Power Train Problems of Ford Crown Victoria

Ford Crown Victoria owners have reported 25 problems related to power train (under the power train category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Ford Crown Victoria based on all problems reported for the Crown Victoria.

1 Power Train problem of the 2011 Ford Crown Victoria

Failure Date: 03/11/2025

Unknown.

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2 Power Train problem of the 2007 Ford Crown Victoria

Failure Date: 05/15/2024

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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3 Power Train problem of the 2008 Ford Crown Victoria

Failure Date: 04/17/2023

The contact owns 2008 Ford Crown Victoria. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to reverse while the transmission was shifted into reverse(r). The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic, who replaced the linkage. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 115,000.

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4 Power Train problem of the 2003 Ford Crown Victoria

Failure Date: 08/08/2019

Ford dealership wont fix saftey issues recalls.

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5 Power Train problem of the 2009 Ford Crown Victoria

Failure Date: 06/18/2019

The transmission will not move in drive. Sets and idles. Give it some gas. Will not move. Going to cost $1200 to rebuild it.

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6 Power Train problem of the 2004 Ford Crown Victoria

Failure Date: 08/13/2018

I was driving and all the sudden I start hearing this real loud noise coming from passenger rear and all my brake lights abs lights and traction lights came on . Well I was told it was wheel seals come to gind out there is a bit grove out of shaft wherr bearing rides. And shaft is very week.

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7 Power Train problem of the 2008 Ford Crown Victoria

Failure Date: 06/27/2018

Tl-the contact owns a 2008 Ford Crown Victoria. The contact stated that while depressing the brake, the vehicle accelerated independently causing the vehicle to crash into a tree. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was not filed. The vehicle was towed to an auto service. The dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 103,000. Ak.

8 Power Train problem of the 2009 Ford Crown Victoria

Failure Date: 03/28/2018

2004 Ford crown vic police interceptor. Consumer writes in regards to several problems experienced with vehicle. The consumer stated shifting out of park was difficult, the brakes seemed squishy, the right front passenger window, the lights on the dashboard/speedometer were inoperable, and the water pump needed to be replaced. The turn signals, tail lights and brake lights were inoperable. Exhaust fumes entered the vehicle.

9 Power Train problem of the 2005 Ford Crown Victoria

Failure Date: 05/24/2017

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.

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10 Power Train problem of the 2007 Ford Crown Victoria

Failure Date: 07/29/2016

Does the Ford crown vic have recall or power train light.

11 Power Train problem of the 2006 Ford Crown Victoria

Failure Date: 01/29/2016

The car stalls when in motion and either pressing the gas pedal or releasing it. Driving on curves makes it more dangerous since the power steering in not working while the engine is off. The wrench light illuminates when it stalls and the code reads "throttle actuator control system is stuck closed".

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12 Power Train problem of the 2008 Ford Crown Victoria

Failure Date: 03/01/2015

Tl- the contact owns a 2008 Ford Crown Victoria. The contact stated that while driving at about 5 mph, the vehicle accelerated, without any warning indicator. The contact applied the break and put the gear in park. The contact called a local dealer who stated that the vehicle was not in recall. The failure did not recur. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 200,000. Fe.

13 Power Train problem of the 2003 Ford Crown Victoria

Failure Date: 12/02/2013

Rear axles and bearings on 2003 - 2011 Ford crown vic police vehicles.

14 Power Train problem of the 2011 Ford Crown Victoria

Failure Date: 11/15/2013

Car stalls when in high speed passing gear. Turns over, will not restart. Happened multiple times. Was told by dealer this model has a history of this event.

15 Power Train problem of the 2005 Ford Crown Victoria

Failure Date: 10/31/2013

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Crown Victoria. The contact stated while driving approximately 45 mph the wrench warning symbol illuminated and the engine stalled. Upon restarting the vehicle it failed to accelerate over 5 mph. The failure was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 76,000. . . Updated 02-28-14 updated 03/19/2014.

16 Power Train problem of the 2005 Ford Crown Victoria

Failure Date: 06/11/2013

Vehicle went into "fail safe mode" with no warning causing complete loss of control to acceleration and any use of engine. In heavy moving traffic vehicle slowed to a halt almost being rear-ended by traffic.

17 Power Train problem of the 2003 Ford Crown Victoria

Failure Date: 12/14/2012

Investigated rear end noise. Both axles have extreme ware . Bearing failure. And must be replaced. Ford recalled only police and commercial p70 p71 and p72 by order of NHTSA. Ford new all models experienced this failure as identified in TSB 030505a issued 3-5-03. My Ford cv a p74 model was made 11-05-02. Only a silent recall. And not now honored after normal wrty expires.

18 Power Train problem of the 2009 Ford Crown Victoria

Failure Date: 03/03/2012

The contact owns a 2009 Ford Crown Victoria. The contact stated that when the vehicle would not respond when shifted into reverse. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where they advised him that he would need to replace the transmission. The vehicle had not been repaired nor was the manufacturer contacted. The failure and the current mileages were approximately 51,600. The VIN was unavailable.

19 Power Train problem of the 2008 Ford Crown Victoria

Failure Date: 08/06/2011

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).

20 Power Train problem of the 2005 Ford Crown Victoria

Failure Date: 08/01/2011

Vehicle goes out of gear after someone turns off from in front of the driver, the transmission neutralizes and then bangs into gear, this is at low speeds 10-30 mph, this also happens on the highway at 55-70 when accelerating/passing another car. Transmission repairman told me all the Ford Crown Victoria transmissions do this he called it the kickdown run away part of the transmission. This problem will also cause the transmission to break and need replacing. This problem causes the driver to quickly remove foot from the accelerator pedal when engine revs up and could cause a rear end collision from quick deceleration. This problem is what is causing police cars to need transmissions being replaced after 20000-40000 miles. The remanufactured transmissions that for is using to fix these cars have the same problems. So at 40000-100000 miles the vehicle needs the transmission replaced again due to breakage.

21 Power Train problem of the 2003 Ford Crown Victoria

Failure Date: 03/02/2010

For over a year I heard a rumbling from the rear right of my car which a mechanic originally thought was a tire noise. On 3/2/10 the dealer reported hearing a bearing noise and on 3/11/10 "replaced right rear wheel brg and seal also replaced axel was damaged fill rear diff . . . " I have the axle and bearings that were replaced in case you want to inspect them. At repair the car had 44884 miles on it. It cost me $694. 57 to repair. The car was assembled at st. Thomas and is not a police or fleet car. Unfixed, the loss of drive function could have resulted in a crash. How many other units of this model have been involved in a crash or are a disaster waiting to happen?.

22 Power Train problem of the 2009 Ford Crown Victoria

Failure Date: 07/13/2009

Police package. Right rear wheel bearing seal fails, covering brake disc and caliper with grease.

23 Power Train problem of the 2009 Ford Crown Victoria

Failure Date: 07/08/2009

Police package vehicle. Right rear axle bearing seal fails covering brake disk with grease. Vehicle had 5,000 miles on it at the time of incident.

24 Power Train problem of the 2003 Ford Crown Victoria

Failure Date: 03/04/2008

2003 Ford p71 interceptor: right rear wheel bearing and axel shaft problem. Rumble reported to Ford. They said it was fixed on recall when owned by san antonio police dept. Before I bought it. My mechanic found a broken bearing and worn axel shaft. Both on recall. Car only has 68,000 miles. Ford says they fixed it once so too bad. I said you did not fix it right and put bad parts in again because it failed in 30k miles. They said too bad. Replacing a defective part with a defective part is !@#$%. Please get these !@#$%.

25 Power Train problem of the 1996 Ford Crown Victoria

Failure Date: 04/01/1999

Speedometer occasionally fails to register speed when starting from standing stop. When this occurs it usually returns the speed read-out when approx. 35 mph is reached. Ford tested car by driving on road for 3 miles.

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