Ford / Crown Victoria / 1992
1992 Ford Crown Victoria problems
Owners have filed 482 complaints about the 1992 Ford Crown Victoria with NHTSA. Service brakes, hydraulic account for 17.8% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of electrical system at 12%.
Complaints482
Crashes22
Fires29
Injuries14
Deaths4
What owners report breaking
Service brakes, hydraulic 17.8% · 86
Electrical system 12.0% · 58
Engine and engine cooling 10.8% · 52
Vehicle speed control 8.7% · 42
Power train 6.8% · 33
Fuel system, gasoline 6.0% · 29
Structure 4.8% · 23
Exterior lighting 4.8% · 23
Severity
Of those complaints, 22 describe a crash, 29 describe a fire, 14 report an injury and 4 report a death.
Reading the numbers
Across the 12 model years of the Ford Crown Victoria in this data, 1992 draws the most complaints of any of them.
Filings have fallen off, 5 in the last three years against 7 in the three before. That is normal as a generation leaves the road.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 103,500 miles.
In owners' own words
The way the brake line is routed it rubs against the fire wall and it causes the brakes to fail. Tt rear brake line is covered with 4 inch rubber hose and held on plastic cable ties where the undercarriage and firewall meet, the line rubbed and wore through the rubber hose and made a pin hole in the brake line, losing all brake fluid in the master cylinder. *Slc Service brakes, hydraulic
Applying brakes while pulling into a driveway, pedal went right to the floor, and vehicle did not stop right away. This happened because brake line rubbed up against the firewall, which made a hole in the line, causing brake fluid to leak out.Brake line was replaced by owner. The incident was reported to Ford. Please provide any further information. Service brakes, hydraulic
Air conditioning only works if it's not too hot. Brake rotors keep going out and need to be worked. Seat tracks can come loose any time. Replaced tracks once,worked on twice ,going out again.This has been on-going since purchas of car in aug of 1992. Dealer no longer in business. One in ventura is barber Ford on main street. Service brakes, hydraulic
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
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