1995 FORD CROWN VICTORIA Electrical System Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 FORD CROWN VICTORIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED, THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED. IN ADDITION, THE HORN FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED OR DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 08V051000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 215,000.

Mileage: 215,000

DT: CONTACT STATES ON 7-26-05 1995 CROWN VICTORIA CAUGHT ON FIRE. SMOKE AND FIRE CAME FROM THE HAZARD SWITCH AND THE DIRECTIONAL SIGNAL SWITCHES. ON 1-16-04 SIGNALS WOULD NOT WORK SO SHE HAD A MULTI-FUNCTIONAL SWITCH PUT ON. THE COVERING ON THE STEERING COLUMN WERE DESTROYED AND ALL OF THE WIRING INSIDE HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. WAS NOT CALLED.*AK

Mileage: 86,499

THE FRONT SUSPENSION BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED AT MY COST. THEY HAD STARTED SQUEAKING AND WERE WORN BADLY. MY MECHANIC SUGGESTS THAT THE ENTIRE FRONT SUSPENSION BE REBUILT FOR SAFETY BECAUSE FORD DOES NOT HAVE GREASE JOINTS ON ANY THESE PARTS. WHEN THE HORN BUTTON WAS PUSHED FOR LONGER THAN A FEW SECONDS, IT USED TO BLOW THE FUSE. THE LAST TIME IT DID THIS, IT ALSO DISABLED THE CRUISE CONTROL. I WAS TOLD BY MY MECHANIC THE ONLY FIX WAS TO REPLACE THE STEERING COLUMN WHERE THESE WIRES WERE SHORTING TOGETHER INTERNALLY.*AK

HEADLIGHT LENSES CONSTANTLY TURN YELLOW AND CLOUDY, POWER WINDOW REGULATOR CABLES CONSTANTLY SNAP, EXCESSIVE PLAY IN STEERING WHEEL, HORN BUTTONS TOO SMALL AND INCONVIENIENT AND POP OUT AT TIMES, EGR CHAMBER ALWAYS CLOGS EVERY 40K MILES AND CAUSES STALLING CONDITION. *AK

HORN IS NOT LOUD ENOUGH AND THE HORN BUTON IS TO SMALL AND HARD TO FIND WHEN NEEDED. IN 1996 I NOTICED THE BUTTON WAS CHANGED BY FORD,SO THEY KNEW IT WAS A PROBLEM TOO. I THINK IT SHOULD BE REPLACED WITH A 1996 STERING WHEEL OR HORN BUTTOM ASSEMBLY AND THE HORN NEEDS TO BE MUCH LOUDER. *AK

FORD CROWN VICTORIA HAS HESITATED ON NUMEROUS OCASSIONS. *AK

WHEN IT IS RAINING OUTSIDE (MOIST AIR /DEW) WHEN RUNNING THE WIPERS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME WHEN YOU GO TO TURN OFF THE WIPERS THEY MAY STOP IN THE CENTER OF THE WINDSHEILD OR ALL THE WAY TOWARDS THE OUTSIDE OF THE (A PILLAR) YOU THEN HAVE TO EITHER ATTEMPT TO TURN THE SWITCH ON AND OFF FROM HIGH TO LOW TO OFF OR LOW TO OFF TO ATTEMPT TO RETRACT THEM INTO THERE NORMAL POSITION

CONSUMER CAN'T LOCATE THE HORN BUTTON TO BLOW THE HORN. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS A FAULTY DESIGN MADE BY THE MANUFACTURER. *AK

DESIGN/LOCATION OF THE HORN BUTTON CAUSES DIFFICULTY ACCESSING HORN IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.

HORN BUTTONS DIFFICULT TO ACCESS WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT TAKING EYES OFF ROAD.

THE VEHICLE STARTED TO BURN FROM UNDER THE DASHBOARD. IT BURNED ITSELF OUT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

RECALL # 95S24. DEALER DOES NOT HAVE PARTS. TT

THE ALTERNATOR GAUGE,ALTERNATOR AND THE WINDOW COULDN'T ROLL UP, THERE IS A POPPING NOISE IN THE FRONT END . TT CONSUMER STATES THE FRONT END COLLAPSED BECAUSE OF THE DEALERSHIPS REUSE OF A NEOPRENE NUT, ALSO THERE IS A POPPING NOISE IN FRONT END, FUEL TANK WAS REPLACED, ALTERNATOR REPLACED, FUEL GUAGE ON INSTRUMENT PANEL REPLACED,REAR PASSENGER WINDOW WOULD NOT ROLL ALL THE WAY UP, GAS LID FILLS WITH WATER, REPLACED BOTH ARM BUSHINGS AND CORRECT TOE END, CASSETTE PLAYER DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY, AND A MALFUNCTIOING HEAD LIGHT SWITCH.*JB

REPLACED WIRING ASSEMBLY.

HORN BLEW INTERMITTENTLY WITHOUT ANYONE BEING IN/AROUND VEHICLE. *SKD

SIZE AND LOCATION OF HORN BUTTON PREVENTS EASY ACCESS DURING EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. *SKD