Ford Crown Victoria Complaints (1996)

276 consumer complaints on file.

#703223February 12, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
WE HAVE A 1996 CROWN VICTORIA WITH 58000 MILES. ONE OF THE SWITCHES UNDER
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#702851February 2, 1999
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
STEERING LOCKS UP AND WILL NOT RETURN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#702852February 2, 1999
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
STEERING LOCKS UP AND WILL NOT RETURN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#702853February 2, 1999
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
STEERING LOCKS UP AND WILL NOT RETURN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#702854February 2, 1999
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
STEERING LOKS UP AND WILL NOT RETURN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#702855February 2, 1999
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
STEERING LOCKS UP AND WILL NOT RETURN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#832507December 21, 1998
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
THE CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH ELECTRICAL WIRING. VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR 24 HOURS BEFORE IT BURST INTO FIRE. THE CONSUMER PUT THE FIRE OUT. THE MANUFACTURER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THERE WERE SIGNS OF A SHORT UNDER THE FRONT RIGHT FENDER BY THE TRAILER WIRES, A FORD MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER THAT HE DID NOT BELIEVE THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY THE TRAILER WIRES. *ADJ REFERENCED IN EA02-025
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#700746November 19, 1998
SUSPENSION:FRONT
ON 06/05/1996 EVENING SHIFT LT. C. DAVIS WAS DRIVING VEHICLE #102, A 1996 FORD CROWN VICTORIA POLICE PACKAGE SEDAN. WAS COMING TO A STOP ON CITY STREET WHEN LF BALL JOINT NUT CAME OFF. LF SUSPENSION CAME LOOSE AND VEHICLE LANDED ON PAVEMENT. CALLED WRECKER SERVICE HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO VEHICLE SERVICES. BALL JOINT NUT WAS FOUND AND PLACED IN ASH TRAY OF #102. VEHICLE TOWED TO BOBBY JONES FORD ON 06/06/1996. REPLACED LF SUSPENSION ARM ASSY. VEHICLE SERVICES CHECKED OTHER CRUISERS. NO OTHER BALL JOINT PROBLEMS FOUND. SAW ARTICLE IN FLEET MANAGEMENT-OCT.98/VEHICLE RECALL REPORT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#830874November 16, 1998
STEERING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING DOWN ROAD WHEN STEERING LOCKED UP AND HE COULD NOT STEER THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER LOST CONTROL, AND STARTED DOWN AN EMBANKMENT.TRIED TO APPLY BRAKES, BUT THEY DID NOT WORK. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#700632November 15, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 2 TIMES FOR GAS VAPORS INSIDE THE CAR, THE SECOND TIME THEY REPLACE A GAS LINE O-RING BUT THAT DID NOT HELP.I WILL BE SENDING IT BACK FOR THE SAME PROBLEM THIS IS THE THIRD TIME. THE CAR ENGINE SHUTS DOWN AT ANY SPEED AND HAS DONE IT FOUR TIMES, AND THIS WILL BE THE SECOND TIME FOR THIS PROBLEM, LAST TIME MY CAR WAS IN THE SHOP FOR 5 DAYS AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND ANY THING WRONG WITH IT.NO GAS VAPORS OR THE ENGINE SHUTTING DOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#542587November 13, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR
CATALYTIC CONVERTER HAS FAILED SEVERAL TIMES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#542541November 12, 1998
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
COMPUTER SYSTEM DESIGN COULD RESULT IN FAILURE AT THE YEAR 2,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#830206November 5, 1998
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
THE STEERING COLUMN HAS DETERIORATED WHILE MAKING A TURN.THE WHEEL DOES NOT RETURN, AND IT STARTED LOCKING UP, MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR THE CONSUMER TO STRAIGHTEN THE WHEEL. THIS IS A POLICE VEHICLE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#542274October 27, 1998
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ROLLS BACKWARD AFTER RELEASING BRAKE PEDAL, DUE TO DESIGN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#828649October 6, 1998
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
WHILE DRIVING OUT OF THE YARD AND TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL COLUMN, CAN HEAR A POPPING NOISE. ALSO, WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND PARKING THE HOOD LATCH POPPED OPEN, AND THE DEALER WON'T REPAIR THE VEHICLE, DUE TO LACK OF ANY RECALL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#780628October 1, 1998
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
LEFT FRONT BALL JOINT FAILED. *ET
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#827667September 8, 1998
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
LOWER CONTROL ARM AND BALL JOINT BUSHINGS HAVE FAILED. THE DEALER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#825514August 25, 1998
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
CHIEF OF POLICE IS RESPONDING TO POLICE INTERNET RECALL CONCERNING VEHICLE RECALL FOR FRONT CONTROL ARM/ LOWER BALL JOINT . *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#826584August 12, 1998
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED PRIOR TO IMPACT, THE RESTRAINTS DID NOT RETRACT, CAUSING THE OCCUPANTS TO BE THROWN INTO THE WINDSHIELD. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#539771August 11, 1998
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER
TORQUE CONVERTER SHUDDERS WHEN IT SHOULD LOCK UP, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO VIBRATE VIOLENTLY. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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