1990 Ford Crown Victoria problems
NHTSA has received 58 complaints about the 1990 Ford Crown Victoria, and 19% of them involve electrical system. After that come air bags (12%) and cruise control (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 58 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 19% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 7 and 9
- Injuries and deaths
- 4 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 7 complaints mention a crash; 9 complaints mention a fire; 4 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 93% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1990 ranks 21st most-complained-about out of 21 model years of the Ford Crown Victoria with enough data (17 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Consumer started automobile up and it took off by itself at a very high rate of speed. Vehicle hit a pole, injuring the driver's wife.
While getting into the vehicle and starting the vehicle up, put the gear into drive and the vehicle took off by itself, causing the consumer to hit a pole, and the vehicle stopped.
Vehicle caught on fire after turning the key, resulting in a totalled fire, possible due to electrical short in ignition.