general problems of the 2008 Ford Crown Victoria

Tl- the contact owns a 2008 Ford Crown Victoria. The contact stated that while driving 30 mph, stopped at a stop sign, the gas pedal stock to the floor of the vehicle without any warning, causing the vehicle to accelerate uncontrollably, and crashed onto an electric pole. The front air bags deployed. The contact sustained injuries that later required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to a tow yard. The vehicle was not diagnosed and the manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 164,446. Fe.

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 bridge underpass abutment. Small grass fire extinguished around front-end of vehicle. Cursory vehicle examination on 09/15/11 reports: airbag deployed, seat belt locked up due to impact, unable to check brake pedal, unable to check front brakes, and bad steering (no further details on condition steering parts).

The contact owns a 2008 Ford Crown Victoria. While attempting to depress the brake pedal at speeds less than 50 mph, the vehicle would accelerate instead of attempting to stop. The dealer could not find any failures and the issue recurred several times afterwards. While driving 72 mph with the cruise control activated, the vehicle suddenly accelerated to 90 mph until the cruise control was disengaged. The manufacturer advised him to take the vehicle to the dealer for installation of a monitoring system; however, the dealer still could not determine the cause of the failure. The dealer also stated that he was depressing both the brake and accelerator pedals simultaneously, which may have caused the failure. The contact stated that was impossible because the pedals were inches away from each other. The failure mileage was 11,000 and current mileage was 15,460. Updated 09/25/08 updated 09/26/08.