Ford Crown Victoria Complaints (1996)

276 consumer complaints on file.

#868426August 23, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BRAKES WERE VIBRATING VERY LOUD, CONSUMER WAS VERY CONCERNED THAT BRAKES WERE GOING TO QUIT.*AK THE FRONT DISC ROTORS FAILURE AND FRONT ROTORS PULSATING WAS THE CAUSE FOR LOUD VIBRATION OF BRAKES. THE PROBLEM REOCCORED DUE TO BRAKE PAD FAILURE. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#727206August 9, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
CITY OF PENSACOLA POLICE VEHICLE A 1996 CROWN VICTORIA, UNIT 842, CAUGHT FIRE WHILE IT WAS PARKED AND SHUT OFF WHILE PARKED UNDER A CARPORT DAMAGING THE RENTED MOBILE HOME AND TOTALLING THE VEHICLE. OUR JOFFICER WAS ASLEEP AT THE TIME AND WAS AWAKEN BY A NEIGHBOR WHO ADVISED HIM THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A FATALITY .ITY
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#865614July 18, 2000
STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT PITMAN, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, MAKING A TURN ON A SMOOTH CURVE, VEHICLE JUST STRAIGHTENED OUT UNEXPECTEDLY. PITMAN ARM AND CONTROL ARM WERE RELACED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#553013July 17, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM
DEFECT IN DESIGN CAUSED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD TO FAIL, MANIFOLD IS CONSTRUCTED OF PLASTIC WHICH IS TOO WEAK OF A MATERIAL. YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#864880July 6, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
OIL PAN EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH SEVERE RUST AND CORROSION WHICH CAUSING OILS LEAKAGES. DEALER / MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED AT THIS TIME.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#724868July 3, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
OUR POLICE OFFICER PARKED HIS POLICE UNIT # 842 A 1996 FORD CROWN VICTORIA UNDER HIS CAR PORT AREA AFTER COMPLETING HIS SHIFT AND WAS ASLEEP AT THE TIME HIS NEIGHBOR ALERTED HIM THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE WITH FLAMES COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. ATEMPTS TO PUT OUT THE FIRE WITH EXTINGUISHER WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL. THE FIRE DEPT WAS CALLED AND RESPONDED. THE FIRE ALSO ENGULFED THE CARPORT AND PORTIONS OF THE DOUBLE WIDE MOBILE HOME. ACCORDING TO THE STATE FIRE MARSHALL THE FIRE DEVELOPED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND WAS THE REULT OF AN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#864597June 30, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM
INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD A CRACK IN THE MOLD LINE, CAUSING A COOLANT LEAK. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#723542June 4, 2000
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
CABLE THAT CONTROLS WINDOW MOVEMENT BECAME FRAYED, THEN BROKE ATTACHMENTS TO WINDOW THROUGH OVERSTRESSING
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#722170May 2, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE SHIFTED TO REVERSE AT HWY SPEED,LOCKING REAR WHEELS CAUSING ACCIDENT. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#552029April 28, 2000
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
PRIOR TO RECALL (97V-024) THE LATCH ON THE HOOD RELEASED AND SLAMMED INTO THE VEHIICLE'S WINDSHIELD WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT JEROME T. LINNEN,JR). YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#721581April 17, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
BRAKE LINE FOWARD OF REAR AXLE AND ABOVE FUEL FILTER RUBS ON CAR BODY RESULTING IN A HOLE IN BRAKE LINE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#859557March 31, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK CONSUMER WALKED BEHIND VEHICLE AND VEHICLE SHIFTED ON ITS OWN INTO REVERSE, STRIKING THE CONSUMER WITH THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR WHICH WAS OPEN. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#856772February 11, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE DRIVING ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON, AND THE NEXT DAY CONSUMER TRY TO START VEHICLE, BUT IT COULDN'T START. ENGINE HAD BEEN REPLACED, PROBLEM STILL EXITS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#856556February 8, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, SUSPENSION
