2007 FORD CROWN VICTORIA Complaints

STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY HARD TO TURN AND WOULD NOT BRING ITSELF BACK TO STRAIGHT POSITION ON ITS OWN. ALSO A CLICKING NOISE COULD BE HEARD FROM THE STEERING COLUMN WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. FORD DEALERSHIP FOUND THAT THE UPPER STEERING SHAFT HAD MALFUNCTIONED. *TR

THIS FLEET, EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE NO COMPLETE SEPARATIONS OF THE STEERING SHAFT ASSEMBLY, HAS EXPERIENCED STEERING COLUMN ISSUES IN WHICH THE GREEN SLEEVE IN THE UPPER END OF THE COLUMN CLOSEST TO THE STEERING WHEEL HAS PROTRUDED INDICATING THE UPPER PORTION OF THE STEERING COLUMN BEGAN TO SEPARATE. UPDATED 10/25/12*LJ UPDATED 10/26/2012 *JS

TUESDAY SEPT. 11 STATING THAT WHILE COMING TO A STOP SHE LOST STEERING ON HER VEHICLE. SHE SAID THAT THE STEERING WHEEL TURNED FREELY AND THE HORN WAS STUCK ON. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD CROWN VICTORIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING UP AN INCLINE AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE BRAKE AND THE ABS LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE AN INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE AFTER THE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP, WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST THAT WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE A FAILURE CODE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 90,700.

THIS IS ANOTHER OF AN ON GOING ACCELERATION ISSUE WHEN DEPRESSING THE FOOT BRAKE. IN THIS INSTANCE I HAD JUST BACKED OUT OF A PARKING SPACE IN A SHOPPING CENTER AND DROVE MAYBE 200' AND HAD JUST ABOUT ROLLED TO A STOP SIGN FOR GA HIGHWAY 212 AND VERY SLIGHTLY DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. AS SOON AS I STARTED PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE ENGINE PICKED UP RPM AND I IMMEDIATELY MOVED FOOT FROM BRAKE PEDAL. END OF ACCELERATION. BY THIS TIME VEHICLE HAD ALREADY ROLLED TO A COMPLETE STOP. I DID NOT, AS FORD SEEMS TO THINK, HAVE MY FOOT ON BOTH THE GAS AND BRAKE. THE VERY LIGHT PRESSURE I HAD APPLIED WOULD HAVE MY FOOT THREE TO FOUR INCHES AWAY FROM THE TOP OF THE GAS PEDAL. YES, I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. I HAD TO REMOVE MY FOOT FROM THE GAS TO GET TO THE BRAKE. THIS IS A VEHICLE MALFUNCTION. NOT OPERATOR ERROR. I AM UNABLE TO DETERMINE A FAILED COMPONENT.....FUEL? BRAKE? ELECTRICAL? I DON'T HAVE A CLUE.

THIS IS THE FOURTH EVENT OF INCREASING ENGINE RPM WHEN DEPRESSING BRAKE TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN. AS IN TWO OTHER EVENTS, NO TRAFFIC WAS APPROACHING SO I HAD IMMEDIATELY WENT FROM A STOP (NOTING INCREASING ENGINE RPM) TO REMOVING FOOT FROM BRAKE PEDAL TO GO TO GAS PEDAL TO PROCEED ON PAST STOP RESULTING IN THE INCREASING ENGINE RPM BEING A NON-EVENT IN TERMS OF ENGINE RACING OUT OF CONTROL. NOT SO WITH A THIRD EVENT IN WHICH I STOPPED AT AN AUTOMATIC GATE AND HAD TO STAY STOPPED WITH ENGINE RPM AGAIN INCREASING AND CONTINUOUSLY TO INCREASE TO THE POINT THAT I HAD TO LOCK DOWN ON BRAKE TO KEEP FROM BEING PULLED INTO THE GATE AND WAS ABLE TO COMPLETELY STOP BY CUTTING OFF THE IGNITION. THIS THIRD RACING OUT OF CONTROL WAS REPORTED BY CONFIRMATION NUMBER (ODI) 10355856. THIS THIRD EVENT RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURER ASKING ME TO TAKE CAR TO LOCAL DEALER WHERE CAR WAS LEFT FOR A DAY WITH RESULT OF 'NO TROUBLE FOUND' AND SERVICE ADVISOR'S OPINION "YOU HAD FOOT ON BRAKE AND GAS AT THE SAME TIME". NOT SO. I HAD SPECIFICALLY CHECKED FOR THIS CONDITION AT TIME OF ATTEMPTED STOP. THIS THIRD EVENT OCCURRED 9/15/2010. *TR

