2008 FORD CROWN VICTORIA

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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

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ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, A FRONT WHEEL BEARING AND HUB ASSEMBLY MAY FRACTURE DUE TO IMPROPER HEAT TREATMENT.

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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

I DROVE MY CAR TO WORK. I PARKED IT ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET. WHEN I GOT OUT HOURS LATER IT HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE.

Mileage: 45,000

I DROVE MY CAR TO WORK. I PARKED IT ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET. WHEN I GOT OUT HOURS LATER IT HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE.

Mileage: 45,000

I DROVE MY CAR TO WORK. I PARKED IT ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET. WHEN I GOT OUT HOURS LATER IT HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE.

Mileage: 45,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD CROWN VICTORIA. WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTO SERVICE. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,000.

Mileage: 103,000

I WAS DRIVING STRAIGHT ON A HIGHWAY- ROUTE 2 IN MASSACHUSETTS. AFTER TAPPING ON THE BRAKES TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF SLOWING DOWN, THE CROWN VICTORIA- ON IT'S OWN- BEGAN TO ACCELERATE AT THE SAME TIME. IT WAS SUDDEN AND UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. AT THAT POINT, I SLAMMED AS HARD AS I COULD ONTO THE BRAKE PEDAL- TO THE POINT WHERE THE BRAKES WERE SMOKING. THE ENGINE OVERWHELMED BRAKES AND I COULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE- I COULD ONLY SLOW IT DOWN. I ENDED UP REAR ENDING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME (W

Mileage: 119,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD CROWN VICTORIA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING OPERATED, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE VISOR LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED AFTER THE VISOR WAS CLOSED. AS A RESULT, THE VISOR MATERIAL WAS BURNED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VISOR HAD TO BE SLIGHTLY OPENED TO PREVENT FURTHER BURNING WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRICAL WIRE HARNESS TO THE VISOR FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS N

Mileage: 73,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD CROWN VICTORIA. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH AND APPROACHED A STOP SIGN, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND BECAME STUCK TO THE FLOORBOARD. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY AND CRASHED INTO AN ELECTRIC POLE. THE FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED UNKNOWN INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN IMPOUND LOT, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF TH

Mileage: 164,446

UNMARKED POLICE CROWN VICTORIA SEDAN TRAVELING IN LEFT LANE OF 4-LANE, GRASS MEDIAN-SEPARATED HIGHWAY WITH POSTED SPEED LIMIT 55 MPH. POLICE OFFICER DRIVER DECEASED IN CRASH. WITNESSES REPORT: AFTER ENTERING HIGHWAY, VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO HIGH RATE OF SPEED; IN VICINITY POLICE MEDIAN TURNAROUND, POLICE STROBE LIGHTS WENT ON; VEHICLE STARTED WOBBLING AND MOVING GRADUALLY TO LEFT IN STRAIGHT PATH. EVENT DATA RECORDER INDICATED BRAKES APPLIED AND VEHICLE SLOWED BEFORE COLLIDING WITH CONCRETE BRIDG

UNMARKED POLICE CROWN VICTORIA SEDAN TRAVELING IN LEFT LANE OF 4-LANE, GRASS MEDIAN-SEPARATED HIGHWAY WITH POSTED SPEED LIMIT 55 MPH. POLICE OFFICER DRIVER DECEASED IN CRASH. WITNESSES REPORT: AFTER ENTERING HIGHWAY, VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO HIGH RATE OF SPEED; IN VICINITY POLICE MEDIAN TURNAROUND, POLICE STROBE LIGHTS WENT ON; VEHICLE STARTED WOBBLING AND MOVING GRADUALLY TO LEFT IN STRAIGHT PATH. EVENT DATA RECORDER INDICATED BRAKES APPLIED AND VEHICLE SLOWED BEFORE COLLIDING WITH CONCRETE BRIDG

UNMARKED POLICE CROWN VICTORIA SEDAN TRAVELING IN LEFT LANE OF 4-LANE, GRASS MEDIAN-SEPARATED HIGHWAY WITH POSTED SPEED LIMIT 55 MPH. POLICE OFFICER DRIVER DECEASED IN CRASH. WITNESSES REPORT: AFTER ENTERING HIGHWAY, VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO HIGH RATE OF SPEED; IN VICINITY POLICE MEDIAN TURNAROUND, POLICE STROBE LIGHTS WENT ON; VEHICLE STARTED WOBBLING AND MOVING GRADUALLY TO LEFT IN STRAIGHT PATH. EVENT DATA RECORDER INDICATED BRAKES APPLIED AND VEHICLE SLOWED BEFORE COLLIDING WITH CONCRETE BRIDG

