Ford Crown Victoria overheating problems

Filed Nov 3, 2016 · Engine · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 1998 ford crown victoria. While driving approximately 30 MPH, the vehicle overheated without warning. The failure recurred twice. 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 notified of the failure. The VIN and failure mileage were unknown. Updated 04/05/17*lj the consumer stated car overheating due to intake manifold, had to replace intake manifold. Vin failure updated 7/3/18*jb

Filed Sep 18, 2013 · Lights · 115,000 miles · WA

Sudden headlight failure at night on freeway. Repeated intermittent headlight failures. This is a very dangerous and potentially fatal flaw in the lighting control module (lcm). After reviewing similar complaints online it seems that this part is defective and overheats causing failure. It is expensive to repair and ford offers no assistance aside from selling an expensive replacement part which happens to be the same defective part as was originally installed.

Filed Nov 27, 2012 · Engine · 104,000 miles · TX

Leaking intake manifold at the coolant crossover (thermostat housing). Aluminum crossover becomes separated from the plastic intake manifold which will cause overheating and severe engine damage at all speeds. The entire intake manifold will have to be replaced if this condition occurs.

Filed Mar 15, 2012 · Engine · 139,000 miles · CA

Intake manifold crack causing a major coolant leak and engine malfunction cause coolant running to last spark plug hole in passenger side. Engine size 4.6 8cyl. Same as my explorer 2002.

Filed Nov 18, 2011 · Acceleration, Electrical · 35 miles · AZ

I purchase my vehicle on october 24th, 2011 from a private party who said, "the coolant leak", but the vehicle over heated when I drove it home less than 3 miles away the hood of my car was smoking. After taking it to a local mechanic with my friend who drove his car to ensure my safety, my car began to over heat after driving it for 10 minutes! I was so frantic that I thought I was going to burned up in the car. The mechanic told me the next day it was the intake manifold and inform me that this may be a recall and to check with the ford corporation and I did called ford corporation and found out this vehicle had control cruise harness and a intake manifold recall id is 01m02, the dealership for camelback ford in phoenix, mr. Chad mcdowell offer this recall number but his employee [xxx] offer to help me fix the both problems, then later on negated. I feel a recall of any vehicle should never be expired base on these issues of safety and regardless of a settlement that may have been reached, there are millions of people who need to have their vehicle repair to make it at least a whole again as much as possible and avoid a possible injury or death. I found the recall of this intake manifold offering consumer up to $ 750 to repair the car without any receipts? What about the people who purchase the vehicle afterwards, is that fair. Now my concern is that I am smelling gasoline when I am driving and I believed it may have something to do with the gas line or the sensor, and I hate putting more money into the vehicle. I fear that the mechanic will tell me its going to be a costly matter and it's never going to stop with this car and I just want to get rid of it or have it repair as it should of been by the dealership but the ford company would not approve it. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).

Filed May 24, 2011 · Lights · 120,000 miles · OH

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford crown victoria. The contact stated that the headlights would fail sporadically without warning. The contact stated that the lights on the instrument panel and the brake lights would remain illuminated during the failure. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer, but they were unable to duplicate the failure yet suggested that the failure could be a relay that was overheating and causing the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was unavailable. The failure mileage was 120,000 and the current mileage was 123,000.

Filed Aug 15, 2010 · Engine · 199,000 miles · GA

Intake manifold failure, cracked in rear at heater hose boss that resulted in coolant loss. Also, the #4 ignition coil was damaged by coolant leaking on to it from cracked manifold...

Filed Feb 9, 2010 · Electrical, Lights · AR

1.riding one night headlights just go off on the highway,smelled plastic burning/ 2.headlight switch overheating melting plug connected to wiring/ happens all the time/ fire or even cause a wreck or get a traffic violation. 3.changed switch changed plug same thing happened again &again,looked at parts on other cars same model same year different model different year same problem in the same spot!! [ the ford 1992 crown victoria].

Filed Aug 28, 2008 · Engine · 91,000 miles · VA · fire

Tl*the contact owns a 1997 ford crown victoria. While driving approximately 45 MPH, the engine warning light illuminated on the instrument control panel. The engine then began to overheat. The contact pulled over to further inspect the vehicle and noticed steam near the engine. The vehicle was towed to a dealer and they stated that because the intake manifold was made out of plastic, it failed. The contact would have to pay over $3,000 to have the engine replaced. The vehicle has not been repaired. The failure and current mileages were 91,000.

Filed Jun 23, 2008 · Lights · 124,455 miles · IN

The headlight relay on the lighting control module (lcm) part number nec-eq1-11111s overheats and fails suddenly, shutting off headlights which could lead to a crash. This is an apparent problem on 2003 ford crown victoria passenger and police interceptor models. This happened to me. Researching on internet, apparently it is a common failure that gearheads are advised to "modify" their 2003 as soon as they get it by replacing this relay on the lcm (if they know how to solder.) apparently, it is a 10a relay, with 8+amps going through it and it overheats and fries the relay. Don't know if this overheating condition enough to cause further damage or fire. It is apparently an $600-$800 fix at the dealer if you aren't' a gearhead to replace the whole lcm (although if apparently replaced with the same relay - same problem will develop). The fact that the headlights both go out suddenly is dangerous. To drive I had to pull back on the bright lights handle on the steering column to see, and this resulted in a ticket from police, but it was this or nothing to get home. Car now in driveway. Replaced the switch in steering column first, but this didn't solve problem. Found out I have to learn to figure out how to solder or shell out big $$$ to fix.