FORD CROWN VIC POLICE INTERCEPTOR,2007: ON TWO PREVIOUS OCCASIONS, UPON DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL AT STOP SIGN, ENGINE WOULD SEEM TO BEGIN TO RACE; HOWEVER, AFTER STOP I WOULD IMMEDIATELY LET OFF BRAKE TO GO ON THROUGH STOP SIGN AND ENGINE WAS NORMAL ON ACCELERATION. TO-DAY AS I LEFT MY PARKING SPACE I APPROACHED AN AUTOMATIC GATE TO PASS THROUGH AND DEPRESSED BRAKE PEDAL TO WAIT FOR GATE TO OPEN AND ENGINE BEGAN TO RACE TO THE POINT THAT I WAS UNABLE TO HOLD VEHICLE BACK AND TURNED OFF IGNITION TO AVOID HITTING GATE. A LARGE AMOUNT OF BLACK SMOKE RESULTED FROM RACING ENGINE. AFTER ENGINE SHUT-DOWN, I SHIFTED TO PARK, STARTED ENGINE AND HAD NORMAL IDLE. I DEPRESSED BRAKE TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE AND PROCEEDED THROUGH GATE IN NORMAL MANNER. THE ONLY COMMON SYSTEM THAT I AM AWARE OF (OTHER THAN POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL/COMPUTER) TO THE FUEL CONTROL IS THE VACUUM SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH THE BRAKE VACUUM BOOSTER AND WHATEVER VACUUM MAY AFFECT THE FUEL FEED. THE FOOT PEDAL WAS DEFINITELY IN AN IDLE POSITION. I AM CERTAIN THAT THIS ENGINE RACING PROBLEM IS INITIATED BY MY APPLYING BRAKES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD CROWN VICTORIA. THE VEHICLE HAS GOODYEAR EAGLE LS TIRES, SIZE P225/60R16. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A STRANGE NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. HE LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND ALMOST CRASHED. HE PULLED OVER AND NOTICED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE HAD COMPLETELY SHREDDED OFF. THERE IS APPROXIMATELY AN INCH OF RUBBER REMAINING AROUND THE DIAMETER OF THE TIRE. EMERGENCY ROADSIDE SERVICE PLACED A SPARE TIRE ON THE VEHICLE. HE WENT TO THE FORD DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FAILURE WITH THE TIRES. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED TO CALL GOODYEAR; HOWEVER, HE EMAILED THEM AND WAS INFORMED TO GIVE THEM A CALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,450. UPDATED 09/15/08 *BF UPDATED 09/19/08. *JB

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A MONTHLY INSPECTION(S) ANALYSIS, TO DETERMINE RECALLS DEFECTS AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: NTB, DISCOUNT, GOODYEAR, FIRESTONES-ALL MAKES, BRANDS, MODELS. PLEASE CHECK FOR DEFECTS AND INSPECT TIRE HEIGHT, SIZES, WIDTHS FOR TECHNOLOGICAL AND ENGINEERING DEFECTS. *TR

DURING DECELERATION OF THE FORD CVPI, THE VEHICLE'S POWER STEERING FAILS. IT MAKES THE POLICE UNIT VERY HARD TO CONTROL DURING ROUTINE POLICE VEHICLE OPERATIONS SUCH AS U-TURNS, SHARP TURNS, OR DURING ANY TYPE OF SITUATION WHERE THE VEHICLE'S SPEED IS QUICKLY SLOWED, AND A TURN IS INITIATED. *TR