2005 Ford Crown Victoria — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 240 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Lights101 (42.1%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 1995–2005.
• Steering37 (15.4%)Official recall records for this system: 8, covering model years 1995–2011.
• Electrical system21 (8.8%)Official recall records for this system: 11, covering model years 1995–2005.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)14 (5.8%)
• Speed control & accelerator11 (4.6%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 1995–1998.
• Engine10 (4.2%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 1996.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (4,148 records, model years 1995–2011) are most frequently classified under: steering, lights and suspension.
• Safety recalls (143 records, model years 1995–2011) are most frequently classified under: fuel system, seat belts and air bags (restraint system).
• Transport Canada recalls (103 records, model years 1995–2011) are most frequently classified under: seat belts, electrical system and steering.
• Manufacturer communications (2,156 records, model years 1995–2011) are most frequently classified under: powertrain (transmission & drivetrain), engine and electrical system.
• Investigations (117 records, model years 1995–2008) are most frequently classified under: steering, fuel system and speed control & accelerator.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 160reports included a mileage
• 82,976average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 1995 396 records for 1995 396
2. 1996 464 records for 1996 464
3. 1997 482 records for 1997 482
4. 1998 362 records for 1998 362
5. 1999 349 records for 1999 349
6. 2000 248 records for 2000 248
7. 2001 195 records for 2001 195
8. 2002 156 records for 2002 156
9. 2003 389 records for 2003 389
10. 2004 213 records for 2004 213
11. 2005 256 records for 2005 256
12. 2006 90 records for 2006 90
13. 2007 84 records for 2007 84
14. 2008 78 records for 2008 78
15. 2009 66 records for 2009 66
16. 2010 37 records for 2010 37
17. 2011 48 records for 2011 48

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 13mention a crash
• 2mention a fire
• 10mention an injury
• 1mention a fatality

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 6
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 44
• Investigations NHTSA 7
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 6
• Owner complaints NHTSA 193

Explore the underlying evidence records

Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

• P0171 in 1 record
• P0305 in 1 record
• P0316 in 1 record

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.