Ownership Cost for 2002 Ford Crown Victoria (Police Interceptor)
Estimated: $37235 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$984
$472
$413
$374
$335
$2578
Insurance
$1451
$1502
$1554
$1609
$1665
$7781
Fuel
$2229
$2295
$2376
$2471
$2582
$11953
Maintenance
$2763
$1784
$845
$352
$2291
$8035
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$291
$291
$291
$291
$291
$431
Total Ownership Costs
$8695
$7225
$6528
$6250
$8538
$37235
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 4600.0
Displacement CI: 280.70922283576
Displacement L: 4.6
Doors: 4
Engine Configuration: V-Shaped
Engine Cylinders: 8
Engine HP: 220
Engine H P_to: 235
Engine KW: 164.0540
Engine Manufacturer: Ford
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: FORD
Manufacturer: FORD MOTOR COMPANY OF CANADA, LTD.
Manufacturer Id: 977
Model: Crown Victoria
Model Year: 2002
Other Engine Info: EFI
Plant City: Talbotville
Plant Company Name: St. Thomas
Plant Country: Canada
Plant State: Ontario
Seat Belts All: Manual
Trim: Police Interceptor
Valve Train Design: Single Overhead Cam (SOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
9999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
FAX URGE NHTSA TO TAKE EFFECTIVE ACTION TO PREVENT FURTHER POLICE OFFICERS DEATHS...*MR FAX URGE NHTSA TO TAKE EFFECTIVE ACTION TO PREVENT FURTHER POLICE OFFICERS DEATHS AND INJURIES BY RECONSIDERING THE 10/03/2002 DECISION RE THE FORD CROWN VICTORIA POLICE INTERCEPTOR (CVPI) VEHICLES. *MR *JB
2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
I HAD BEEN DRIVING 250 MILES OR SO AND DROVE DOWN A LONG WINDING INCLINE, AS THE ROAD FLATTENED OUT I HEARD A NOISE FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE NOISE SOUNDED LIKE A HOLE IN THE FIRST PART OF THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. I FOUND A SAFE PLACE TO PULL OVER AND TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS A SLIGHT ODOR OF NATURAL GAS AS THIS VEHICLE IS FUELED WITH NATURAL GAS. AFTER THE ODOR PASSED, I OPENED THE HOOD TO FIND THAT THE #2 IGNITION COIL MOUNT WAS BROKEN, AND THE COIL AND SPARK PLUG ASSEMBLY WERE LOOSE IN THE SPARK PLUG WELL. MY INITIAL THOUGHT WAS THE SPARK PLUG HAD LOOSENED AND EJECTED. I ATTEMPTED TO RE-INSTALL THE SPARK PLUG BUT THE THREADS IN THE CYLINDER HEAD WERE INEFFECTIVE. THE SPARK PLUG HAD BLOWN OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD. I HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS NOT AN UNCOMMON DEFECT FOR THESE FORD ENGINES. THE REPAIR INVOLVED REAMING AND TAPPING THE SPARK PLUG HOLE AND PLACING AN INSERT IN THE HOLE. THE SPARK PLUG COIL HAD TO BE REPLACED TOO. THE REPAIR COST WAS $450 AND THE REPAIR SHOP WARNED THAT THIS MAY HAPPEN AGAIN. THIS IS A DESIGN DEFECT THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE DANGEROUS UNDER DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES. IF I WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP IN A SAFE PLACE FAIRLY QUICKLY, THERE COULD HAVE BEEN MORE FUEL AIR MIXTURE ACCUMULATION UNDER THE HOOD AND SINCE THE SPARK PLUG WAS STILL OPERATIVE, AN IGNITION SOURCE WAS PRESENT TOO. *TR