, 2003
WHEELS
THE WHEELS CRACKED, WHICH CAUSED A LOUD NOISE.(POLICE VEHICLE)*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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