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What is this discussion about? Ford Crown Victoria, Mercury Grand Marquis, Exterior, Sedan


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Rear end whine 2002 CV by hughiem
Feb 18, 2003 (3:57 pm)
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I have a CV with only 7000 miles on it and the rear end has a whining noise, most noticable when you let off the gas at 65mph, the whining gets loudest at about 62 down to about 52. Then it comes in again about 40 down to 30mph. The noise is only under deceleration, if you give gas it goes away. Service manager drove it and can't seem to hear the noise, but everyone else can, especially rear seat passenger. Anyone else run into this problem.
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1999 Grand Marquis (O/D OFF) Flashing by drs120
Feb 24, 2003 (6:00 am)
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I presently own a 1999 Grand Marquis with 40,000 miles. The car runs terrific except for an occasional hiccup. When driving in stop and go traffic (aka Cross Bronx Expressway), the O/D OFF light on the dashboard flashes. It takes turning off the car and restarting it to reset it. Can anyone lend some advise here? It only happens when the car is warmed up and you encounter stop and go conditons.
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Re-Design ? by wgr
Feb 27, 2003 (7:59 am)
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Does anyone know when/if any siginificant redesign is planned for the Crown Vic/Marquis ?
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Life is unpredictable. Buy one now. by kinley
Feb 27, 2003 (9:56 am)
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Is the GM the SAFEST car on the road ? by cfocfo
Feb 27, 2003 (10:51 am)
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It looked like it was the highest ranked (5 stars) full size vehicle on the market, according to the STAR ranking system at http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/.
 
The side impact was only 4 STARS, but if eqquiped with side airbags, I don't see how there is a safer VEHICLE on the road right now ?
 
And please, no need to include the 60 MPH crash into the back-end on the hwy issue. (If I was pulling over 3-5 drivers a day on the hwy, that would concern me, but most people don't)
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safest would probably be some $70k Mercedes by iusecad
Feb 27, 2003 (4:00 pm)
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Question - is it possible to add a factory keyless entry system to an Interceptor? Would it just be plugging in some controller/receiver? Second question is how much do you suppose all this would run me?
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by rea98d
Feb 27, 2003 (4:14 pm)
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You can usually find those keyless entry kits at Target or K-mart for something like $30. Installation will be DIY, and I'm not sure what that entails, although I almost did this to my '95 Thunderchicken once.
 
As far as a redesign?
Don't expect one anytime soon. The same basic platform goes back to '79, although with significant improvements over the years, especially the 2003's. Personal speculation, but I think the Mercury Montego and Ford 500 will end up replacing the Grand Marquis and Crown Victoria. I think the Grand Marquis and Crown Victoria nameplates have become too associated with "old people" cars to be viable in the marketplace, and the Taurus will probably never recover from the radioactive catfish design of '96, so Ford is hoping that one car, splitting the difference between the Taurus and the Crown Vic, will correct two of their marketing mistakes, make them more competitive in the family sedan market, and reduce the number of car models they have to make. Much as they hoped to replace both the Contour and Escort with the Focus on the small car end of the market. If Ford has ceased production on the Contour and Escort, I missed that notice, but replacing them with the Focus was the original plan. I wouldn't be surprised if Ford is doing the same thing with the 500.
 
As an aside, such a tactic worked for Jaguar in the '60's, when they replaced a small, medium, and large sized sedan with a single midsize car, the XJ6. Now, ironically, they're going the opposite way, having come out with a midsize S-Type, a small X-Type, and moving the XJ up to the big end of the spectrum with the 2004's.
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Shopping: Grand Marquis LS & Crown Victoria LX by dinu
Mar 03, 2003 (8:17 am)
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Am presently shopping for a 2003 GM-LS and a 2003 CV-LX . Will buy one of the two and would like to hear from owners of either one of these cars. The wife and I have checked out the GM-LS but not the CV-LX as yet. ...we'll do that next weekend. We like the GM-LS "Ultimate Edition" model a lot , especially pocket-book wise as compared to the 2003 Lincoln Town Car Executive we've also driven....which is very nice. We haven't driven the GM-LSE as yet but I believe this is a longer
version of the LS and may not fit our standard-sized garage. Have to check that and other differences to the LS model.
 
Will appreciate any input on these two cars from you.
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Brand new'03 Executive $29,995, Beaverton, OR by kinley
Mar 03, 2003 (9:56 am)
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How much for the LS Ultimate?
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93 GM motor ticking only after it warms up by creativecomput
Mar 04, 2003 (7:48 pm)
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I have a '93 Grand Marquie that runs great, the only problem I have with it is that after it warms up the motor will start ticking if the car is under a heavy load. When the car is still cold you can put it under the same load and it runs fine. Has anyone had this problem, or can give me any advice. Thanks

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