1993 FORD CROWN VICTORIA Power Train Problems

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, WITH NO KEYS IN THE IGNITION, A SMALL CHILD GRABBED THE GEAR SHIFTER. WITH ONLY SLIGHT PRESSURE, THE VEHICLE SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR AND ROLLED BACKWARDS DOWN A HILL, WEDGING A 16 YEAR OLD FEMALE IN THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR, THEN PINNING THE FEMALE BETWEEN TWO VEHICLES. THE FEMALE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL SEVERAL HOURS LATER, AS A RESULT OF THE INJURIES RECEIVED FROM THE VEHICLE.*JB

IN OCTOBER 1995 TORQUE CONVERTER HAD TO BE REPLACED. FORD PAID 50 %, THERE WAS A TSB 931211 ON IT. CURRENTLY, SAME THING HAS HAPPENED AGAIN. FORD REFUSED TO ASSIST IN REPAIR EXPENSES. *AK

ON 12/4/96 MY VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING.IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AT THAT TIME.IT WAS TAKEN INTO THE FORD DEALERSHIP,WHERE WE WERE TOLD THAT THEY HAD BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS TORQUE CONVERTERS ON THESE VEHICLES.A TORK FLUSH WAS PERFORMED AND THEY TOLD US EVERYTHING WOULD BE OK.THE VEHICLE HAS 30,000 AT THAT TIME.ON 6/2/99 WE STARTED EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM.IT AGAIN WAS TAKEN INTO THE FORD DEALERSHIP,WHERE AGAIN THEY STATED THE TORK CONVERTER WAS BAD AND THEY TOLD US AGAIN THAT A TORK FLUSH WOULD BE NEEDED.THE VEHICLE AT THIS TIME HAD 70,000.I ADDRESSED THE PROBLEM AT THAT TIME AND ASKED WHY THE TRANSMISSION COULD NOT BE REPAIRED VS. JUST A TORK FLUSH.I WAS TOLD " FORD MOTOR WILL ONLY FLUSH". ON 12/18/00 MY VEHICLE AGAIN STARTED EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS. IT WOULD NOW NOT GO INTO "DRIVE". THE CAR HAS 90,000 ON IT NOW. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SHOP AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION IS OUT. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS I HAVE EXPRESSED MY CONCERN REGARDING FLUSHING VS ACTUALLY CHECKING INTO THE TRANSMISSIONS AND STILL WAS TOLD THAT FORD WILL NOT DO THAT, THEY WILL ONLY DO THE FLUSH. NOW I'M STUCK WITH A CAR WITH ONLY 90,000 ON IT AND A TRANSMISSION THAT HAS TO BE COMPLETELY REBUILT. WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO "FORD STANDS BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT" OR "YOUR SATISFACTION IS OUR #1 GOAL." I HAVE CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND TO DATE I HAVE NOT ONCE GOTTEN A CALL BACK. I HAVE DECIDED THAT THE ONLY WAY TO RECTIFY THIS PROBLEM IS TO VOICE MY CONCERN MY GOING PUBLIC ON TV. WE HAVE A TV STATION HERE CALLED "CALL FOR ACTION" MAYBE THAT IS MY NEXT STEP. CALLING AND EXPRESSING MYSELF TO FORD DOES NOT SEEM TO HELP. IF FORD REALLY STOOD BEHIND THEIR VEHICLES, I WOULD NOT BE SITTING WITH A CAR WITH ONLY 90,000 MILES ON IT WITH A BLOWN TRANSMISSION. IF THE PROBLEM WOULD HAVE BE CORRECTED IN 1996 WHEN I ORIGINALLY REPORTED THE PROBLEM, THEN MAYBE I WOULD STILL BE DRIVING THE CAR.I LOVE MY CAR, ITS FORD MOTOR COMPANY I AM NOT HAPPY WITH.

ON 12/4/96 MY VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING.IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AT THAT TIME.IT WAS TAKEN INTO THE FORD DEALERSHIP,WHERE WE WERE TOLD THAT THEY HAD BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS TORQUE CONVERTERS ON THESE VEHICLES.A TORK FLUSH WAS PERFORMED AND THEY TOLD US EVERYTHING WOULD BE OK.THE VEHICLE HAS 30,000 AT THAT TIME.ON 6/2/99 WE STARTED EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM.IT AGAIN WAS TAKEN INTO THE FORD DEALERSHIP,WHERE AGAIN THEY STATED THE TORK CONVERTER WAS BAD AND THEY TOLD US AGAIN THAT A TORK FLUSH WOULD BE NEEDED.THE VEHICLE AT THIS TIME HAD 70,000.I ADDRESSED THE PROBLEM AT THAT TIME AND ASKED WHY THE TRANSMISSION COULD NOT BE REPAIRED VS. JUST A TORK FLUSH.I WAS TOLD " FORD MOTOR WILL ONLY FLUSH". ON 12/18/00 MY VEHICLE AGAIN STARTED EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS. IT WOULD NOW NOT GO INTO "DRIVE". THE CAR HAS 90,000 ON IT NOW. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SHOP AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION IS OUT. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS I HAVE EXPRESSED MY CONCERN REGARDING FLUSHING VS ACTUALLY CHECKING INTO THE TRANSMISSIONS AND STILL WAS TOLD THAT FORD WILL NOT DO THAT, THEY WILL ONLY DO THE FLUSH. NOW I'M STUCK WITH A CAR WITH ONLY 90,000 ON IT AND A TRANSMISSION THAT HAS TO BE COMPLETELY REBUILT. WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO "FORD STANDS BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT" OR "YOUR SATISFACTION IS OUR #1 GOAL." I HAVE CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND TO DATE I HAVE NOT ONCE GOTTEN A CALL BACK. I HAVE DECIDED THAT THE ONLY WAY TO RECTIFY THIS PROBLEM IS TO VOICE MY CONCERN MY GOING PUBLIC ON TV. WE HAVE A TV STATION HERE CALLED "CALL FOR ACTION" MAYBE THAT IS MY NEXT STEP. CALLING AND EXPRESSING MYSELF TO FORD DOES NOT SEEM TO HELP. IF FORD REALLY STOOD BEHIND THEIR VEHICLES, I WOULD NOT BE SITTING WITH A CAR WITH ONLY 90,000 MILES ON IT WITH A BLOWN TRANSMISSION. IF THE PROBLEM WOULD HAVE BE CORRECTED IN 1996 WHEN I ORIGINALLY REPORTED THE PROBLEM, THEN MAYBE I WOULD STILL BE DRIVING THE CAR.I LOVE MY CAR, ITS FORD MOTOR COMPANY I AM NOT HAPPY WITH.

HAD TO TAKE CAR TO DEALER 3 TIMES WITH TRANSMISSION TROUBLE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT TO THE NEXT GEAR EACH TIME THE DEALER ADVISED THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE COMPUTER SYSTEM AND I HAD TO PAY FOR THE WORK DONE AND THEN THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT 600098 MI (98 OVER THE 60,000 MI WARRANTY) AND DEALER WOULD NOT COVER CAR HAD TO HAVE AND PAY FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION THEN 1 MONTH LATER THE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED AGAIN THE DEALER WOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE THE SHOP THAT PUT THE NEW ENGINE IN SAID IT WAS CAUSED BY THE COMPUTER SYSTEM AND THAT ALOT OF CR VICS FROM THE 1993 YEAR (1ST YEAR FOR THAT MODEL) HAD TROUBLE (EX THE POLICE CARS IN MEMPHIS) AFTER HAVING A NEW TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE THE CAR DID FINE UNTIL 0301200 HAD TO HAVE A NEW TRANSMISSION AGAIN AND THE SHOP IS UNABLE TO MAKE IT RIGHT DUE TO THE COMPUTER SYSTEM, THIS SHOP PUT A 2ND TRANSMISSION IN 06/2000 AND SAID I HAD ENGINE PROBLEMS REASON FOR TRANSMISSION TROUBLE. THIS CAR IS A LEMON AND HAS MULTIPLE DEFECTS EVIDENTLY WITH THE COMPUTER SYSTEM. *AK

WHILE IN PARK POSITION WITH KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION, AND EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE ACTIVATED, VEHICLE SUDDENLY MOVED FORWARD AND CAUSED A CRASH. AFTER THE CRASH, THE OCCUPANT COULD NOT START VEHICLE AND MOVE IT OUT OF PARK POSITION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THE DEFECTIVE ODOMETER IS INOPERATIVE. DEALER NEEDS TO REPLACE THE ODOMETER SYSTEM. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

TRANSMISSION SHUTTERS GOING INTO OVERDRIVE. *AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONS. YH

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONS. YH

TRANSMISSION AND BRAKE FAILURE/LOCK-UP ON A VEHICLE THAT HAS BEEN "BABYED" AND METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED IS OUTRAGEOUS. I CANNOT GET FORD MOTOR CO. TO RETURN MY CALLS. I CAN ONLY IMAGINR WHAT KIND OF HORRIFIC ACCIDENT WOULD HAVE OCCURRED IF WE HAD BEEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. DEALER'S SHOP ALSO HAD A 95, 97, & 98 CROWN VICS. W/ TRANSMISSION FAILURE. I SUSPECT FORD IS TRYING TO COVER UP A DEFECT.

