1993 Ford Crown Victoria complaints

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON AT VARIOUS MPH EACH TIME CAR IS DRIVEN. MECHANICS DO NOT KNOW THE CAUSE. WE HAVE SPENT OVER $500 TRYING TO GET IT FIXED. REGARDING THE LIGHTS, MOISTURE FORMS BEHIND THE LIGHT COVERS DURING COOL OR DAMP WEATHER. IN MY ESTIMATION, THIS IS A SAFETY HAZZARD WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT DUE TO DECREASED VISIBILITY.

THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE CYLINDER ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND REAR PASSENGER SIDE HAVE BOTH GONE OUT, THE BRAKES ATTEMPT TO LOCK AT TIMES WHEN THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 60 MPH ENGINE SHUT OFF WITHOUT A PRIOR WARNING. CONSUMER HAS TO DRIVE OFF ROAD AND RESTART ENGINE AGAIN, THEN IT WILL WORK.*AK ENGINE SHUTS OFF WHEN THE DRIVER USES THE BRAKE OR WHEN CHANGES LANES. *YH

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. NLM

HEAD LIGHTS ARE GIVING POOR LIGHTING. *SLC

THE BOLTS HOLDING DRIVER'S SEAT TO THE FRAME SHEARED OFF, CAUSING SEAT TO BE UNSTABLE. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AND LETTING OFF THE GAS PEDAL, VEHICLE CONTINUES AND WON'T SLOW DOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

E-MAIL REPLY IS ACCEPTABLE. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK

WHILE PULLING OUT OF A LOT AT APPROXIMATELY 3-5 MPH VEHICLE STRUCK A POLE, CAUSING LEFT FRONT ANCHOR BOLT TO PULL OUT OF THE SEAT. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE FUTHER DETAILS. *AK

HAD TO TAKE CAR TO DEALER 3 TIMES WITH TRANSMISSION TROUBLE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT TO THE NEXT GEAR EACH TIME THE DEALER ADVISED THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE COMPUTER SYSTEM AND I HAD TO PAY FOR THE WORK DONE AND THEN THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT 600098 MI (98 OVER THE 60,000 MI WARRANTY) AND DEALER WOULD NOT COVER CAR HAD TO HAVE AND PAY FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION THEN 1 MONTH LATER THE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED AGAIN THE DEALER WOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE THE SHOP THAT PUT THE NEW ENGINE IN SAID IT WAS CAUSED BY THE COMPUTER SYSTEM AND THAT ALOT OF CR VICS FROM THE 1993 YEAR (1ST YEAR FOR THAT MODEL) HAD TROUBLE (EX THE POLICE CARS IN MEMPHIS) AFTER HAVING A NEW TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE THE CAR DID FINE UNTIL 0301200 HAD TO HAVE A NEW TRANSMISSION AGAIN AND THE SHOP IS UNABLE TO MAKE IT RIGHT DUE TO THE COMPUTER SYSTEM, THIS SHOP PUT A 2ND TRANSMISSION IN 06/2000 AND SAID I HAD ENGINE PROBLEMS REASON FOR TRANSMISSION TROUBLE. THIS CAR IS A LEMON AND HAS MULTIPLE DEFECTS EVIDENTLY WITH THE COMPUTER SYSTEM. *AK

WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE GARAGE AND WITHOUT WARNING INNER TIE ROD BROKE, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

CRUISE CONTROL FAILED, RESEMBLES NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 99V124000 MINUS UNDERHOOD FIRE. CONTACTED FORD 05-04-00 - RESPONSE NOT ON THEIR VIN LIST OF AFFECTED VEHICLES. *AK REFERENCED IN EA02-025

DRIVERS SEAT CAME LOSE FROM THE FLOOR BOARD.

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES VEHICLE SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY ACCELERATED, RESULTING IN A COLLISION. *AK

WHILE IN PARK POSITION WITH KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION, AND EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE ACTIVATED, VEHICLE SUDDENLY MOVED FORWARD AND CAUSED A CRASH. AFTER THE CRASH, THE OCCUPANT COULD NOT START VEHICLE AND MOVE IT OUT OF PARK POSITION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. DEALER REPLACED BRAKE CALIPERS AND FRONT DISC ROTORS 3 TIMES. ALSO, WIRING HARNESS IN THE STEERING COLUMN BURNED OUT(IGNITION), CAUSING A FIRE. IN ADDITION, BOLT THAT HOLDS DRIVER'S SEAT TO THE FLOOR CAME OUT WHICH COULD CAUSE THE DRIVER'S SEAT TO MOVE UNEXPECTEDLY. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING STEERING TO LOCK UP AND NO BRAKING ABILITY, WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY OIL LIGHT CAME ON. VEHICLE MADE UNUSUALL NOISES, AND DIDN'T WANT TO MOVE. HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER. OIL PUMP FAILED TO DISTRIBUTE OIL IN THE ENGINE. ALSO, DEALER CLEANED AND REPAIRED OIL FILTER, AND REPLACED FRONT BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS. *AK

