Ford Crown Victoria Complaints

3,074 consumer complaints on file.

#887001April 27, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING 30-40 MPH VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#560934April 26, 2001
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM), SUSPENSION:REAR
THE STEERING WHEEL MAKES NOISE, THE DEALER ADJUSTED IT. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886542April 23, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
WHILE DRIVING UNDERHOOD CAUGHT ON FIRE WITHOUT A PRIOR WARNING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744334April 21, 2001
TIRES
ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2001 AT APPROXIMATELY 2:15 PM CDT, A FIRESTONE PASSENGER CAR TIRE FT70C FLATTENED AND DISINTEGRATED AT 70+ MPH ON INTERSTATE 40 EASTBOUND MILE MARKER 262. THE VEHICLE WAS A 1993 FORD CROWN VICTORIA. THE TIRE WAS ON THE RIGHT FRONT. I WAS ABLE TO KEEP CONTROL AND GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.*AIK (DOT NUMBER: EL34 TIRESIZE: P215/70R15)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886410April 20, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WAS TRAVELING 70 MPH AND HAD JUST WENT OVER A BRIDGE HEARD A THUMPING NOISE. STARTED TO SLOW DOWN. NOTICED IN REAR VIEW MIRROR THAT TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM RIGHT REAR TIRE AND WAS LEFT ON THE ROAD. 1991, FORD, LTD, P215/70R15 WITH 53,000 MILES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744298April 20, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
THIS VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. FRONT LEFT TIRE LEFT A VERY NOTICEABLE SKID MARK. APPEARS ABS WAS NOT FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
3
Deaths:
0
#886168April 18, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES FRONT DISC BRAKES LOCK UP, CREATING EXTREME VIBRATION WHICH RESULTS IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886231April 18, 2001
VISIBILITY:REAR WINDOW WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WHILE DRIVING AND HAVING WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON, ,WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. CONTACED DEALER.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#560795April 17, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
THE ARIZONA DEPT PUBLIC SAFETY & PHOENIX POLICE DEPT ARE REPORTING HIGH OCCURENCES OF FIRES ASSOCIATED WITH REAR-END COLLISION OF THE CROWN VICTORIA VEHICLES, AN OFFICER WAS KILLED WHEN HIS VEHICLE WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND AND BURST INTO FLAMES, THE OFFICER WAS STOPPED AT A COLLISION SCENE AND THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING INEXCESS OF 66 MILES MPH AT IMPACT, AUTHORITIES SUSPECT FUEL SYSTEM RELATED(NO VIN GIVEN)*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
1
#744210April 17, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
SEVERE FRONT END NOISE IS CAUSED BY THE LOWER ARMS AND THE STEERING IS OFF. RUBBER BOOTY IS TORN AND THE FRONT END MAKES LOUD "POP" WHEN STEERING TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT TURNS. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN WITH THE CAR SINCE PURCHASED AND HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ON 3 OCCASIONS WERE THEY SAY THERE IS NO PROBLEM. I HAD A GARAGE LOOK AT IT AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE BALL JOINTS AND OR THR ARMS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALERSHIP TELLS ME THAT THERE IS NO PROBLEM. MY WARRANTY ENDS SOON AND AM WONDERING IF THERE ARE OTHER COMPLAINTS LIKE THIS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886033April 16, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE PARKED, CONSUMER STARTED ENGINE, USED AIR CONDITIONER FOR 12 TO 15 MINUTES, AND SHUT ENGINE OFF AGAIN. ONE HALF HOUR LATER,VEHICLE WAS BURNING, FIRE DEPARTMENT STATED FIRE STARTED IN ENGINE RUNNING GEAR. VEHICLE TOTALLED. *AK *SLC REFERENCED IN RQ01-002
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#785395April 15, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
LEFT SIDE BRAKE LINE BROKE WHILE CONSUMER WAS BACKING UP. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743986April 13, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
PER LOCAL FORD DEALER, NOT UNDER RECALL STATUS. SPEED AT POINT OF BRAKING WAS 46 AT TIME OF IMPACT ABOUT 16.5 MPH.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#885889April 13, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS TRAVLING AT 46 MPH WHEN THEY WERE INVOLVED IN A REAR END COLLISION. AIR BAG ON DRIVER'S SIDE DID NOT DEPLOY, BUT PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID DEPLOY. HAS NOT CONTACTED MANUFACTURER. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885752April 12, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM
INTAKE MANIFOLD BLEWOUT. FORD HAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY PROGRAM FOR THIS, BUT WILL NOT COVER THIS VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885705April 11, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
OIL PAN LEAKAGE DUE TO RUST/CORROSION. DEALER / MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743869April 11, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM
4.6L ENGINE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACK LEAKING HOT COOLANT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743896April 11, 2001
TIRES
THESE TIRES ARE PURPORTEDLY GOOD FOR 3 YEARS OR 70,000 MILES. THEY ARE ALSO SUPPOSE TO BE GOOD UP TO 112 MPH. HOWEVER, WHEN THE PREVIOUS OWNER LEARNED OF OUR WRECK , HE PROVIDED ME WITH RECEIPTS WHICH SHOWED THAT TWO OTHER TIRES FROM THE ORIGINAL FOUR FAILED AT 153,240 MILES AND 143,911 MILES. HE ORIGINALLY BOUGHT THEM AT 106562 MILES. THESE TIRES ARE TOUTED AS GOOD FOR 70,000 MILES AND THEY ARE GOING TO GET SOMEONE KILLED. MARVIN MORRIS AT 281-579-2174 WITNESSED THE TIRE SHREDDING AS DID KAWAL PATEL AT 281-575-4360 (ALSO 281-693-2353).*AK (DOT NUMBER: 0B34PT0070 TIRESIZE: 215/70R15)
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885544April 10, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
LEFT REAR FIRESTONE TIRE, SIZE: P205/75R15, DOT: ICULP2A078 EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 TO 65 MPH ON INTERSTATE 75. INSIDE OF FENDER WALL AND TRUNK EXPERIENCED DAMAGE DUE TO THIS DEFECTIVE TIRE. APPROXIMATELY 2 MONTHS AGO, RIGHT FRONT TIRE - SAME SIZE - HAD BALLOONED OUT ON SIDEWALL. WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS SEPARATING ON INSIDE. THERE WERE ONLY ABOUT 20 TO 30,000 MILES ON TIRES. *AK TIRES ARE BRIDGESTONE ROADHANDLERS. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743808April 10, 2001
STEERING:LINKAGES
WHILE BACKING OUT FROM A PARKING SPACE FROM A STAND STILL, LEFT TIE ROD BROKE WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE COULD NOT BE STEERED AND HAD TO BE TOWED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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