Ford Crown Victoria Complaints

3,074 consumer complaints on file.

#714588November 10, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
SUDDEN ACCELORATION- ENGINE WENT TO FULL UNCONTROLLED ACCELORATION
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
3
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
#852593November 5, 1999
POWER TRAIN
THE DEFECTIVE ODOMETER IS INOPERATIVE. DEALER NEEDS TO REPLACE THE ODOMETER SYSTEM. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714169November 1, 1999
WHEELS
THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT PURCHASED SEVEN 1998 FORD CROWN VICTORIAS. THE HUB CAPS ON THIS YEAR MODEL ARE CONSTANTLY COMING OFF THE VEHICLE AT VARIOUS LOW SPEEDS. SO FAR THIS DEPARTMENT HAS REPLACED 10 HUB CAPS FROM IT'S FLEET OF 1998 CARS. WE ARE NOT THE ONLY PD THAT HAS EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM. NUMEROUS AGENCIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THESES HUB CAPS HAVE DISLODGED THEMSELF FROM THE RIM DURING LOW SPEEDS. WE HAVE ONE INCIDENT WERE THE CAP STRUCK A PARKED MOTOR VEHICLE.HA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#852195October 29, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
WHILE DRIVING TAXI TO GARAGE TRANSMISSION WOULD KEEP SLIPPING, EVEN ON THE STREETS. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE IN MOTION & VEHICLE STOPPED. FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. DRIVER WAS INFORMED LOCATION FROM ENGINE AFTER NOTICING SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#549407October 29, 1999
SEATS, STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
BOLTS PULL OUT OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#852081October 28, 1999
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
PIN WHITIN THE STEERING COLUMN BROKE. WHEN PUTTING THE KEY INTO IGNITION, THE IGNITION KEPT GOING AROUND, AND THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO TAKE THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION. BUT, ENGINE KEPT RUNNING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#851998October 27, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
INERTIA SWITCH KEEPS GOING OFF WHILE DRIVING OVER BUMPS , CAUSING ENGINE TO CUT OFF. ALSO,2. FRONT CALIPERS STICK, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STEER TO LEFT OR RIGHT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#549179October 25, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING, SEATS
WIRES IN THE STEERING COLUMN CAUGHT FIRE. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#713716October 22, 1999
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
THE MANUFACTURER, FORD MOTORS, ADMITS THAT THE PAINT ON ITS 1991 CROWN VICTORIA IS DEFECTIVE, BUT IT OFFERS NO REPAIR OR COMPENSATION FOR THE PROBLEM. IT IS A COSTLY REPAIR TO HAVE THE CAR PROPERLY REPAINTED AND I WOULD LIKE FORD MOTORS TO BEAR THE RESPONSIBILITY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#851429October 21, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
WHEN GEAR INDICATOR IS PUT INTO DRIVE THE GEAR SHIFT WILL GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 1ST GEAR. DEALER REPLACED CABLE LINKAGE AND PROBLEM IS OCCURRING AGAIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#713645October 21, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION SHUTTERS GOING INTO OVERDRIVE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#713546October 19, 1999
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
LEFT TIE ROD END FELL APART, SOCKET FROM BALL. EXTREME WEAR FROM LACK OF LUBRICATION. NO LUBE FITTING ENGINEERED INTO PART. TOTAL LOSS OF CAR CONTROL. HOW MANY CARS ARE OUT THERE WITH THIS PROBLEM UNDISCOVERED? DEALER FAILED TO COMPENSATE FOR COST OR REPLACEMENT FOR THIS MIS-ENGINEERED OR MIS-MANUFACTURED PART.
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
#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
#850675October 14, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY ON THE WAY TO THE DEALER FOR RECALL REPAIRS, SPEED CONTROL FAILED TO DISENGAGE, VEHICLE PICKED UP SPEED, AND LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#850617October 13, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
WHEN DRIVER STARTED THE VEHICLE WITH FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND GEAR IN DRIVE, VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO A VERY HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND TOOK OFF WIDE OPENLY. VEHICLE HIT 4 POSTS BEFORE IT STOPPED. THIS ALL TOOK PLACE IN ABOUT 15-20 SECONDS. VEHICLE WILL BE REPAIRED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
Yes
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
#713040October 9, 1999
STEERING:LINKAGES
NO SUMMARY
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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