I WAS A PASSENGER IN THE ABOVE VEHICLE. ON 02/07/2013 THE CAR HYDRO PLANED FROM THE ROAD AND THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR. IT BEGAN SPINNING AROUND AND LEFT THE ROAD, THE CAR HIT A FENCE AND TWIRLED AROUND AND SLAMMED REAR END FIRST INTO A POLE. THE IMPACT WAS SO HARD IT CAUSED THE FRONT SEATS TO BREAK AND WE BOTH FELL BACK INTO THE BACK OF CAR. THE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED AND GLASS FLEW INSIDE THE ENTIRE CAR. THE TRUNK WAS CRAMMED INTO THE BACK SEAT. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AT THE TIME

VEHICLE SUDDENLY JERKED TO THE LEFT CAUSING IT TO FLIP OVER AND DAMAGING TWO UTILITY POLES AND BRINGING DOWN POWER LINES. *TR

Mileage: 76,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2008 FORD CROWN VICTORIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THERE WAS A LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. THE CONTACT THEN UNEXPECTEDLY CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE DRIVER AND FRONT SEAT PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE NECK, BACK AND BODY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT AUTO CENTER FOR INVESTIGATION. THREE WEEKS AFTER THE CRASH, THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 13V385000 (STEERING).

Mileage: 180,000

NOTE: THIS IS A POLICE CAR. OFFICER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40MPH WHEN SUDDENLY, WITHOUT WARNING, THE STEERING WHEEL HAD A LOT OF PLAY IN IT, WHICH BECAME MORE APPARENT WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL DID A COMPLETE 360 DEGREE TURN WHILE THE VEHICLE KEPT GOING STRAIGHT. HE WAS ABLE TO TURN THE WHEEL HARD ENOUGH AT THE LAST SECOND AND LANDED ONTO A HOMEOWNERS DRIVEWAY. UNIT WAS TOWED TO THE FLEET DEPARTMENT WHERE THE UNIT IS BASED. OFFICER DID NOT HAVE ANY WARNING THAT THIS WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN, NO

Mileage: 88,140

2008 FORD CROWN VICTORIA POLICE INTERCEPTOR: BRAKE PEDAL IS TOO CLOSE TO THE ACCELERATOR. OFTEN, BOTH PEDALS ARE PRESSED INADVERTENTLY WHEN TRYING TO STOP. I PERSONALLY KNOW SEVERAL POLICE OFFICERS WHO REPORT HAVING THIS PROBLEM WHEN DRIVING '08 CROWN VICTORIAS. THESE SAME POLICE OFFICERS, MYSELF INCLUDED, REPORT THIS PROBLEM IS UNIQUE TO THE '08 CROWN VICTORIA AND DOES NOT EXIST WITH OLDER MODELS. *TR

Mileage: 11,000

POLICE CAR 2008 CROWN VICTORIA WAS SOUTHBOUND THROUGH INTERSECTION AND STRUCK BY AN EASTBOUND VEHICLE. THE CROWN VIC ACCELERATED POST IMPACT BY A STUCK THROTTLE LINKAGE AND LED TO TWO ADDITIONAL COLLISIONS. EVENT DATA RECORDER DOWNLOAD CONFIRMED THE OFFICER COMPLAINT OF THE STUCK THROTTLE. INITIAL IMPACT SPEED WAS 22 MPH, POST IMPACT ACCELERATED TO 25 FOR HEAD ON WITH STOPPED VAN IN ONCOMING LANE PUSHING VAN BACK AND SIDEWAYS. CV CONTINUED PAST AT A SPEED OF 16 MPH TO STRIKE IMPALA HEADON AND AC

Mileage: 4,956

DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE BROKE DURING A COLLISION / ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE AND SECURED SO THAT NOBODY CAN TAMPER WITH IT. THERE IS NO INFORMATION REGARDING INJURY TO THE OCCUPANT. *TR

Mileage: 1,959