Brake Light Switch Problems of Ford Crown Victoria

Rear brake lights with light to moderate braking when starting to push brake pedal the rear lights come on. When you reach a point that you ease up on the pedal pressure, (even so slight that you don't feel the pedal move), the brake lights go off. The vehicle is actually still braking. If you proceed to apply pressure again the brake lights come back on and once again as soon as you ease up on pedal pressure the lights go off. I found myself sitting at stop signs, red lights, even in the middle of the road waiting to turn left with my foot on the brake, but no rear brake lights on. A new brake light switch was installed with no change. I checked a one year newer vehicle, same make and model, and it was doing the same thing. I called a local Ford dealer and he never heard of the problem. He checked with one of their similar vehicles on the lot and discovered the same problem. He called a factory rep who knew nothing of the problem. That's all the further it went.

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At 1:15 a. M. On December 27, 2006, I drove my 1997 Crown Victoria for aproximatly 20 miles and parked in my driveway. About an hour and thirty minutes later, I was awaken by a popping sound and the dog barking. I looked out the window to find the car's engine compartment fully engulfed in flames. I then called 911 and ran out to try to extinguish the fire with a garden hose. The heat from the fire burned through the hood on the drivers side in the area of the braking systems master cilinder, then ignited the drivers side tire and all plastic components rendering the hose inefective. By the time the fire truck arrived, the flames had spread to the passenger side of the car and a massive plastic / rubber fire ensued. The firemen doused it with water for about fifteen minutes then used a foaming agent to extinguish what was left of the vehicle. After inspecting the remains, it was obvious that the fire started in the engine compartment because the interior of the car was mostly intact. I had owned this vehicle for a number of years and had it maintained on a regular basis. The only major repair performed on the car was replacing a defective intake manifold (that too should have been recalled, due to the high number of incidents involving that perticular manifold design). After further research into the cause of this fire, I discovered that this was not an isolated incident. It would seem that this is a common problem in several models made by the Ford motor company. . Read more...

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