Ford Police Interceptor Sedan

ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILURE. WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM FAILED WITH NO WARNING . PULLED VEHICLE OVER TO CHECK THE ISSUE. TURNED IT BACK ON, AND WARNING LIGHT CAME UP AGAIN SHOWING THAT THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING. COULD BARELY TURN THE WHEEL WITHOUT CONSIDERABLE EFFORT.

2-14-17 WITH MILEAGE AT 86,257 , STARTED NOTICING STEERING PROBLEMS. UPON MODERATE TO HARD ACCELERATION, CAR STEERS RIGHT BUT STEERING WHEEL MOVES LEFT. IT IS JUST THE OPPOSITE ON DECELERATION. SINCE THEN NUMEROUS STEERING AND SUSPENSION PARTS REPLACES, SOME MORE THAN ONCE BY OUR OWN MECHANICS AND LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP. NO IMPROVEMENT, IN FACT PROBLEM BECAME WORSE OVER TIME. 3-21-18, MILEAGE 112039, STILL HAVING SAME PROBLEM. BACK TO LOCAL FORD DEALER AGAIN MORE PARTS REPLACED, NO IMPROVEMENT.…

RIGHT FRONT BRAKE LINE RUPTURED CAUSING IMMEDIATE LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID AND LITTLE TO NO BRAKE OPERATION. VEHICLE WAS SLOWING FROM 25 MPH TO A STOP SLOWLY. AS SOON AS THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP THERE WAS A POP AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR.

DURING SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE SERVICE TECH NOTED COOLANT TANK CRACKED. COOLANT TANK IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT CRACKING AT SEAMS. POSSIBLE FIRE RISK. MULTIPLE MODEL YEARS. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM FOR OUR POLICE INTERCEPTOR FLEET.

NHTSA RECALL NUMBER: 15V172 DISPLAYS OWNER AND DEALER NOTICES FOR A DIFFERENT RECALL ON THIS WEBSITE. PLEASE FIX THIS NOW.

THIS IS THE THIRD TIME FOR THIS ISSUE ON THIS SAME VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED FROM THE FACTORY WITH THE 'READY FOR THE ROAD PACKAGE.' THE FRONT COMBINATION WIG-WAG LED/PARKING LAMP LED/TURN SIGNAL LED (MADE BY WHELEN) BEGAN TO FLASH ERRATICALLY. MOST OF THE TIME, THE TURN SIGNAL WOULD NOT FUNCTION AT ALL. SOMETIMES, NEITHER THE PARKING LAMP NOR THE TURN SIGNAL WOULD FUNCTION. WHEN THE TURN SIGNAL WAS NOT WORKING, THE FLASH RATE OF THE TURN SIGNAL DID NOT CHANGE TO MAKE THE DRIVER AWARE THAT…

WE HAVE 9 OF THESE INTERCEPTOR SEDANS WITH THE FORD READY FOR THE ROAD PACKAGE AND 5 OF THEM NOW HAVE ISSUES WITH THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE MARKER/TURN SIGNAL, THEY WILL FLASH RANDOMLY, I HAVE ALMOST BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE A VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME THINKING I WAS TURNING RIGHT DUE TO THE LIGHT FLASHING, WHEN IT IS DOING THIS WE HAVE NO INDICATION IT IS GOING ON WHILE WE ARE DRIVING. I HAVE A VIDEO OF WHAT IT IS DOING AND CAN SEND IT IF NEEDED, ALL OF OUR OFFICERS FEEL THIS IS A MAJOR…

WHERE THE FRONT BUMPER REINFORCEMENT BOLTS TO THE FRAME HAS CRACKED AT THE FOR OUTWARD POINTS. ONLY TWO SMALL WELDS ARE HOLDING THE BUMPER IN PLACE. CAR WAS NEVER INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT.

VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH THE READY FOR THE ROAD PACKAGE. THE WHELEN ION LIGHTS IN THE REAR WINDOW KEPT BLOWING THE FUSE. FORD INVESTIGATED AND FOUND A WIRE ON THE PASSENGER LIGHT TO BE WORN THROUGH AND TOUCHING THE BARE METAL. INSULATION AROUND THE WIRE WAS MELTED FROM THE HEAT. FORD REPLACED THOUGH FACTORY WARRANTY.

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED' WAS DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN WRENCH WARNING LAMP AND CHECK ENGINE LAMP ILLUMINATED. VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER, WENT INTO LIMP MODE, AND HAD TO BE PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. VEHICLE COULD NOT BE DRIVEN. VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO OVER 1 MPH. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP WHO REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY UNDER ESP WARRANTY.