Engine And Engine Cooling Problems of Ford Crown Victoria - part 1

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My 2007 Crown Victoria has had a worsening unintended acceleration issue over the past year. When hitting hard bumps the car will suddenly begin revving my itself (normal rpm is 600 idling in drive and 800 idling in neutral) when this issue occurs it will sit around 1k rpm in drive (pushing against the brakes so I must hold them down very hard) and will shoot up to 2k rpm in neutral. When the issue is occurring it drives the car forward with no user input. This issue has been becoming more and more frequent with it happening up to 5 times in a 15 minute drive. It is very unsafe and has caused me to hit a parking pole before as I could not slow the car down fully.

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The contact owns a 2003 Ford Crown Victoria. The contact stated that after starting the vehicle, the contact smelled an abnormal coolant odor. The contact inspected the vehicle and noticed there was corrosion and a crack near the intake and radiator hose. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, where it was diagnosed that the intake manifold needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and advised the contact to file a complaint with the NHTSA hotline. The approximate failure mileage was 70,000.

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Unknown the ride feels unsafe to travel around inn.

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I drove my car to work. I parked it on the side of the street. When I got out hours later it had caught on fire.

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Driving down the roadway at 55 mph a spark plug in cylinder 2 blow out. The car started making a popping noise and started to lose power. After a while the car shut off. The car was able to restart and be driven home. Upon inspection by a mechanic they found the spark plug had came dislodged and shot out of the cylinder and caused damage to the cylinder head the ignition coil and fuel rail. A new heli coil was installed. A year later while in texas driving down the road around 35 mph car made a pop noise and shot a spark plug out of cylinder 5 cause the car to lose power and start smoking with a heavy smell of fuel. Car was stopped and inspected. Found a spark plug was blown out of cylinder 5 with damage to the ignition cylinder and fuel rail. Repaired the heli coil and placed with new spark plug ignition coil and fuel rail. 2019 while driving down road at 75 mph vehicle makes a loud pop and starts to lose power. Upon inspection by mechanic find spark plug blown out of cylinder 1 with damaged ignition coil. Having mechanic is now replacing both cylinder heads on the engine.

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The engine just ejected the #7 spark plug while driving straight on city, public roads and caused the car to dangerously and suddenly slow down. The car just behind me had to maneuver to avoid me.

Tl the contact owns a 1998 Ford Crown Victoria. While driving approximately 45 mph, the contact noticed smoke under the hood of the vehicle. The contact coasted the vehicle to the side of the road and notice flames underneath the vehicle. The fire was extinguished by the fire department. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was towed to a towing lot. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or independent mechanic to determine the cause of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The approximate failure mileage was 160,000.

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Loss of acceleration at wide open throttle, transmission seems to "slip" when trying to pass or accelerate hard at highway speed has happened on multiple occasions.

A couple of years ago, #2 cylinder blew the spark plug out. This cylinder was repaired using a thread insert. The car had approx 130,000 miles on it. Today, no warning, again, blew out another spark plug, this time #3 cylinder. Going to attempt repair using same type of insert. Plugs have been replaced one time, were properly torqued per Ford specs, the problem, in my opinion is a defective design of the cylinder head where there are only approximately 3 threads in the aluminum head that actually grip the plug or about 1/16'th of an inch, where the plug has nearly 3/4 inch of thread. Naturally, Ford won;t do anyting to help, but there are literally thousands of cases like this, some of which have resulted in fires, and even the aftermarket heads by trick flow address the problem by fully threading the spark plug holes in the heads.

On numerous occasions the spark plugs have shot out causing damage to the coil pack and threads to the block. This is a 200$ to 300$ fix each time. Getting to be a hassle.

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I was driving across the causeway when my car started shaking. I turned down the radio and it sounded like it back firing. I pulled over and called my mechanic to meet me where I broked down. H immediately saw the problem but he could not fix it. I had to bring it to another shop to get it repaired. Luckily when this happened I was getting off the causeway because that bridge is 24 miles long.

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#1 - I constantly have my engine light on and during 2 inspections I received a safety/emissions recall printout, defect # dr-1209 for mass air flow sensors. Both times I have taken it to the local dealer and they claimed there's no recall for it. I just noticed on the NHTSA site, that recalls only go back as far as 1999. They also said that since it's no longer a "police owned" vehicle, they wouldn't fix it. # 2 - I have been getting a constant severe fuel smell that permeates through the car which is exacerbated with warm weather and or when the car warms up. #3 - there's a constant issue of the car vibrating when being driven at 55 - 60 mph.

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Threw a spark plug on interstate. Had to have it towed to nearest Ford dealer and repairs were over $400 plus a rental car to get home. I understand this is a problem with Ford engines. Not good for older peopl traveling alone and out of town by 3 hours. This needs to be fixed.

Spark plug blew out of cylinder #6 and ruined coil-on-plug along with it. I had to take it to a mechanic and they used a time-sert kit to rethread the cylinder spark plug wall and replaced all plugs with factory plugs. I replaced the spark plugs myself 6 months before the incident using aftermarket plugs and it ran fine for about 5,000 miles until a plug blew out.

At first the car would slip into neutral instead of going into 2nd gear so I had to turn od off now the car want go into drive at all. I see on the internet that this has a lot of complaints.

The contact owns a 2006 Ford Crown Victoria. The contact stated that the vehicle revved up to 5,000 rpms when the accelerator pedal was depressed. The failure occurred randomly. In addition, the rear wheels spun while the vehicle was idling at a traffic light. The vehicle was held by the dealer for three months and the dealer was unable to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer instructed the dealer to replace the sensor in the throttle body control, but the repair did not remedy the failure. The contact stated that the only thing that stopped the failure was by placing the vehicle in neutral and continuously attempting to turn the ignition off. The failure mileage was 82,000.

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Tl-the contact owns a 2005 Ford Crown Victoria. The contact stated while driving 5-10 mph, the engine accelerated at a high speed and bumped another vehicle when the braked was pressed. There were no injuries. No police report was filed. There were no injuries. The failure occurred twice. The vehicle had not been diagnosed. The failure had not been repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 94,000. Jb.

Tl-the contact owns a 2003 Ford Crown Victoria. The contact stated while driving approximately 50 mph, thick white smoke started emitting from the front end of the vehicle. The failure was not diagnosed nor was the vehicle repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 200,000. Pam.

The intake is plastic has an crack and leak antifreeze.

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The car has a fiber glass intake and my car has about 75,000 miles. . A fiberglass intake is a defected product for this part of a engine,because of the heat. I bought this car new and even paid for the extended warrenty. . Ford motor CO. Should replace this defect part,,for free. . I had to park my car over 3 years ago. .

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The operator of the vehicle applied the brake to stop at traffic light engine started to rev and accelerate on its own and move forward.

This happens at any speed: while driving down the road it will shut off numerous times, you have to let it sit for a few minutes and then start it back up, this will happen numerous times while driving it. Also, if you don't drive it for 2 days, it will run the battery dead.

The operator of the vehicle applied the brake and stopped the vehicle, however, it started to accelarate on its own and move forward. The engine continiued to rev and the vehicle continued to move forward to the point that the operator had to place two feet on the brake. There have been several other complaints of this nature regarding Crown Victorias. This vehicle is a 2007 Ford Crown Victoria police vehicle.

My parents picked my daughter up from the school bus and proceeded down my driveway slowly. The vehicle suddenly accelerated even as my father had both feet on the brake. There were visible signs of the front wheels dragging up debris as the front wheels were locking up. He attempted to shift into neutral and turn the key but was unable to do so as the vehicle must have reached a speed in excess of 50 mph before he slammed it into park and then ran head on into a tree. Both parent were injured severely even with the air bags deploying. The car was destroyed.

The spark plugs have been ejecting themselves from the engine, taking part of the cylinder head with them making repairs dangerous and costly. Sometimes the spark plug stays attached to the coil, causing fuel vapors to ignote, but most of the time they rip the coil pack and boot out with them. This has happened four times with my last Crown Victoria and twice with my current one. It always happens as the vehicle has been driving down the road, causing a dramatic loss of power and sometimes a fire.

The # 6 spark plug blew out of my engines cylinder head also I have a problem with air leaking from my wheels & a vibration at highway speeds.

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This is another of an on going acceleration issue when depressing the foot brake. In this instance I had just backed out of a parking space in a shopping center and drove maybe 200' and had just about rolled to a stop sign for GA highway 212 and very slightly depressed the brake pedal to come to a complete stop. As soon as I started pressing the brake pedal, the engine picked up rpm and I immediately moved foot from brake pedal. End of acceleration. By this time vehicle had already rolled to a complete stop. I did not, as Ford seems to think, have my foot on both the gas and brake. The very light pressure I had applied would have my foot three to four inches away from the top of the gas pedal. Yes, I had my foot on the brake. I had to remove my foot from the gas to get to the brake. This is a vehicle malfunction. Not operator error. I am unable to determine a failed component. . . . . Fuel? brake? electrical? I don't have a clue.

1999 Ford Crown Victoria blew out original spark plug and a fire was ignited as the fuel vapor was ignited by the coil pack.

While checking the oil in the car, we noticed a crack in the intake. I was wondering if there has been a recall for this problem like with the firebird intake recalls.

2003 Ford Crown Victoria p71 upon starting the car, a spark plug was ejected from the engine. Necessitated repair of engine. This is the second cylinder to have this occur.

While driving the vehicle at highway speeds (60-70mph) going uphill, while making a sharp turn left or while rocking the steering wheel to make the rear of the car sway slightly to the left, there is a surge and complete loss of power for 1/2 second. This causes a surge/jolt feeling in the vehicle like the vehicle transmission or engine has lost all power. If you try to sway the vehicle immediately a 2nd time nothing happens. If you wait several minutes and sway the rear end again there is again a heavy surge and loss of power. I also observed the tac-ometer show a loss of power for a brief moment. If you are going up hill at highway speeds and the vehicle sways to the right or you swerve the steering wheel to make the vehicle swerve to the right (body rock to the right) nothing will ever happen. It is only on left body rock while at highway speeds on an incline. There are no trouble codes. There is no indicator light or dash flash or buzzer. Nothing happens and nothing triggers a diagnostic code. All codes are clear. There are two bulletins posted on the NHTSA website. 1. Id# 10024695 & 2. Id# 10039053. When calling Ford @ 800-392-3673 they are unable to provide any information or help regarding this matter or the bulletins mentioned. They advise there are no bulletins at all for my vehicle. This problem started when the vehicle was brand new. The dealership in California was unable to diagnose the problem because it was intermittent. Now at 54,000 miles the problem happens 8 or 10 times in a 30 mile trip. It is very troubling that the vehicle loses power and surges. It causes a panic in the passenger comparetment when happening!.

The contact owns a 1997 Ford Crown Victoria. While driving 50 mph, the contact noticed smoke coming from the vents. She pulled over and exited the vehicle before it caught fire. The vehicle did not have insurance and was taken to the junk yard. The current and failure mileages were 100,000.

2006 Ford Crown Victoria purchased in June 2006. Problem occurred about 1 mointh after purchase (late June). I was driving out of my apt complex, when I stopped at the gate, the engine suddenly went crazy. It was as if it had max throttle except my foot was on the brake not the accelerator pedal. If I had not had my foot on the brake, I would have crashed into the gate. I put the control into neutral and the engine continued to race for about 6-7 seconds, then it stopped and it was like nothing had happened. I took it to the dealer and they ran diagnostics. Nothing wrong. So I said it was a fluke. But now 2 days ago (12-27-06), it happened again. I took it to the dealer and they ran diagnositics - again nothing wrong.

While operating 1996 Ford Crown Victoria lx 4dr sedan (140k mileage) on local highway, upon stopping noticed coolant smell. Took vehicle to local dealer. Diagnosed a cracked "resin" engine intake on 4. 6 ltr v8 at seam under tempertaure sensor behind alternator. Repaired with replacement aluminum intake at owners expense. Old intake sent to william c. Ford, ceo Ford motor company, one american road, dearborn, mi, 48121, with letter of explanation/complaint. Factory manufacturing defect. Request action.