1993 FORD CROWN VICTORIA Complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED BRAKE FLUID LEAKED OUT OF THE REAR BRAKE LINE CAUSING THE BRAKES TO BECOME INOPERATIVE. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THERE IS AN NHTSA RECALL, # 96I002000, REGARDING THE SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC: FOUNDATION COMPONENTS: HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. UPDATED 7/14/2006 - THE HORN PAD BECAME STUCK. THE DEALERTHE LEFT SIDE HORN BUTTON. *NM UPDATED 03/26/07.*JB

1993 CROWN VICTORIA DEFECTIVE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH CAUSED AN UNDER HOOD FIRE. *TS ***NAR*** THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL(99S15). *NM

1993 FORD CROWN VICTORIA, I'VE OWNED THIS CAR FOR 8 YEARS,THE ABS PUMP AND HCU FAILED, PARTS WHICH ARE SUPPOSE TO BE DURABLE AND ARE VERY EXPENSIVE, I HAVE 114811 MILES ON THIS CAR AND IT IS IN IMMACULATE CONDITION INSIDE AND OUT, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS THIS CAR SAFE TO DRIVE UNTIL REPAIRS ARE MADE,THIS CONDITION WAS DIAGNOSED AND FOUND BY A FORD DEALER. *NM

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD I NOTICED THE SPEEDOMETER FALLING TO "0" AND BACK UP TO 70 MPH AND THE ODOMETER STOPPED WORKING. I CALLED THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP TO INQUIRE ABOOUT A DEFECT AND THEY TOLD ME I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT TO BE FIXED. I CHECKED OTHER MECHANICS WHO TOLD ME IT WAS VERY COMMON FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. IF IT IS SO COMMON THEN WHY HAS THERE NOT BEEN A RECALL ON THEIR DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT.

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, AND HEARD A POPPING SOUND. THE BRAKE LINE RUPTURED AND FLUID HAD LEAKED EVERYWHERE. THE OWNER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THEY SEE QUITE A BIT OF THESE FORD VEHICLES WITH THE SAME DEFECT. *AK *SC *JB

MY HUSBAND WAS BLINDED BY THE DRIVER AIRBAG ON A 1993 FORD CROWN VICTORIA IN SEPTEMBER 2002. IT WAS A LOW IMPACT SINGLE CAR ACCIDENT AT 8 MPH. THE AIRBAG DID NOT GO OFF IN A TIMELY MANNER AND BLINDED MY HUSBAND INSTANTLY. MY HUSBAND SUFFERED A TEAR IN THE LEFT MUSCLE AND PERMANENTLY LOST THE VISION IN THAT EYE, TORN IRIS ON BOTH EYES, BLOOD CLOTS IN BOTH EYES; CORNEA DAMAGE TO BOTH EYES... THE LIST IS LONG. HE HAS HAD 8 EYE SURGERIES AND WE ARE STILL UNSURE OF HE WILL LOSE THE REST OF WHAT VISION HE HAS IN THE RIGHT EYE. FORD HAS HAD MANY CASES SINCE THEN, BUT WILL STILL NOT RECALL THESE CARS FOR 1992-1996, WHICH INCLUDE THE GRAND MARQUIS. FORD LOST A CASE IN 2000 (HOFFMAN V. FORD) AND ACCORDING TO AUTOMOTIVE NEWS: FORD WAS AWARE OF AIRBAG COMPLAINTS THAT HAD BEEN MADE BY CONSUMERS, BUT FORD SAYS THEY DID NOTHING BECAUSE NO ONE EVER FILED A LAWSUIT. SINCE THEY LOST THE HOFFMAN CASE, FORD STILL HAS NOT RECALLED THE CARS FOR THE DEFECTIVE AIRBAGS. DURING A $1 BILLION COST SAVING BY FORD, THEY CHANGED THE AIRBAG SENSORS FROM 5 TO 3 SENSORS. THIS SAVED FORD $18-25 PER CAR. THIS COST SAVING IS COSTING PEOPLE THEIR LIVES OR THEY ARE BEING BLINDED WHEN THE AIRBAG DOESN'T GO OFF WHEN IT SHOULD. THE 1993 FORD CROWN VIC'S AIRBAG IS RELEASED INTO YOUR FACE AT . WHEN ARE THE CONSUMERS AND JURIES GOING TO BE TOLD THE TRUTH ABOUT THESE AIRBAGS AND THEIR DANGERS. AIRBAGS MAY SAVE LIVES BUT THEY ALSO BURDEN A FAMILY WITH FINANCIAL RUIN, A LIFETIME OF MEDICAL BILLS AND EMOTIONAL DISTRESS AND FORD TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE RESULTS TO US CONSUMERS. WE LOST OUT CASE AGAINST FORD.*AK

