Ford Crown victoria Brakes Problems
49 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 10 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2003. Best year: 2011.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD CROWN VICTORIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO STOP. AFTER THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP, AND WHILE CONTACT SLIGHTLY REMOVED THEIR FO...
I DRIVE A FORD "PROGRAM CAR" - A USED 2007 CROWN VICTORIA (A FORMER RENTAL VEHICLE). ON THE DAY OF MY ACCIDENT - AFTER PULLING ONTO A BUSY STREET FROM A PARKING LOT - I ALMOST IMMEDIATELY APPLIED MY BRAKES BECAUSE I WAS COMING UP TO A RE...
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD CROWN VICTORIA. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE BRAKES LOCKED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE TO AVOID AN ONCOMING VEHI...
I WAS APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT AT APROX. 25 MPH. WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE CAR DID NOT SLOW DOWN. I AGAIN APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THERE WAS A LOUD SCREECHING NOISE AS IF I HAD SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES..WHICH I HAD NOT DONE. THE CA...
THIS VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. FRONT LEFT TIRE LEFT A VERY NOTICEABLE SKID MARK. APPEARS ABS WAS NOT FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY.*AK
PER LOCAL FORD DEALER, NOT UNDER RECALL STATUS. SPEED AT POINT OF BRAKING WAS 46 AT TIME OF IMPACT ABOUT 16.5 MPH.*AK
I WAS DRIVING ND I DIDN'T SEE A POT HOLE SO AFTER I DROVE ACROSS IT LIKE A MILE OR MORE MY HEAD LIGHT STARTED FLICKING ND AFTER WEN I DROVE FOR LIKE 30MIN THEY TURNED OF ND IT ALSO CAUSED ALL THE LIGHT TO TURN OFF INSIDE ND OUT THE CAR
ABS BRAKES/BRAKE FLUID. WHEN I APPLY MY BRAKES ON A HILL, STEEP SLOPE, AND ESPECIALLY WHILE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL, THE BRAKES WILL START TO MAKE A MECHANICAL NOISE AND WILL ALMOST START TO LOOSE THE BRAKES, CAUSING THE PEDAL TO SLI...
BOUGHT THE CAR FROM A FELLOW FRIEND HE ADVISED ME THAT THE CAR HAS HAD A ISSUE WITH THE STEERING WHERE THE STEERING WHEEL HAS PLAY TO IT AND ITS VERY DANGEROUS WHEN I DRIVE OVER 50MPH IM SCARED I MAY CRASH CAUSE THE CAR MOVES LEFT TO RIG...
STEERING THIS CAR WAS A NIGHTMARE ALWAYS PULLING TO THE RIGHT. ALSO BRAKES CONSTANTLY GRABBING AND SCREECHING. ALSO HEADLIGHT AND SUSPENSION PROBLEMS. WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THIS CAR FROM START BUT WAS SLAMMED INTO BY DEALERSHIP AND CHASE...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD CROWN VICTORIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING UP AN INCLINE AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE BRAKE AND THE ABS LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE AN INCRE...