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The contact owns a 2005 Crown Victoria police interceptor. The contact was driving 35 mph when the exterior headlight failed. The contact had to utilize the high beam headlights to illuminate the roadway. The contact called the manufacturer and was advised that the failure would be investigated. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing or repairs. The contact stated that the light control module malfunctioned. In addition, the contact state that there were numerous complaints online regarding the headlights for the particular year, make and model and believed that the manufacturer should issue a recall. The failure mileage was 138,341.
The contact owns a 2005 Ford Crown Victoria. The contact stated that the headlights failed when engaged. The failure would recur whenever the headlights were engaged and sporadically, the lights would illuminate independently after the failure. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer who advised that the lcm (lighting control module) would need to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact called the manufacturer who offered no assistance. The current mileage was approximately 60,000 and the failure mileage was approximately 57,000.
The contact owns a 2005 Ford Crown Victoria. The contact stated that the headlights would continually fail. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated that the lighting control module would need to be replaced. There were no recalls for the failure. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 130,000.
The contact owns a 2005 Ford Crown Victoria. While driving approximately 55 mph the contact stated that the headlights shut off and on intermittently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the technicians were unable to diagnose the failure. The vehicle was also taken to an independent mechanic who stated that the lighting module needed to be replaced. The contact noticed that the replacement part had a label which stated that it was a motorola sample module. The VIN was unavailable. The approximate failure mileage was 80,000.
The contact owns a 2005 Crown Victoria. While driving approximately 40 mph the contact turning the headlight switch and the headlights would not turn on. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostics. The dealer was contacted and stated there were several complaints about the headlights but there was not a recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000.
- Alderson, WV, USA
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The contact owns a 2005 Ford Crown Victoria. The contact stated that they began to smell a burning odor. Shortly after, the headlights stopped functioning. The vehicle was taken to a local repair shop where the contact was informed that the lighting control module failed. The vehicle was repaired. The current and failure mileages were 150,000.
The contact owns a 2005 Ford Crown Victoria. While driving various speeds the headlights would intermittently shut off. Whenever the head lights shut off the contact was unable to turn them back on. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were 55,000. Updated 3/14/11 updated 04/22/11
My headlights will just go out. The parking light and rear light stay on. The headlight will go out and some times for the whole ride. Then sometime they will stay on for the ride. When the lights go out you have to use the passing high beams. I called the dealer and told him over the phone what was happening and he told me what the problem was without even looking at the car. He stated he knew what it was because it happens all the. I feel this is a safety issue that should be addressed. I was told it would cost $342 to fix.
The contact owns a 2006 Ford Crown Victoria. The contact stated that the headlights turned off and on intermittently. The high beams also did not function. The contact had to keep the turn signal on to see when the failure occurred. The dealer stated that the light control module failed. The failure mileage was approximately 84,000 and the current mileage was approximately 88,000.
The contact owns a 2005 Ford Crown Victoria. The contact was driving approximately 45 mph with the headlights on when suddenly the headlights became inoperative. The vehicle was driven to the side of the road and the turn signal was engaged and the headlights turned back on. The contact continued driving. The failure occurred again and the headlights failed to operate. The failure was intermittent. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where they informed the contact that the headlight control module needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired for the malfunction. The failure mileage was 39,195.
2005 Ford crown vic head lights take a break my crown vic has only 31000 miles on it. Now that its getting dark earlier and I work 10am to 8pm my first near death experience happened. All most had a head on, ,!!!!!!!!!!! that caught me off guard.. if there ever was a recall, this is the time!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My crown vic rear brake lights keep going off and on when actually still applying the brakes sometimes the light comes on and sometimes it does not a new brake light switch was installed but the problem came back I had people almost run into the back of me this is a very serious matter.
Headlamps occasional failed to turn on or would go off periodically at first. A month later the problem had become the norm rather than the exception. When the headlamps went out I had to drive with my hand engaging the high beam in order to have driving lights. Flicking the hi/lo beam wand would not turn the lights back on. Interior dash lights worked normally. It got to the point in a 5 mile trip, at night, my driving lights were off more than they were on without me having to engage the high beam lamps for driving. Extremely congested areas that I drive in so the engaging the high beams all the time caused a safety hazard not only for on coming drivers but for me as well. It is extremely hard to drive a full size car like mine while keeping the high beams engaged. The integrated control module (icm) had to be replaced to fix the problem. This is hard to believe given the fact that my car had less than 42,000 miles on it at the time. The car had not been involved in any damage causing wrecks. From all the forums that there are online, does not appear to be an isolated occurrence.
Headlights turned off while driving at night. Refer to the following: NHTSA action number: N/a NHTSA recall campaign number: PE08066 N/a make: Ford model: Crown Victoria manufacturer : Ford Motor Company year : 2005 component : exterior lighting:headlights Ford found that some lighting control modules (lcm) in the subject vehicles contained defective solder joints on the printed circuit board. This condition can lead to poor headlight performance ranging from intermittent outage and dimming to eventual headlights failure. The failure does not affect other lighting functions (park, emergency flasher, brake and flash to pass lights).
Light control module goes out with no warning causing the headlights to suddenly go off. Very dangerous in nighttime driving. Called Ford, very unhelpful, went on the internet and was able to find help and render the problem.
The contact owns a 2005 Ford Crown Victoria. While driving 25 mph at night both headlights shut off. The contact took the vehicle to a Goodyear dealer who stated that the light control module needed to be replaced. The vehicle has not been repaired due to the repair cost. The contact is familiar with the related failures for his year, make, and model vehicle. The failure mileage was 14,000. Updated 2/22/10 the consumer stated the problem has been resolved. Updated 07/01/10.8jb
Occasionally the headlights go out while driving. They will come back on after a while but there is no rhyme or reason as to when they will go off or come back on. So far it has happened to me about once a week. It is hard to check what is causing the problem but investigation has shown that numerous cars have been fixed by replacing the lighting control module. However it is quite expensive and Ford refuses to recognize the severity of the problem. The running lights stay on but the headlights go out. I almost hit a parked car at forty M.P.H.
Owner drives a 2005 Ford Crown Victoria LX with 95K miles. Recently, the headlights started going off while driving. Suspect lcm is failing. You can hear an audible click - like a relay - when the lights go off.
2005 Ford Crown Victoria P71. Low beam headlights turn off while driving. Hi beam lights will work when the low beam lights are out. Light control module is believed to be the cause.
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- Dickson, TN, USA