2005 FORD CROWN VICTORIA

STEERING

Ford is recalling certain model year 2005-2011 Ford Crown Victoria (including Crown Victoria Police Interceptors), Mercury Grand Marquis, and Lincoln Town Car vehicles. The affected vehicles are currently registered or were originally sold in Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois

EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS

Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain model year 2003-2005 Ford Crown Victoria and Mercury Grand Marquis vehicles manufactured October 3, 2001, to August 2, 2005. The affected vehicles have a lighting control module (LCM) that may fail, resulting in a loss of headlights.

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

CERTAIN AFTERMARKET FUEL FILTERS SOLD UNDER THE PUROLATOR BRAND NAME, P/N F65277, SHIPPED FROM JANUARY 16 THROUGH JUNE 2, 2006, FOR USE ON THE ABOVE LISTED PASSENGER VEHICLES. DUE TO INCORRECT DESIGN, THE QUICK CONNECTORS MAY NOT FULLY SEAT WITH THE TUBE INTERFACE, EVEN THOUGH THE PERSON MAKING THE

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES

ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, THE BATTERY CABLE INCLUDES A FUSIBLE LINK THAT MAY CONTACT AND SUBSEQUENTLY CHAFE ON A #2 CROSS MEMBER ATTACHING BOLT.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH

ON CERTAIN POLICE INTERCEPTORS (CVPI) AND COMMERCIAL HEAVY DUTY (TAXI) VEHICLES, AT EXTREMELY HIGH OPERATING TEMPERATURES, THE SOUND INSULATING PANEL, LOCATED UNDER THE VEHICLE POSITIONED BETWEEN THE EXHAUST SYSTEM AND THE UNDERBODY, COULD SAG AND POSSIBLY CONTACT THE SURFACE OF THE CATALYTIC CONVE

STEERING:RACK AND PINION:PINION SHAFT

Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain model year 2005-2011 Ford Crown Victoria, 2005-2011 Mercury Grand Marquis vehicles manufactured March 23, 2004, to August 30, 2011, and 2005-2011 Lincoln Town Car vehicles manufactured March 8, 2004, to August 30, 2011, and on which the upper intermedia

TAKATA RECALL AIR BAGS DID NOT GO OFF IN THE ACCIDENT.WE HAVE PIC. AND ETC.BAD INJURYS

THE SPARK PLUGS HAVE BEEN EJECTING THEMSELVES FROM THE ENGINE, TAKING PART OF THE CYLINDER HEAD WITH THEM MAKING REPAIRS DANGEROUS AND COSTLY. SOMETIMES THE SPARK PLUG STAYS ATTACHED TO THE COIL, CAUSING FUEL VAPORS TO IGNOTE, BUT MOST OF THE TIME THEY RIP THE COIL PACK AND BOOT OUT WITH THEM. THIS HAS HAPPENED FOUR TIMES WITH MY LAST CROWN VICTORIA AND TWICE WITH MY CURRENT ONE. IT ALWAYS HAPPENS AS THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, CAUSING A DRAMATIC LOSS OF POWER AND SOMETIMES A FIR

ON 10/06/2015 THE VEHICLE IN QUESTION WAS TRAVELLING AT 65-70MPH IN THE LEFT HAND LANE OF A HIGHWAY GOING STRAIGHT AHEAD WHEN OPERATOR LOST COMPLETE STEERING DUE TO THE STEERING SHAFT BECOMING DISCONNECTED FROM THE STEERING COLUMN RESULTING IN SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH. THE VEHICLE HAD A RECALL COMPLETED ON 10/10/14 -13S08.

Mileage: 63,329

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD CROWN VICTORIA. WHILE DRIVING 5-10 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON TWO OCCASIONS. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000.

Mileage: 94,000

I WAS DRIVING AT NIGHT AND A CAR HIT ME IN THE REAR. THE OTHER DRIVER SAID HE DIDN'T SEE ME SINCE I DID NOT HAVE MY LIGHTS ON. I SHOWED HIM THAT THEY WERE ON BUT YET THE TAIL LIGHTS WERE NOT. WHEN I HAD A SHOP CHECK FOR THE PROBLEM, THEY SAID THE FUSES, BULBS AND RELAYS WERE FINE. THEY SAID THE PROBLEM IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL AND IT IS A LIGHTING CONTROL MODULE WHICH COSTS OVER $500.THEY SAID FORD HAS KNOWN ABOUT THE PROBLEM BUT STILL HAS NOT RECALLED THE ITEM. WHEN I SEARCHED ON THE

Mileage: 116,000

I WAS DRIVING AT NIGHT AND A CAR HIT ME IN THE REAR. THE OTHER DRIVER SAID HE DIDN'T SEE ME SINCE I DID NOT HAVE MY LIGHTS ON. I SHOWED HIM THAT THEY WERE ON BUT YET THE TAIL LIGHTS WERE NOT. WHEN I HAD A SHOP CHECK FOR THE PROBLEM, THEY SAID THE FUSES, BULBS AND RELAYS WERE FINE. THEY SAID THE PROBLEM IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL AND IT IS A LIGHTING CONTROL MODULE WHICH COSTS OVER $500.THEY SAID FORD HAS KNOWN ABOUT THE PROBLEM BUT STILL HAS NOT RECALLED THE ITEM. WHEN I SEARCHED ON THE

Mileage: 116,000

MY WIFE DIED IN THIS POLICE CAR LOST CONTROL DUE TO ENGINE JERKING AND SEAT BELTS CAME LOOSE AND EJECTED MY DAUGHTERS HAVIN HEAD INJURY CONCUSSION AND BROKEN SKULL. *TR

MY WIFE DIED IN THIS POLICE CAR LOST CONTROL DUE TO ENGINE JERKING AND SEAT BELTS CAME LOOSE AND EJECTED MY DAUGHTERS HAVIN HEAD INJURY CONCUSSION AND BROKEN SKULL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD CROWN VICTORIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THEY BEGAN TO SMELL A BURNING ODOR. SHORTLY AFTER, THE HEADLIGHTS STOPPED FUNCTIONING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE LIGHTING CONTROL MODULE FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 150,000.

