NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Ford Crown Victoria Recalls
The 2004 Ford Crown Victoria has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 22, 2015.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 Ford Crown Victoria. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 138
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 Ford Crown Victoria, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2004 Ford Crown Victoria
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 15V861000
- Reported
- December 22, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 296,004
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003, 2005 Crown Victoria, 1 other model
Electrical system: wiring: interior/under dash
- Campaign
- 05V206000
- Reported
- May 9, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 132,800
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2003, 2005 Crown Victoria, 1 other model
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E056000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003, 2005–2006 Crown Victoria, 24 other models
2004 Ford Crown Victoria complaints by year
NHTSA has received 138 owner complaints about the 2004 Ford Crown Victoria, the newest on September 12, 2022. Of these, 2 describe a crash (1%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 3 injuries.
In complaints about the 2004 Ford Crown Victoria, the component group named most often is the exterior lighting (59%), followed by the electrical system (17%) and the steering (14%).
1 of the 2004 Ford Crown Victoria's 3 recalls also concerns the exterior lighting.
Where 2004 Ford Crown Victoria owners gave the mileage (125 complaints), the median was 92,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Exterior Lighting81
- Electrical System23
- Steering19
- Wheels9
- Engine And Engine Cooling8
- Power Train5
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 14 | |
| 2010 | 13 | |
| 2011 | 19 | |
| 2012 | 12 | |
| 2013 | 10 | |
| 2014 | 16 | |
| 2015 | 8 | |
| 2016 | 9 | |
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 8 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2004 Ford Crown Victoria peaked in 2011, when NHTSA received 19. 8% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Ford Crown Victoria drew 0.4× the complaints of the median Ford Crown Victoria year in the same window: 8th highest of the 8 ranked years.
That makes 2004 one of the three best-measured Ford Crown Victoria years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 138 complaints about the 2004 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 2004 Ford models
Newest record on this page: September 12, 2022. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted