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2004 Ford Crown Victoria lighting problems

83 complaints about lighting have been filed for the 2004 Ford Crown Victoria, which is 47% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
83 47% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
92,000 miles 74 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 1
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When lighting problems show up

Lighting complaints by mileage, 2004 Ford Crown Victoria Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 92,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 12 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 11 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 15 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 9 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 10 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 9 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 3 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 2 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 92,000 miles
Based on 74 complaints that include mileage. 20% 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 miles2
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles12
60k to 80k miles11
80k to 100k miles15
100k to 120k miles9
120k to 140k miles10
140k to 160k miles9
160k to 180k miles3
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles2

What the data shows

Of the 74 lighting complaints that report mileage, the median is about 92,000 miles, and 20% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 fire.

What owners wrote

Due to faulty manufacturing by ford, I have faulty headlights. On more than 20 occasions I have been without headlights. I have to wait until the lights come on before I can proceed to drive the vehicle, endangering my life depending on my location at the time! Please ask ford to consider fixing the problem before someone is seriously injured!

Reported at 87,000 miles, June 2011 Fire

2004 ford crown victoria - head lights turns off while driving - spoke to ford agency and said problem is in the headlight control module and module must be replaced - $511 part - said a common problem. Lights turn back on after 1-2 minutes. Very dangerous situation.

Reported at 66,754 miles, December 2010

Other problems reported for the 2004 Ford Crown Victoria

Lighting problems in other years

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Lighting problems across all Ford models