1996 FORD CROWN VICTORIA Complaints

THERE HAS BEEN 3 DEATHS AND 1 CRITICAL INJURY WITHIN THE ARIZONA LAW ENFORCEMENT, REGARDING THE FORD CROWN VICTORIA POLICE CRUISER'S, THE DESIGN AND PLACEMENT OF THE FUEL TANK HAS BEEN KNOWN TO CATCH ON FIRE IF THE VEHICLE IS INVOLVED IN A REAR SIDE IMPACT COLLISION.*JB *TT

CONSUMER STATED HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS RECALL #021003000 FUEL TANK/POLICE VEHICLE. DEALER WILL NOT REPAIR BECAUSE VIN# WAS NOT INCLUDED. TS

INTAKE MANIFOLD CROSSOVER, AS I ACCELERATED THE CROSSOVER ON THE MANIFOLD RUPTURED, BURSTING, MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF COOLANT TO BE EXPELLED , CAUSING SEVERE FOGGING IN THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF CAR, COOLANT ON HIGHWAY INTERSTATE, CREATING A SLICK SURFACE TO OTHER MOTORIST. AFTER CONTACTING AND SURVEYING DEALERS AND REPAIR SHOPS IN THE AREA, THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM IN FORD VEHICLES WITH THE 4.6L V8. FORD DOES HAVE A TSB, HAS DONE A RECALL ON POLICE AND FLEET VEHICLES, REFUSES TO DO CONSUMER AUTOMOBILES. THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM. DT

CONSUMER STATED HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS RECALL#98V322000 LOWER CONTROL ARM. DEALER NOTIFIED TS

CONSUMER STATES THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL, FLASHER LIGHTS ARE WORKING PROPERLY. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING 50MPH THE INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILED.*JB CONSUMER STATED THAT SUDDEN FAILURE OF INTAKE MANIFOLD CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS ON RECALL, BUT THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO HONOR THE RECALL. *YH

THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD ON THESE 4.6L ENGINES CRACK CAUSING LOST COOLANT. FORD MOTOR COMPANY REPLACES THEM UP TO 6 OR 7 YEARS ON T-BIRDS, MUSTANGS, AND POLICE CARS AND TAXI'S. NOT REGULAR CROWN VICS, GRAND MARQUE'S AND TOWN CARS. WHY. THE REPLACEMENT YOU BUY IS INPROVED WITH ALUMINUM COOLING SYSTEM PASSAGES. THE REPLACEMENT EVEN GIVES A PICTURE OF WHERE TO LOOK FOR THE KNOWN DEFECT, YET FORD REFUSES TO HONOR THERE MISTAKE.

I WROTE TO THE FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT. THEY CALLED ME AND SAID THAT SINCE THEY DID NOT ISSUE A RECALL NOTICE FOR MY CAR, THEY WOULD NOT REIMBURSE ME FOR THE REPAIRS. I CHECKED WITH MY DEALER AND THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOUND THAT FORD HAD MADE SELECTIVE RECALLS OF CROWN VICTORIAS, COUGARS, & MUSTANGS THAT ALL HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM. MY CAR HAD A DEFECTIVE PART (NON-MOVING) AND BLEW OUT FROM NORMAL HEAT AND PRESSURE. FORD SHOULD PAY FOR THIS REPAIR. NLM

I WAS FORCED TO STAY AT A HOTEL OVERNIGHT UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON WHEN THE CAR WAS REPAIRED WITH A REPLACEMENT MANIFOLD MADE OF METAL BY FORD. THE HOTEL BILL CAME TO $220.

CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND THERE WAS LOSS OF COOLANT WHILE DRIVING, DUE TO A CRACK IN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*JB