Mileage: 150,000

I BOUGHT FORD VICTORIA CROWN MODEL 2005 FROM AN INDIVIDUAL ON DEC. 2009. IT WAS POLICE CAR. AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR WITHIN A MONTHS TIME I HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. I LOST CONTROL AND THE BRAKE DIDN'T WORK. IT DIDN'T STOP BY HITTING ONCE, IT WAS AMAZING HITTING BACK AGAIN AND AGAIN. MY CAR OR EVEN THE OTHER CAR DIDN'T HAVE ANY BODY DAMAGE AND AFTER 1 HOUR I STARTED DRIVING AND ON MY WAY HOME THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I GOT OUT OF THE ROAD BUT NO ACCIDENT. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE GARAGE AND I PAID $800.00

Mileage: 102,820

I BOUGHT FORD VICTORIA CROWN MODEL 2005 FROM AN INDIVIDUAL ON DEC. 2009. IT WAS POLICE CAR. AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR WITHIN A MONTHS TIME I HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. I LOST CONTROL AND THE BRAKE DIDN'T WORK. IT DIDN'T STOP BY HITTING ONCE, IT WAS AMAZING HITTING BACK AGAIN AND AGAIN. MY CAR OR EVEN THE OTHER CAR DIDN'T HAVE ANY BODY DAMAGE AND AFTER 1 HOUR I STARTED DRIVING AND ON MY WAY HOME THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I GOT OUT OF THE ROAD BUT NO ACCIDENT. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE GARAGE AND I PAID $800.00

Mileage: 102,820

I BOUGHT FORD VICTORIA CROWN MODEL 2005 FROM AN INDIVIDUAL ON DEC. 2009. IT WAS POLICE CAR. AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR WITHIN A MONTHS TIME I HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. I LOST CONTROL AND THE BRAKE DIDN'T WORK. IT DIDN'T STOP BY HITTING ONCE, IT WAS AMAZING HITTING BACK AGAIN AND AGAIN. MY CAR OR EVEN THE OTHER CAR DIDN'T HAVE ANY BODY DAMAGE AND AFTER 1 HOUR I STARTED DRIVING AND ON MY WAY HOME THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I GOT OUT OF THE ROAD BUT NO ACCIDENT. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE GARAGE AND I PAID $800.00

Mileage: 102,820

WE HAVE A 2005 CROWN VICTORY I HAD STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT COMPLETELY SITTING STILL THE CAR ACCELERATED I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE ALREADY IT WOULD NOT STOP SOMEHOW I HAD THE PRESENCE OF MIND TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL I TOLD MY HUSBAND A FEW DAYS LATER HE WAS DRIVING IT HAPPENED TO HIM AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME THE SOMETHING WOULD NOT ALLOW THE FAN TO BE TURNED DOWN IT SEEMED STUCK WE TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER THEY FIXED THE FAN BUT SAID THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE WRONG DROVE IT A FEW MORE TIMES IT HAPPENE

1) TAXI ACCIDENT 2) LEFT & RIGHT REAR SEAT BELT RETRACTOR FAILURE; EXCESSIVE SPOOL OUT. SEVERE BODILY INJURY. *TR

AUSTINTOWN POLICE OFFICER WAS OPERATING A 2005 FORD CROWN VICTORIA POLICE VEHICLE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO EXPLODE INTO FLAMES. PRELIMINARY INDICATIONS ARE THE POLICE VEHICLE WAS MOVING AT THE TIME OF IMPACT AND THE SECOND VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. OFFICER INVOLVED RECEIVED SEVERE BURNS OVER 40% OF HIS BODY. *TR

Mileage: 72,900

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD CROWN VICTORIA. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 40000. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS THE VEHICLE SPUN INTO A DITCH. THE DRIVER WAS INJURED AND FLOWN TO THE HOSPITAL. THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED CAUSING THE ACCIDENT. THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE ROAD. THE TIRE WAS A GOODYEAR EAGLE WITH 6000 MILES. THE AMOUNT OF TREAD ON THE TIRE WAS UNKNOWN. PICTURES AND A POLICE REPORT ARE AVAILABLE. VIN AND DOT INFORMATION WAS NOT AVAILABLE. UP

Mileage: 40,000

TIE ROD FAILED. CAR IS FORD CROWN VICTORIA 2005. HAS APPROX. 6,000 MILES ON IT AND IS JUST ONE YEAR OLD. SIDE SWIPED TRUCK PARKED ON RESIDENTIAL STREET. POLICE REPORT FILED. NO PRIOR NOTICE. *JB

Mileage: 6,000

WHILE MERGING FROM A SECONDARY ROAD THE 2005 FORD CROWN VICTORIA (POLICE CAR) ACCELERATED SUDDENLY WHICH CAUSED THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. *NM ACCELERATION CONTINUED AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND DESPITE THE BRAKES BEING APPLIED. THE VEHICLE SWERVED OUT OF CONTROL, STRUCK A MEDIAN AND DROVE OFF THE ROAD INTO A SNOW BANK. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED FRONT END DAMAGE AND A BENT FRAME. *NM

Mileage: 448