Ford Crown Victoria: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 47 recall campaigns for the Ford Crown Victoria, model years 1980 to 2011. NHTSA has 3,078 complaints on file for this model line. 27 of the 32 model years have a page on this register.

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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
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Model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

Ford Crown Victoria: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model year	Recall campaigns	Complaints	Share of the line average	Units in the campaigns
2011 Ford Crown Victoria	2	23	24%	391,888
2010 Ford Crown Victoria	2	12	12%	391,888
2009 Ford Crown Victoria	2	44	46%	391,888
2008 Ford Crown Victoria	3	50	52%	400,688
2007 Ford Crown Victoria	4	50	52%	392,940
2006 Ford Crown Victoria	2	53	55%	391,888
2005 Ford Crown Victoria	5	193	201%	919,528
2004 Ford Crown Victoria	2	138	143%	428,804
2003 Ford Crown Victoria	5	249	259%	510,282
2002 Ford Crown Victoria	2	58	60%	4,792
2001 Ford Crown Victoria	4	53	55%	1,438,718
2000 Ford Crown Victoria	7	85	88%	904,636
1999 Ford Crown Victoria	5	134	139%	1,056,514
1998 Ford Crown Victoria	7	119	124%	4,881,514
1997 Ford Crown Victoria	8	288	299%	4,175,140
1996 Ford Crown Victoria	9	276	287%	4,277,014
1995 Ford Crown Victoria	8	250	260%	4,391,000
1994 Ford Crown Victoria	6	192	200%	4,396,000
1993 Ford Crown Victoria	7	182	189%	4,460,695
1992 Ford Crown Victoria	7	310	322%	4,403,715
1991 Ford Crown Victoria	3	55	57%	206,800
1990 Ford Crown Victoria	2	43	45%	200,000
1989 Ford Crown Victoria	2	72	75%	7,900,225
1988 Ford Crown Victoria	2	42	44%	7,921,200
1987 Ford Crown Victoria	4	41	43%	3,661,919
1986 Ford Crown Victoria	1	27	28%	3,600,000
1985 Ford Crown Victoria NHTSA page	0	21	22%
1984 Ford Crown Victoria NHTSA page	1	6	6%	530,000
1983 Ford Crown Victoria	2	5	5%	134,162
1982 Ford Crown Victoria NHTSA page	0	3	3%
1981 Ford Crown Victoria NHTSA page	0	2	2%
1980 Ford Crown Victoria NHTSA page	0	2	2%

The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.

A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Components in the complaints

3,978 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

Ford Crown Victoria: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component	Per 1,000	Mentions
Steering	110.6	440
Engine and Engine Cooling	106.6	424
Electrical System	98.8	393
Exterior Lighting	97.8	389
Service Brakes, Hydraulic	81.7	325
Suspension	80.4	320
Vehicle Speed Control	73.2	291
Power Train	63.1	251
Fuel System, Gasoline	59.6	237
Air Bags	30.7	122

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Ford Crown Victoria, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2000, with 8 campaigns.

Complaints about the Ford Crown Victoria, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1996, with 321 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

F-150169 campaigns
Explorer142 campaigns
Escape95 campaigns
Fusion46 campaigns
Focus36 campaigns
Taurus69 campaigns
Windstar33 campaigns
Edge43 campaigns
Expedition77 campaigns
Mustang105 campaigns
Ranger102 campaigns
F-250 SD68 campaigns
F-25054 campaigns
Escort35 campaigns
Freestyle2 campaigns
F-350 SD78 campaigns
Fiesta15 campaigns
Contour22 campaigns
F-35050 campaigns
Freestar5 campaigns
Thunderbird50 campaigns
Aerostar23 campaigns
Flex14 campaigns
Ecosport6 campaigns
Escape Hybrid2 campaigns
Bronco83 campaigns
Bronco Sport32 campaigns
Tempo11 campaigns
Fusion Hybrid2 campaigns
Probe8 campaigns
Excursion11 campaigns
E-350101 campaigns
Five Hundred3 campaigns
E-15048 campaigns
Econoline58 campaigns
Maverick Hybrid1 campaign
F15046 campaigns
Transit65 campaigns
Explorer Sport5 campaigns
Explorer Sport Trac7 campaigns
Mustang GT1 campaign
Mustang Mach E22 campaigns
F-150 Hybrid2 campaigns
Transit Connect31 campaigns
F-550 SD71 campaigns
F-450 SD87 campaigns
E-45050 campaigns
F Super Duty12 campaigns
F25073 campaigns
C-Max12 campaigns
Maverick55 campaigns
Ford23 campaigns
F Series10 campaigns
Fusion Energi2 campaigns
E-25073 campaigns
Ford Truck8 campaigns
F-150 Lightning BEV15 campaigns
Bronco II10 campaigns
Aspire2 campaigns
5001 campaign

Ford: all 202 model lines

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Official channels

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Cite this page

Recall Register. Ford Crown Victoria: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/ford/crown-victoria/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through 30 Sep 2026.

Sources

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence: US government work, public domain
Recall file through: 30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through: 30 Sep 2026
Manufacturer in the recall file: FORD MOTOR COMPANY

The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which Ford Crown Victoria model years have the most recall campaigns?: 1996 with 9, 1997 with 8, 1995 with 8. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Ford Crown Victoria model year has the most complaints?: The 1992 model year, with 310 of the 3,078 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Ford Crown Victoria name?: Steering: 110.6 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine and Engine Cooling: 106.6 per 1,000 component mentions. Electrical System: 98.8 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Ford Crown Victoria?: 42 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.