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2006 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 2006 record →

Engine and Engine Cooling
Filed Dec 29, 20061,000 milesOH

2006 FORD CROWN VICTORIA PURCHASED IN JUNE 2006. PROBLEM OCCURRED ABOUT 1 MOINTH AFTER PURCHASE (LATE JUNE). I WAS DRIVING OUT OF MY APT COMPLEX, WHEN I STOPPED AT THE GATE, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY WENT CRAZY. IT WAS AS IF IT HAD MAX THROTTLE EXCEPT MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE NOT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. IF I HAD NOT HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, I WOULD HAVE CRASHED INTO THE GATE. I PUT THE CONTROL INTO NEUTRAL AND THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RACE FOR ABOUT 6-7 SECONDS, THEN IT STOPPED AND IT WAS LIKE NOTHING HAD HAPPENED. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY RAN DIAGNOSTICS. NOTHING WRONG. SO I SAID IT WAS A FLUKE. BUT NOW 2 DAYS AGO (12-27-06), IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY RAN DIAGNOSITICS - AGAIN NOTHING WRONG.

Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Oct 19, 2006795 milesFL

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS AFTER DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL AND STOPPING, THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD INTERMITTENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES HOWEVER; THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Filed Aug 3, 200612,022 milesGA

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WERE ON INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ON FOUR OCCASIONS FOR THE SAME PROBLEMS. WHILE THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING AND THE VEHICLE WAS IMMOBILE WITH THE BRAKE PADS APPLIED, THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD. THIS ALMOST CAUSED SERIOUS ACCIDENTS OR CRASHES INTO PEDESTRIANS IN SOME INCIDENTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERS AND THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM OR DETERMINED THE CAUSE FOR THE PROBLEM. AFTER THE LAST INCIDENT, THE INSURANCE COMPANY NOTIFIED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WOULD NO LONGER COVER THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL CAUSE OF INJURIES AND ACCIDENTS DUE TO THE DEFECT. THE INSURANCE COMPANY HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND SERVICE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY DETERMINED THE DEALER WOULD REMEDY THE PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. DT: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCES ON GOING PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES AND HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN TO THE DEALERS ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS FOR THE SAME, INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS. WHILE THE ENGINE IS ON AND THE VEHICLE IN A SITTING POSITION WITH THE BRAKE PADS APPLIED UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS AND WITH NO WARNING, THE VEHICLE SURGES FORWARD AND ALMOST CAUSED SERIOUS ACCIDENTS OR CRASHES INTO PEDESTRIANS IN SOME INCIDENTS. THE VEHICLE WOULD BE TAKEN TO THE DEALERS AND THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND CANNOT FIND THE CAUSE FOR THE PROBLEM. ON THE LAST INCIDENT, THE INSURANCE COMPANY NOTIFIED THE CONTA

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