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 1995 Ford Crown Victoria submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 16 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
DT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID 02I003000 CONCERNING THE FUEL NECK OF THE GAS TANK. THIS VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER SAID THIS VEHICLE'S WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL BECAUSE IT WAS NO LONGER USED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THIS TIME. *AK UPDATED 1/25/2006 - *NM
THE FUEL PIPE LEAKED, WHICH CAUSED A STRONG SMELL OF FUEL . DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK *CB *JB
THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED ABOUT REAR-END COLLISION FIRES REGARDING THE CROWN VICTORIA'S. *PH *JB
SUBJECT REGARDING FUEL SYSTEM UPGRADE FOR FORD. *DT *JB
CONSUMER STATES CONTACTED DLR REGARDING FORD FUEL TANK MODIFICATION. CONSUMER ADVISED THAT VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY AND POLICE FLEET CAR. DLR ADVISED STILL WILL NOT MAKE MODIFICATION BECAUSE CAR IS NOT CURRENTLY BEING USED AS A POLICE CAR. NLM
I OWN A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. TO DATE NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE FOR THE SINGLE OWNER. IS THIS SAYING WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE A SIMILAR CONDITION OCCUR?? ATTOURNY GENERAL SENT A LETTER TO THE FORD PEOPLE. AS YET NO DECISION HAS BEEN MADE. IS THE PUBLIC TO ASSUME THAT ANOTHER PERSON HAS TO LOSE LIFE IN ORDER FOR THIS PROBLEM TO BE RESOLVED.*AK
FORD MOTOR COMPANY WAS CONTACTED BY TOLL-FREE NUMBER.(NO SOLUTION GIVEN). NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK
GAS IS SPILLING OUT OF GAS TANK BETWEEN THE FILLER NECK AND THE FUEL TANK . CONSUMER FEELS THIS MAY CAUSE A FIRE IF SOMETHING IGNITES ON THE GROUND.*AK
BLACK SMOKE EMINATED FROM THE EXHAUST PIPE ALONG WITH LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAW FUEL WHEN ATTEMPTING TO RUN GENERATOR.
FUEL GAUGE AND SENDER ASSEMBLY FAILED.
GASOLINE LEAK IN RUBBER FUEL LINE HOSE, CAUSING FIRE.
WHILE DRIVING SLOWLY INTO GARAGE, THERE WAS A LOUD EXPLOSION, FOLLOWED BY A FIRE BALL FROM FRONT TO REAR; VEHICLE AND GARAGE TOTALED; CAUSE NOT YET DETERMINED.
GAS TANK SEAL LEAKED PRIOR TO SERVICE RECALL *AK
THE ALTERNATOR GAUGE,ALTERNATOR AND THE WINDOW COULDN'T ROLL UP, THERE IS A POPPING NOISE IN THE FRONT END . TT CONSUMER STATES THE FRONT END COLLAPSED BECAUSE OF THE DEALERSHIPS REUSE OF A NEOPRENE NUT, ALSO THERE IS A POPPING NOISE IN FRONT END, FUEL TANK WAS REPLACED, ALTERNATOR REPLACED, FUEL GUAGE ON INSTRUMENT PANEL REPLACED,REAR PASSENGER WINDOW WOULD NOT ROLL ALL THE WAY UP, GAS LID FILLS WITH WATER, REPLACED BOTH ARM BUSHINGS AND CORRECT TOE END, CASSETTE PLAYER DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY, AND A MALFUNCTIOING HEAD LIGHT SWITCH.*JB
VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH STEEL UTILITY POLE, CAUSING BREAKAGE OF FUEL LINE/FIRE. *SD
FUEL PUMP FAILED, VEHICLE STALLS UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. TT
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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