Faults:

Nothing major, the only repairs made were due to being hit by a deer last fall and a small tornado this past spring.

The fuel pump was replaced when I purchased the car from the state Highway Patrol. The service records that came with the car do show the turn signal lever replaced around 69K, again before I owned the car.

Otherwise other than tires, brakes and one battery (factory battery lasted seven years!) nothing has been repaired on this car.

I guess the only trouble spot so far has been the wheel covers, it has lost two in the thirteen months I've owned it. It drives a fair amount of gravel roads, so that may be part of the problem.

General Comments:

Very roomy, good on long trips. Fuel economy is decent for a V8 (low 20s). Will cruise 85+ mph all day with no problem. Interior none too fancy, although that is to be expected with a fleet car. Interior very durable though, still looks like new after use by cops and twenty-somethings. Trunk is huge, even with full-sized spare. Excellent value.

Faults:

O-ring around fuel sending unit, idler/tensioner pulley.

General Comments:

This car is one of the funnest cars to drive that I have owned.

Handles and performs as well as any previous muscle cars I have had and does it with subtlety.

Extremely reliable (as much so as any Toyota or Nissan I have owned).

Decent mileage for a V8 full size car. (19mpg city/23mpg highway)

Comfortable on long trips.

Ice cold A/C, Blaring heat.

Stock speakers are great (must be JBLs that go in the LX with premium sound)

Faults:

At 78,500 miles the intake manifold cracked behind thermostat housing and the coolant shorted out one of the coils.

Today the transmission went out at 81,000 miles.

General Comments:

I bought the Car at an auction for $3000.00. It is clean and up until the last few months has performed flawlessly.

The manifold and coil repair would have run somewhere between $550-800, but the taxi and police units are covered under a "campaign" through Ford dealerships. The transmission on the other hand is going to cost me close to $1000.00.

I certainly enjoy the car and hope mechanical problems do not travel in threes.

Faults:

The only thing that has gone wrong with the car is the transmission, this just now went bad. Other than that its perfect.

General Comments:

This is my second police interceptor owned within 2 years. The first one was a 1993 and had no problems it had 114,000 miles on the odometer, but it was stuck there so it could've had 250,000 miles and ran solid. I wanted the new body style so I traded it in and got an 1998 Police Interceptor and love every second driving it.