1994 FORD CROWN VICTORIA Complaints

CONSUMER STATES WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT THERE WAS A NOISE HEARD UNDER THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE FRONT TIE ROD WAS ON THE GROUND. CONSUMER LOST ALL CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. NLM JLG

VEHICLE USED IN POLICE TRAINING AT ACADEMY SETTING. DATE OF TRAINING, NIGHT, CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR DEMONSTRATING PROCEDURE. RECRUIT IN PASSENGER FRONT SEAT, 2 RECRUITS IN BACK SEAT. ENTERED SKID PAN, WET, INTO 360 DEGREE UNDERSTEER SKID. AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DRIVER'S WENT TO RIGHT AND PROPELLED REAR VIEW MIRROR WITH VELOCITY TO BACK SEAT BETWEEN RECRUITS. PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED DOWNWARD, STRIKING PASSENGER RECRUIT CAUSING GROIN PAIN. NO IMPACT OCCURRED.*AK

BALL JOINT ON RIGHT SIDE SEPARATED FROM LOWER CONTROL ARM. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT IDENTIFIED BY FORD AS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH FAULTY BALL JOINTS. I AM REPORTING THIS TO IDENTIFY THERE MAYBE OTHER VEHICLES WITH BALL JOINT PROBLEMS.*AK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT REMAINED ON WHILE DRIVING. DEALER HAS INSTALLED A UNROTTLED POSITION SENSOR TO MONITOR THE OCCURRENCE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHEN BRAKING LIGHTLY BRAKES FELT LIKE THEY WERE APPLIED HARD. MECHANIC STATED THE PARK BRAKE CABLE HAD SNAPPED AND THE HOUSING AND CABLE WERE WRAPPED AROUND THE LEFT DISC BRAKE. NLM

VEHICLE WANDERS ALL OVER THE ROAD. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC, AND HAD VEHICLE ALIGNED, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO FORD. FORD ADJUSTED STEERING BOX, AND STATED THAT REPLACING GEAR BOX MAY NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK THE DEALER LOWERED THE TIRE PRESSURE AS A POSSIBLE SOLUTION FOR THE STEERING PROBLEM. THE PITMAN ARM AND IDLER ARM HAD BEEN REPLACED. *YH

WHILE DRIVING, THE PASSENGER SIDE LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT BROKE, CAUSING THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE TO DROP TO THE GROUND, CONSUMERS STEERING THEN BECAME REDUCED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SIDESWIPE A TREE, AND ALSO THE TIRE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A LARGE SLASH BEING IN THE TIRE, ON FEB 25, 2000 THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO MAKE A NOISE, AND WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT THE MECHANIC SHOP, THE DRIVERS SIDE DROPPED TO THE GROUND, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT BALL JOINT ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT HIS VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN RECALL #98V322000.*JB

WHEN SWITCHING HEADLIGHTS FROM LOW BEAM TO HIGH BEAM HEADLIGHTS GO OUT UNTIL LIGHTS ARE SWITCHED BACK TO LOW BEAM. HEADLIGHT SWITCH WAS REPLACED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. AT THIS TIME IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH. *YH

WE KNOW OF SEVERAL POLICE DEPTS WHO HAVE THESE CARS AND SIMILAR FAILURES. YET NO DEALER IS WILLING TO REPORT TO FORD OR FORD WONT RECALL A LIFE OF A POLICE OFFICER COULD BE ENDED IF THIS FAILURE IS DURING A CHASE. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE WHEELS MALFUNCTIONED. WHEELS WENT OUTWARD AND LANDED UP, FACING PAVEMENT ON THE SIDES. *AK THE LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT FAILURE CAUSED THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE TO DROP AND DAMAGED TWO DOORS. THE DRIVER'S SIDE UNDERNEATH WAS MAKING A GRINDING NOISE. CONSUMER TOOK TO THE DEALER, THE VEHICLE DROPPED TO THE GROUND WHILE WAITING FOR REPAIR. CONSUMER STATES NHTSA SENT HIM A RECALL CAMPAIGNS 98V32000 BUT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. *YH