Ownership Cost for 1997 Ford Crown Victoria (Police Interceptor)
Estimated: $52737 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$4372
$2098
$1836
$1661
$1486
$11453
Insurance
$1577
$1632
$1689
$1749
$1810
$8457
Fuel
$2229
$2295
$2376
$2471
$2582
$11953
Maintenance
$2763
$2912
$1738
$2237
$2291
$11941
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$1671
$1671
$1671
$1671
$1671
$2475
Total Ownership Costs
$13589
$10267
$9180
$9689
$10012
$52737
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 4604.764984
Displacement CI: 281
Displacement L: 4.6
Doors: 4
Engine Configuration: V-Shaped
Engine Cylinders: 8
Engine HP: 190
Engine H P_to: 210
Engine KW: 141.6830
Engine Manufacturer: Ford
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: FORD
Manufacturer: FORD MOTOR COMPANY OF CANADA, LTD.
Manufacturer Id: 977
Model: Crown Victoria
Model Year: 1997
Note: Body Code: FC
Other Engine Info: EFI: Electronic Fuel Injection, Romeo Engine Plant
Other Restraint System Info: Seat Belts: 3-point belts in all outboard positions.
Plant City: Talbotville: St. Thomas
Plant Country: Canada
Plant State: Ontario
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: Police Interceptor
Valve Train Design: Single Overhead Cam (SOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1993
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
I PURCHASED THIS CAR USED 03/97 87,000 MILES. WHEN YOU WOULD TURN TO THE LEFT SHARP, IT ALWAYS MADE A CLUNK AND THE CAR WOULD SHIFT OVER. THE CLUNK CONTINUED, SO I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALER, RUDIG-JENSEN IN NEW LISBON, THEY FOUND THAT THE BOLTS THAT ATTACH THE UPPER CONTROL ARMS TO THE FRAME WERE LOOSE. THE LOOSE BOLTS HAD WORN OUT THE BOLTS AND THE UPPER CONTROL ARM. THEY FOUND THAT WHILE REPLACING THE PARTS, THAT THE BOLT HOLES IN THE FRAME MOUNTING BRACKET HAD WORN AND HAD FRACTURED. THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPAIR THE CAR, AND CALLED GARY'S AUTOBODY OF NEW LISBON TO LOOK AT THE FRAME MOUNTING BRACKET . GARY'S HAVE REPAIRED THE BRACKET BY WELDING IT , AS THE FORD DEALER TOLD MYSELF, THAT THEY COULD NOT REPAIR IT. I WOULD HAVE TO BUY A NEW CAR. I CALLED THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR HAD BEEN IN FOR THE RECALL 95V194000 NHTSA AT NORRIS VERNIER FORD IN TOMAH, WI. AND THAT FORD MOTOR COMPANY WOULD NOT PAY FOR THE REPAIRS, BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAD ALREADY BEEN IN FOR THE RECALL. THE DAMAGE DONE TO MY VEHICLE IS FROM THE LOOSE BOLTS, AND I FEEL THAT FORD'S FAULTY PRODUCT CAUSED THIS, AND THAT THEY SHOULD REPAIR THE DAMAGE, AS IT IS DUE TO THEIR PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES. THE BOLTS CAN LOOSEN EVEN AFTER BEING CHECKED UNDER THE RECALL. *AK
1997
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
I WAS HEADING HOME FROM THE GROCERY STORE WHEN I GOT THREE TO FOUR MILES OF MY HOME WHEN I NOTICED FROM MY REARVIEW MIRROR, THAT THERE WAS A HEAVY MIST BILLOWING FROM BEHIND MY CAR. THEN I BEGAN TO SMELL THE COOLANT FLUID SOON AFTER. I MANAGED TO PULL INTO THE NEXT CLOSEST GROCERY TO INVESTIGATE. HEAVY STEM FROM THE COOLANT BILLOWED UP FROM THE MIDDLE OF MY ENGINE WHICH SOAKED WIRES AND OTHER ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENTS. I LET IT COOL DOWN FOR SOME TIME BEFORE I COULD ADD MORE WATER AND SET FOR HOME WHICH WAS ONLY LESS THAN A MILE AWAY. THE NEXT DAY I GOT THE CAR TO A MECHANIC SO HE COULD INVESTIGATE TO WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. IT WAS THE INTAKE MANUFOLD WHICH WAS MADE OF ALL THINGS...PLASTIC!!! THE MECHANIC CONTACTED AND PICKED UP THE REPLACEMENT THAT WAS MADE OF METAL. HE HAD DISCOVERED THAT HE WAS TOLD THAT FORD CO. NEVER SENT OUT RECALL NOTICES TO CROWN VICTORIA OWNERS ABOUT THE MAIFOLDS CRACKING. I HAD TO PAY OVER $500 FOR THE PART. ALONG WITH PARTS AND LABOR COSTS ADDING UP TO OVER $800. I AM APSOLUTELY BUGGERED TO PUT IT NICELY THAT THEY NEVER SAID ANYTHING!!! KNOWING THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE PART! THEY JUST LOST A STEADY FORD CUSTOMER NOT JUST BECAUSE OF MY PLIGHT, BUT BECAUSE OTHER PEOPLE WERE LEFT IN THE DARK ABOUT THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM! AND YES! I HAVE THE OLD MANIFOLD AND PHOTOS! *AK