Ford Crown Victoria Complaints

3,074 consumer complaints on file.

#10001499January 8, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE, CONSUMER STARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED, TOOK OFF AND THE BRAKES WERE INOPERATIVE. *JG*JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#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
#10002268January 7, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
THE VEHICLE IS A POLICE INTERCEPTOR MODEL. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER REGARDING RECALL 02I003000 AND THE DEALER ADVISED HIM THAT THEY COULD NOT PERFORM THE RECALL BECAUSE VEHICLE WAS NOT A PART OF THE FLEET OF LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES. TS SCC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000704January 3, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MILES PER HOUR THE ENGINE OVERHEATED. STEAM WAS COMING FROM THE RADIATOR AREA AND THE FLUID HAD BOILED OVER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. THE CAUSE WAS A CRACKED INTAKE MANIFOLD AND THE WHOLE ENGIN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE REPLACEMENT MANIFOLD HAS BEEN REINFORCED AT THE POINT OF FAILURE. I UNDERSTAND FORD RECALLED POLICE AND TAXIS MANUFACTURED IN THIS PERIOD BUT DID NOT NOTIFY PRIVATE OWNERS OF A POSSIBLE DEFECT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10001231December 31, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
THERE HAS BEEN 3 DEATHS AND 1 CRITICAL INJURY WITHIN THE ARIZONA LAW ENFORCEMENT, REGARDING THE FORD CROWN VICTORIA POLICE CRUISER'S, THE DESIGN AND PLACEMENT OF THE FUEL TANK HAS BEEN KNOWN TO CATCH ON FIRE IF THE VEHICLE IS INVOLVED IN A REAR SIDE IMPACT COLLISION.*JB *TT
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
3
#10001438December 23, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
CONSUMER STATED HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS RECALL #021003000 FUEL TANK/POLICE VEHICLE. DEALER WILL NOT REPAIR BECAUSE VIN# WAS NOT INCLUDED. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10001274December 20, 2002
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED WHILE DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER. THE WIPER FAILURE RESULTED IN REDUCED VISIBILITY. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES BUT THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE COST OF THE VEHICLE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#786281December 17, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
FORD CROWN VICTORIA POLICE INTERCEPTOR SAFETY. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#770733December 11, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
INTAKE MANIFOLD CROSSOVER, AS I ACCELERATED THE CROSSOVER ON THE MANIFOLD RUPTURED, BURSTING, MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF COOLANT TO BE EXPELLED , CAUSING SEVERE FOGGING IN THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF CAR, COOLANT ON HIGHWAY INTERSTATE, CREATING A SLICK SURFACE TO OTHER MOTORIST. AFTER CONTACTING AND SURVEYING DEALERS AND REPAIR SHOPS IN THE AREA, THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM IN FORD VEHICLES WITH THE 4.6L V8. FORD DOES HAVE A TSB, HAS DONE A RECALL ON POLICE AND FLEET VEHICLES, REFUSES TO DO CONSUMER AUTOMOBILES. THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8024096December 10, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE FUEL ASSEMBLY MAKE A RATTLING NOISE THE NOISE START AT A LOWER SOUND THEN GRADUALLY GETS LOUDER, AND NOTICE WHEN OPENING THE GAS CAP A LOT PRESSURE IS BEHIND IT. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8023496December 2, 2002
EQUIPMENT
CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE FLOOR MAT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. TS. THE FLOOR MAT MOVED AROUND AND BECAME STUCK TO THE HOOKS WHICH WERE EMBEDDED IN THE FLOOR AND WERE FLAT FROM NORMAL WEAR. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO HOOK THE FLOOR MAT ON THE APPARATUS, THEREFORE THE FLOOR MAT SLID UNDER THE ACCELERATOR. SCC. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8023320November 26, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE
CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVIING PROBLEMS WITH THE GAS TANK. ALSO STATED THAT HE KNOWS THAT THERE IS PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THE TIME THIS PHONE CALL WAS DONE. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8023369November 26, 2002
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
NHTSA#15402-02-I-003-000 FUEL TANK POLICE VEHICLES: SOME HIGH-SPEED REAR IMPACT CRASHES HAVE RESULTED IN FUEL TANK PUNCTURES AND FIRE IN CPVI-VEHICLES. SHIELD DESIGNED WILL BE INSTALLED AT NOST: CONSUMER CALLED MANUFACTURER TO OBTAIN THE SHIELD PROTECTOR, BUT IT WILL COST MONEY. TS *TT. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#770039November 23, 2002
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
NO SUMMARY. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8023028November 20, 2002
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE DRIVING, WHEN CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. THIS RESULTED IN CONSUMER LOSING CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND RUNNING INTO A TREE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#568237November 19, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON 4 TIMES. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HE HAD A GAS CAP REPLACED AND IT WAS NOT THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON 3 TIMES AFTER-THIS WAS THE FIRST INCIDENT. THE SOLENOID WAS TAKEN OFF AND HAD ENLONGATED, SLICED, PARABOLIC CUT/VERY SMALL INFRACTION-REPLACED SOLENOID ASSEMBLY-CANISTER VENT AND THE HOSE ASSEMBLY. THE CONSUMER REQUESTS THE FOLLOWING: A REFUND OF THE COST OF THE GAS CAP, WRITTEN EXPLANATION OF THE PEBBLES IN THE SMOG DEVICE, AND A SHIELD ON THE VEHICLE TO PREVENT FUTURE PROBLEMS AT THE DEALERS COST. *SCC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8022731November 14, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE INTAKE MANIFOLD IN THE VEHICLE IS MADE OF PLASTIC. CONSUJMER STATES' MANIFOLD CRACKS CAUSING VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT AND DESTROY ENGINE. CONSUMER HAS TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHERT INFORMATION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8022448November 8, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
WHILE BACKING UP THE RIGHT LOWER BALL JOINT SNAP CAUSING THE FRONT END TO COLLAPSE. THE DEALER HAS NEEN NOTIFIED. *TS *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8022386November 7, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
CONSUMER STATED HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS RECALL#98V322000 LOWER CONTROL ARM. DEALER NOTIFIED TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8022305November 6, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
WHILE DRIVING, DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES. THEY DID NOT HOLD, WHICH RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE HAVING AN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THIS ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. UPON INSPECTION OF VEHICLE, THE DRIVER NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE FLUID HAD LEAKED OUT BECAUSE OF A HOLE IN THE BRAKE LINE. MR A RECALL WAS ISSUED, BUT HAS NOT BEEN EXTENDED TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. *JG REFERENCED IN RQ03-004
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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