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2000 Ford Crown Victoria engine problems

18 complaints about engine have been filed for the 2000 Ford Crown Victoria, which is 17% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
18 18% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
99,000 miles 12 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Engine complaints by mileage, 2000 Ford Crown Victoria Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 99,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 1 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 99,000 miles
Based on 12 complaints that include mileage. 25% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles0
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles1
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 12 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 99,000 miles, and 25% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the engine complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

Oil is leaking from the cylinder heads and from the head gaskets, ford replaced the engine which failed again within 500 miles, ford refuses to replace the engine again. Nlm

July 2000

While pulling out of a parking space, a loud pop sounded and the vehicle stalled . The dealer stated the spark plug stripped out of the cylinder head. Please provide additional information.

Reported at 40,000 miles, June 2004

Engine problems in other years

Engine problems across all Ford models