2005 FORD CROWN VICTORIA Complaints

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM A WEDDING RECEPTION AT 10:00 PM LIGHTS SUDDENLY WENT OUT . PULLED OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD AND TRIED ALL MODES OF LIGHTS OPERATION (AUTOMATIC, PARKING AND REGULAR LIGHTING MODE). TRYING DIMS AND HIGH BEAMS BOTH. FINALLY GOT LIGHTS TO WORK IF I HELD DIMMER SWITCH IN PULLED POSITION UNTIL REACHING HOME. LOOKING ON INTERNET FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH CROWN VICS. FAILURE IN LIGHTING CONTROL MODULE. STILL NEED SOME SORT OF REPAIR. *TR

I WAS RESPONDING AS A VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE EMT FROM MY RESIDENCE TO THE FIRE STATION FOR AN EMERGENCY CALL WHEN THE STEERING LOCKED UP. I TRIED TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL BACK AND FORTH WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES AND IT BEGAN TO STEER AGAIN. I CONTINUED TO THE STATION ABOUT 3/4 MILE AWAY, MADE THE AMBULANCE CALL. UPON COMPLETION OF THE CALL I LIFTED THE HOOD AND OBSERVED THE LOWER JOINTS OF THE STEERING SHAFT WERE RUSTY AND CORRODED. I SPRAYED THE JOINT WITH WD-40 AND TURNED THE STEERING BACK AND FORTH. IN PREPARATION FOR A TRIP TWO DAYS LATER I WAS CHECKING THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THE "EXHAUST HEAT SHIELD" LYING ON THE FRAME BETWEEN THE ENGINE AND FRAME. IT WAS THEN I FIGURED THE PART HAD COME OFF AND JAMMED BETWEEN THE STEERING SHAFT AND THE FRAME CAUSING A MOMENTARY LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. I HAVE NOT REPLACED THE HEAT SHIELD. AFTER A FACTORY RECALL REPLACEMENT OF THE LOWER SHAFT RESULTED IN THE CAR STEERING LIKE NEW WITH VERY LITTLE EFFORT FOR A MONTH OR SO. I THEN NOTICED THE STEERING SEEMED TO BIND AGAIN AT TIMES. I LOOKED AND THE UPPER STEERING SHAFT IS CORRODED SO I SPRAYED THE U JOINT CONTAINED IN THE UPPER SHAFT WITH LUBRICANT. I CONTACTED THE DEALER WHO SAID THE UPPER SHAFT WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL SO I CALLED FORD AND WAS TOLD THE SAME THING. THE UPPER SHAFT JOINT IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME FAILURE AS THE LOWER SHAFT. CORROSION IN THE U JOINT IS CAUSING THE NEEDLE BEARINGS TO NOT OPERATE PROPERLY RESULTING IN MORE DIFFICULT TURNING OF THE STEERING. I LUBRICATE THE JOINT AT TIMES. I BELIEVE THE "UPPER STEERING SHAFT" SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN A RECALL DUE TO CORROSION EFFECTING THE PARTS DUE TO DESIGN NOT SUFFICIENT TO PREVENT CONTAMINATES FROM ENTERING THE STEERING U JOINTS. THE "EXHAUST HEAT SHIELD" WAS DETERIORATED DUE TO CORROSION OF THE MOUNTING HOLES USED TO SECURE THE SHIELD TO THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD MOUNTING BOLTS. *TR

SEVERAL TIMES I HAVE BEEN DRIVING AT NIGHT AND MY HEAD LIGHTS WILL SHUT OFF. THE OCCURRENCES HAVE BEEN AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS ANYWHERE FROM 30 M/HR TO 70 M/HR. THEY HAVE ALWAYS COME BACK ON BUT I HAVE HAD TO WAIT ANYWHERE FROM ONE MINUTE TO AN HOUR BEFORE THEY WOULD COME BACK ON. NORMALLY I TRY TO SWITCH THE LIGHTS ON AND OFF SEVERAL TIMES FOR THEM TO COME BACK ON. SOMETIMES I WOULD HAVE TO PULL THE CAR OVER PUT IN PARK TURN CAR OVER MESS WITH LIGHT SWITCH FOR THEM TO COME ON. *TR

HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. IS FORD TURNING INTO GM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CROWN VICTORIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HEAD LIGHTS FAILED TO TURN ON. THE CONTACT HAD TO TURN THE SWITCH ON AND OFF SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THE HEAD LIGHTS ACTIVATED. THE CONTACT TURNED ON THE EMERGENCY FLASHERS AND THE VEHICLE RESUMED ITS NORMAL OPERATION NEARLY FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE 128,000. UPDATED 10/02/14*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO RETRIEVE THE NECESSARY PART TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 03/9/15 *JS

2005 FORD CROWN VICTORIA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE HEADLIGHT GOING OUT WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT IN THE RAIN. *SMD

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2005 FORD CROWN VICTORIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE HEADLIGHTS SUDDENLY FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE LIGHT CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 167,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 168,045.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN HWY 39/ FRANKLIN STREET IN VILLAGE OF LINDEN IT WAS DARK OUT. MY HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT. THEN WOULD NOT COME BACK ON. MY TAIL LIGHTS AND TURN SIGNALS STILL WERE ON. THEN AFTER ABOUT 2-3 MINUTES HEADLIGHTS CAME BACK ON THEN WENT STOPPED WORKING AGAIN. WAS GOING 30MPH AND A CAR WAS COMING TOWARDS ME THIS COULD OF CAUSED A CRASH. IN RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM THIS IS A KNOW PROBLEM FOR 2005 FORD CROWN VIC THIS IS A POLICE CAR YET NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. *TR

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON WHEN VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND DID NOT TURN OFF. DEALER DIAGNOSED IT TO BE A SEAT BELT TENSIONER SWITCH AND REPAIRED IT A COST OF $700.+ LIGHT WENT OUT .6 MONTHS LATER LIGHT CAME AND DEALER DIAGNOSED IT TO BE THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT TENSIONER THIS TIME, COST TO REPAIR $700+. NEEDLESS TO SAY IT HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE FORD NEEDS TO ADDRESS WITH A RECALL OR REIMBURSE OWNERS THIS COST WHICH IS TO HIGH IN MY ESTIMATION. *TR

HEAD LIGHTS TURNED OFF WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE HWY. AT 70 MPH NEEDED TO PULL OVER AND AFTER 15 MIN. HEARD CLICK AND LIGHTS CAME ON (LATER OCCURANCES SAME THING HAPPENED) UPON DEALER REPAIR AT OVER $400+ LEARNED THIS IS A COMMON OCCURANCE WITH THIS CAR. HAS NOT HAPPENED SINCE REPAIR. SAFETY ISSUE YES IF YOU LOOSE LIGHTS ITS PRETTY HARD TO SEE WHERE YOU ARE GOING AT NIGHT ON A UNLIT ROADWAY. FORD SHOULD RECALL THESE MODELS AND REPAIR AND REFUND THOSE THAT HAD TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. *TR