2007 FORD CROWN VICTORIA Complaints

TAKATA RECALL. .I WANTED TO KNOW IF MY VEHICLE WAS ONE THAT NEEDED STEERING COLUMN REPLACE. MY VIN NUMBER IS [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

ABS BRAKES/BRAKE FLUID. WHEN I APPLY MY BRAKES ON A HILL, STEEP SLOPE, AND ESPECIALLY WHILE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL, THE BRAKES WILL START TO MAKE A MECHANICAL NOISE AND WILL ALMOST START TO LOOSE THE BRAKES, CAUSING THE PEDAL TO SLIP CLOSER TO THE FLOOR. THE STEERING IS ALSO VERY LOOS AND FEELS LIKE THERE S AN EXTREME PLAY IN THE WHEEL OR A MISSING PIN OF SOME SORT

STERRING BEGAN GIVING A CLUNKING FEELING IN WHEEL WHEN DRIVING STRAIGHT. MORE NOTICEABLE OVER BUMPS. SHOP BEGAN INSPECTION AND FOUND UPPER INTERMEDIATE SHAFT HAD NEARLY SEPARATED FROM LOWER SHAFT. IF SHAFT HAD INDEED SEPERATED, CAR WOULD HAVE BEEN UNCONTROLLABLE. FORD HAS OPEN RECALL ON THE ISSUE, VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED FOR THIS ISSUE ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO AND SAID TO HAVE NO ISSUE AT TIME, BUT THE ISSUE MENTIONED IN THE RECALL HAS INFACT OCCURRED. HAD TO PAY TO FIND REPLACEMENT STEERING COLUMN.

MY HEADLIGHTS WON'T SHUT OFF. I HAVE TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY. I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE HAD RECALLS FOR THE LIGHTING CONTROL MODULE IN THE PAST AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH MY CAR. THE LIGHT SWITCH, WORKS THE WAY IT SHOULD.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD CROWN VICTORIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PAINT STARTED CHIPPING ON THE VEHICLE AND THE RESIDUE FROM THE PAINT WAS AFFECTING THE VISIBILITY TO VIEW THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

ON 3/5/14, OWNER BROUGHT THE VEHICLE, A 2007 FORD CROWN VICTORIA POLICE, TO AN AUTHORIZED FORD DEALER WHO COMPLETED FACTORY RECALL 13S08 THAT CALLED FOR REPLACING STEERING SHAFT ASSEMBLY. ON 11/30/14, WHEN TURNING AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE STEERING BECAME VERY STIFF REQUIRING EXCESSIVE PHYSICAL FORCE TO TURN THE WHEEL. A COLLISION WITH A POLE WAS BARELY AVOIDED. STEERING HAS REMAINED STIFF AND SLUGGISH DESPITE CHECKING POWER STEERING LEVELS AND TIRE PRESSURE FOR PROPER INFLATION. OWNER CONSIDERS THE VEHICLE TO BE UNSAFE TO DRIVE AT THIS POINT.. THE CONSUMER STATED FORD ISSUED ANOTHER RECALL TO ADDRESS THE IMPROPER REPAIRS DONE UNDER THE FIRST RECALL. HOWEVER, HE WAS INFORMED HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. UPDATED 06/29/15.*JB UPDATED 12/22/2015*JS

HAD TO REPLACE THE CLIMATE CONTROL HEAD AND THE TEMPERATURE BLEND DOOR ACTUATOR ON A VEHICLE WITH ONLY 39,600 MILES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD CROWN VICTORIA. WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE T-BONED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE, THAT RAN A STOP SIGN. THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG PARTIALLY DEPLOYED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A FRACTURED RIB, BRUISED LUNGS, AND CONTUSIONS ON THE HEAD. THE PASSENGER SEATED IN THE REAR WAS FATALLY INJURED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 252,000. UPDATED 8/28/14*CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE AIR BAG CAUGHT FIRE. UPDATED 09/18/14

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD CROWN VICTORIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE POWER STEERING MALFUNCTIONED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME HARD TO MANEUVER. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 13V385000 (STEERING). HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE AUTHORIZED DEALER HAD NOT CONFIRMED IF THE UPPER PORTION OF THE STEERING SHAFT NEEDED TO BE INSPECTED AND REPAIRED WHEN THE RECALL REPAIR WAS PERFORMED. THE VEHICLE WAS TO BE TAKEN BACK TO THE AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR FURTHER INSPECTION, DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED NO REMEDY. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,000. UPDATED 10/02/14*LJ UPDATED 3/3/2015 *JS

THE HEAT SHIELD COVERING THE LEFT SIDE ENGINE EXHAUST MANIFOLD HAD CORRODED AROUND THE ATTACHING BOLTS ALLOWING THE SHIELD TO FALL AGAINST THE STEERING SHAFT. I REMOVED THE SHIELD BEFORE IT COULD INTERFERE WITH THE STEERING FUNCTION. *TR