Tl*the contact owns a 1996 ford crown victoria. The contact stated that she took the vehicle to the dealer to have the recall repaired for the vehicle speed control: cruise control. The same day after the repair was performed, while driving approximately 70 MPH, she discovered that the cruise control did not work properly. The contact took the vehicle back two times to have the cruise control repaired, but the failure still persists. The recall number was unknown. The current mileage was 104,000 and failure mileage was 103,582.
1996 Ford Crown Victoria: adaptive cruise control problems
5 of the 276 complaints about the 1996 Ford Crown Victoria describe adaptive cruise control problems.
- owner complaints
- 5
- of this car's complaints
- 2%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Adaptive cruise control problems by model year
What owners say
Tl*the contact owns a 1996 ford crown victoria. The contact received a recall notice for the federal safety agency campaign id number 07v336000 (vehicle speed control). The deactivation switch was disconnected by the dealer. Ford stated that the part would be unavailable until january of 2008. There had been no failure to date. The current mileage was 160,000. Updated 01/09/08. *lj the consumer stated made 2 calls to the dealer inquiring about the part and repair to the cruise control which is needed because of nerve damage. Updated 12/12/07
My 1996 ford crown victoria was being driven a 7 mile drive to church on a sunday morning. The driver of my car noticed the car was going very fast, (approx. 80 miles per hour.) the driver stepped on the brake, but the car would not slow down. After riding the brake for about 4 miles, the panicky driver called a relative for help. The relative told the driver to pull over on the shoulder of the road to get the driver out of the danger of the highway. After holding the brake down for so many miles, the car finally slowed to around 40 miles per hour. Our car struck a van trying to make a turn into their church parking lot. Our car was filled with smoke and shaking violently before hitting the van. After being examined by two mechanics, our cars acceleration was caused by a faulty cruise control. The car's damages as well as the drivers and passengers mental anguish was tremendous. My car is still sitting in a body shop parking lot waiting to be repaired.
Dt: 96 ford crown victoria burned while parked in garage for a period of 6 hours. Also, burned house. Fire department determined that the fire started on the cruise control switch that was attached to brake master cylinder. Fire destroyed contents of garage and house as well. This was a police vehicle for police use.
Cruise control would not turn off when brakes were applied.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1996 Ford Crown Victoria adaptive cruise
Is adaptive cruise control problems a common problem on the 1996 Ford Crown Victoria?
5 of 276 owner complaints about the 1996 Ford Crown Victoria (2%) mention adaptive cruise control problems. The model year with the most reports is 1993.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1996 Ford Crown Victoria?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 1996 Ford Crown Victoria
Ball joint 42Overheating 21Fire or smoke 14Stalling 11Steering lock-up 8Check engine light 7
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