1999 FORD CROWN VICTORIA Complaints

REPEATED TRIPS TO DEALER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE COULD NOT FIX PROBLEM WHICH IS CAUSING "CHECK ENGINE LIGHT" TO COME ON.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY VEHICLE SEVERELY PULLS TO THE LEFT. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER CLAIM IT IS OKAY TO DRIVE VEHICLE AS IT IS AND THAT IS ALIGNED PER SPECIFICATIONS. *AK

CONSUMER WAS STRUCK IN THE REAR END WHILE MAKING A TURN AND WAS PUSHED 55 FEET FORWARD, CAUSING VEHICLE TO BE PUSHED INTO A DITCH. SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD THE CONSUMER, WHO WAS PROPELLED INTO THE DASH AND STRUCK HIS SHOULDER, CAUSING INJURY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *ML

THERE IS A VIBRATION IN THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE REAR LOWER CONTROL ARM NOT FITTING VEHICLE AND NOT BEING ADJUSTABLE. HAS SEEN DEALER OVER 5 TIMES. DEALER HAS NO SOLUTION. *AK

VEHICLE IS A POLICE PACKAGE CROWN VICTORIA USED FOR PARAMEDIC SERVICE. WE BEGAN TO NOTICE THE VEHICLE SWAY SUBTLY WITH BRAKING, ACCELERATION, AND ROAD IMPERFECTIONS IN JAN 1999. IN MARCH, THE REAR AXLE BEGAN TO MAKE A LOUD BANGING NOISE UPON MODERATE ACCELERATION FROM A STOP. IT WAS TAKEN TO CHAPMAN LINCOLN-MERCURY, BALTIMORE PIKE, SPRINGFIELD, PA 19064 (610-544-0100), WHERE THE DIAGNOSIS OF A LOOSE/MISSING PASSENGER SIDE REAR TRAILING ARM WAS MADE. APPARENTLY, A BOLT HAD WORKED LOOSE, AND THAT SIDE OF THE AXLE WAS BASICALLY HELD IN PLACE BY THE SHOCK ABSORBER AND LEAF SPRING. OBVIOUSLY, THIS WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE HIGH SPEED HANDLING OF THE VEHICLE, OR EVEN CAUSE THE AXLE TO BREAK COMPLETELY FREE, WITH POTENTIALLY FATAL IMPLICATIONS. I WOULD APPRECIATE BEING INFORMED OF THE OUTCOME OF THIS, PREFERABLY VIA E-MAIL. THANKS.

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE CAR PULLS HARD TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT. DEALER REPLACED FRONT PADS. DANGEROUS PULLING CONTINUES, BUT THE BRAKES SQUEAL.

WHILE PARKED FOR TWO DAYS THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT ON FIRE. FIRE MARSHALL DETERMINED IT WAS A DEFECT IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. MANUFACTURER CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVDIE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

INTERTIA FUEL CUT-OFF ACTIVATED AFTER RUMBLE STRIPS AND A POTHOLE WHILE ON INTERSTATE EXIT RAMP. DEALER REPLACED FRONT DISK PADS THAT WERE "MISMATCHED" AND OCCASIONALLY CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL DURING MODERATELY HARD BRAKING. STEERING WHEEL MAKES CREAKING NOISE THAT COULD/POSSIBLY BE A SIGN THAT AIR BAG CIRCUIT MAY NOT FUNCTION RELIABLY IF NEEDED. *AK

POLICE PACKAGE VEHICLE; DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S LAP SEATBELT IS NOT LONG ENOUGH TO ACCOMODATE A POLICE OFFICER WHO IS FULLY EQUIPPED. IT BECOMES DIFFICULT TO BUCKLE AND UNBUCKLE THE SEATBELT, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. *AK.ET.