WHENEVER DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEED THE TORQUE CONVERTOR WOULD MAKE LOUD NOISES. TOOK TO MECHANIC & INFORMED TORQUE CONVERTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHEN DRIVING BETWEEN 35-40MPH VEHICLE JERKS. DEALER NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. MECHANIC STATES THE TORQUE CONVERTER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *AK

THIRD TORQUE CONVERTER INSTALLLED, SHOULD LAST A LIFETIME.

WHEN SHIFTING FROM THIRD TO FOURTH GEAR THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE AT ABOUT 40 TO 45MPH. DEALER REPLACED THE TORQUE CONVERTER. *AK

TORQUE CONVERTER WENT BAD, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE AND DECELERATE ON ITS OWN. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.

DEPUTY PLACED VEHICLE IN PARK AND EXITED VEHICLE. TEN MINUTES LATER THE DEPUTY HEARD A CRASH AND OBSERVED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD CRASHED THROUGH THE GARAGE DOOR.

DEPUTY PLACED VEHICLE IN PARK AND EXITED VEHICLE. TEN MINUTES LATER THE DEPUTY HEARD A CRASH AND OBSERVED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD CRASHED THROUGH THE GARAGE DOOR.

DEPUTY PLACED VEHICLE IN PARK AND EXITED VEHICLE. TEN MINUTES LATER THE DEPUTY HEARD A CRASH AND OBSERVED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD CRASHED THROUGH THE GARAGE DOOR.

TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED CAUSING VIBRATION ON TWO OCCASIONS.

TRANSMISSION/TORQUE CONVERTER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. CONSUMER ALSO HAS REPLACED THE TORQUE CONVERTER IN JAN OF 96. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE LOST POWER/STALLED. ALSO, TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK

THE TRANSMISSION/TORQUE CONVERTER HAS FAILED FOR THE SECOND TIME.

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CONVERTER FAILS FREQUENTLY.

TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED.

TORQUE CONVERTOR FAILED, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL.

THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED.

TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHILE SHIFTING.

TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED.

TORQUE CONVERTER NOISE WHEN UPSHIFTING 2 TIMES.

TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING AND LOOSING PRESSURE, INHIBITING ABILITY TO ACCELERATE WHEN ENTERING TRAFFIC.

TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE.

TRANSMISSION BUCKED PRIOR TO RECALL, RECALL REPAIRS UNSATISFACTORY.

THE TRANSMISSION STICKS WHEN SHIFTING GEAR . PLEASE DESCRIBE .*AK

TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS WHEN OVERDRIVE ENGAGES.

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AT SPEED OF 60 MPH, RING & PINION GEAR FAILED, VEHICLE LOST CONTROL, TURNING SIDEWAYS. OTHER VEHICLES AVOIDED IMPACT. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILS IN HILLY AREA. *SD

TRANSMISSION DRIVE TRAIN EXPLODED. *SD

TRANSMISSION COOLING LINE LEAKS. *SD

TRANSMISSION FAILED. *SD

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE, ERRATIC OPERATION OF THE AUTO TRANSMISSION. TT *JB

TRANSMISSION COOLING LINES REPAIRED. (LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPT) *SD

TRANSMISSION LEAKS. *SD

UNIVERSAL JOINT REPLACED. *SD

WHILE DRIVING RAINY WEATHER, LOST ALL VEHICLE POWER; BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR; VEHICLE JERKED; NO EMERGENCY BRAKE, SHIFTED GEARS, NO RESPONSE. TT

VEHICLE SHUDDERS DUE TO A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. *AK

TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM ACTIVATED WHEN ATTEMTING TO GO UP A SNOWY/SLIPPERY HILL, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE CONTROL/SKID SIDEWAYS. *AK