Owner-reported complaints naming the interior system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming seats, latches, locks, linkages and interior fittings. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1997 Ford Crown Victoria submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 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
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 FORD CROWN VICTORIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS WERE ACTIVATED, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, CLOCK, AND RADIO LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 151,000.
THE HOOD COVER CAME LOOSE WHILE THE CAR WAS MOVING ON THE HIGHWAY, BUT WAS CAUGHT BY A LATCH AT THE HORIZONTAL POSITION. *JB
WHILE DRIVING MY WIFE'S 1997 FORD CROWN VIC AT APPROX 55 MPH THE HOOD FLEW OPEN. THE LATCH SEPARATED FROM THE HOOD. THE ONLY DAMAGE WAS TO THE CAR AND OUR NERVES. I WILL HAVE IT REPAIRED AT A LOCAL BODY SHOP THIS WEEK. *AK
ENGINE CHECK LIGHT ON AND RUN ROUGH DUE TO MAF SENSOR FAILURE. THE HOOD WOULD POP UP WHILE DRIVING DUE TO HOOD LATCH MALFUNCTIONING.*YH
FLOOR AT ATTACHMENT POINT OF FRONT SEAT ANCHOR BOLT HAS CRACKED SO THAT THE FRONT SEAT CAN ROCK UP AND DOWN (THIS IS DESCRIBED IN FORD TSB 98-24-5 FOR 1992-1997 FORD CROWN VICTORIAS); WILL THIS DEFECT AFFECT OCCUPANT'S PROTECTION IN A CRASH, AS THE SEAT IS NOW PERMITTED TO MOVE IN A LARGER RANGE OF MOTION DURING AN IMPACT THAN ITS ORIGINAL DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS? FORD TSB LISTS THIS REPAIR AS APPLICABLE UNDER ITS BUMPER-TO-BUMPER WARRANTY, BUT THIS DEFECT MAY EXIST IN OUT-OF-WARRANTY VEHICLES AS WELL. *AK
THE DRIVER SEAT SLIDE TRACK FAILED. *YC
ELECTRONIC DIGITAL INSTRUMENTATION FAILURE. *YC
ARM REST PAINT/STAIN WEARING OFF. MJS
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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