2005 Ford Crown Victoria complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD CROWN VICTORIA. WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME LOOSE. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT HAD TO SHUT OFF AND RESTART THE VEHICLE IN ORDER TO TEMPORARILY CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AND NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

LIGHTING CONTROL MODULE IS UNDER FORD FACTORY RECALL ! SINCE 08/2014 I HAVE MANY INSTANCES WERE IT GETS HOT AND SHUTS THE HEADLITES OFF. I HAVE CONTACTED POWER FORD IN PERSON WHEN THIS FIRST OCCURRED. I HAVE CONTACTED FORD RECALL NUMEROUS TIMES. I MADE CONTACT WITH A PERSON NAMED [XXX] @ FORD RECALL. PHONE # 866-631-3788 EXT #[XXX]. HE CONTACTED A SERVICE MGR NAMED [XXX] @ POWER FORD AND SENT HIM A E-MAIL TO AUTHORIZE AFTER MARKET PARTS TO RESOLVE THIS SAFETY ISSUE. I BELIEVE THAT WAS APP IN OCT/2014 .I HAVE CONTACTED [XXX] @ FORD AGAIN. TO GET THE SAME RESULTS! I DRIVE EARLY IN THE AM. AND RETURN IN PM! THIS IS IN THE DARK! THIS IS IMPACTING MY SAFETY AS WELL AS OTHERS.THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 5 MONTHS.WHEN THE LCM GETS HOT MY HEADLITES SHUT OFF. WHEN THIS HAPPENS I MUST SHUT VEHICLE OFF FOR 3/4 TO 1 HOUR. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO DRIVE WHILE HOLDING THE BRIGHT LITES ON MANUALLY, WHILE FINDING A SAFE PLACE TO PULL OFF! I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP YOU COULD ASSIST ME WITH . THANK YOU INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD CROWN VICTORIA. WHILE DRIVING 5-10 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON TWO OCCASIONS. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000.

RECENT ARTICLE IN PAPER INDICATES THAT HIGH HUMIDITY STATES, SUCH AS FLORIDA COULD HAVE A AIR BAG PROBLEM ON SEVERAL MODELS AND MAKES OF AUTOMOBILES, AFFECTING THE DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS. PLEASE ADVISE. *TR

LIGHTS FAILED WHEN DRIVING DOWN DARK FREEWAY, NEARLY DROVE OFF ROAD, STOPPED CAR, HEARD CLICK AND LIGHTS CAME BACK ON, BUT A FEW MINUTES LATER, WENT OFF AGAIN. AS I DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD I HEAR A CLICK AND THEN THEY COME BACK ON, BUT MORE MINUTES THEY GO OFF AGAIN, CONTINUAL INTERMITTENT ON/OFF. THIS OCCURS WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE IN HEADLAMP SETTING, OR AUTOLAMP CONTROL, LIGHTS DON'T WORK WHEN IN THIS CONDITION IN HIGH BEAMS. FORTUNATELY THEY ARE WORKING WHEN HELD TOWARD STEERING WHEEL IN FLASH-TO-PASS, SO HAVE BEEN HOLDING THE LIGHTS ON THIS WAY FOR MONTHS. FROM WHAT I'VE READ, THIS IS AN ONGOING CONTINUAL PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. I'M SURPRISED THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF ACCIDENTS OR DEATH, BUT IT'S A HARD ISSUE TO IDENTIFY AS IT'S INCONSISTENT, AND IF SOMEONE WAS REPORTED AS 'LOOSING CONTROL OF THEIR VEHICLE', IT COULD BE LOSS OF LIGHTS CAUSING THEM TO RUN OFF THE ROAD. READ HOW TO DO A QUICK RESOLUTION BY KICKING THE LCM UNDER THE DASH, WHICH SOMETIMES DOES CAUSE THE LIGHTS TO COME BACK ON. ALSO, HAVE SEEN A YOUTUBE VIDEO FROM A MECHANIC THAT SHOWS HOW TO SOLDER ON NEW RELAYS TO THE COMPUTER PANEL, WHICH FIXES THE ISSUE FOR $15.00, WHICH I'VE CONSIDERED DOING MYSELF AS A REPLACEMENT UNIT IS UPWARDS OF $400.00. THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ISSUE!!! *TR

