1996 Ford Crown Victoria complaints

LOWER BALL JOINTS FAILED.

LOWER CONTROL ARM/BALL JOINTS FAILED, CAUSING FRONT END TO FEEL LOOSE. (QCAW)

LOWER CONTROL ARM/BALL JOINTS FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO FEEL LOOSE IN THE FRONT END. (QCAW)

LOWER CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS FAILED.

BALL JOINT FAILURE ON TWO POLICE VEHICLES (1996 CROWN VICTORIAS).

LOWER BALL JOINT FAILURE CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL.

VEHICLE HAS HAD THE FRONT BALL JOINT AND INNER TIE RODS REPLACED. RECALL WAS ORDERED ON VEHICLE.

DRIVER'S DOOR STICKS. QCAW

NOISE HEARD FROM THE FRONT BALL JOINT AREA.

NOISE FROM THE FRONT BALL JOINT AREA.

LOWER CONTROL ARM BROKE WHILE DRIVING. OWNER NOTES OF INVESTIGATION ON PROBLEM. *AK

CHIEF OF POLICE CALLED TO INFORM OF RECALL NOTICE RECEIVED CONCERNING FORD CROWN VICTORIA LOWER BALL JOINT FAILURE. *AK DOOR HANDLES WERE REPLACED. REAR BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS REPLACED AT 18290, FRONT PADS AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED AT 28679 MILES, FRONT AND REAR BRAKE PADS REPLACED AT 51031 MILES. INTAKE MANIFOLD REPLACED TWICE. HEATER HOSE REPLACED. PASSENGER SIDE TAIL LIGHT REPLACED. TIRE ROTATIONS ARE DONE EVERY 3000 MILES, HOWEVER TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED AT APPROXIMATELY 9600 MILES AND AT 600000 MILES, NO SPECIFIC TIRE INFORMATION GIVEN. COOLING FANT AND MOTOR REPLACED. TPC, PVC, AND FUEL REGULATOR REPLACED. *SLC

THE DEFECTIVE LOWER BALL JOINTS BROKE OFF, CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. ALSO, A SECOND VEHICLE, A NEW VEHICLE 1996 FORD CROWN VICTORIA VIN# [XXX],HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM WHICH OCCURRED JUNE 23, 1998 WITH 60 MILES, WITH LOWER BALL JOINTS BROKE, CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. *AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT FAILED.

LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT FAILED CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE.

LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT CAME APART CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL AND DAMAGE.

POLICE OFFICER WAS SLOWING DOWN WHEN WHEEL WENT INTO FENDER AREA (WHEEL HOUSING), CAUSING VEHICLE TO BE INOPERABLE. MECHANIC NOTICED THAT GREASE FITTING WAS OMITTED. THIS CAUSED THE BALL JOINTS TO FALL OUT. *AK *SLC

POLICE OFFICER'S VEHICLE HAS BALL JOINTS FALLING OUT. MECHANIC HAD NOTICED THE GREASE FITTING WAS MISSING. THIS COULD CAUSE THE WHEEL TO GO INTO THE WHEEL HOUSING (FENDER). *AK *SLC

POLICE OFFICER'S VEHICLE WAS SLOWING DOWN WHEN THE WHEEL WENT INTO WHEEL HOUSING AREA (FENDER). VEHICLE COLLAPSED DOWNWARD. MECHANIC NOTICED THAT GREASE FITTING WAS MISSING & BALLJOINTS FELL OUT. *AK *SLC

POLICE CRUISER: SLOWING DOWN. WHEEL GOES INTO WHEEL HOUSING (FENDER). THIS CAUSED VEHICE TO DROP. MECHANIC NOTICED GREASE FITTING WAS OMITTED. THIS CAUSED THE BALL JOINTS TO FALL OUT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING COULD HEAR NOISE FROM THE FRONT OF VEHICLE (LIKE CRACKING NOISE). WAS INSPECTING THE VEHICLE AND SAW A FEW CRACKS ON THE LOWER BALL JOINTS. CONSUMER HAD CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. *AK

TWO OF THE 1996 FLEET VEHICLES (CROWN VICTORIAS) HAVE HAD FAILED LOWER BALL JOINTS, ONE INCIDENT LEADING TO THE COLLAPSE OF THE VEHICLE'S FRONT WHEEL ASEMBLY.

