2005 FORD CROWN VICTORIA Complaints

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

HEAD LIGHTS WENT OUT WITHOUT WARNING AND WILL NOT COME BACK ON. FUSE IS NOT BLOWN. *TR

CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE STEERING COLUMN; THE STEERING COLUMN RETAINING RING FAILED. BINDING IF THE LOWER AND MIDDLE UNIVERSAL JOINTS AND BELIEVE IT IS HEAT RELATED? STEERING SHAFT NOT TRAVELING ON A TRUE AXIS AND A RESULT IS THE RETAINING RING IS BEING WORN AND EVENTUALLY WEARS OUT. *TR

CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE STEERING COLUMN; THE STEERING COLUMN RETAINING RING FAILED. BINDING OF LOWER AND MIDDLE UNIVERSAL JOINTS AND BELIEVE IT IS HEAT RELATED. STEERING SHAFT NOT TRAVELING ON A TRUE AXIS AND A RESULT IS THE RETAINING RING IS BEING WORN AND EVENTUALLY WEARS OUT. *TR

CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE STEERING COLUMN; THE STEERING COLUMN RETAINING RING FAILED. BINDING OF LOWER AND MIDDLE UNIVERSAL JOINTS AND BELIEVE IT IS HEAT RELATED. STEERING SHAFT NOT TRAVELING ON A TRUE AXIS AND A RESULT IS THE RETAINING RING IS BEING WORN AND EVENTUALLY WEARS OUT. *TR

CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE STEERING COLUMN; THE STEERING COLUMN RETAINING RING FAILED. BINDING OF LOWER AND MIDDLE UNIVERSAL JOINTS AND BELIEVE IT IS HEAT RELATED. STEERING SHAFT NOT TRAVELING ON A TRUE AXIS AND A RESULT IS THE RETAINING RING IS BEING WORN AND EVENTUALLY WEARS OUT. *TR

CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE STEERING COLUMN; THE STEERING COLUMN RETAINING RING FAILED. BINDING OF LOWER AND MIDDLE UNIVERSAL JOINTS AND BELIEVE IT IS HEAT RELATED. STEERING SHAFT NOT TRAVELING ON A TRUE AXIS AND A RESULT IS THE RETAINING RING IS BEING WORN AND EVENTUALLY WEARS OUT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD CROWN VICTORIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHO STATED THAT THE LIGHT CONTROL MODULE FAILED AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT FELT THAT IT WAS A DEFECTIVE PART. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 65,000.

ON OR ABOUT 7/23/12 WAS TURNING VEHICLE INTO A PARKING LOT WHEN STEERING LOCKED. FORCED STEERING TO RETURN. WENT TO MOVE VEHICLE AGAIN AND STEERING LOCKED AGAIN. UPON INSPECTION, SAW HEAT SHIELD HAD DETACHED FROM MANIFOLD ALONG SIDE STEERING COLUMN AND JAMMED BETWEEN EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND STEERING KNUCKLE. *TR..UPDATED 05/20/14 *BF UPDATED 05/28/2014 *JS