1996 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor from North America - Comments

29th Jan 2003, 00:40

"Family man's hot-rod"

What things have gone wrong with the car?

My alternator shorted out after I put in an aftermarket stereo system.

My intake manifold has a crack in it.

General comments?

The seats that came with it were the bucket seats. I exchanged them with seats out of a 2000 Ford C.V.P.I.. Now the car is really comfortable.

This car will get up and go. I had to buy a radar detector. People move out your way.

The car handles great and I will replace it with another Crown Vic.


26th Nov 2004, 23:47

I found that the stock intake manifold had a "design defect" more of a flaw that couldn't be accounted for except with time. The plastic design couldn't handle the pressure of the water when it reached high temps. My 96 Vic cracked it's intake manifold and an amazing one day take in and fix @ midas did wonders. I took the car in, they found where the coolant was leaking let me know the cost, happened to have the part in stock and fixed it and got it back to me in 5 hours. The new design is a light weight aluminium, it runs a little hotter than before, but it's splitting hair over the 5-10 degrees. A good car all around, I enjoy mine.


12th Jul 2005, 15:59

What makes you think that the alternator problem had anything to do with the stereo installation?

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