1993 FORD CROWN VICTORIA Complaints

VEHICLE DOES NOT START UP RIGHT AWAY. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. WAS INFORMED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH WIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO BEING BURNED IN & AROUND THE COLUMN. THE HEATER WIRES HAD BURNED ALSO. THE SEAT ANCHOR BOLTS HAD CAME OUT OF THE FRONT SEAT. PLUGS, WIRES, AND BRAKES HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK *ML

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHICH NEARLY RESULTED IN COLLISION. POSSIBLE SHORT IN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MAY HAVE CAUSED FAILURE, PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE (99V-124). *YC

HAD REC'D RECALL NOTICE (399V124000) IN THE MAIL & NOTIFIED DEALER. WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE & DO NOT KNOW WHEN THEY WOULD BE. THE MANUFACTURER DO NOT KNOW WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABE. HAD THE CRUISE CONTROL WIRES DISABLED PRIOR TO RECEIVING NOTICE. OWNER IS DISABLED & USES THE CRUISE CONTROL IN ORDER TO DRIVE.

WHILE SITTING AT STOPLIGHT VEHICLE WAS HIT FROM THE REAR AND PUSHED INTO A BIG 4X4, CAUSING HOOD TO FOLD IN, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. ALSO DURING THE ACCIDENT BOTH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE SEATS COLLAPSED, CAUSING SOME INJURIES TO BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVOED IN A FIRE WHILE PARKED IN CONSUMER DRIVWAY, CAUSE OF FIRE MAY BE DUE TO RECENT MFR. RECALL # 99 S 15 CONCERNING IGNITION SWITCH. MFR. NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER RECALL. ALSO VEHICLE ON HOLD FOR A WEEK FOR INSPECTION IF NEEDED AT COOKS SALVAGE 228/392-2288. REFERENCED IN EA02-025

AIR BAG LIGHT FOR DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS E KEPT FLASHING OFF AND ON.

CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM DOES NOT ENGAGE. DEALER/MANFACTURER WERE CONTACTED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORECTED. *AK

PLASTIC HEADLAMP LENSES BECOME CLOUDY WITH TIME. THEY PREVENT FULL LAMP OUTPUT TO ROAD. *AK

STRESS CRACKS OF THE FLOOR BOARD CAUSED THE BOLT THAT HOLD THE FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT TO BREAK RESULTING IN THE SEAT BECOMING UNSTABLE AND TO LURCH BACKWARDS.

BALL JOINTS & TIE ROD ENDS WOULD MAKE GROANING NOISES IN THE FRONT END. ITS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & NOTHING FOUND. TOOK TO ANOTHER GARAGE & MECHANIC NOTICED TIE ROD END WAS SHOT, AND THAT BALL JOINTS WERE RUSTY & PITTED. THEREFORE, VEHICLE WAS MAKING NOISES WHEN BEING DRIVEN. *AK