Owner-reported complaints naming the fuel system system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1992 Ford Crown Victoria submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 31 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
The 25 most recent of 31, in the owner's own words
CAR KEPT ACCELERATING AFTER I LET OFF. I HAD TO STAND ON THE BRAKES TO MAKE IT STOP. THE FRONT WHEELS LOCKED UP BUT THE CAR KEPT MOVING. USING 250-280 POUNDS OF PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE PEDAL I FINALLY STOPPED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE INCIDENT CAN BE VIEWED AT YOUTUBE. IT IS TITLED RAM CAM EPISODE 5. IT IS THE LAST PART OF THE VIDEO. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1992 FORD CROWN VICTORIA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL: CRUISE CONTROL. WHILE AT A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP, THE MECHANIC IDENTIFIED ANOTHER FAILURE IN THE FUEL LINE. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY HAD THE PARTS AVAILABLE AND ADVISED HER TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIR. AT THE TIME, SHE COULD NOT DRIVE TO THE DEALER DUE TO THE FUEL LINE FAILURE. THE PURCHASE DATE AND RECALL NUMBER WERE UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 91,000. UPDATED 07/07/08. *LJ WATER LEAKED INSIDE THE VEHICLE. UPDATED*JB
FUEL RETURN LINE FROM ENGINE TO TANK RUSTED THROUGH CAUSING A FUEL LEAK THAT CREATED A FIRE HAZARD.
HIGH PRESSURE FUEL LINE LEAK DUE WHERE IT PASSES (PAIRED WITH THE RETURN LINE - ALSO LEAKING) UNDER THE LEFT REAR FRAME ARCH. LINES WERE WORN THROUGH WHERE THEY CONTACTED FRAME (SHOULD HAVE BEEN SHIELDED OR CLAMPED). REPAIRED (SINCE PART IS ONLY AVAILABLE PAIRED WITH BRAKE LINES FOR$400+ FROM DEALER) USING BULK STEEL TUBE WITH COMPRESSION FITTINGS. *JB
THE FUEL PUMP FAILED BECAUSE THE WIRING RUBBED AGAINST THE SENDING UNIT AND BLEW THE FUSE. *JB
THE CONSUMER IS CONCERNED BECAUSE THE NATION WIDE RECALL TO PROVIDE SHIELDS AROUND CROWN VICTORIA FUEL TANK DOES NOT INCLUDE CIVILIAN VEHICLES, ONLY POLICE VEHICLES. *NLM *NLM
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
CONSUMER STATED FORD KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL TANK, AND IS VERY DISTURBED BECAUSE THERE IS NO RECALL. *AK *TT
THE FUEL PUMP OUTLET TUBE/LINE ON THE FUEL PUMP RUSTED CAUSING GAS LEAKAGE. *MJS
AT 25,000 MILES THE FUEL LINE THAT TO GOES TO GAS TANK AND CARBURETOR RUPTURED, CAUSING FUEL LEAKAGE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK *ML
KEY WILL NOT COME OUT OF IGNITION CYLINDER, REPLACEMENTS WERE DONE TO IGNITION CYLINDER LOCK SWITCH DUE TO FAILURE. *YC
FUEL PUMP FAILED.
FUEL LINE RUBBS AGAINST STEERING MECHANISM, CAUSING A FUEL LEAK.
FUEL PUMP FAILED.
THE FLOAT BRACKET RUBS THROUGH THE WIRING THAT GOES TO THE FUEL PUMP, CAUSED A SHORTAGE IN THE FUEL TANK. THE OWNER HAS CHANGED THE FUEL PUMP. *AK
FUEL TANK RUSTED, CAUSING GAS LEAK.
CORROSION FROM METAL CLIP USED ON FUEL LINE CAUSED LINE TO CORRODE AND LEAK. *AK
LEFT REAR DOOR WILL NOT OPEN.
FUEL INJECTION HOSE LEAKS DUE TO BROKEN PLASTIC PART.
FUEL LINE INTERFERENCE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. *SD
THE VEHICLE HESITATES WHILE DRIVING DUE TO THE FUEL LINE FAILURE. *AK
VEHICLE DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD BECAUSE OF IGNITION KEY SENSOR. *AK
VEHICLE HAS FUEL LINE INTERFERENCE PROBLEM CAUSING BUCKING AT TIMES WHEN DRIVING AND POWER FAILUIRE. TT
A WIRE SHORTED OUT TO GROUND INSIDE THE FUEL TANK. TT
FULE PUMP FAILED, CAUSING INSULATION ON WIRING HARNESS TO MELT/ENGINE TO MISS/SPARK PLUG WIRES TO FAIL. *SKD
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.
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