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM A WEDDING RECEPTION AT 10:00 PM LIGHTS SUDDENLY WENT OUT . PULLED OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD AND TRIED ALL MODES OF LIGHTS OPERATION (AUTOMATIC, PARKING AND REGULAR LIGHTING MODE). TRYING DIMS AND HIGH BEAMS BOTH. FINALLY GOT LIGHTS TO WORK IF I HELD DIMMER SWITCH IN PULLED POSITION UNTIL REACHING HOME. LOOKING ON INTERNET FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH CROWN VICS. FAILURE IN LIGHTING CONTROL MODULE. STILL NEED SOME SORT OF REPAIR. *TR

I WAS RESPONDING AS A VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE EMT FROM MY RESIDENCE TO THE FIRE STATION FOR AN EMERGENCY CALL WHEN THE STEERING LOCKED UP. I TRIED TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL BACK AND FORTH WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES AND IT BEGAN TO STEER AGAIN. I CONTINUED TO THE STATION ABOUT 3/4 MILE AWAY, MADE THE AMBULANCE CALL. UPON COMPLETION OF THE CALL I LIFTED THE HOOD AND OBSERVED THE LOWER JOINTS OF THE STEERING SHAFT WERE RUSTY AND CORRODED. I SPRAYED THE JOINT WITH WD-40 AND TURNED THE STEERING BACK AND FORTH. IN PREPARATION FOR A TRIP TWO DAYS LATER I WAS CHECKING THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THE "EXHAUST HEAT SHIELD" LYING ON THE FRAME BETWEEN THE ENGINE AND FRAME. IT WAS THEN I FIGURED THE PART HAD COME OFF AND JAMMED BETWEEN THE STEERING SHAFT AND THE FRAME CAUSING A MOMENTARY LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. I HAVE NOT REPLACED THE HEAT SHIELD. AFTER A FACTORY RECALL REPLACEMENT OF THE LOWER SHAFT RESULTED IN THE CAR STEERING LIKE NEW WITH VERY LITTLE EFFORT FOR A MONTH OR SO. I THEN NOTICED THE STEERING SEEMED TO BIND AGAIN AT TIMES. I LOOKED AND THE UPPER STEERING SHAFT IS CORRODED SO I SPRAYED THE U JOINT CONTAINED IN THE UPPER SHAFT WITH LUBRICANT. I CONTACTED THE DEALER WHO SAID THE UPPER SHAFT WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL SO I CALLED FORD AND WAS TOLD THE SAME THING. THE UPPER SHAFT JOINT IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME FAILURE AS THE LOWER SHAFT. CORROSION IN THE U JOINT IS CAUSING THE NEEDLE BEARINGS TO NOT OPERATE PROPERLY RESULTING IN MORE DIFFICULT TURNING OF THE STEERING. I LUBRICATE THE JO

SEVERAL TIMES I HAVE BEEN DRIVING AT NIGHT AND MY HEAD LIGHTS WILL SHUT OFF. THE OCCURRENCES HAVE BEEN AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS ANYWHERE FROM 30 M/HR TO 70 M/HR. THEY HAVE ALWAYS COME BACK ON BUT I HAVE HAD TO WAIT ANYWHERE FROM ONE MINUTE TO AN HOUR BEFORE THEY WOULD COME BACK ON. NORMALLY I TRY TO SWITCH THE LIGHTS ON AND OFF SEVERAL TIMES FOR THEM TO COME BACK ON. SOMETIMES I WOULD HAVE TO PULL THE CAR OVER PUT IN PARK TURN CAR OVER MESS WITH LIGHT SWITCH FOR THEM TO COME ON. *TR

HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. IS FORD TURNING INTO GM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CROWN VICTORIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HEAD LIGHTS FAILED TO TURN ON. THE CONTACT HAD TO TURN THE SWITCH ON AND OFF SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THE HEAD LIGHTS ACTIVATED. THE CONTACT TURNED ON THE EMERGENCY FLASHERS AND THE VEHICLE RESUMED ITS NORMAL OPERATION NEARLY FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE 128,000. UPDATED 10/02/14*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO RETRIEVE THE NECESSARY PART TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 03/9/15 *JS

2005 FORD CROWN VICTORIA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE HEADLIGHT GOING OUT WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT IN THE RAIN. *SMD

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2005 FORD CROWN VICTORIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE HEADLIGHTS SUDDENLY FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE LIGHT CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 167,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 168,045.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN HWY 39/ FRANKLIN STREET IN VILLAGE OF LINDEN IT WAS DARK OUT. MY HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT. THEN WOULD NOT COME BACK ON. MY TAIL LIGHTS AND TURN SIGNALS STILL WERE ON. THEN AFTER ABOUT 2-3 MINUTES HEADLIGHTS CAME BACK ON THEN WENT STOPPED WORKING AGAIN. WAS GOING 30MPH AND A CAR WAS COMING TOWARDS ME THIS COULD OF CAUSED A CRASH. IN RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM THIS IS A KNOW PROBLEM FOR 2005 FORD CROWN VIC THIS IS A POLICE CAR YET NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. *TR

HEAD LIGHTS TURNED OFF WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE HWY. AT 70 MPH NEEDED TO PULL OVER AND AFTER 15 MIN. HEARD CLICK AND LIGHTS CAME ON (LATER OCCURANCES SAME THING HAPPENED) UPON DEALER REPAIR AT OVER $400+ LEARNED THIS IS A COMMON OCCURANCE WITH THIS CAR. HAS NOT HAPPENED SINCE REPAIR. SAFETY ISSUE YES IF YOU LOOSE LIGHTS ITS PRETTY HARD TO SEE WHERE YOU ARE GOING AT NIGHT ON A UNLIT ROADWAY. FORD SHOULD RECALL THESE MODELS AND REPAIR AND REFUND THOSE THAT HAD TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. *TR

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON WHEN VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND DID NOT TURN OFF. DEALER DIAGNOSED IT TO BE A SEAT BELT TENSIONER SWITCH AND REPAIRED IT A COST OF $700.+ LIGHT WENT OUT .6 MONTHS LATER LIGHT CAME AND DEALER DIAGNOSED IT TO BE THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT TENSIONER THIS TIME, COST TO REPAIR $700+. NEEDLESS TO SAY IT HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE FORD NEEDS TO ADDRESS WITH A RECALL OR REIMBURSE OWNERS THIS COST WHICH IS TO HIGH IN MY ESTIMATION. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AT NIGHT AND A CAR HIT ME IN THE REAR. THE OTHER DRIVER SAID HE DIDN'T SEE ME SINCE I DID NOT HAVE MY LIGHTS ON. I SHOWED HIM THAT THEY WERE ON BUT YET THE TAIL LIGHTS WERE NOT. WHEN I HAD A SHOP CHECK FOR THE PROBLEM, THEY SAID THE FUSES, BULBS AND RELAYS WERE FINE. THEY SAID THE PROBLEM IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL AND IT IS A LIGHTING CONTROL MODULE WHICH COSTS OVER $500.THEY SAID FORD HAS KNOWN ABOUT THE PROBLEM BUT STILL HAS NOT RECALLED THE ITEM. WHEN I SEARCHED ON THE INTERNET, I FIND A TON OF PEOPLE REPORTING THIS PROBLEM. THIS COULD HAVE EASILY CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY AND/OR DEATH TO ALL INVOLVED. I AM SHOCKED AT FORD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD CROWN VICTORIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT HEADLIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURE WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD CROWN VICTORIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD INDEPENDENTLY AND SPORADICALLY DEACTIVATE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD CROWN VICTORIA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH THE WRENCH WARNING SYMBOL ILLUMINATED AND THE ENGINE STALLED. UPON RESTARTING THE VEHICLE IT FAILED TO ACCELERATE OVER 5 MPH. THE FAILURE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,000. ..UPDATED 02-28-14 *BF UPDATED 03/19/2014 *JS

