Crown Victoria Fires
Explosion Prompts Concern About Police Cars
Crown Victorias Under Scrutiny
May 18, 2003
DALLAS — New concerns are emerging from a car accident involving a Dallas police officer.A police cruiser burst into flames Saturday morning after being rear-ended on the westbound lanes of I-30 near the Hampton exit. NBC 5 News' Allison Smith reported on the concerns surrounding Ford Crown Victorias, which Dallas police officers drive.
Burned cop brings message on patrol car safety
Albany– Phoenix officer who was disfigured by fire to speak before state Senate committee
By CAROL DeMARE, Staff writer
First published: Tuesday, March 11, 2003
A Phoenix police officer who was severely burned when his Ford Crown Victoria cruiser burst into flames will tell a state Senate committee today what can happen if the automaker isn't pressured into making patrol vehicles safer.
Ford Sandbags Crown Victoria Safety
Failure Analysis Test Report Cover Letter and Description, .PDF
Ford says safety kits for Crown Vic cruisers unproven
By Joel Stashenko, Associated Press, 3/11/2003 15:43
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Two fuel system safety devices being considered by the New York State Police for the 1,100 Crown Victoria Interceptors in its fleet have not been proven to work, a Ford Motor Co. executive said at a state Senate hearing Tuesday.
Neither a fuel tank bladder nor a fire suppression device have conclusively been shown as effective or feasible in testing Ford is conducting, said Susan Cischke, Ford vice president for environmental and safety engineering.
Ford Misleading on Safety of Police Cars, City Says
Automaker says fuel shields weren’t meant to prevent leakage
03/01/2003
By TANYA EISERER / The Dallas Morning News
Dallas City Attorney Madeleine Johnson accused Ford Motor Co. on Friday of misleading the public into believing that installing protective shields around the Crown Victoria police car’s fuel tank would make it safer.
The Dallas Police Department has retrofitted more than 700 cars with the shields.
Other safety measures in the works for Crown Victorias
Posted on Sat, Mar. 01, 2003
JOEL STASHENKO
Associated Press
ALBANY, N.Y. – State Police officials are retrofitting safety devices on an allegedly fire-prone model of the Ford Crown Victoria, while Sen.
Ford Admits Crown Vic Failed Crash Test
Dallas Official Questions Why Ford Can Provides Safer Technology to Civilian‘Protection’ Car, but Not to Police
DALLAS, TX — Ford Motor Company officials have admitted in sworn testimony that a Crown Victoria police car equipped with new fuel tank safety shields actually flunked its own crash test.
Ford Settles with Families of Officers Burned to Death
Cruiser gas tanks caught fire after high-speed crash
By Carol Sowers
The Arizona Republic
May. 22, 2002
Ford Motor Co. has settled lawsuits filed by families of two Arizona law-enforcement officers who were burned alive after their Crown Victoria police cruisers burst into flames when they were struck from behind.
Crown Vic Safety Fears Expand to Car Buyers
Deadly police cruiser fires prompt Ford to quietly offer fuel tank repair kits to public
Parents Of Dallas Police Officer To File Lawsuit
Suit Accuses Ford Motor Co. Of Negligence, Aggravated Assault, Malice
NBC5i.com – Dallas-Ft. Worth Feb.19, 2003
DALLAS — The parents of a Dallas police officer killed when his Crown Victoria cruiser was hit from behind and burst into flames filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Ford Motor Co. Patrick Metzler was working off-duty on Oct. 23 with a construction crew on the High-Five interchange project at U.S. 75 and Interstate 635 when he was hit.