Ford Crown Victoria Complaints (1994)

192 consumer complaints on file.

#10002217January 7, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
CONSUMER STATES THAT IF VEHICLE GETS HIT IN THE REAR AT 30 MPH IT EXPLODE. FORD RECOGNIZES PROBLEM BUT ARE ONLY HONORING POLICE FLEET. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#567995October 30, 2002
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
THE CONSUMER WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT, WHEN HE HEARD A NOISE UNDER THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, THEN FOUND THE TIE ROD ON THE GROUND. THE CONSUMER FEELS THAT IF HE WOULD HAVE BEEN DRIVING, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN LIFE THREATENING DUE TO A LOSS OF CONTROL. *SCC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8020138October 3, 2002
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
CONSUMER STATES WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT THERE WAS A NOISE HEARD UNDER THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE FRONT TIE ROD WAS ON THE GROUND. CONSUMER LOST ALL CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. NLM JLG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#766404August 29, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
VEHICLE USED IN POLICE TRAINING AT ACADEMY SETTING. DATE OF TRAINING, NIGHT, CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR DEMONSTRATING PROCEDURE. RECRUIT IN PASSENGER FRONT SEAT, 2 RECRUITS IN BACK SEAT. ENTERED SKID PAN, WET, INTO 360 DEGREE UNDERSTEER SKID. AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DRIVER'S WENT TO RIGHT AND PROPELLED REAR VIEW MIRROR WITH VELOCITY TO BACK SEAT BETWEEN RECRUITS. PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED DOWNWARD, STRIKING PASSENGER RECRUIT CAUSING GROIN PAIN. NO IMPACT OCCURRED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#766063August 22, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
BALL JOINT ON RIGHT SIDE SEPARATED FROM LOWER CONTROL ARM. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT IDENTIFIED BY FORD AS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH FAULTY BALL JOINTS. I AM REPORTING THIS TO IDENTIFY THERE MAYBE OTHER VEHICLES WITH BALL JOINT PROBLEMS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8016138August 13, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ENGINE CHECK LIGHT REMAINED ON WHILE DRIVING. DEALER HAS INSTALLED A UNROTTLED POSITION SENSOR TO MONITOR THE OCCURRENCE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8007833April 17, 2002
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL:MECHANICAL:LINKAGE AND CABLE
WHEN BRAKING LIGHTLY BRAKES FELT LIKE THEY WERE APPLIED HARD. MECHANIC STATED THE PARK BRAKE CABLE HAD SNAPPED AND THE HOUSING AND CABLE WERE WRAPPED AROUND THE LEFT DISC BRAKE. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8007743April 16, 2002
SUSPENSION, STEERING:LINKAGES
VEHICLE WANDERS ALL OVER THE ROAD. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC, AND HAD VEHICLE ALIGNED, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO FORD. FORD ADJUSTED STEERING BOX, AND STATED THAT REPLACING GEAR BOX MAY NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK THE DEALER LOWERED THE TIRE PRESSURE AS A POSSIBLE SOLUTION FOR THE STEERING PROBLEM. THE PITMAN ARM AND IDLER ARM HAD BEEN REPLACED. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#564874April 2, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
WHILE DRIVING, THE PASSENGER SIDE LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT BROKE, CAUSING THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE TO DROP TO THE GROUND, CONSUMERS STEERING THEN BECAME REDUCED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SIDESWIPE A TREE, AND ALSO THE TIRE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A LARGE SLASH BEING IN THE TIRE, ON FEB 25, 2000 THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO MAKE A NOISE, AND WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT THE MECHANIC SHOP, THE DRIVERS SIDE DROPPED TO THE GROUND, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT BALL JOINT ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT HIS VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN RECALL #98V322000.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8006171March 21, 2002
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH
WHEN SWITCHING HEADLIGHTS FROM LOW BEAM TO HIGH BEAM HEADLIGHTS GO OUT UNTIL LIGHTS ARE SWITCHED BACK TO LOW BEAM. HEADLIGHT SWITCH WAS REPLACED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. AT THIS TIME IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759450March 17, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WE KNOW OF SEVERAL POLICE DEPTS WHO HAVE THESE CARS AND SIMILAR FAILURES. YET NO DEALER IS WILLING TO REPORT TO FORD OR FORD WONT RECALL A LIFE OF A POLICE OFFICER COULD BE ENDED IF THIS FAILURE IS DURING A CHASE. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759053March 7, 2002
SEATS
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV ERVEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8004391February 22, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
WHILE DRIVING DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE WHEELS MALFUNCTIONED. WHEELS WENT OUTWARD AND LANDED UP, FACING PAVEMENT ON THE SIDES. *AK THE LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT FAILURE CAUSED THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE TO DROP AND DAMAGED TWO DOORS. THE DRIVER'S SIDE UNDERNEATH WAS MAKING A GRINDING NOISE. CONSUMER TOOK TO THE DEALER, THE VEHICLE DROPPED TO THE GROUND WHILE WAITING FOR REPAIR. CONSUMER STATES NHTSA SENT HIM A RECALL CAMPAIGNS 98V32000 BUT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8004287February 20, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES
WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE STARTS TO ACCELERATE HIGHER SPEED, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL, AND RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8002769January 24, 2002
SEATS
POLICE CRUISER, WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH DRIVER'S SEAT SEPARATED FROM TRACK, DRIVER ENDED UP IN BACK SEAT. CONSUMER SUFFERED NECK AND BACK STRAIN. DEALER DETERMINED SEAT HAS TO BE REPLACED DUE TO METAL FATIGUE ON BOTTOM , COULD NOT BE REPAIRED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#563602October 1, 2001
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE PLASTIC FRONT HEADLIGHT LENSES ARE COMPLETELY CLOUDED, AS A RESULT THE BEAMS EMANATING FROM THE HEADLAMPS ARE INSUFFICENT TO PROPERLY LIGHT THE ROADWAY, CONSUMER FEELS THAT THE PLASTIC IS DEFECTIVE, RATHER THAN THE WATER INFILTRATION OF ANY OTHER EXPLANATION, CONSUMER REQUESTED THAT FORD REPLACE THE LENSES AT THEIR EXPENSE, HOWEVER WAS DENIED. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562916September 5, 2001
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
THE PLASTIC FRONT HEADLIGHT LENSES ARE COMPLETELY CLOUDED, AND AS A RESULT, THE BEAMS EMANATING FROM THE HEADLAMPS ARE INSUFFICIENT TO PROPERLY LIGHT THE ROADWAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894390August 15, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
FIRESTONE, 721 RADIAL TIRES, DOT A3M3, REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT WITH 15000-20000 MILES ON A 1994, CROWN VICTORIA. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD TREAD SEPARATION. NO ACCIDENT. ON 1 AUGUST, 2001 WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH RIGHT FRONT TIRE HAD TREAD SEPARATION, NO ACCIDENT. *AK TIRE SIZE P215-70-R15 *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894183August 13, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
VEHICLE STALLS WHEN STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN, AND WHEN ENGINE IS HOT. WITH FOOT ON BRAKE THE ENGINE WILL SUDDENLY ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN.*AK ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE REMOVING THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION THE KEY WOULD BE VERY WARM, THE BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED AT 30000 MILES. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#748079July 8, 2001
SEATS
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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