THE PULSE WINDSHIELD WIPER DOES NOT ENGAGE AT CERTAIN SETTINGS. AT OTHER TIMES, THE PULSE WIPER BECOMES INOPERABLE WHEN ENGAGING THE TURN INDICATOR, CAUSING VISUAL PROBLEMS DURING RAIN/SNOW. INSTALLING A NEW BATTERY HELPED FOR A WHILE, BUT THE SAME PROBLEMS EVENTUALLY RETURNED. IT APPEARS TO BE A SHORT-CIRCUIT/GROUNDING PROBLEM OF SOME TYPE. THE INDEPENDENT FRONT-END SUSPENSION PROBLEM CONCERNS A CRACKING SOUND OF METAL ON THE FRONT-PASSENGER SIDE WHEN THE WHEEL IS TURNED SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS INFREQUENTLY, BUT HAS BEEN NOTICED SINCE EARLY PURCHASE DATE. *AK

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

BOLTS PULL OUT OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. MJS

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.

WIRES IN THE STEERING COLUMN CAUGHT FIRE. NLM

TRANSMISSION SHUTTERS GOING INTO OVERDRIVE. *AK

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.

POWER WINDOW REGULATORS FAILED. MJS

CRUISE CONTROL IS DEFECTIVE. YH

TRANSMISSION AND BRAKE FAILURE/LOCK-UP ON A VEHICLE THAT HAS BEEN "BABYED" AND METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED IS OUTRAGEOUS. I CANNOT GET FORD MOTOR CO. TO RETURN MY CALLS. I CAN ONLY IMAGINR WHAT KIND OF HORRIFIC ACCIDENT WOULD HAVE OCCURRED IF WE HAD BEEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. DEALER'S SHOP ALSO HAD A 95, 97, & 98 CROWN VICS. W/ TRANSMISSION FAILURE. I SUSPECT FORD IS TRYING TO COVER UP A DEFECT.

DURING RECALL REPAIR 99V-124 OF THE SPPED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH CONSUMER FEELS DEALER MADE ADDITIONAL REPAIRS (DRIVE BELT, DIAGNOSTIC TEST, T-CONNECTOR AND HOSE FOR PCV) THAT WERE UNNEEDED. NLM

I PURCHASED THIS CAR USED 03/97 87,000 MILES. WHEN YOU WOULD TURN TO THE LEFT SHARP, IT ALWAYS MADE A CLUNK AND THE CAR WOULD SHIFT OVER. THE CLUNK CONTINUED, SO I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALER, RUDIG-JENSEN IN NEW LISBON, THEY FOUND THAT THE BOLTS THAT ATTACH THE UPPER CONTROL ARMS TO THE FRAME WERE LOOSE. THE LOOSE BOLTS HAD WORN OUT THE BOLTS AND THE UPPER CONTROL ARM. THEY FOUND THAT WHILE REPLACING THE PARTS, THAT THE BOLT HOLES IN THE FRAME MOUNTING BRACKET HAD WORN AND HAD FRACTURED. THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPAIR THE CAR, AND CALLED GARY'S AUTOBODY OF NEW LISBON TO LOOK AT THE FRAME MOUNTING BRACKET . GARY'S HAVE REPAIRED THE BRACKET BY WELDING IT , AS THE FORD DEALER TOLD MYSELF, THAT THEY COULD NOT REPAIR IT. I WOULD HAVE TO BUY A NEW CAR. I CALLED THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR HAD BEEN IN FOR THE RECALL 95V194000 NHTSA AT NORRIS VERNIER FORD IN TOMAH, WI. AND THAT FORD MOTOR COMPANY WOULD NOT PAY FOR THE REPAIRS, BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAD ALREADY BEEN IN FOR THE RECALL. THE DAMAGE DONE TO MY VEHICLE IS FROM THE LOOSE BOLTS, AND I FEEL THAT FORD'S FAULTY PRODUCT CAUSED THIS, AND THAT THEY SHOULD REPAIR THE DAMAGE, AS IT IS DUE TO THEIR PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES. THE BOLTS CAN LOOSEN EVEN AFTER BEING CHECKED UNDER THE RECALL. *AK

NO PARTS AVAILABLE FOR RECALL REPAIR OF SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH. NLM (RECALL #99S15)