OWNER CONVINCED THAT HE IS BEING EXPOSED TO A PESTICIDE THAT MOST LIKELY USED IN THE HEATER SYSTEM TO PREVENT MOLD AND MILDEW, CAUSING ILLNESS.

STEERING INTERMITTENTLY GOES OUT.

REAR BRAKE LINES RUB ON BODY OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE, ABOVE TRANSMISSION CROSSMEMBER.

VEHICLE EMITS PUNGENT CHEMICAL ODORS WHEN THE HEATER AND ESPECIALLY THE DEFROST IS ACTIVATED.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND GETTING READY TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AND THE VEHICLE STALLS. WHEN DRIVING AT 60MPH HIT A BUMP AND THE VEHCILE LOST ALL STEERING. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE WIRES ON THE VEHICLE, BUT THE DRIVER STILL IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM SINCE THE OWNER PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN 1996. *AK

STEERING FAILURE.

STEEL BRAKE LINE RUNNING TO THE REAR BRAKES RUB THE UNDERSIDE OF THE CAR BODY AT THE TRANSMISSION CROSSMEMBER.

STEEL BRAKE LINE RUNNING TO THE REAR BRAKES RUBS ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE CAR BODY AT THE TRANSMISSION CROSSMEMBER.

STEEL BRAKE LINE RUNNING TO THE REAR BRAKES RUBS ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE CAR BODY AT THE TRANSMISSION CROSSMEMBER

STEEL BRAKE LINE RUNNING TO THE REAR BRAKES RUBS ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE CAR BODY AT THE TRANSMISSION CROSSMEMBER.

STEEL BRAKE LINE RUNNING TO THE REAR BRAKES RUBS ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE CAR BODY AT THE TRANSMISSION CROSSMEMBER.

INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED.

METAL BRAKE LINE WHICH RUNS UP/OVER THE DRIVER'S SEAT FRAME CHAFED, LINES ROUTED TOO CLOSE TO THE BODY.

PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLDS ARE SPLITTING, CAUSING A LOSS OF COOLANT.

PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLDS ARE SPLITTING, CAUSING A LOSS OF COOLANT.

PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLDS SPLIT, CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK.

THE BRAKE LINES HAVE BEEN REPLACED IN 4 OF THE FOLLOWING VEHICLES BECAUSE THE FRAME RUBS A HOLE IN THE BRAKE LINE; [XXX]/1996, [XXX]/1995, AND [XXX]/1995. NOT SURE OF MILEAGE AND DATE. *AK *SLC INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE DEFECTIVE REAR BRAKING LINES CAUSED THE BRAKE PADS TO WEAR OUT WHICH CAUSED INEFFECTIVE REAR BRAKE LINES. THE REAR BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED, ALL FOUR ROTORS WERE COMPLETELY WORN AT 12000 MILES. *SLC

KEYLESS REMOTE FAILED.

FAST IDLING, CAUSING UNCONTROLLED ACCELERATION, AS WELL AS STALLING. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER HAS YET TO FIND PROBLEM. *AK

GAS GAUGE FAILED. GAUGE DOES NOT RETURN TO EMPTY WHEN VEHICLE MOTOR IS OFF.

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE LEFT AND IT FEELS AS THOUGH HAVE NO STEERING POWER. THE DEALER IS AWARE OF THIS SITUATION. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK

INADEQUATE LUBRICATION CAUSED THE RIGHT LOWER BALL JOINT TO SEPARATE, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT.

REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER INOPERATIVE.

GASKET REPLACED DUE TO OIL LEAK.

CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT TURN OFF WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED.

ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED TWICE.

MARSHALL MIZE FORD 96V135 PITMAN ARM; OWNER TOOK VEHICLE IN ON SERVERAL OCCASIONS FOR INSUFFICIENT LUBRICATION AND RECALL WORK WAS NOT PERFOMED, MANUFACTURER DID NOT INIDCATE IF PARTS WERE AVAILABLE TO HONOR RECALL.*AK