Owner-reported complaints naming the transmission system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the automatic or manual transmission, including shifting behaviour, shudder, slipping and transmission control modules. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 Ford Crown Victoria submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 20 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.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
TRANS. SHUTTERS BETWEEN AROUND 35 MPH & AGAIN @ 50 MPH. SERVICED TWICE. ELECT. - VOLTAGE DROPS AT IDLE WHILE IN GEAR - ALL LIGHTS & ELECTRICAL DIM BUT COME BACK UPON ACCELERATION. NEW BATTERY; NEW ALTERNATOR. SAME PROBLEM.
WHEN SHIFTING VEHICLE IT FEELS HARD. HAS CONTACTED DEALERSHIP. DEALER SAID THAT WARRANTY HAS RAN OUT. TRANSMISSION PAN WAS LOADING METAL SHAVINGS. TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILD. TRANSMISSION IS OKAY NOW. *AK AT 40-45 MPH THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT TO OVER DRIVE AUTOMATICALLY. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE. *YH
TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS OUT OF OVER DRIVE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THEN GOES BACK INTO OVERDRIVE, VEHICLE SURGES FORWARD AT THIS POINT. ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM OR RETRIEVE FAULT CODES FROM UNIT. VEHICLE STILL HAS THE SAME PROBLEM TAKEN TO DEALER 5 TIMES WITH NO LUCK OF FINDING PROBLEM.
SHUDDERS WHILE GOING FROM 3RD TO 4TH GEAR, LIKE IT'S SLIPPING OR NOT CATCHING THE GEAR RIGHT AWAY.
WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN THE STREET IN FRONT OF HOME CONSUMER PUT VEHICLE INTO GEAR WITH FOOT ON BRAKE, AND VEHICLE JUMPED FORWARD AT FULL SPEED. THEN, SHIFTED INTO REVERSE WITH FOOT ON BRAKE, AND IT BURNED RUBBER. CONTACTED DEALER, AND HE WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND THE CAUSE.*AK
TRANSMISSION EXPERIENCING CHATTER POSSIBLE LOCK UP, SAME FAILURE AS SERVICE BULLETIN 95-23-4. *YC
NHTSA HAS 26 OR 27 COMPLAINTS ON THIS VERY PROBLEM AND I WOULD LIKE FOR FORD TO STAND BEHIND IT. *AK
TORQUE CONVERTER CAUSING VIBRATION UNDER LIGHT ACCELERATION.
TRANSMISSION FAILS TO ENGAGE WHEN COASTING AT 33 MPH AND ACCELERATOR GRADUALLY APPLIED. RPM'S GO UP BEFORE SLAMMING INTO GEAR. A TRANSMISSION FLUSH DONE UNDER WARRANTY AT ABOUT 20,000 MILES. TWO ADDITIONAL TRANSMISSION FLUSHES DONE AT PERSONAL EXPENSE AT ABOUT 45,000 AND 60,000 MILES. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTANT, BUT FREQUENT. THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS WHEN VEHICLE COASTING (ACCELERATOR NOT APPLIED FOR A SHORT TIME) AT SPECIFIC SPEED (APROX 33 MPH) WITH ENGINE NEAR IDLE SPEED AND GRADUAL ACCELERATION APPLIED (HAPPENS FREQUENTLY WHEN TAKING HIGHWAY OFFRAMPS AND ACCELERATING TO MERGE WITH TRAFFIC ON NEW ROAD - VERY SCARRY WHEN NO POWER TO REAR WHEELS, THEN A SUDDEN SLAM INTO GEAR OCCURS.) OTHER 1994 OWNERS SPOKEN TO CLAIM THEY RECEIVED A NEW TORQUE CONVERTER AT NO CHARGE WHEN THEY HAVE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS. MY VEHICLE SERVICED BY FORD DEALER FOR 99% OF ALL SERVICE, BUT NOT RECEPTIVE TO THIS PROBLEM.
TRANSMISSION FAILED AND IS BEING REPLACED.
THE VEHICLE SHUTTERS OR VIBRATES BEFORE GOING INTO OVERDRIVE. THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS REPLACED ON JUNE 17, 1997. THE PROBLEM NO LONGER EXISTS. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE APPLYING BRAKES AFTER 50 MPH, THE WHOLE FRONT END SHAKES AND VIBRATES. *SLC
POWER DOOR LOCKS FAILED.
TRANSMISSION FAILURE.
TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED TWICE.
TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS/VIBRATES WHEN SHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR, ALSO REPLACED TORQUE CONVERTER. *AK
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CASE LOCK RING BROKE, CAUSING DAMAGE TO ALUMINUM CASE. *SD
TRANSMISSION FAILED. *SD
TRANSMISSION FAILED, RECALL ON OTHER MODEL TRANSMISSIONS, HOWEVER DOES NOT APPLY TO CONSUMERS VEHICLE.
TRANSMISSION FAILED. *SD
TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER OVERHEATS, CAUSING BREAKDOWN OF TRANSMISSION FLUID, LEADING TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *DSH
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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