RECALL # 99V124000 FORD/SPEED CONTROL SWITCH; DEALER DOES NOT HAVE PARTS TO CORRECT RECALL NOTICE. OWNER HAS WAITED FOR TWO MONTHS. OWNER HAS RECEIVED SECOND NOTICE. FORD RECALL 99S15. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 99S15, CONCERNING SPEED CONTROL. CONTACTED DEALER, AND WAS INFORMED NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. *AK

VEHICLE DOES NOT START UP RIGHT AWAY. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. WAS INFORMED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH WIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO BEING BURNED IN & AROUND THE COLUMN. THE HEATER WIRES HAD BURNED ALSO. THE SEAT ANCHOR BOLTS HAD CAME OUT OF THE FRONT SEAT. PLUGS, WIRES, AND BRAKES HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK *ML

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHICH NEARLY RESULTED IN COLLISION. POSSIBLE SHORT IN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MAY HAVE CAUSED FAILURE, PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE (99V-124). *YC

HAD REC'D RECALL NOTICE (399V124000) IN THE MAIL & NOTIFIED DEALER. WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE & DO NOT KNOW WHEN THEY WOULD BE. THE MANUFACTURER DO NOT KNOW WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABE. HAD THE CRUISE CONTROL WIRES DISABLED PRIOR TO RECEIVING NOTICE. OWNER IS DISABLED & USES THE CRUISE CONTROL IN ORDER TO DRIVE.

WHILE SITTING AT STOPLIGHT VEHICLE WAS HIT FROM THE REAR AND PUSHED INTO A BIG 4X4, CAUSING HOOD TO FOLD IN, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. ALSO DURING THE ACCIDENT BOTH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE SEATS COLLAPSED, CAUSING SOME INJURIES TO BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVOED IN A FIRE WHILE PARKED IN CONSUMER DRIVWAY, CAUSE OF FIRE MAY BE DUE TO RECENT MFR. RECALL # 99 S 15 CONCERNING IGNITION SWITCH. MFR. NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER RECALL. ALSO VEHICLE ON HOLD FOR A WEEK FOR INSPECTION IF NEEDED AT COOKS SALVAGE 228/392-2288. REFERENCED IN EA02-025

AIR BAG LIGHT FOR DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS E KEPT FLASHING OFF AND ON.

CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM DOES NOT ENGAGE. DEALER/MANFACTURER WERE CONTACTED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORECTED. *AK

PLASTIC HEADLAMP LENSES BECOME CLOUDY WITH TIME. THEY PREVENT FULL LAMP OUTPUT TO ROAD. *AK

STRESS CRACKS OF THE FLOOR BOARD CAUSED THE BOLT THAT HOLD THE FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT TO BREAK RESULTING IN THE SEAT BECOMING UNSTABLE AND TO LURCH BACKWARDS.

BALL JOINTS & TIE ROD ENDS WOULD MAKE GROANING NOISES IN THE FRONT END. ITS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & NOTHING FOUND. TOOK TO ANOTHER GARAGE & MECHANIC NOTICED TIE ROD END WAS SHOT, AND THAT BALL JOINTS WERE RUSTY & PITTED. THEREFORE, VEHICLE WAS MAKING NOISES WHEN BEING DRIVEN. *AK

BOTH THE INTAKE AND RETURN FUEL LINES FAILED(LEAKING GASOLINE) DUE TO CORROSION. DUE TO THE UNIQUE CONFIGURATION THE LEAKING LINES AND BOTH THE FUEL PUMP AND SENDING UNIT NEEDED REPLACING. *AK

BOTH THE PUMP AND RETURN LINES TO THE GAS TANK FAILED(LEAKING GAS) DUE TO CORROSION. DEALER INFORMED THAT THE CAR COULD NOT BE DRIVEN UNTIL THE LINES WERE REPLACED. DUE TO THE UNIQUE CONFIGURATION OF THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY THE ENTIRE FUEL PUMP AND SENDING UNIT HAD TO BE REPLACED.

WHENEVER DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEED THE TORQUE CONVERTOR WOULD MAKE LOUD NOISES. TOOK TO MECHANIC & INFORMED TORQUE CONVERTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

NO SUMMARY PROVIDED BY CONSUMER

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF THE KEY WOULD NOT COME OUT OF THE IGNITION DUE TO THE ACTUATOR WITHIN THE STEERING WHICH WENT BAD. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS REPLACED THE PARTS ON TWO OCCASIONS PARTS NUMBER F2DZ3E723A AND FODZ3E715A. *AK

WHILE THE KEY IS IN THE IGNITION AND THE VEHICLE IN PARK POSTION AND THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE IS ACTIVATED, HEARD A POPPING NOISE. THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER, CAUSING MAJOR INJURIES AND LOSS OF THE VEHICLE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK