1994 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor review from North America

After owning the car for about 8,000 miles the Check Engine light came on. The dealer ended up replacing the engine. I should have known something was wrong when the dealer voluntarily offered to pay half the $4800 price without any prompting from me.

The next major thing to go wrong was the transmission at about 58,000 miles. I did not like the dealer's attitude when working on my engine, so I went to an independent transmission specialist. The transmission would fluctuate (downshift/upshift) when decelerating (by coasting) through the 38-42 MPH range. This infrequently happened around 70 MPH as well. No other speed ranges seemed affected. This took 3 visits to fix the problem. The problem has since re-occurred aroung 94,000 miles.

The next problem was that the car wouldn't start. The starter was replaced and this didn't help. The problem occurred about four times. Once the car started up about a half hour later, 2 times the car was towed (once to the dealer and once to a local gas station). Once the AAA guy just banged on the starter and this worked. The problem was found by the local gas station. When the car was put up on a lift, there were sparks from wires that could only be seen from under the starter. The wires were replaced and the problem has gone away.

The current problem involves the front driver's seat. Two front bolts and a read bracket have detached. The front bolts are normally attached the the underside of the upper portion of the seat. A 1 1/2 to 2 inch circle of steel has pulled out of the upper portion of the seat leaving both front bolts detached. Since then, one of the rear steel brackets has snapped. The seat is now held together by one rear bracket. The dealer has offered to weld the seat for $400. I will be seeing the dealer shortly. I don't see any other option.