Ford Motor Company: Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly
Ford Motor Company reported this defect to federal regulators on Oct 15, 2002 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 350,000. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
IN ORDER TO ENHANCE POLICE OFFICE SAFETY, MODEL YEAR 1992-2003 CROWN VICTORIA POLICE INTERCEPTOR (CVPI) VEHICLES WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH SHIELDS DESIGNED TO HELP PROTECT THE FUEL TANK IN HIGH-SPEED REAR-IMPACT CRASHES. FORD ALSO WILL BE OFFERING AN OPTIONAL TRUNK PACKAGE DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE SAFE TRANSPORT OF SHARP-EDGED, HEAVY EQUIPMENT IN THESE VEHICLES.
The risk
SOME HIGH-SPEED REAR-IMPACT CRASHES HAVE RESULTED IN FUEL TANK PUNCTURES AND FIRES IN CVPI VEHICLES.
The remedy
FORD HAS ADVISED US THAT SHIELD KITS HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE SINCE LATE OCTOBER AND WILL BE INSTALLED ON POLICE INTERCEPTOR VEHICLES AT NO COST. THE OPTIONAL TRANK PACKAGE WILL BE AVAILABLE BY THE END OF 2002. FORD HAS ESTABLISHED A NEW WEB SITE AT WWW.CVPI.COM TO ANSWER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SAFE USE OF CPVI VEHICLES.
24 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 Ford Crown Victoria | 249 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| 2003 Ford Cvpi | 78 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 Ford Crown Victoria | 58 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| 2002 Ford Cvpi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 Ford Crown Victoria | 53 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2001 Ford Cvpi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 Ford Crown Victoria | 85 | 10 | 2 | 6 |
| 2000 Ford Cvpi | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 Ford Crown Victoria | 134 | 8 | 4 | 6 |
| 1999 Ford Cvpi | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 Ford Crown Victoria | 119 | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| 1998 Ford Cvpi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 Ford Crown Victoria | 288 | 11 | 15 | 9 |
| 1997 Ford Cvpi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 Ford Crown Victoria | 276 | 12 | 16 | 13 |
| 1996 Ford Cvpi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1995 Ford Crown Victoria | 250 | 12 | 11 | 15 |
| 1995 Ford Cvpi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 Ford Crown Victoria | 192 | 7 | 14 | 20 |
| 1994 Ford Cvpi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 Ford Crown Victoria | 182 | 9 | 11 | 14 |
| 1993 Ford Cvpi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 Ford Crown Victoria | 310 | 9 | 24 | 18 |
| 1992 Ford Cvpi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 02I003000.
Full record for the 2003 Ford Crown Victoria → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →