POLICE VEHICLE. WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL IT STICKS AND HAS TO BE FORCED OUT OF THAT POSITION.PLEASE DESCRIBE.
1993 Ford Crown Victoria complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1993 record →
HORN IS LOCATED IN A BAD SPOT, WHEN STEERING WHEEL TURNS CANT FIND HORN. *AK
ANTILOCK BRAKING SYSTEM FAILED. *SD
TRANSMISSION FAILS IN HILLY AREA. *SD
TRANSMISSION DRIVE TRAIN EXPLODED. *SD
TRANSMISSION COOLING LINE LEAKS. *SD
DRIVERS SIDE HEAD REST WILL NOT STAY UP, DOES NOT GIVE SUPPORT. *AK
BRAKE ROTORS WARPED, CAUSING VIBRATION WHEN BRAKES APPLIED.*SD
UPON DECELERATION THE POWER STEERING BECOMES INACTIVE DURING TURNING MANEUVERS. *AK
TRANSMISSION FAILED. *SD
VEHICLES HAS ERRATIC ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION WHILE DRIVING. TT
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE, ERRATIC OPERATION OF THE AUTO TRANSMISSION. TT *JB
BRAKE PINS CONTINUOUSLY CORRODE AND BIND. TT
STEERING LOCKS UP TEMPORARILY WHEN TURNING, HAD FIXED SEVEN TIMES. TT
IN WET OR DRY WEATHER THE ABS LOCKED UP . TT PROBLEMS WITH THE ABS SYSTEM STRTED AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE, CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICED NUMEROUS TIMES, AND MOST OF THE COMPONETS WERE REPLACED, INCLUDING THE DISC PADS BRAKE LINES AND COMPUTER, IT SEEMED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED BUT HAS REOCCURED INTERMITTENLY SINCE THEN,THE BRAKES LOCK WHEN COMSING TO A STOP CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SKID, WHEN RESUMING TRAVEL THE BRAKES DO NOT ALWAYS RELEASE, THE BRAKES OCCASSIONALLY ENGAGE WHILE DRIVING.*JB
EXCESSIVE PLAY IN ACCELERATOR PEDAL. *SD
THROTTLE SENSOR REPLACED. *SD
ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE, SPREAD TO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT, MASTER CYLINDER PROBABLY CAUSED FIRE, EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURE BEFORE FIRE. TT
MASTER CYLINDER INSTALLED, THE NEXT DAY AFTER APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES OF DRIVING THE BRAKES FAILED/SMOKE AND FIRE WAS OBSERVED AFTER GETTING OUT OF THE CAR. *SD REFERENCED IN EA02-025
DISCOVERD DETACHED WIRING THAT CAME FROM UNDER THE DASH AND VEHICLE WOULD NO LONGER START. TT
WHILE DRIVING RAINY WEATHER, LOST ALL VEHICLE POWER; BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR; VEHICLE JERKED; NO EMERGENCY BRAKE, SHIFTED GEARS, NO RESPONSE. TT
STARTED VEHICLE AND NOTICE A STRONG GASOLINE SMELL THE GAS LINE HAD SEPARATED AND VEHICLE SAT IN A POOL OF FUEL. TT
ABS, BRAKE FAILURE , REPLACEMENT OF DISC ROTORS AND PADS, CALIPERS IN FRONT AND REAR. TT
THE BRAKES GRIND AND ARE VERY NOISY. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
VEHICLE SHUDDERS DUE TO A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. *AK
STEERING SYSTEM FAILURE KNOWN AS 'STEERING BIND,' CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT. *AK
BRAKE LINE RUBBING AGAINST FRAME, CAUSING BRAKE LINE FAILURE. *SKD
REAR DISC BRAKES FAILURE, BRAKES DONT WORK. TT
FRONT SEAT LAP/SHOULDER WILL NOT RETRACT. TT
OTHER: LOCATION OF PASSENGER'S AIR BAG WHEN DEPLOYED, RESULTED IN REARVIEW MIRROR BEING TORN AND THROWN AT PASSENGER, RESULTING IN INJURY. *SKD
THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO HESITATE/BUCK/JERK/SURGE. *AK
TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM ACTIVATED WHEN ATTEMTING TO GO UP A SNOWY/SLIPPERY HILL, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE CONTROL/SKID SIDEWAYS. *AK
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