THE HEADLIGHTS ON THIS CAR QUIT WORKING AS THEY SHOULD. THE LIGHTS COME ON AND THEN GO OFF WITHIN 30 SECONDS. USAGE OF EMERGENCY BRIGHT LIGHT ON SIGNAL LEVER IS A MUST FOR HEADLIGHTS. CANNOT USE DIM LIGHTS AT ALL. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A RECALL SITUATION AS I HAVE HEARD THERE ARE OTHER CARS OF THIS MAKE AND MODEL AFFECTED. WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE THIS REPAIRED AS IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD CROWN VICTORIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, HE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN BUT THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE STEERING SHAFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000.

I WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN AND I MADE A COMPLETE STOP AS I PULLED FORWARD AND ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN MY STEERING FAILED COMPLETELY. I HAD NO CONTROL WHAT SO EVER TO TURN LEFT OR RIGHT. WITH FURTHER INSPECTION IT WAS THE LOWER HEAVY DUTY BLUISH GREEN BEARING THAT WAS NO LONGER CONNECTED TO THE UPPER SHAFT INSIDE MY STEERING COLUMN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD CROWN VICTORIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND AFTER COMPLETING A LEFT TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD HEAT SHIELD AND THE LIGHT CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60,000. ..UPDATED 05/20/14 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE STEERING WHEEL DID NOT SEIZE. IT BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN WHEN GOING AROUND CORNERS. UPDATED 05/28/2014 *JS

WHEN EXITING A LOCAL RESTAURANT JUST AS IT WAS GETTING DARK WE FOUND THAT THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD NOT GO ON EITHER IN MANUAL OR AUTOMATIC MODE. THE ONLY WAY WE WERE ABLE TO SEE TO GET HOME, ABOUT TEN MILES ON THE HIGHWAY, WAS TO LIFT UP THE LIGHT LEVER AND HOLD IT UP FOR HIGH BEAMS. IF WE RELEASED THE LEVER IT WENT TOTALLY DARK. OUR LOCAL FORD DEALER FOUND A FAILED LIGHT CONTROL PROCESSOR TO BE THE CAUSE, AND REPLACED SAME. THIS WAS AN EXPENSIVE PART AND WITH LABOR COST OVER $500. WE FELT THAT WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT THE PROBLEM DID NOT OCCUR WHILE WE WERE ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD CROWN VICTORIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY AS HAVING A FAULTY LIGHTING CONTROL MODULE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 147,000.

HEADLIGHTS GO OUT WITHOUT ANY WARNING. FORD SAYS NO ISSUES WITH THIS ALTHOUGH IT WAS WRITTEN UP IN NEWSPAPERS. THEY WILL NOT FIX THIS VERY DANGEROUS AND EXPENSIVE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM APPARENTLY COMES FROM BAD WELDING IN THE LCM (LIGHT CONTROL MODULE) BUT ITS SCARY TO BE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND THEN HAVE NO LIGHTS. *JB

THE HEADLIGHTS GO OUT WHILE DRIVING WITH NO WARNING. FORD IS DOING NOTHING ABOUT THIS VERY DANGEROUS AND EXPENSIVE REPAIR. SEEMS THE PROBLEM LIES WITH THE WELDING THAT WAS DONE TO LCM (LIGHT CONTROL MODULE) BUT IT IS SCARY TO BE ON HIGHWAY AND HAVE NO LIGHTS AND NO WARNING. NOW THIS WARNING ABOUT ENGINE!!!!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD CROWN VICTORIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE LIGHT CONTROL MODULE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

MY WIFE DIED IN THIS POLICE CAR LOST CONTROL DUE TO ENGINE JERKING AND SEAT BELTS CAME LOOSE AND EJECTED MY DAUGHTERS HAVIN HEAD INJURY CONCUSSION AND BROKEN SKULL. *TR

