1997 FORD CROWN VICTORIA Complaints

WHILE DRIVING COULD HEARD NOISE COMING FROM FRONT LIKE GRINDING, AND STEERING WHEEL COULD NOT ALIGN WITH VEHICLE. ALSO, WILL MAKE A CLICKING NOISE ON THE RIGHT SIDE. CONSUMER NOTICED THAT VEHICLE WAS ON THE GROUND, AND TECHNICIAN SAID THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT. LIKE RECALL 98 V 322 000 LOWER CONTROL ARM. *AK

ALL ITEMS LISTED ARE DESIGN FLAWS AND COULD CAUSE SERIOUS IF NOT FATAL INJURIES TO OCCUR..TURN SIGNALS WILL NOT STAY ON IF THEY WILL HOLD ON AT ALL. TWICE REPAIRED..STEERING WHEEL AND COLUMN JUMP AND VIBRATE ON BUMP IMPACT AT MID TO HIGHWAY SPEEDS.CAR SWERVES. HAVE NOT YET LOST CONTROL!! REAR SHOCKS CANNOT STABILISE REAR END..WINDSHIELD HAS RIPPLE DISTORTION. HAS CAUSED VISION PROBLEMS. BOTH FRONT DOORS WILL NOT STAY OPEN..BOTH MY WIFE AND I HAVE BEEN INJURED BY THESE DOORS..SERVICE DEPT CLAIMS DOORS ARE WITHIN TOLERENCES..NOT MINE!! HOPE YPU CAN ASSIST ME. THANKS,,PAUL SILBERMAN. *AK

INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED WHERE ALTERNATOR IS MOUNTED. HAD NOTICED MINILMAL COOLANT LEAK AND GRADUAL INCREASE IN TEMP OVER THE LAST YEAR. FINALLY FOUND CRACK IN PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD. *AK

THE TIRE ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, TIRE WAS REPLACED BY SPARE, ABOUT A YEAR LATER MAY 13,2000, THE SPARE TIRE ON THE REAR PASSENGER BLEWOUT WHILE DRIVING LOCALLY AT 30 MPH. CONSUMER IS CONCERNED BECAUSE THE 3 REMAINING TIRES ARE THE SAME MAKE/MODEL (MICHELIN X1 ALL SEASON, DOT M3C7DAX177) AS THE TWO THAT FAILED. NLM

TRANSMISION JERKS WHEN YOU TRY TO ACCELERATE IN A HIGH GEAR, IF YOU MAKE IT DOWNSHIFT IT WILL STOP JERKING AND DRIVE SMOOTHLY. *AK

98V322 000/LOWER CONTROL ARM : BOTH SIDES LOWER CONTROL ARM/BALL JOINTS FAILED AT 42,000 MILES. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPAIRS/REPLACEMENT WAS DONE AT CONSUMER'S COST. *AK

BRAKE LINE FORWARD OF REAR AXLE AND ABOVE FUEL FILTER RUBS ON CAR BODY, RESULTING IN A HOLE IN BRAKE LINE.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE AT ABOUT 35MPH, IT WAS A FRONTAL IMPACT, AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

PLASTIC HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY HAS DISINTEGRATED. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED, AND WILL PERAIR THE VEHICLE AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE. *AK

SEEMS AS THOUGH WHEN WE SWITCED TO FORD IN 1994 WE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM EVER SINCE IN ALMOST ALL OF OUR SQUAD CARS. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK