Vehicle Speed Control Problems of Ford Crown Victoria

Ford Crown Victoria owners have reported 98 vehicle speed control related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 7 most common vehicle speed control problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's vehicle speed control (47 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's cruise control (24 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Vehicle Speed Control related problems of Ford Crown Victoria


Recently reported Vehicle Speed Control problems of Ford Crown Victoria

The Vehicle Speed Control problem

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   Read details...

The Cruise Control problem

Steering wheel is loose, feels like it could come. Air bag light is on, cruise controlnot working correctly. All these things are safety related and should be fixed. I think steering wheel should be repaired free of charge, since it's a major problem.   Read details...

The Car Accelerates On Its Own problem

I was driving straight on a highway- route 2 in massachusetts. After tapping on the brakes to begin the process of slowing down, the Crown Victoria- on it's own- began to accelerate at the same time. It was sudden and unintended acceleration.   Read details...

The Accelerator Pedal problem

Contact stated while starting the vehicle it revved. When placing the vehicle into drive it did this almost causing an accident. The service dealer did some repairs to the vehicle, but it did not remedy the problem.   Read details...

The Speed Control Linkage problem

Police car 2008 Crown Victoria was southbound through intersection and struck by an eastbound vehicle. The crown vic accelerated post impact by a stuck throttle linkage and led to two additional collisions. Event data recorder download confirmed the officer complaint of the stuck throttle.   Read details...




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