Ford Crown Victoria
Owners filed 2,857 complaints across 22 model years of the Ford Crown Victoria. The 1992 drew the most (310); the 2010 the fewest (12).
Model years22
Complaints2,857
Recalls139
Fires136
Deaths18
Every Ford Crown Victoria model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 23 | 2 | — | 1 | Steering | Routine | |
| 2010 | 12 | 2 | — | 3 | Steering | Routine | |
| 2009 | 44 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Steering | Routine | |
| 2008 | 50 | 3 | 3 | 11 | Steering | Fatalities reported | |
| 2007 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 6 | Steering | Fatalities reported | |
| 2006 | 53 | 3 | — | 10 | Steering | Fatalities reported | |
| 2005 | 193 | 6 | 2 | 13 | Exterior Lighting | Fatalities reported | |
| 2004 | 138 | 3 | 4 | 2 | Exterior Lighting | Routine | |
| 2003 | 249 | 7 | 4 | 16 | Exterior Lighting | Above average | |
| 2002 | 58 | 5 | 3 | 9 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2001 | 53 | 7 | 2 | 9 | Air Bags › Frontal | Routine | |
| 2000 | 85 | 10 | 2 | 6 | Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly | Routine | |
| 1999 | 134 | 8 | 4 | 6 | Wheels › Hub | Fatalities reported | |
| 1998 | 119 | 10 | 6 | 3 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | Routine | |
| 1997 | 288 | 11 | 15 | 9 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe | Above average | |
| 1996 | 276 | 12 | 16 | 13 | Fuel System, Gasoline › Carburetor System | Fatalities reported | |
| 1995 | 250 | 12 | 11 | 15 | Steering › Linkages | Above average | |
| 1994 | 192 | 7 | 14 | 20 | Vehicle Speed Control | Fatalities reported | |
| 1993 | 182 | 9 | 11 | 14 | Vehicle Speed Control | Fatalities reported | |
| 1992 | 310 | 9 | 24 | 18 | Vehicle Speed Control | Fatalities reported | |
| 1991 | 55 | 4 | 5 | 8 | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine | |
| 1990 | 43 | 3 | 7 | 7 | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine |
Which Ford Crown Victoria years should you avoid?
On raw complaint volume the 1992 is the weakest year on record, with 310 complaints concentrated in the vehicle speed control. It carries 9 recalls.
Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.