2003 FORD CROWN VICTORIA Complaints

VEHICLE HAS HAD REPEATED COMPUTER PROBLEMS, VIBRATION, EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION, LOW GAS MILEAGE, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, MIRRORS, CRUISE CONTROL, SURGING ENGINE,ENGINE DIES, ALL OF THESE HAVE BEEN REPEAT COMPLAINTS.THESE COMPLAINTS ARE OVER THE LAST 16 MONTHS.*AK

THE CONSUMER NOTICED A HARD VIBRATION COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED BY A TECHNICIAN, WHO STATED THE RIM WELL WAS CRACKED. *JB PH *JB

CONSUMER NOTICED A SLOW LEAK IN THE RIGHT REAR TIRE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER STATED THAT THE RIM WAS CRACKED. CONSUMER FELT THE RIMS WERE DEFECTIVE. *AK

RIMS CRACKED ON THREE OF THE SIX CROWN VICTORIAS OWNED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF BLUFFS. *MR PH

2003 FORD CROWN VICTORIA PURCHASED IN 1/03 HAS REPEATED ENGINE VIBRATIONS THAT ARE NOTICED WHILE IDLING IN DRIVE AND APPLYING THE BRAKE. THE INDICATIONS FEEL LIKE THE ENGINE IS MISSING AND GETS WORSE AFTER DIRVING MORE THAN THIRTY MINUTES. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THREE DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS WITH NOT RESOLVE. THE ONE HONEST DEALSHIP WAS FRIENDLY FORD IN CROSBY TEXAS AND THEY TOLD ME THAT FORD ENGINEERING WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND I WOULD HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THE VIBRATION UNTIL THEY FOUND A SOLUTION. THE ENGINEER TOLD THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT THEY HAVE TO LOWER THE IDLE "THE CAUSE" TO MEET FEDERAL EMMISSION CONTROL STANDARDS. I HAVE JUST RETURNED FROM SETTING IN A BRAND NEW CROWN VICTORIA THAT DOES NOT MISS LIKE MIND DOES. IT SEEMS THAT FORD KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND DID NOT CARE WHAT THE CONSUMER HAD TO PUT UP WITH. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT FORD IS HAVING ALOT OF ENGINE PROBLEMS WITH THE CROWN VICTORIA POLICE INTERCEPTOR. HOW CAN FORD SELL A CAR THAT IS BELOW PAR AND MISLEAD CONSUMERS. I PAID ALMOST THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A CAR THAT FEELS LIKE IT IS RUNNING ON SEVEN OF THE EIGHT CYLINDERS. CAN YOU PLEASE ADVISE ME OF WHERE I CAN GO FROM HERE. REGARDS, TED MATUSZEWSKI

THE TWO FRONT TIRES HAD A BUBBLE AND ONE OF THEM HAD BURST WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE OTHER TIRE WAS ENLARGED. THE CONSUMER PURCHASED A USED TIRE AND CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEY REFUSED SERVICE DUE TO THE VEHICLE BEING OUT OF WARRANTY. MR SCC *JB

TIRE RIMS ARE SEPARATING ON THE WELD-WE HAVE FOUR RIMS THAT THIS HAS OCCURRED TO, ON TWO DIFFERENT VEHICLES. THE TIRES WILL HOLD ABOUT TWENTY POUNDS OF AIR EVEN WITH THE WELD BREAK. FRONT END SHIMMIES AT 30 MPH OR MORE WHICH INDICATES THE PROBLEM. *NLM

2003 FORD CROWN VICTORIA WHEELS FAIL AT THE WELD, WE HAVE AT LEAST 20 FAILURES WHERE THE WELD CRACKS AND THE TIRE DEFLATES. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED. WE ARE AFRAID THAT WE WILL HAVE A GRAVE ACCIDENT IF THIS IS NOT CORRECTED.*JB

THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE 2003 CROWN VICTORIA'S GAS TANK. *PH *NLM

FUEL TANK PLACEMENT, AND LIKELY DANGER OF AN EXPLOSION IN A REAR END COLLISION.*AK *JB