Ford Crown Victoria Complaints (1994)

192 consumer complaints on file.

#730772September 8, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS OUT OF OVER DRIVE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THEN GOES BACK INTO OVERDRIVE, VEHICLE SURGES FORWARD AT THIS POINT. ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM OR RETRIEVE FAULT CODES FROM UNIT. VEHICLE STILL HAS THE SAME PROBLEM TAKEN TO DEALER 5 TIMES WITH NO LUCK OF FINDING PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#728980August 25, 2000
STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD
TRAVELING DOWN HIGHWAY (APPROX. SPEED 70-75) HOOD FLYS OPEN. CAUSING LOSS OF VISION AND SWERVING OFF ROAD. VERY FRIEGHTNING SMASHED WINDSHIELD IN SMASHED ROOF IN! AFTER QUESTIONING FORD MOTOR CO. THEY ARE NOT LIABLE FOR FAULT AND WILL NOT REPLACE ANY OF THE DEFECTIVE OR DAMAGED PARTS. CONTACTED FORD MOTOR CO. TWO TIMES BOTH TIMES THE SAID THERE WERE NO CAMPAIGNS ON THIS CAR. I WENT ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND RECALLS FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM. THE HOOD STRICKER PLATE WAS RIVETED TO THE TOP AND THERE WAS NO RIVETS LEFT;HOOD STICKING PLATE WAS STILL LOCKED TO THE HOOD LATCH. I AM ASKING THAT THEY HAVE OBVIOUSLY NOT RECALLED ENOUGH CARS IF OUR CAR IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL YET IT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE OTHER 125000 CARS. PLEASE HELP ME IN GETTING SOMETHING DONE FAST. PLEASE THIS IS COMING CLOSE TO MY LAST RESORT. THANKYOU FOR HAVING THIS WEB SITE I WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN WHERE TO TURN IF THIS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. EX...( TO ME THIS IS THE SAME TO ME AS IF YOU WERE TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND YOUR GAS TANK FELL OFF)IT IS NOT THE OWNERS FAULT THERE IS NO WAY I COULD HAVE KNOWN OR DONE ANY THING ABOUT THIS. AGAIN T ANK YOU VERY MUCH CONCERING MFG. CAMPAIGN #97S63
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868102August 18, 2000
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
HYDRAULIC CONTROLS WITHIN THE STEERING GEAR BOX DO NOT CENTER, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#728163August 16, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
SHUDDERS WHILE GOING FROM 3RD TO 4TH GEAR, LIKE IT'S SLIPPING OR NOT CATCHING THE GEAR RIGHT AWAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#866043July 26, 2000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
HEADLIGHT LENSES ARE YELLOW AND CAUSE POOR VISIBILITY. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#862556May 25, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE WAS LEAKING ANTIFREEZE & SMOKING. DEALER DETERMINED THAT IT WAS A HEAD GASKET LEAK, AND IT HAD DONE SOME MAJOR DAMAGE TO ENGINE. THIS WAS HAPPENING OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. ENGINE NEEDS REPLACEMENT. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE PREMATURE HEAD GASKET FAILURE WAS CORRECTED IN THE 96 FORD ENGINE MODELS, THEREFORE IT IS NOT A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#721982April 26, 2000
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
DOOR LOCK ASSEMBLY FAILED ON THREE DOORS. REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR IS FROZEN IN THE LOCKED POSITION MAKING DOOR OPENING IMPOSSIBLE. SAFETY HAZARD IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#860890April 25, 2000
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
WHILE TRYING TO ROLL WINDOW UP WINDOW WOULD NOT MOVE. CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO PUSH WINDOW UP BY HAND, IN MOST CASES WINDOW WOULD DROP. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#860273April 13, 2000
SUSPENSION, STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
VEHICLE WANDERS WHEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. STEERING FEELS LIKE THERE IS NO CONTROL. DEALER REPLACED STEERING BOX. BUT, PROBLEM CONTINUED & DELAER COULDN'T ADJUST IT ANYMORE. WHEEL ALIGNMENT COULDN'T BE DONE BECAUSE OF THE STEERING BOX ADJUSTMENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#859585April 3, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
TURNED VEHICLE ON AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY. CONTACTED DEALER, COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#859310March 28, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN THE STREET IN FRONT OF HOME CONSUMER PUT VEHICLE INTO GEAR WITH FOOT ON BRAKE, AND VEHICLE JUMPED FORWARD AT FULL SPEED. THEN, SHIFTED INTO REVERSE WITH FOOT ON BRAKE, AND IT BURNED RUBBER. CONTACTED DEALER, AND HE WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND THE CAUSE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#858819March 20, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY UPPER BALL JOINT BROKE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#551238March 6, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
THE VEHICLE GAS PEDAL STUCK CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE RESULTING IN ACCIDENT. YH
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#857848March 2, 2000
VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
PASSENGER'S SIDE WINDOW KEEPS MALFUCTIONING DUE TO PLASTIC CRADLE AT BOTTOM OF GLASS GUIDE THAT KEEPS BREAKING OFF. REPAIRS WERE MADE ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND IN NEED OF ANOTHER. REPAIRS WERE MADE AT AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#719017February 20, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
AIR BAG DEPLOYED AFTER THE CAR HAD ALREADY COME TO A STOP AND AFTER THE POINT OF IMPACT AND IN DOING SO BROKE -SHATTERED BOTH BONES IN MY RIGHT ARM AND FRACTURED MY STERNUM WHICH HAS CAUSED ME TO HAVE MAJOR SURGERY ON MY ARM WHICH TO THIS DAY IS STILL IN A CAST AND COST ME MONTHS TIME AWAY FROM MY WORK. I WANT TO KNOW IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS CAR WITH ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH ITS AIR BAG SYSTEM AND WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE IS A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST FORD MOTOR CO FOR ANY DEFECTS IN ANY OF THEIR MFG AIR BAGS SYSTEMS?*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#718709February 13, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
CAR PARKED IN GARAGE AT 4:15PM 2-10. AT APROX. 12:15AM 2-11 BEEPING WAS HEARD COMING FROM GARAGE AND SMOKE WAS COMING OUT. FIRE DEPT CAME AND CROWN VICTORIA WAS IN FLAMES. CAR WAS TOTALLED. SECOND CAR HAS $6000 IN DAMAGE. GARAGE MAY HAVE TO BE REPLACED WITH ESTIMATES AT $12,000.-- TO $13,000.00. IF GARAGE WERE NOT DETACHED THE DAMAGES AND POSSIBLITY OF INJURY WOULD HAVE BEEN SUBSTANCIALLY HIGHER. *AK REFERENCED IN EA02-025
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854835January 27, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH ON A ICY ROAD CONSUMER WAS FORCED OFF THE ROAD SIDESWAYS AND HEAD-ON, STOPPING WITH TREES. BUT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#850591November 22, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
CAR RACED TOO FAST IDLE SPEED WAS ABOUT 25 MPH, AND INCREASED TO ABOUT 40 MPH. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#850751October 14, 1999
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
HAD JUST PARKED VEHICLE AND STARTED TO WALK AWA,,SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE HAD DROPPED DOWN, DUE TOTIE ROD END FALLING OFF. CONTACTED DEALER AND WAS INFORMED TO BRING VEHICLE IN. HAD VEHICLE TOWED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#848256September 21, 1999
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
HOOD BECAME DETACHED / FELL OFF WHILE DRIVING CAUSING THE FRONT WINDSHIELD TO CRACK / REAR VIEW MIRROR HIT PASSENGER WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN INJURY. THIS CONDITION CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN SEVERE INJURIES / ACCIDENT. *YC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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