ENGINE ROCKER ARM WAS REPLACED. ALSO, CONSUMER EXPERIENCED SHAKING AND TREMBLING WHEN HE DROVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#853697December 6, 1999
VISIBILITY
WHILE USING HIGH BEAMS IN RAIN, WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD STOP WORKING. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATON. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#715166November 23, 1999
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
OFFICER WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON SUMMIT AVE E AT APPROXIMATELY 30-35MPH. AT THE INTERSECTION OF SUMMIT AND E. HARRISON ST, THE OFFICER SLOWED TO CLEAR THE INTERSECTION AND TO NEGOTIATE HER PATROL VEHICLE AROUND A TRAFFIC CIRCLE. THE OFFICER NEGOTIATED HER VEHICLE AROUND THE CIRCLE. NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION, THE OFFICER ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE, BUT THE BRAKES DID NOT RESPOND - ABS LIGHT WAS ON AND THE ABS MODE DID NOT FUNCTION. THE OFFICER THEN ATTEMPTED TO STRAIGHTEN THE VEHICLE, BUT FOUND THAT THE STEERING HAD FAILED AS WELL. THE VEHICLE FISHTAILED. THE OFFICER'S VEHICLE WAS NOW HEADING WEST TOWARDS A LEGALLY PARKED VEHICLE ON THE WEST SIDE OF SUMMIT AVE. E. THE OFFICER ATTEMPTED TO STEER TO THE RIGHT TO STRAIGHTEN OUT THE VEHICLES MOVEMENT. THE OFFICER FOUND THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN LIKE IT HAD BEEN LOCKED. THE VEHICLE HAD TOTAL STEERING FAILURE. THE OFFICER WAS HEADED STRAIGHT TOWARDS THE PARKED VEHICLE, JERKED THE STEERING WHEEL AS HARD AS SHE COULD TO THE RIGHT. HER VEHICLE RESPONDED BUT ENDED UP HITTING TWO PARKED VEHICLES ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STREET. THESE VEHICLES WERE PUSHED INTO TWO ADDITIONAL VEHICLES AND A MOTORCYLE. THE OFFICE WAS TREATED FOR NECK AND BACK INJURIES. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#714460November 8, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE TRANSMISSION FLUID IN MY CAR IS NO LONGER RED BUT A MUDDY COLOR. THE CLUTCH PLATES ARE CHUDDERING WHEN THE CAR SHIFTS INTO OVER DRIVE AND LOCK UP,ONCE THE CAR SHIFTS THE TRANSMISSION IS IN AND OUT ALL THE TIME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#713442October 17, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR
IT GETS TOO HOT BECAUSE OF CATALIC CONVERTER RIGHT UNDER DRIVER SEAT. LACK OF PROPER INSULATION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#713237October 13, 1999
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
OFFICER WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON SUMMIT AVE E AT APPROXIMATELY 30-35MPH. AT THE INTERSECTION OF SUMMIT AND E. HARRISON ST, THE OFFICER SLOWED TO CLEAR THE INTERSECTION AND TO NEGOTIATE HER PATROL VEHICLE AROUND A TRAFFIC CIRCLE. THE OFFICER NEGOTIATED HER VEHICLE AROUND THE CIRCLE. NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION, THE OFFICER ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE BUT THE BRAKES DID NOT RESPOND - ABS LIGHT WAS ON AND THE ABS MODE DID NOT FUNCTION. THE OFFICER THEN ATTEMPTED TO STRAIGHTEN THE VEHICLE BUT FOUND THAT THE STEERING HAD FAILED AS WELL. THE VEHICLE FISHTAILED. THE OFFICER'S VEHICLE WAS NOW HEADING WEST TOWARDS A LEGALLY PARKED VEHCILE ON THE WEST SIDE OF SUMMIT AVE. E. THE OFFICER ATTEMPTED TO STEER TO THE RIGHT TO STRAIGHTEN OUT THE VEHICLES MOVEMENT. THE OFFICER FOUND THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN LIKE IT HAD BEEN LOCKED. THE VEHICLE HAD TOTAL STEERING FAILURE. THE OFFICER WAS HEADED STRAIGHT TOWARDS THE PARKED VEHICLE, JERKED THE STEERING WHEEL AS HARD AS SHE COULD TO THE RIGHT. HER VEHICLE RESPONDED BUT ENDED UP HITTING TWO PARKED VEHICLES ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STREET. THESE VEHICLES WERE PUSHED INTO TWO ADDITIONAL VEHICLES AND A MOTORCYLE. THE OFFICE WAS TREATED FOR NECK AND BACK INJURIES.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#850347October 8, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILS TO WORK PROPERLY WHEN IN USE. WINDSHIELDWIPERS STOPPED WORKING IN MIDDLE OF A DOWNPOUR. HAD TO STOP VEHICLE & GET OUT & JIGGLE WIPERS TO GET THEM WORKING AGAIN. THIS CAUSED HAVOC WITH THE DRIVER'S VISIBILIT. WILL BE TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER TO HAVE THEM CHECK IT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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