NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Ford Crown Victoria Recalls
The 2001 Ford Crown Victoria has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 6, 2003.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Ford Crown Victoria. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 53
- Crashes reported
- 9
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2001 Ford Crown Victoria, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2001 Ford Crown Victoria
Fuel system, other: storage: tank assembly
- Campaign
- 03V472000
- Reported
- November 6, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,218
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2003 Crown Victoria
Seat belts: front: buckle assembly
- Campaign
- 01V227001
- Reported
- July 16, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,400,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 12 other models
Air bags: frontal: sensor/control module-inactive
- Campaign
- 00V412000
- Reported
- December 6, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 16,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 00V270000
- Reported
- September 13, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 18,500
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly
- Campaign
- 02I003000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2003 Crown Victoria, 1 other model
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E056000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2006 Crown Victoria, 24 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 15E082000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002 Crown Victoria, 2 other models
2001 Ford Crown Victoria complaints by year
NHTSA has received 53 owner complaints about the 2001 Ford Crown Victoria, the newest on August 18, 2021. Of these, 9 describe a crash (17%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 8 injuries.
In complaints about the 2001 Ford Crown Victoria, the component group named most often is the air bags (17%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (15%) and the steering (13%).
2 of the 2001 Ford Crown Victoria's 7 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2001 Ford Crown Victoria owners gave the mileage (17 complaints), the median was 80,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags9
- Engine And Engine Cooling8
- Steering7
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic6
- Fuel System, Gasoline5
- Seat Belts5
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 18 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 10 | |
| 2003 | 6 | |
| 2005 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2001 Ford Crown Victoria peaked in 2001, when NHTSA received 18. 64% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2001 vehicles, the 2001 Ford Crown Victoria drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Ford Crown Victoria year in the same window: 5th highest of the 8 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 4/5
The 53 complaints about the 2001 Ford Crown Victoria are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Crown Victoria by model year
Other 2001 Ford models
Newest record on this page: August 18, 2021. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted