Electrical System Problems of Ford Crown Victoria - part 2

The headlight sockets are melting, causing the bulbs to blow out. We have replaced approximately 6 sockets, mostly on the drivers side, and multiple bulbs. Mhq says this is common. Should there be a recall? should Ford be fixing this?.

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Was driving down hwy when I smelt electrical burning and noticed smoke coming from around the steering wheel.

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Head lamps intermittently turn on and off for extended periods of time when driving at night. Faulty lighting control module.

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Head lights went out without warning and will not come back on. Fuse is not blown.

Head lights went out while driving. Stopped, pulled over, didn't want to drive at night without lights. Checked all fuses, all seemed to be ok. Fumbled with the switch and wires and connections, and for awhile contemplated how we would get ourselves, and the car home without any lights? started the car back up and the lights worked. . . . . Resumed our drive home. . . . But lights went out again. . . . . Decided to risk it and continued home without head lights. Took the car to a Ford service station the next week, they said it must be the switch, put in a new switch and said it was fixed. . . . . . . . . Picked it up after work, and headed for home, made it a 1/4 mile before they went out again. Got on the internet and discovered that this is apparently a very common problem with the crown victoria and to fix it, it takes a Ford re-- designed lighting control module. . . To the tune of about $500. 00. . . Ford obviously knows this is a design and safety problem, why aren't they taking care of the problem. . . . . Before people are killed????.

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Headlights would not turn on, stranding me overnight. Headlights non-operational when set to auto, manual, or high beams. All other lights worked fine (parking lights, interior lights, brake lights). Took car in to Ford dealership for diagnostic. They found a non-operational lighting control module (lcm). I approved replacement with new Ford lcm (part # 5w7z-13c788-ac). The repair bill was $860. 22 + sales tax ($577. 72 for the part, $282. 50 for labor).

I have a 2003 Ford Crown Victoria police interceptor that has faulty lcm that causes the headlights to turn off (short out) while driving. This has happened at least 40 times since I bought this automobile in February 2012 and has caused me to pullover in dark dangerous situations. I researched the problem on the internet and the solution pointed to a faulty lcm. I had to bang on the lcm each time to get the lights to turn back on. These lcms have never been recalled even though the problem and solution is all over the internet. I'm afraid someone will have to get hurt or killed in an accident before NHTSA will force a recall. I am asking that this part be recalled immediately. Thank you.

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Power windows front electric when you touch rear window button the drivers window goes down.

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Paint peeling on hood and top also, heater blend door not working.

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Headlights shut off while driving at night, no way to illuminate the roadway. Hour later they came back on. Failure continues intermittently for a month now lights do not work at all. Major safety issue. Had mechanic review and told lcm needed replaced, this part failure also causes the digital climate control to not operate (meaning no defroster, no heat, no a/c), the dome lights, and vanity lights not to work. Only way to drive at night is to hold the flash to pass on constantly which again is a hazard with both hands unable to be on the steering wheel.

Light control module fail Ford has upgraded this item 22 times so far and fail to do any thing about for consumers that have this problem I don't understand why there is no recall on this part headlights when turn on don't go on or headlights go out when driving light switch turned to on sometimes works and sometimes it wont turn lights on. . . I had it diagnosis at a Ford dealer and they come up with defective component in light control module at an outrageous price of 707. 00 and another 200. 00 hundred to program it and yet another 200. 00 to install it. . . . There must be told to recall this module and replace it I wish everyone with this problem would file complaint with nstb national safety transportation board I understand now that the new module which Ford makes now come already programmed so why would they charge for it again people please file complaint lets make Ford listen to us Ford customers. . . . Thank you for listening. . . I hope something will be done soon [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

I purchase my vehicle on October 24th, 2011 from a private party who said, "the coolant leak", but the vehicle over heated when I drove it home less than 3 miles away the hood of my car was smoking. After taking it to a local mechanic with my friend who drove his car to ensure my safety, my car began to over heat after driving it for 10 minutes! I was so frantic that I thought I was going to burned up in the car. The mechanic told me the next day it was the intake manifold and inform me that this may be a recall and to check with the Ford corporation and I did called Ford corporation and found out this vehicle had control cruise harness and a intake manifold recall id is 01m02, the dealership for camelback Ford in phoenix, mr. Chad mcdowell offer this recall number but his employee kevin offer to help me fix the both problems, then later on negated. I feel a recall of any vehicle should never be expired base on these issues of safety and regardless of a settlement that may have been reached, there are millions of people who need to have their vehicle repair to make it at least a whole again as much as possible and avoid a possible injury or death. I found the recall of this intake manifold offering consumer up to $ 750 to repair the car without any receipts? what about the people who purchase the vehicle afterwards, is that fair. Now my concern is that I am smelling gasoline when I am driving and I believed it may have something to do with the gas line or the sensor, and I hate putting more money into the vehicle. I fear that the mechanic will tell me its going to be a costly matter and it's never going to stop with this car and I just want to get rid of it or have it repair as it should of been by the dealership but the Ford company would not approve it.

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The contact owns a 2004 Ford Crown Victoria. The contact stated that the headlights would shut off without warning. The dealer informed the contact to bring the vehicle in for diagnostic testing and the manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle had not been inspected or repaired. The current mileage was 59,200. The approximate failure mileage was 58,500. Updated 11/29/11.

Headlights go out without warning while driving. Must pull & hold dimmer lever to engage "bright" lights to have any illumination of the street.

Due to faulty manufacturing by Ford, I have faulty headlights. On more than 20 occasions I have been without headlights. I have to wait until the lights come on before I can proceed to drive the vehicle, endangering my life depending on my location at the time! please ask Ford to consider fixing the problem before someone is seriously injured!.

While operating the vehicle at night, the headlights stopped working. All other exterior lights continued to operate. Loss of headlights almost caused a crash. This has happened 3 other times since then. Lights stop working and start back up by themselves.

Headlight failure of both low and high beam at all speeds. Intermittent failures beginning at end of March 2011 at approximately 92,000 miles and finally total failure in June 2011. Very dangerous if not in safe location to pull over or in middle of critical driving maneuvers such as passing, sharp turns, etc. Contacted local Ford dealer parts department and they confirmed no tech bulletins issued by Ford or other recalls, and cost of replacement light control module, or lcm, to be $511. Contacted Ford customer relations via their web site, and it was confirmed there is no warranty or other formal actions-considerations. Have owned previous versions of this Ford model, all for a longer period of time than the subject 2004 Crown Victoria model, 1982 Mercury grand marquis, 1987 Crown Victoria, 1991 Crown Victoria, and 1995 Crown Victoria, and none of them have exhibited this problem. Given that, this is a fundamental degradation in safety, in addition to a decline in durability and reliability. Understand NHTSA opened a case or investigation file pe08-066 in late 2008 which was closed in early 2009, so that would have or is not taking into account failures or related incidents that occurred afterwards. Have replaced lcm with new unit which has corrected the problem for now.

2004 Ford Crown Victoria - head lights turns off while driving - spoke to Ford agency and said problem is in the headlight control module and module must be replaced - $511 part - said a common problem. Lights turn back on after 1-2 minutes. Very dangerous situation.

Tl- the contact owns a 2003 Ford Crown Victoria. The contact stated that the light control module failed. The contact was traveling down a mountain road when the light failed. The headlights and the high beam headlights were both inoperable. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer where it was confirmed that the light control module failed and needed to be replaced. In addition, the contact stated that the rear axle bearing would exhibit a very loud noise when driving. The contact stated that there was a manufacturer’s recall for both the rear axle and the headlights for the same year, make and model but only for those vehicles that were being utilized as police vehicles only. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 156,000. Kmj.

Sporadically the headlights go off for no reason. Sometimes turning light switch off and then on again will turn them back on, sometimes not. Sometimes waiting a few minutes and turning them back on works, sometimes not. Sometimes lights just come back on their own.

Driving on expressway and all of a sudden headlights fail! out on a dark, dark road in the middle of nowhere (I-57) and a single 55 year old woman, how dangerous is this?!? I went to Ford dealer who acted like he had never heard of the problem before (river oaks Ford in calumet city, IL ~ the top rated Ford repair dealer in the country according to their recorded phone message and a huge banner on the wall as you enter the dealership), but was clueless as to this problem, really? the car sat there all day until they called me at 3:30 in the afternoon to tell me the headlights turn on and off, what was the problem? OH, we can install a new light box module ($500). . . That might take care of the problem. . . No guarantee, again. . . Really? I came home (problem unrepaired), looked up 2004 Crown Victoria headlights on google and to my astonishment found website/article after article stating how common this problem is on Crown Victorias, grand marquis and maurader 2003-2005!!! I think that Ford is trying to shuck their responsibility in taking care of this potentiality hazardous malfunction (car can start on fire and many cabs in los angeles have article date 3/25/10)! they should step up to the plate and send out a nationwide recall for this to be fixed, instead I have to come up with the money for the part, the labor to get this fixed. This doesn't include the downtime having the car in the shop for the day! pathetic is all I can say about this situation. I am just glad I was able to pull the brights lever back toward the steering wheel so that I would have some kind of lights. . . Not easy driving a long distance holding this lever all the way but it was the only way I could get any kind of lights to work! pushing the bright light lever forward to keep the brights on didn't work either!.

2003 Ford Crown Victoria lighting control module fails without warning and causes headlights to go out. Cost to repair seems to be $500. For the module and $200-300 for installation. After researching the internet for a reason, it seems to be a very common problem for this module to fail.

The contact owns a 2009 Ford Crown Victoria police interceptor(na). While starting the vehicle, the contact turned on the vent and white toxic flames escaped from it. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer who stated that the vehicle was no longer under warranty. The manufacturer agreed to cover 50% of the repair costs and the vehicle was repaired. The failure occurred again. The contact referenced TSB 09-21-6. The contact called the manufacturer who agreed to pay 50% of the repair costs again. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 43,000 and the current mileage was approximately 48,000.

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My son has had a couple of incidents where the headlights on his 2004 Crown Victoria have suddenly gone out. This could be a very dangerous situation. Brought it to mechanic which said it was the light module. Expensive fix at @ 500. 00. Seems to be a very common thing in these cars and I can't believe there has not been a recall on this part.

Lighting control module (lcm) failure exactly as described by others reporting the same problem. The lcm had to be replaced and the second one failed as well and is currently being replaced. This is an expensive part and causes a very dangerous situation as it happens intermittently until it completely fails. It should be noted that the a/c fan operation is also tied to the same relay that fails in the lcm. Ford claims there's been no recall on this failure. My cv is the sport lx and had under 46000 miles when it happened the first time and less than 48000 the second time. Our other cv of the same year is the digital model cv.

After a rain my 2001 Ford crown vic leaked through the wipers into the gem causing failures of most electrical systems and unwanted electrical activity.

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My 2004 Ford Crown Victoria, a former chp vehicle turned into a taxi at 102,000 miles, began to experience headlight problems when I would stop and turn off the engine briefly, return, restart, and within a short time the headlights would fail. After a couple minutes the headlights would come back on. This problem progressed to less predictable failure of the headlights when running. Failure of the light control module was diagnosed at !50. 000 miles and I found a taxi driver who had overcome the same problem and rewired from the green/black wire behind the lights control switch thru the firewall to a built-up powered relay and then to the headlights. It has worked fine, now 197,000 miles, except that the hi-beams have failed in the set position but still work in the temporarary position. Cost $60. Good luck. I know personally or anecdotally of 6 other 2004 crown vic"s in sacramento that have experienced the same problem. When will big brother recognize that this problem requires a recall?.

I am the owner of a 2004 Ford Crown Victoria, while driving during dark hours down the freeway my headlights suddenly went out with a click. The parking lights and dash lights remained, but I was unable to see and had to make a blind panic stop to the shoulder. Since, this has been a regular occurrence in which I can only quickly pull the flash to pass switch and try to hold it as well as the steering wheel until I can safely get pulled over. Even after then, it is an unknown wait time on when they will come back on or how long they will stay on once they do. The other safety issue is that it startles other drivers in front of you, I have had two instances in which one vehicle suddenly hit the brakes nearly causing a collision as well surprising a driver traveling beside me, making him swerve. I have researched several places and it appears that it is a faulty relay in the light control module. I also found that in Ford's infinite wisdom that you cannot just replace this $4 relay inside the module, you have to replace the entire $500 module. I think that is a huge safety issue and that it is the responsibility of Ford to make right. This problem occurs often and without warning and has proven to be a dangerous event. This problem began around August of 2009, the vehicle is a 2004 with approximately 80k miles.

Heating and defrost failed. Ford service CO wanted a $1000 to look at it. I didn't have them look at it. Now, I only drive it in the summer months. This vehicle has an original 70,000 miles on it and now the headlights only work intermittently. In 2010 I had to have the gas tank replaced. I have read several reports on 2003 crown vic with the same problems. I live in the south, lots of rain and humidity. Defrost is a must as well as headlights. I do not understand why Ford is giving the option to as to whether or not they will fix their defects or pass them on to the consumer. I have a 1995 Nissan, 140000 miles. The body is falling apart, but the engine runs like a sewing machine and all the electrical works, even the windows. Made in the USA. . . Sad.

On July 10 my wife and grand son were returning to our florida home from an amusement park about an hours ride when the head lights went out on my 03 Ford crown vic. She was able to pull over and after 30 minutes trying different ideas the light did come on and she was able to drive home fortunately with the lights staying on, it was a nerve racking experience for them. Since then it has done it on several occasions during the day as I run with my lights on during daylight hours. I have since found that it is the lcm unit(light control module) that controls the lights in this 03 crown vic and the 04,05 models. I know that you had an investigation into this recurring problem and closed it when you did not warrant a recall even after many complaints, some of them very scary on dark back roads. I think you would have to have it happen to you to know what its all about. What will it take a highway death to have this problem look at in a proper manner? I just can believe that this is not a serious recall item. Just try shutting your light off on a narrow back road at 30 mph to just get an idea of what it all about, you will be putting them back on real quick, not something you can do when the lcm fails. Thank you for your time reading my e-mail.

1. While driving ,led circuitboard ,( under dashboard)burned up emitting smoke into the passenger compartment. It burned a one inch hole in the circuitboard plastic cover . 2. Failure,the part burned up, it may have burned before also,because we have had a burning smell before. 3. Car was parked,turned off for about one-half hour , then driven 6 miles home. ,no additional smoke was seen at this time. Part has been removed by owner . Old part is available,part # f8vb-14a597-ab. Fuse did not blow and car is drivable with part removed. I think this part is a component of the factory installed alarm system.

2005 Ford Crown Victoria p71. Low beam headlights turn off while driving. Hi beam lights will work when the low beam lights are out. Light control module is believed to be the cause.

2003 Ford Crown Victoria headlamps shut off while driving on interstate at 70 mph was told by Ford motor company no recall exists for (lcm) unit {lighting control module} that is defective and headlamps can go off at anytime & will not work in manual or automatic operation positions, this could lead to a serious accident!.

My headlight will not come on intermittently. When I turn the switch to the right to parking lights position ,I hear the slightly delayed "click" and parking lights come on. When I next turn to the headlight position there is no delayed "click" and the headlight do not come on. In the auto lamp mode only the parking lights come on. You can pull back on the turn signal lever to flash the lights. I have not have it happen while driving, only upon starting the vehicle.

I have a 2004 Ford Crown Victoria the headlights go out while driving intermittently. So I went online for help with troubleshooting the problem. There are so many of these cars doing this. It was not hard to see there is a very big problem with how Ford is making these cars. It has to do with the (lcm) light control module and the way it is installed. This part is also not cheap at 399. 00 seams like this is a big safety issue that needs a lot more attention. Rather than let this problem fall on the backs of unsuspecting buyers who will have a hard time being stranded with no lights and having to come up with 399. 00. On top of a tow truck bill and a fine from the police. For a problem that is already well documented. I have seen it in years from 2000 to 2006. That seems like a lot of cars. Other car makers do not have this problem.