NHTSA Complaint #10404269 — 2004 FORD CROWN VICTORIA

MY 2004 FORD CROWN VICTORIA, A FORMER CHP VEHICLE TURNED INTO A TAXI AT 102,000 MILES, BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE HEADLIGHT PROBLEMS WHEN I WOULD STOP AND TURN OFF THE ENGINE BRIEFLY, RETURN, RESTART, AND WITHIN A SHORT TIME THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD FAIL. AFTER A COUPLE MINUTES THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD COME BACK ON. THIS PROBLEM PROGRESSED TO LESS PREDICTABLE FAILURE OF THE HEADLIGHTS WHEN RUNNING. FAILURE OF THE LIGHT CONTROL MODULE WAS DIAGNOSED AT !50,000 MILES AND I FOUND A TAXI DRIVER WHO HAD OVERCOME THE SAME PROBLEM AND REWIRED FROM THE GREEN/BLACK WIRE BEHIND THE LIGHTS CONTROL SWITCH THRU THE FIREWALL TO A BUILT-UP POWERED RELAY AND THEN TO THE HEADLIGHTS. IT HAS WORKED FINE, NOW 197,000 MILES, EXCEPT THAT THE HI-BEAMS HAVE FAILED IN THE SET POSITION BUT STILL WORK IN THE TEMPORARILY POSITION. COST $60. GOOD LUCK. I KNOW PERSONALLY OR ANECDOTALLY OF 6 OTHER 2004 CROWN VIC"S IN SACRAMENTO THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. WHEN WILL BIG BROTHER RECOGNIZE THAT THIS PROBLEM REQUIRES A RECALL? *TR