2003 FORD CROWN VICTORIA Complaints

PREMATURE AND SUDDEN FRONT BRAKE PAD FAILURE ON 2003 FORD CVPI VEHICLES. BRAKES WEAR AND FAIL @4000 MILES AND LESS. FORD ACKNOWLEDGES A BRAKE MATERIAL COMPOUND PROBLEM BUT HAS NO REPAIR. 2002 AND EARLIER CVPI VEHICLES IN FLEET AVERAGE 10,000 MILES PER FRONT BRAKE SERVICE

2003 FORD CROWN VICTORIA-- THE HEAD RESTS IN THESE AUTOMOBILES ARE SO HIGH THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE OVER OR AROUND THEM. THE ONLY WAY TO HAVE VISION TO THE REAR OF THE CAR IS BY RAISING THE HEAD REST UP ON ITS POST, ABOVE THE POSITION THAT WOULD ALLOW IT TO BE OF USE IN AN ACCIDENT.. THE 2003 IS LARGER THAN THE 2000 AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND. THE PRESENT SIZE IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY PROBLEM THAT NEEDS CORRECTION.

FOUND FOUR CRACKED WHEELS AND THREE WHEELS WITH SUSPECTED CRACKS ON 2003 CROWN VICTORIA POLICE CRUISERS. THE DRIVERS HAVE COMPLAINED OF FRONT END VIBRATION AND SHIMMY WHICH LED TO THE DISCOVERY OF CRACKED WHEELS.

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HAS NO SHIELD BETWEEN THE FUEL TANK AND THE REAR AXLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

CONSUMER STATES OF HAVING PROBLEMS WITH A VIBRATION ON THE GAS PEDAL. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. TS

BRAKE PADS WERE WORE DOWN TO METAL BY 6000 MILES. FORD SAYS THEY HAVE HAD SOME CHANGES BECUASE OF THIS ON 2002 AND 2003 MODELS. THE DRIVERS SEAT IS TEARING APART WEAR THE DRIVER SITS. MR

UPPER A-ARM ATTACHES TO FRAME WITH 2 EACH STUDS AND IS SECURED WITH NUTS. A-ARM MOUNTING HAS LONG SLOTS TO ACCOMMODATE ADJUSTMENT OF THE CAMBER. NEW VEHICLE DELIVERED TO CUSTOMER WITH THE UPPER A-ARM MOUNTING NUTS BACKED OFF BY MORE THAN 1/2" ALLOWING THE CAMBER TO CHANGE DRAMATICALLY AS THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN, THEREBY CREATING A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY HAZARD.