1992 Ford Crown Victoria exterior lighting problems
21 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the exterior lighting on the 1992 Ford Crown Victoria — 7% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“1.riding one night headlights just go off on the highway,smelled plastic burning/ 2.headlight switch overheating melting plug connected to wiring/ happens all the time/ fire or even cause a wreck or get a traffic violation. 3.changed switch changed plug same thing happened again &again,looked at…”
filed Feb 9, 2010
“Consumer states that while driving down a winding road the vehicle headlights suddenly died. Please provide any further information. *mr”
filed Oct 4, 2002
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Related service bulletins
Lamp-brake-invadvertent disabling of brake shift interlock. *mj
02176 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued Sep 2, 2002
Exterior Lighting problems in other Crown Victoria years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 Crown Victoria | 1 | 4% |
| 2008 Crown Victoria | 1 | 2% |
| 2007 Crown Victoria | 1 | 2% |
| 2006 Crown Victoria | 2 | 4% |
| 2005 Crown Victoria | 99 | 51% |
| 2004 Crown Victoria | 81 | 59% |
| 2003 Crown Victoria | 96 | 39% |
| 2002 Crown Victoria | 3 | 5% |
| 2001 Crown Victoria | 2 | 4% |
| 2000 Crown Victoria | 11 | 13% |
| 1999 Crown Victoria | 10 | 7% |
| 1998 Crown Victoria | 12 | 10% |
Other reported problem areas on the 1992 Ford Crown Victoria
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.