TURNING CORNER AND STEERING ALL OF A SUDDEN BINDS UP. TOLD ITS A UJOINT PROBLEM THAT FORD SHOULD GET ON TOP OF BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS HURT. MINES NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM THAT I'VE MET. *TR

MULTIPLE INCIDENTS OF HEADLIGHTS SUDDENLY GOING OFF. DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD SUDDENLY NO HEADLIGHTS. WENT TO SISTERS READY TO LEAVE--NO HEADLIGHTS--READY TO LEAVE FOR WORK IN THE MORNING BEFORE DAYLIGHT NO HEADLIGHTS. THEN AN HOUR LATER LIGHTS BACK ON. WHEN MY 3 YEAR OLD GRANDSON VISITS I DO NOT TRUST THE HEADLIGHTS ENOUGH TO TAKE HIM OUT. I CHANCE GOING TO WORK IN THE MORNINGS AT MY FULL TIME JOB OR WHEN I LEAVE MY PART TIME JOB AT NIGHT. WHEN I WENT TO SEE ABOUT GETTING THIS PROBLEM REPAIRED, I WAS TOLD IT WILL BE QUIET EXPENSIVE FOR ME TO GET IT REPAIRED. I FEEL WITH ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT I READ ONLINE, THAT FORD SHOULD CONSIDER THIS A RECALL AND REPAIR THIS AT THEIR EXPENSE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD CROWN VICTORIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 138,000. *TR

VEHICLE WENT INTO "FAIL SAFE MODE" WITH NO WARNING CAUSING COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL TO ACCELERATION AND ANY USE OF ENGINE. IN HEAVY MOVING TRAFFIC VEHICLE SLOWED TO A HALT ALMOST BEING REAR-ENDED BY TRAFFIC. *TR

ON MULTIPLE DRIVES STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT AND NOT RESPONSIVE. THE PROBLEM WAS MORE PRONOUNCED AT SLOWER SPEEDS. THE STEERING LINKAGE ASSY. HAD TO BE REPLACED AT CONSIDERABLE EXPENSE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD CROWN VICTORIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED ON THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE LIGHT CONTROL MODULE HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 65,000. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY HEADLIGHTS TURNED OFF WITH OUT WARNING THEN TURNED BACK ON. CURRENTLY THEY WILL NOT TURN ON AT ALL. I GOOGLED 2005 FORD CROWN VICTORIA HEADLIGHT PROBLEMS AND FOUND NUMEROUS FORUMS ( HTTP://WWW.CROWNVIC.NET/UBBTHREADS/UBBTHREADS.PHP?UBB=SHOWFLAT&NUMBER=1632161, WERE I CAME ACROSS NHTSA ACTION NUMBER : PE08066 FOR THE SAME ISSUE. HTTP://WWW.FIXYA.COM/CARS/T6201354-HEADLIGHTS_STARTED_GOING_OFF_INTERMITTENT HAD THIS TO SAY HEADLIGHTS STARTED GOING OFF INTERMITTENT OPERATION. REPLACED THE LCM WITH A USED ONE AND EVERYTHING WORKED FOR AWHILE. HTTP://FORUMS.OFFICER.COM/T75070/ SAID THIS 2005 CROWN VIC HEADLIGHT PROBLEMS??? WE ARE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH OUR 2005 CROWN VIC HEADLIGHTS GOING OUT WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING. WE'VE CHANGED THE SWITCH AND A FEW OTHER OBVIOUS THINGS WITHOUT SUCCESS. ANYONE ELSE HAVE THIS PROBLEM AND WHAT WHAT DONE TO FIX. PLEASE HELP!! DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN USELESS SO FAR. I HAVE EVEN NOTIFIED FORD AND ASKED WHY NO RECALL. I HAVE A 35 YEAR OLD CAR THAT DID THIS A YEAR AGO HAD TO REPLACE WIRES. THIS IS 2003 TO 2005 MODELS ANY WHERE BETWEEN 10 TO 8 YEAR OLD CARS THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING YET NO RECALL WHY. HTTP://WWW.CARPROBLEMZOO.COM/FORD/CROWNVICTORIA/HEADLIGHTS-PROBLEMS.PHP STATES THIS HEADLIGHTS PROBLEMS OF FORD CROWN VICTORIA FORD CROWN VICTORIA OWNERS HAVE REPORTED 100 PROBLEMS LINKED TO HEADLIGHTS (UNDER THE EXTERIOR LIGHTING CATEGORY). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD CROWN VICTORIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND AFTER COMPLETING A LEFT TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 36,000.

STEERING STARTED FEELING STIFF WHILE ON A LONG ROAD TRIP WHEN I WENT TO CHANGE LANES. WHEN I RETURNED HOME I PARKED IT FOR A MONTH. HAD A FEW PEOPLE LOOK AT IT AND THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG. DROVE IT ON ANOTHER LONG TRIP AND IT SLOWLY BECAME WORSE. FELT LIKE THE CAR WAS FLOATING OPPOSITE MY STEER OR DELAYING THE DIRECTION I WOULD STEER .FELT LIKE IT WAS CATCHING ON SOMETHING OR BEING BLOCK FROM MOVEMENT. HAD IT LOOKED AT AGAIN FLUIDS CHECK ,RAC CHECKED,PUMP CHECK,GREASED UP. LET IT SIT AGAIN FOR SOMETIME THEN TOOK IT DOWN THE STREET AND STEERING WOULD NOT TURN. HAD NO CONTROL ALMOST CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT IT TOOK BRUET FORCE TO SAVE US. HAD IT LOOKED AT AGAIN AND HE SAID THE STEERING ROD LOOKS STRANGE IN MOVEMENT NOTHING HE HAS EVER SEEN BEFORE AND THAT THE ARM IT SELF LOOKS BENT. I NOW HAVE A CAR I CAN NOT DRIVE AND NO ONE CAN FIX BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO FIX. I CAN'T EVEN SELL IT KNOWING SOMEONE COULD DIE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CROWN VICTORIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LIGHTS REPEATEDLY FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 111,000.

DRIVING FROM THE AIRPORT IN ROCKFORD, ILL. - ALL HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT. FORTUNATELY, I WAS IN THE FAR RIGHT LANE AS WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER. I WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE ONLY BY DISCOVERING THAT HOLDING THE BRIGHTS/TURN SIGNAL LEVER IN, ENABLED THE HEADLIGHTS TO COME ON. I WAS TRULY FORTUNATE, THAT NO ONE GOT SERIOUSLY INJURED AS THIS WAS ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. A RECALL NEEDS TO BE ISSUED IMMEDIATELY BY FORD TO ENSURE THAT NO ONE DIES BECAUSE OF THIS!!!!! ANY THOUGHTS? [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

HEAD LAMPS INTERMITTENTLY TURN ON AND OFF FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT. FAULTY LIGHTING CONTROL MODULE. *TR

VEHICLE GOES OUT OF GEAR AFTER SOMEONE TURNS OFF FROM IN FRONT OF THE DRIVER, THE TRANSMISSION NEUTRALIZES AND THEN BANGS INTO GEAR, THIS IS AT LOW SPEEDS 10-30 MPH, THIS ALSO HAPPENS ON THE HIGHWAY AT 55-70 WHEN ACCELERATING/PASSING ANOTHER CAR. TRANSMISSION REPAIRMAN TOLD ME ALL THE FORD CROWN VICTORIA TRANSMISSIONS DO THIS HE CALLED IT THE KICKDOWN RUN AWAY PART OF THE TRANSMISSION. THIS PROBLEM WILL ALSO CAUSE THE TRANSMISSION TO BREAK AND NEED REPLACING. THIS PROBLEM CAUSES THE DRIVER TO QUICKLY REMOVE FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WHEN ENGINE REVS UP AND COULD CAUSE A REAR END COLLISION FROM QUICK DECELERATION. THIS PROBLEM IS WHAT IS CAUSING POLICE CARS TO NEED TRANSMISSIONS BEING REPLACED AFTER 20000-40000 MILES. THE REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSIONS THAT FOR IS USING TO FIX THESE CARS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS. SO AT 40000-100000 MILES THE VEHICLE NEEDS THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED AGAIN DUE TO BREAKAGE. *TR

