1993 FORD CROWN VICTORIA Complaints

THE PULSE WINDSHIELD WIPER DOES NOT ENGAGE AT CERTAIN SETTINGS. AT OTHER TIMES, THE PULSE WIPER BECOMES INOPERABLE WHEN ENGAGING THE TURN INDICATOR, CAUSING VISUAL PROBLEMS DURING RAIN/SNOW. INSTALLING A NEW BATTERY HELPED FOR A WHILE, BUT THE SAME PROBLEMS EVENTUALLY RETURNED. IT APPEARS TO BE A SHORT-CIRCUIT/GROUNDING PROBLEM OF SOME TYPE. THE INDEPENDENT FRONT-END SUSPENSION PROBLEM CONCERNS A CRACKING SOUND OF METAL ON THE FRONT-PASSENGER SIDE WHEN THE WHEEL IS TURNED SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS INFREQUENTLY, BUT HAS BEEN NOTICED SINCE EARLY PURCHASE DATE. *AK

THE DEFECTIVE ODOMETER IS INOPERATIVE. DEALER NEEDS TO REPLACE THE ODOMETER SYSTEM. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

PIN WHITIN THE STEERING COLUMN BROKE. WHEN PUTTING THE KEY INTO IGNITION, THE IGNITION KEPT GOING AROUND, AND THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO TAKE THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION. BUT, ENGINE KEPT RUNNING.

LEFT TIE ROD END FELL APART, SOCKET FROM BALL. EXTREME WEAR FROM LACK OF LUBRICATION. NO LUBE FITTING ENGINEERED INTO PART. TOTAL LOSS OF CAR CONTROL. HOW MANY CARS ARE OUT THERE WITH THIS PROBLEM UNDISCOVERED? DEALER FAILED TO COMPENSATE FOR COST OR REPLACEMENT FOR THIS MIS-ENGINEERED OR MIS-MANUFACTURED PART.

TRANSMISSION AND BRAKE FAILURE/LOCK-UP ON A VEHICLE THAT HAS BEEN "BABYED" AND METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED IS OUTRAGEOUS. I CANNOT GET FORD MOTOR CO. TO RETURN MY CALLS. I CAN ONLY IMAGINR WHAT KIND OF HORRIFIC ACCIDENT WOULD HAVE OCCURRED IF WE HAD BEEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. DEALER'S SHOP ALSO HAD A 95, 97, & 98 CROWN VICS. W/ TRANSMISSION FAILURE. I SUSPECT FORD IS TRYING TO COVER UP A DEFECT.

DURING RECALL REPAIR 99V-124 OF THE SPPED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH CONSUMER FEELS DEALER MADE ADDITIONAL REPAIRS (DRIVE BELT, DIAGNOSTIC TEST, T-CONNECTOR AND HOSE FOR PCV) THAT WERE UNNEEDED. NLM

I PURCHASED THIS CAR USED 03/97 87,000 MILES. WHEN YOU WOULD TURN TO THE LEFT SHARP, IT ALWAYS MADE A CLUNK AND THE CAR WOULD SHIFT OVER. THE CLUNK CONTINUED, SO I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALER, RUDIG-JENSEN IN NEW LISBON, THEY FOUND THAT THE BOLTS THAT ATTACH THE UPPER CONTROL ARMS TO THE FRAME WERE LOOSE. THE LOOSE BOLTS HAD WORN OUT THE BOLTS AND THE UPPER CONTROL ARM. THEY FOUND THAT WHILE REPLACING THE PARTS, THAT THE BOLT HOLES IN THE FRAME MOUNTING BRACKET HAD WORN AND HAD FRACTURED. THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPAIR THE CAR, AND CALLED GARY'S AUTOBODY OF NEW LISBON TO LOOK AT THE FRAME MOUNTING BRACKET . GARY'S HAVE REPAIRED THE BRACKET BY WELDING IT , AS THE FORD DEALER TOLD MYSELF, THAT THEY COULD NOT REPAIR IT. I WOULD HAVE TO BUY A NEW CAR. I CALLED THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR HAD BEEN IN FOR THE RECALL 95V194000 NHTSA AT NORRIS VERNIER FORD IN TOMAH, WI. AND THAT FORD MOTOR COMPANY WOULD NOT PAY FOR THE REPAIRS, BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAD ALREADY BEEN IN FOR THE RECALL. THE DAMAGE DONE TO MY VEHICLE IS FROM THE LOOSE BOLTS, AND I FEEL THAT FORD'S FAULTY PRODUCT CAUSED THIS, AND THAT THEY SHOULD REPAIR THE DAMAGE, AS IT IS DUE TO THEIR PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES. THE BOLTS CAN LOOSEN EVEN AFTER BEING CHECKED UNDER THE RECALL. *AK

NO PARTS AVAILABLE FOR RECALL REPAIR OF SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH. NLM (RECALL #99S15)

RECALL # 99V124000 FORD/SPEED CONTROL SWITCH; DEALER DOES NOT HAVE PARTS TO CORRECT RECALL NOTICE. OWNER HAS WAITED FOR TWO MONTHS. OWNER HAS RECEIVED SECOND NOTICE. FORD RECALL 99S15. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 99S15, CONCERNING SPEED CONTROL. CONTACTED DEALER, AND WAS INFORMED NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. *AK