Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Oct 18, 1996NY
INTERMITTENT STALLING WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED.
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1996 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 1996 record →
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Oct 16, 1996NY
ENGINE SHUTS DOWN, WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED.
Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly
Filed Sep 24, 1996CA
IF YOU BUCKLE UP THE SEAT BELT DOES NOT HOLD, IT POPS OUT. *AK
Suspension › Front › Control Arm › Lower Arm
Filed Aug 27, 1996NY
LOWER CONTROL ARM WELD FAILURE, CAUSING VIBRATION AND SLIGHT PULL WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED/DIMINISHED STEERING AND BRAKING CONTROL.
Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Aug 16, 1996NY
ENGINE SURGES UNCONTROLLABLY.
Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar
Filed Aug 13, 1996GA
STEERING STICKS INTERMITTENTLY, RELEASES WITH EXCESSIVE FORCE.
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Pedals and Linkages
Filed Aug 12, 1996AZ
BRAKE PEDAL GOING TO THE FLOOR DUE TO FAILURE OF THE STOP SWITCH AND CLIP ON PEDAL.
Structure › Frame and Members
Filed Jul 24, 1996CT
FRAME BRACKET WELD THAT HOLDS STEERING MECHANISM BROKE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO PULL TO THE RIGHT. (2ND VEHICLE ON 506509)
Structure › Frame and Members
Filed Jul 23, 1996CT
LEFT FRAME BRACKET BROKE AT WELD, CAUSING VEHICLE TO PULL TO THE RIGHT WHEN BRAKES APPLIED. (FIRST VEHICLE ON 601560) *AW
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Filed Jul 18, 1996MS
NO PARTS. AT FORD MANUFACTURER, D AND L FORD,MERCURY. RECALL 95V070000. *AK
Steering › Gear Box (other Than Rack and Pinion)
Filed Jul 15, 1996OH
POLICE VEHICLE, STEERING GEAR FAILED, RESULTING IN STEERING WHEEL TURNING FREELY BUT THE WAS NO CONNECTION TO THE WHEEL. *AK
Steering › Linkages
Filed Jul 11, 1996MO
PITMAN ARM/BALL JOINT IS READY TO FALL OUT, REPLACED PITMAN ARM, POLICE CAR. *AK
Steering › Linkages
Filed Jul 10, 1996MO
POLICE VEHICLE. THE STEERING WHEEL MOVES AND THE CAR WILL NOT MOVE WITH IT, ESPECIALLY IN CURVES. *AK
Steering › Linkages
Filed Jul 10, 1996OH
POLICE CARS, FOUND 3 PITMAN ARMS DEFECTIVE, REPLACED ALL THREE.
Steering › Linkages › Drag › Link › Connection
Filed Jul 10, 1996OH
POLICE CARS, FOUND 3 PITMAN ARMS DEFECTIVE, REPLACED ALL THREE. *AK
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Filed Jul 9, 1996VA
MS. JONES WAS TOLD WHEN THE PARTS COME IN THEY WOULD CONTACT HER. IT HAS BEEN 2 MONTHS NOW AND THE PARTS STILL AREN'T IN. RECALL 96V070000. *AK
Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar
Filed Jul 2, 1996IL
CONSUMER WA SDRIVING AND SOMETIMES THE STEERING JERKS, ALSO FRONT END MISALIGNMENT, WHILE GOING AROUND CURVES TO THE LEFT, STEERING WHEEL WILL SUDDENLY PULL LEFT, ALMOST CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. *AK
Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist System
Filed Jul 2, 1996IL
STEERING PROBLEMS AT HIGH RATES OF SPEED. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
Suspension › Front › Control Arm
Filed Jun 27, 1996MO
BALL JOINT CONNECTING PITMAN ARM TO DRAG LINK (TRACK ROD) FELL OFF. *AK
Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist System
Filed Jun 20, 1996OH
STEERING SEEMS LOOSE TO THE POINT WERE THE CAR DOES NOT WANT TO STAY IN LANE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
Steering › Linkages
Filed Jun 17, 1996MO
EXCESSIVE PLAY IN PITMAN ARMS FOUND DURING INSPECTION OF VEHICLE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash1 injured
Filed May 28, 1996CA
THIS IS A POLICE VEHICLE. DURING AN ACCIDENT THE ABS SYSTEM WAS INOPERATIVE AND THE BRAKES LOCKED AND MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
Suspension › Front
Filed May 23, 1996CT
FRONT BRACKET BROKEN, THAT THE STEERING AND THE FRONT END OF VEHICLE. *AK
Steering › Linkages
Filed May 6, 1996MO
POLICE CARS EXPERIENCING EXCESSIVE PLAY IN PITMAN ARMS, FOUND DURING INSPECTION OF 11 CARS. *AK
Air Bags › FrontalCrash1 injured
Filed Apr 3, 1996HI
NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVERS AIR BAG DURING ACCIDENT, ALSO DRIVER RECEIVED MAJOR BURNS WHEN AIR BAG DEPLOYED. *DSH
Steering › Gear Box (other Than Rack and Pinion)
Filed Feb 16, 1996CT
NOISE WHEN TURNING THE TILT STEERING WHEEL, THEN STEERING LOCKS UP, DUE TO DEFECTIVE STEERING BOX CRACKED OPEN AND PUMP MALFUNCTIONED, REPLACE BOX AND PUMP. TT
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