RECIEVED INFORMATION REGARDING THE LOST OF STEERING IN THE 2005 - 2008 FORD CROWN VICTORIA POLICE INTERCEPTORS THAT POLICE AGENCIES WHERE EXPERIENCING. AFTER CONTACTING OUR LOCAL DEALER AND FORD, WE WERE PROVIDED WITH A PICTURE OF A LIGHT BLUE/GREEN BEARING THAT IS UNDER THE DASH. WE HAD THIS VEHICLE INSPECTED AND IT WAS FOUND TO HAVE A DEFECT IN THIS BEARING WHICH IS NEAR THE LOCKING COLUMN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD CROWN VICTORIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WITH THE HEADLIGHTS IN ACTIVATION, THE HEADLIGHTS SUDDENLY FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. UPON RESTARTING, THE HEADLIGHTS BEGAN TO OPERATE NORMALLY FOR SEVERAL MOMENTS BEFORE THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TWICE. THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH WAS REPLACED AND THE DASH MAT REMOVED. THE FAILURE RECURRED THE FOLLOWING DAY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,535. UPDATED 1/15/13 *CN UPDATED 1/25/13*JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD CROWN VICTORIA POLICE PACKAGE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A MECHANIC AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 89,000.

WHILE DRIVING THE HEADLIGHTS SHUT OFF AND THE PROBLEM HAS BECOME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. INTERMITTENT AT FIRST THE HEADLIGHTS NOW TURN OFF 2 OR 3 TIMES IN A 3 MILE DRIVE. FORD DEALER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A LIGHTING CONTROL MODULE. REPLACEMENT PART NOT AVAILABLE FROM FORD DUE TO SHORTAGE.CAR IS NOT DRIVABLE AT NIGHT. *TR

I WAS PULLING INTO MY DRIVEWAY, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN. IF I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STOP, I WOULD HAVE RAN DOWN MY MAILBOX AND DROVE INTO THE YARD. AFTER OPENING THE HOOD ON MY 2008 CROWN VIC, I NOTICED THE HEAT SHIELD FROM THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD WAS JAMMED BETWEEN THE STEERING KNUCKLE AND THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. IT HAD RUSTED OFF THE BOLTS AND FELL IN BETWEEN WHILE I WAS IN MOTION. THE 2005 I KNOW OWN AND PURCHASED IN SEPT, AFTER DRIVING IT ALL THE WAY FROM HUDON, I OPENED THE HOOD WHEN I GOT HOME AND NOTICED HALF OF THE HEAT SHIELD IN THE SAME SPOT. THE OTHER HALF WAS GONE. I WOULD SAY IF THIS WERE TO HAVE GOTTEN LODGED IN A VEHICLE THAT HAS THE STEERING KNUCKLE RUST AND FAILURE, IT COULD EASILY BREAK THE KNUCKLE WHILE YOU ARE TRYING TO STEER THE VEHICLE SEEING THE SHIELD IS CONCAVE IN SHAPE AND DOES NOT COLLAPSE. I WOULD CONSIDER THIS A PRIORITY ITEM TO CHECK ON ALL 2005-2008 POLICE INTERCEPTOR CROWN VICS BECAUSE IT IS THE MOST USED POLICE VEHICLE DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. JUST A SUGGESTION. KNOWING THE ISSUE HAPPENED TO ME, I WOULD NOT WANT TO SEE ANYONE GET SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED FROM SOMETHING I KNEW WAS WRONG WITH THESE VEHICLES AND DIDN'T TELL ANYONE. *TR..UPDATED 05/20/14 *BF UPDATED 05/28/2014 *JS

INSPECTION FOUND DISLOCATED BUSHING. *TR

INSPECTION FOUND DISLOCATED BUSHING. *TR

INSPECTION FOUND DISLOCATED BUSHING. *TR