2007 Ford Crown Victoria problems
NHTSA has received 76 complaints about the 2007 Ford Crown Victoria, and 33% of them involve steering. After that come cruise control (11%) and engine (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 76 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Steering 33% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 10 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 7 and 1
- Typical mileage
- 103,000 miles 51 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 | 5 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 3 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 5 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 7 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 5 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 7 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 6 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 5 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 4 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 4 |
What the data shows
Among the 51 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 103,000 miles. For steering specifically, the median reported mileage is about 112,000 miles (20 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 10 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 7 injuries reported; 1 death reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 84% 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 2007 ranks 12th most-complained-about out of 21 model years of the Ford Crown Victoria with enough data (36 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 4 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.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford crown victoria. While making a right turn at approximately 20 MPH, the passenger side of the vehicle t-boned by another vehicle, that ran a stop sign. The driver side air bag partially deployed. The contact sustained a fractured rib, bruised lungs, and contusions on the head. The passenger seated in the rear was fatally injured. A police report was filed. The vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer was not notified. The VIN was unavailable.
Tl* the contact owned a 2007 ford crown victoria. While driving approximately 15 MPH and making a left turn, the steering wheel suddenly malfunctioned and continued to turn. The driver was unable to steer the vehicle and crashed into a curb, which caused the driver side air bag to deploy. The driver sustained head, face, neck, and back injuries along with arm burns that were caused by the air bag deployment. Medical treatment was required. A police report was not filed.
I drive a ford "program car" - a used 2007 crown victoria (a former rental vehicle). On the day of my accident - after pulling onto a busy street from a parking lot - I almost immediately applied my brakes because I was coming up to a red light where several cars had already come to a stop ahead of me. At first my car slowed normally but, as I applied the brakes to come to a complete stop, the engine began to rev' up. I tried tapping the brake to see if this would help to disengage the throttle's revving.
This is the fourth event of increasing engine RPM when depressing brake to stop at a stop sign. As in two other events, no traffic was approaching so I had immediately went from a stop (noting increasing engine RPM) to removing foot from brake pedal to go to gas pedal to proceed on past stop resulting in the increasing engine RPM being a non-event in terms of engine racing out of control.