1999 Ford Crown Victoria problems
NHTSA has received 174 complaints about the 1999 Ford Crown Victoria, and 14% of them involve engine. After that come fuel system (13%) and suspension (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 174 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 14% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 9 and 5
- Injuries and deaths
- 15 and 2
- Typical mileage
- 81,000 miles 53 complaints with mileage
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%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 7 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 6 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 11 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 12 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 4 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 3 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 5 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 3 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 53 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 81,000 miles. For engine specifically, the median reported mileage is about 90,000 miles (15 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 9 complaints mention a crash; 5 complaints mention a fire; 15 injuries reported; 2 deaths reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1999 ranks 8th most-complained-about out of 21 model years of the Ford Crown Victoria with enough data (99 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 5 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.
The arizona dept public safety & phoenix police dept are reporting high occurences of fires associated with rear-end collision of the crown victoria vehicles, an officer was killed when his vehicle was struck from behind and burst into flames, the officers vehicle was stopped for a traffic stop and the other vehicle was traveling in excess of 81 MPH at impact, authorities suspect fuel system related (no VIN given)
Consumer was struck in the rear end while making a turn and was pushed 55 feet forward, causing vehicle to be pushed into a ditch. Seat belt did not hold the consumer, who was propelled into the dash and struck his shoulder, causing injury. Dealer has been contacted.
I am concerned about fuel tank fires started by rear end collisions. All research I have done states that ford is recalling police cars only. As a consumer I think ford owes it to the public to recall all ford crown victoria's. My family is more important then their bottom line. My wife and I do not feel safe driving our children around in this car. Ford needs to acknowledge they are putting out an unsafe product.
When driving on the interstate at 75 MPH the exterior lights as well as the dash lights shut off. They then came back on after about a minute and a half. The lights intermittently shut off and come back on at random. I can be on the interstate or on a city street. I can be going forward or backwards when this happens. This is a huge safety issue.