The intake is plastic has an crack and leak antifreeze
2001 Ford Crown Victoria engine problems
11 complaints (21% of all complaints for this car). Typical mileage when it fails: 122,197.
- owner complaints
- 11
- of this car's complaints
- 21%
- typical mileage
- 122,197
- crashes
- 0
- recalls
- 0
Which part fails
- Engine4
- Engine: gasoline2
- Cooling system2
At what mileage
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Ford Crown Victoria engine problems in other years
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Related investigations
Spark plug ejection from cylinder head
On september 6, 2005, odi received a petition requesting that the agency investigate allegations of engine spark plug ejection in certain model year 1997 through 2004 ford vehicles with triton v-8 and v-10 engines.odi received a total of 474 non-duplicative complaints on the subject vehicles where the complainant, or the dealer repairing the vehicle, reported that a spark plug detached from the cylinder and/or ejected from the engine.as of december 8, 2005, odi is not aware of any allegations where the alleged defect resulted in a loss of vehicle control, a crash, an injury, or a fatality in any of the 10,319,810 subject vehicles.in addition, odi is aware of only two incidents where the vehicle stalled without restart.information contained in the odi consumer complaints and obtained from 72 telephone interviews with complainants showed the following:(1) 99% of the complaints were on my 1997 to 2002 subject vehicles.(2) most the complainants reported hearing a loud pop while driving or upon starting up the vehicle followed by a loud, repetitive clicking or popping sound.(3) many of the complainants reported that the popping sound was accompanied by some loss of vehicle power; however, in 99% of the incidents reported, the vehicle did not stall.in the very few incidents where the vehicle did stall, most vehicles could be restarted.(4) only a small percentage of the complainants cited that they smelled gas or a slight burning smell when the incident occurred.(5) in all but a very few incidents, vehicle damage was limited to the engine.in one incident, the complaint reported that the fuel rail was damaged and replaced after one of the spark plugs ejected from the engine; however, the complainant reported that the damage did not result in any type of fuel leak or fire.in another incident, the only incident where a fire was alleged, the complainant reported that no fluid leak was observed, but that a fire resulted after the spark plug had ejected from the engine and he had restarted the vehicle and driven to another location.none of the complainants reported any damage to the vehicle hood.(6) only two complainants reported that they observed what appeared to be some drops of fuel coming from the cylinder where the spark plug had failed or on the spark plug itself; however, each of these complainants reported that there was no smoke or flames as a result of his incident.as the petitioner noted, and odi?s analysis showed, it is possible for a spark plug to detach from the engine cylinder threads in the subject vehicles.however, odi?s analysis of 474 complaints describing such incidents found only a very few alleged any safety-related consequences.none of these showed any evidence of a serious safety consequence.given the large population and relatively long exposure time of the subject vehicles, the complaint analysis indicates that the risk to motor vehicle safety from the alleged defect is very low.in view of the foregoing, it is unlikely that the federal safety agency would issue an order for the notification and remedy of the alleged defect at the conclusion of the investigation requested in the petition.therefore, in view of the need to allocate and prioritize the federal safety agency?s limited resources to best accomplish the agency?s safety mission, the petition is denied.
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What 2001 Ford Crown Victoria owners say
Most recent owner complaints, unedited.
While driving the car, I lost power and had to pull over, upon checking under the hood, we came to the conclusion that the intake manifold (which is plastic) got to hot which caused antifreeze to leak out. I ended up having to have it towed to my house which is where it has set since.
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.
2001 ford crown victoria on a steep hill blew out the #1 spark plug from it's cylinder. The ejected spark plug had been installed more than a year prior, with no previous problems. The vehicle was no longer drivable.
While driving my 2001 ford crown victoria lx 4.6l v8 on may 23rd, I heard a loud boom from under the hood and a sudden loss of power. I took it to a mechanic and he said that the number 3 spark plug had blown out of the cylinder head. He charged me over 250.00 to fix it. He said that he sees this same thing on this particular motor about 8 times per year. When researching on the internet I found numerous other people across the united states that have run into the exact same thing, only to be told by ford and repair technicians of ford that there is not a problem. See website below where you will find hundreds of stories from consumers from all across the country: http://www.consumeraffairs.com/automotive/ford_spark.html the shop that I took it to put in a heli-coil and drilled out the aluminum head. It did it 2 more times. The 3rd time he fixed it it took. That was about 1500 miles ago. I am still waiting on it to happen again. I was traveling on router 695 (baltimore beltway) at the time of the first and second occurrence. I was in the fast lane and all of a sudden I lost about 40% of my power. I had to limp across 4 lanes of traffic and pull over to find out what in the heck happened. It did not cause an accident or any injury to myself.....but it certainly could have.
Car was purchased 9/10/01. First problem occurred in april 2002. Car has an intermittent miss. Dealership could not find problem. In august 2002 car began shutting down while driving. This problem has continued and has happened at all different speeds. Car has been into dealership service center a total of 7 times and each time they could not replicate the problem. This is a safety problem since when the car shuts down the power steering and brakes are just about useless.
There was a crack in the intake manifold, which caused anti-freeze to leak. *jb consumer was told that the intake manifold's plastic water jacket failed he was also told that the recall for this condition only covered police vehicles.
When driving on rainy days water gets into vehicle/ water pump pulls, causing it to throw fan belt, and lose control of police car. Please provide vehicle identification number and mileage for vehicle, and any further information.
Ford has issued ssm #15158, but you have to have a failure before you can fix. This is a problem with a fleet of police cars. We need to fix the problem up front.
While traveling engine would stall without any indication. Please provide further information.
Questions about the 2001 Ford Crown Victoria engine
Does the 2001 Ford Crown Victoria have engine problems?
Owners have filed 11 complaints about the engine of the 2001 Ford Crown Victoria, 21% of all its complaints, more than any other problem.
At what mileage do 2001 Ford Crown Victoria engine problems start?
The typical (median) mileage in owner complaints is 122,197 miles.
Was there a recall on the 2001 Ford Crown Victoria engine?
There is no recall for this problem on this model year.
What year does the Ford Crown Victoria have bad engine?
The Ford Crown Victoria model years with the most engine complaints are 1997 (85 complaints), 1996 (84 complaints) and 1992 (48 complaints).
Other 2001 Ford Crown Victoria problems
Airbags 9Fuel system 7Steering 7Brakes 6Acceleration 5Seat belts 5Electrical 4Suspension 4Lights 2Tires 2Transmission 1Visibility 1
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