CONSUMER JACKED THE VEHICLE UP TO CHANGE THE OIL. WHILE CHANGING THE OIL THE JACK BROKE, AND THE VEHICLE CAME DOWN. THE JACK SHREDDED IN THE GROVES. *AK THE CONSUMER BEGAN LOWERING THE JACK. ONE TURN OF THE SCREW AND THE JACK FAILED. *TC

WHEN DRIVING AT AN UNDETERMINED SPEED HOOD OPENED. THIS CAUSED CONSUMER TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO TIE DOWN THE HOOD AND DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME. *AK *SC

ON JUNE 6, 2004 WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT END DROPPED DOWN AND SCRAPED THE PAVEMENT, THE STEERING WHEEL JUMPED AROUND AND THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW. LOOKING UNDER THE CAR REVEALED THAT THE LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT HAD SEPARATED AND PULLED FREE FROM THE CONTROL ARM. THE LOWER CONTROL ARM HAD BEEN FORCED INTO THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE AND GOUGED A HUGE HOLE IN IT. HAD THIS HAPPENED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IT COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC WITH LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE EXPOSED BALL JOINT END WAS DRY (NO LUBRICANT) AND I COULD SEE GALLING ON THE UPPER TOP HALF OF THE "BALL". THESE ARE SEALED BALL JOINTS THAT HAVE NO GREASE FITTING AND THUS NO PROVISION FOR LUBRICATION. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED. IT IS SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY AT THIS TIME AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION BY ANYONE. I LOOKED UP RECALLS ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND NHTSA RECALL HISTORY LISTING "1992-99: BEARING WITHIN LOWER BALL JOINT CAN WEAKEN SLOWLY DURING USE AND EVENTUALLY CRACK; COULD RESULT IN SEPARATION, ALLOWING CONTROL ARM TO DROP TO THE GROUND" AND ELSEWHERE RECALL NO. 1998251 REFERS TO CROWN VICTORIA " BEARING LOADS CAN LEAD TO THINNING AND EVENTUAL CRACKING OF THE LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT" . I ALSO FOUND NHTSA RECORDS OF BALL JOINT FAILURES UNDER THE ODI ID NUMBERS OF: 835503, 713546, 505865, 700771, 714657, 710815. I ALSO FOUND AT ALLDATA.COM UNDER AUTOMOTIVE RECALLS A TSB NO. 98S37 OF DEC. '98 "RECALL - FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT REPLACEMENT". I CALLED FORD ON JUNE 8, 2004 AND TALKED TO A REP NAMED NORMAN (I.D. NO. 2357) AND CASE REFERENCE NO. [XXX] AND HE TOLD ME THAT MY CAR [XXX] HAD NO RECALL NOTICES AND THEREFORE IT'S NOT A PROBLEM. I TOLD HIM THAT THIS DEFECTIVE VEHICLE SITUATION COULD CAUSE A FATAL VEHICLE ACCIDENT AND ASKED TO TALK TO HIS SUPERVISOR. HE TOLD ME THAT THERE WASN'T A SUPERIOR I COULD TAKE THE MATTER UP WITH. *AK UPDATED 07/25/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

THROTTLE STUCK IN REVERSE. AS A RESULT, DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND HIT A HOUSE. VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP AFTER CRASHING INTO A BRICK WALL. *AK