Feb 8, 2014 at 11:44 AM
Hello,
My husband bought this 2006 Ford Crown Victoria Police interceptor In Feb 2012. He\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s owned quite a few FCVPI in the past and so he knew how to fix just about anything needing fixing on them. However, he died of a massive heart attack a few months after purchasing that car, so now I\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'m hoping that somebody here could possibly pinpoint what this problem is that I have been having with it so that I do not get ripped off when I bring it to a mechanic, again. Or, (*fingers crossed*)maybe someone can suggest an easy, inexpensive fix?
It started in winter of 2012-2013....I\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'m in Illinois and the car has about 94K miles on it and it\\\\\\'s not garage-kept. Whenever the outside temperature dips below a certain degree (of which I have yet to figure out that magic number) this car just will not start. A neighbor suggested that I add \\\\\\\\\\\\\\"HEET\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" to the gas when I fill it up, and to get a tune-up (which was done Jan 2013) and for the remainder of that winter the car started with no problems. But now this winter, it\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s not starting again, even WITH the HEET mixed into the gasoline.
Once I was able to get it started, the \\\\\\\\\\\\\\"engine\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" and \\\\\\\\\\\\\\"wrench\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" symbol began lighting up on the dashboard, so I brought it to a local mechanic who replaced the fuel filter and all of the Oxygen sensors. He informed me that after taking it for a test drive, the car is now running \\\\\\\\\\\\\\"great\\\\\\\\\\\\\\".
That was a month ago. However, two weeks after that visit to the mechanic, it still won\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'t start if it\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s real cold outside. I \\\\\\\\\\\\\\"cycle\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" the key three times (as I learned from reading this forum), and sometimes after doing that eight or nine times, it will turn over. But as of three days ago, even after cycling the key a ton of times, it still won\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'t start and now this new thing began happening.......after cycling and I turn the key back to off, all the dashboard dial levers raise up and began vibrating for about 30 seconds then just fall back down.
What could be causing this and is there an easy, inexpensive fix that I could possibly do myself (like adding some magic potion to one of the reservoirs or maybe just whacking a specific area with a mallet? javascript:emoticon(\\'
\\'); I really cannot afford these costly mechanic visits, especially when all the money I\\\\\\'ve already doled out for this specific issue has NOT fixed the problem.
I apologize for the long post. This is my first time here and I just wanted to be sure I thoroughly explained what\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s going on. I would really appreciate any help with this. javascript:emoticon(\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'\\\\\\\\\\\\\\');
My husband bought this 2006 Ford Crown Victoria Police interceptor In Feb 2012. He\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s owned quite a few FCVPI in the past and so he knew how to fix just about anything needing fixing on them. However, he died of a massive heart attack a few months after purchasing that car, so now I\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'m hoping that somebody here could possibly pinpoint what this problem is that I have been having with it so that I do not get ripped off when I bring it to a mechanic, again. Or, (*fingers crossed*)maybe someone can suggest an easy, inexpensive fix?
It started in winter of 2012-2013....I\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'m in Illinois and the car has about 94K miles on it and it\\\\\\'s not garage-kept. Whenever the outside temperature dips below a certain degree (of which I have yet to figure out that magic number) this car just will not start. A neighbor suggested that I add \\\\\\\\\\\\\\"HEET\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" to the gas when I fill it up, and to get a tune-up (which was done Jan 2013) and for the remainder of that winter the car started with no problems. But now this winter, it\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s not starting again, even WITH the HEET mixed into the gasoline.
Once I was able to get it started, the \\\\\\\\\\\\\\"engine\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" and \\\\\\\\\\\\\\"wrench\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" symbol began lighting up on the dashboard, so I brought it to a local mechanic who replaced the fuel filter and all of the Oxygen sensors. He informed me that after taking it for a test drive, the car is now running \\\\\\\\\\\\\\"great\\\\\\\\\\\\\\".
That was a month ago. However, two weeks after that visit to the mechanic, it still won\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'t start if it\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s real cold outside. I \\\\\\\\\\\\\\"cycle\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" the key three times (as I learned from reading this forum), and sometimes after doing that eight or nine times, it will turn over. But as of three days ago, even after cycling the key a ton of times, it still won\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'t start and now this new thing began happening.......after cycling and I turn the key back to off, all the dashboard dial levers raise up and began vibrating for about 30 seconds then just fall back down.
What could be causing this and is there an easy, inexpensive fix that I could possibly do myself (like adding some magic potion to one of the reservoirs or maybe just whacking a specific area with a mallet? javascript:emoticon(\\'
\\'); I really cannot afford these costly mechanic visits, especially when all the money I\\\\\\'ve already doled out for this specific issue has NOT fixed the problem.
I apologize for the long post. This is my first time here and I just wanted to be sure I thoroughly explained what\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s going on. I would really appreciate any help with this. javascript:emoticon(\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'
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