1997 FORD CROWN VICTORIA Complaints

WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH VEHICLE DROPPED ON RIGHT SIDE. TOWED TO DEALER, AND LOWER BALL JOINT WAS REPLACED. *AK *JB

ENGINE MANIFOLD DEVELOPED A CRACK AND STARTED TO SPIT OUT ANTI-FREEZE AND WATER. CONSUMER STATED THAT DEALER REPLACED ENGINE INTAKE MANIFOLD. *AK CONSUMER WAS TOLD THERE WAS A RECALL ON SOME MODELS, HOWEVER HIS WAS NOT INCLUDED, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. FRONT BRAKE ROTORS AND FRONT BRAKE PADS REPLACED. *SLC

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES STALLING AT SLOW SPEEDS IN TRAFFIC AND AT STOP SIGNS, DEALER HAS REPLACED IDLE AIR CONTROL AND FUEL PUMP AND HAS REPROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER, HOWEVER THE STALLING STILL OCCURS AND THE DEALER CAN NOT REMEDY, CONSUMER HAS ALMOST BEEN REAR ENDED ON TWO OCCASIONS, WHEN STALLING OCCURS, ALL POWER STEERING IS LOST, POSSIBLY ENGINE OR COMPUTER RELATED. *SLC

CONSUMER WAS ACCELERATING FROM A STOP AND WAS TURNING WHEEL TO LEFT, BUT VEHICLE KEPT GOING STRAIGHT. A PLASTIC NYLON BUSHING BROKE FROM STEERING WHEEL, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. *AK

CONSUMER HAD EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES JUST LIKE MENTIONE DIN RECALL 98 I 001 000. BRAKE LINE WORE OUT, THIS COULD LEAD TO BRAKE FLUID LOSS FOR REAR BRAKES. *AK REFERENCED IN RQ03-004

INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED CAUSING VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT, TSB 01M02, CONSUMER REQUESTS REIMBURSEMENT SINCE THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN REGARDING THE PROBLEM. *SLC

I RECENTLY SPENT OVER $1,000 HAVING THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT FIXED ALONG WITH OTHER REPAIRS. I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO SUPER LOWE FORD SEVERAL TIMES AFTER I PURCHASED IT BECAUSE THE LIGHT STAYED ON. SUPER LOWE SAID IT WAS "GAS CAP IS LOOSE" AND "IT'S A SHORT, WE CAN DISCONNET IT IF YOU WANT US TO" ETC. IT WOULD BE OFF FOR A FEW DAYS, THEN RIGHT BACK ON. I WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT IT REALLY DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING, JUST DON'T DRIVE IN CALIFORNIA. WHY DOES THE LIGHT STAY ON?*AK

REAR SUSPENSION CONTROL ARM BRACKETS HAVE CRACKED WHERE THEY WERE WELDED TO FRAME, CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. VEHICLE WAS TOWED. *AK CONSUMER ALSO STATES WELDS ALSO CRACKING WHERE REAR CROSS MEMBER IS WELDED TO FRAME.*JB

THE BRAKE LINE THAT GOES TO THE REAR BRAKES, RUBBED ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FLOOR BOARD UNTIL IT WORE THROUGH. THIS CAUSED SPONTANEOUS BRAKE FAILURE SIMILAR TO THAT DESCRIBED IN TWO OTHER INCIDENTS WITH IDENTICAL VEHICLESIN OUR FLEET . *AK

THIS IS A SHERIFFS' PATROL VEHICLE. THE BRAKE LINE TO THE REAR BRAKES RUBBED THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FLOOR-BOARD ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE UNTIL IT WORE THROUGH. THE BRAKES FAILED AT THIS POINT. WE HAVE CONFIRMED THIS PROBLEM ON TWO MORE IDENTICAL PATROL UNITS. NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED YET BUT THE POTENTIAL IS THERE. BRAKE LOSS IS REPORTED AS SPONTANEOUS AND FORTUNATLY, IN OUR THREE INCIDENTS, IT HAS OCCURED AT RELATIVELY LOW SPEED.