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Search Results   Report Date : February 10, 2010 at 01:36 AM NHTSA Action Number : PE04010 04V328000 NHTSA Action Number : PE04010 NHTSA Recall Campaign Number : 04V328000 Make / Models :         Model/Build Years:          FORD / CROWN VICTORIA     2003      LINCOLN / TOWN CAR     2003      MERCURY / GRAND MARQUIS     2003 Manufacturer : FORD MOTOR COMPANY Component : POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT Date Investigation Opened : January 22, 2004 Date Investigation Closed : July 8, 2004 Summary: THIS PE WAS OPENED AFTER ODI BECAME AWARE OF TWO ALLEGATIONS CONCERNING REAR AXLE FRACTURE AND PARTIAL WHEEL SEPARATION INVOLVING MY 2003 FORD CROWN VICTORIA POLICE INTERCEPTORS (CVPI). INITIALLY, THE PE'S SCOPE INVOLVED ALL MY 2003 GRAND MARQUIS, CROWN VICTORIA, AND LINCOLN TOWN CARS (I.E., "PANTHER PLATFORM") PRODUCED THROUGH JANUARY 2003. WHILE GATHERING INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ISSUE, IT BECAME EVIDENT THAT THE FAILURES WERE CONFINED TO LONG-WHEELBASE LINCOLN TOWN CARS AND THE CVPI'S DUE TO THEIR UNIQUE WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION AND USAGE PROFILES. FORD'S RECALL ADDRESSES THESE VEHICLES. BOTH THE COMPANY AND ODI ARE CONTINUING TO MONITOR THE FIELD PERFORMANCE OF THE AXLES AND WILL TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION AS REQUIRED. Check to Request Research. Submit below.