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1983 Ford Crown Victoria Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest May 10, 2002
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Apr 29, 1996

What this page shows

Our database holds 5 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1983 Ford Crown Victoria. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–5 of 5

Engine
Filed May 10, 2002

VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY AFTER A LONG DRIVE AND WHEN SLOWING DOWN.*AK

NHTSA ID
8009606
Incident
Jun 1, 1992
ElectricalTransmission
Filed Jan 5, 2001

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID
738863
Incident
Oct 21, 2000
Driver assistance
Filed May 11, 1999

WHEN VEHICLE IS STARTED IT SURGES FORWARD. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

NHTSA ID
837720
Electrical
Filed Aug 12, 1996

VEHICLE WON'T START OCCASIONALLY DUE TO IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE. *DH

NHTSA ID
507280
Incident
Jul 27, 1996
Electrical
Filed Apr 29, 1996

UPON STARTING, LEFT VEHICLE TO WARM UP, MOMENTS LATER WHEN OPENED DOOR FOUND INTERIOR ENGULFED IN SMOKE.. *AK

NHTSA ID
983854

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

Data on this page last refreshed .