Lincoln Town Car Complaints (1997)

314 consumer complaints on file.

#894805August 21, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE WOULD STALL OUT AT SLOW TO MODERATE SPEEDS OF 25-30MPH, AND WHEN MAKING TURNS. DEALER COULD NOT FIND CAUSE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894509August 16, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD, STRUCTURE:BODY, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH ON WET PAVEMENT AND MAKING A TURN, VEHICLE MADE A "CLUNKING" NOISE, AND ABS SYSTEM LOCKED UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO PULL TO THE RIGHT AND GO OFF THE ROAD. THERE WERE NO OTHER VEHICLES INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT, AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND STATED THAT ABS SYSTEM HAD NO PROBLEMS, AND THIS WAS CONSIDERED TO BE NORMAL OPERATION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK THE WINDSHIELD GASKET IS SPLITTING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE GLASS, THE FRONT DOOR WONT OPEN AT TIMES WITH THE REMOTE, THE FRONT EDGE OF THE VINYL TOP IS COMING LOOSE. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749262July 26, 2001
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
TOTAL LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#892217July 9, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM, SUSPENSION:FRONT
AT 1500 MILES FRONT END OF VEHICLE FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO COLLAPSE OR FALL APART WHENEVER HITTING BUMPS OR POT HOLES, IT WAS VERY HARD TO KEEP CONTROL OF VEHICLE WHEN THIS HAPPENED. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK DEALER HAS MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CORRECT PROBLEM, HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL OCCURS, CONSUMER IS AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#891648June 29, 2001
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM, PARKING BRAKE, WHEELS, STRUCTURE:BODY, STEERING, STRUCTURE, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
AN EXTREMELY STRONG MILDEW ODOR IS COMING FROM THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT, CAUSING PASSENGERS TO BECOME ILL. DEALER STATES ODOR IS DUE TO COIL WHICH IS TOO TIGHT AROUND AIR CONDITIONER, PREVENTING WATER TO ESCAPE, AND CAUSING MILDEW ODOR. *AK EMERGENCY BRAKE SHOES WERE REPLACED. BRAKES SQUEAL, DEALER HAS REPLACED FRONT BRAKE PADS, RESURFACED ROTORS, LUBED CALIPER SLIDES, REPLACED REAR BRAKE PADS, MACHINED REAR ROTORS, HOWEVER BRAKES STILL SQUEAL. BOTH REAR WHEELS WERE COVERED WITH GEAR LUBE. DRIVERS SHOULDER BELT WOULD NOT RETRACT AT TIMES, DEALER REPLACED SEAT BELT. NOISE AND THIMPING FELT IN STEERING WHEN MAKING TURNS, DEALER LUBED STOPS. LEFT FRONT WINDOW INOPERABLE, DEALER REPLACED WINDOW REGULATER. FRONT ROOF WELT LOOSE AND BROKEN, DEALER REPLACED. FRONT DOOR PULL TRIM MISSING. BLEND DOORS INOPERABLE, WILL NOT BLOW AIR THROUGH DEFROST VENT. ASH TRAY WILL NOT CLOSE. AC/HEATER EMITS A MUSTY/MOLDY ODOR, THE ODOR NOT ONLY PERMEATES THE PASSENGER, BUT IS ALSO IN THE TRUNK,THERE IS NO CONDENSATION BEING RELEASED BY THE AC, MANY THINGS ALONG WITH THE MOISTURE PURGE MODULE HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS, SYSTEM HAS BEEN SANITIZED SEVERAL TIMES, AC MAX BUTTON DOES NOT WORK. MOTOR GOES ON 45 MINUTES AFTER VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF, THIS BLOWS THROUGH THE FRONT DEFROSTER AND STEAMS UP THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. DOOR HANDLE IS INOPERABLE. VINYL TRIM AT TOP OF CONSOLE IS LOOSE. ENGINE STALLED AT STOPS WHEN COLD, DEALER REPLACED MAF AND FUEL PUMP. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#561752June 22, 2001
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
WHILE DRIVING THE HEADLIGHTS SUDDENLY WENT OUT AND THERE WAS A CLICKING NOISE, ABOUT ONE MINUTE LATER THE HEADLIGHTS CAME ON MOMENTARILY AND THEN OFF AGAIN SEVERAL TIME, EVENTUALLY THE LOW BEAMS CAME ON. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889260May 29, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHEN DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS AND HITTING A SMALL BUMP VEHICLE WANDERS OVER TO NEXT LANE. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE 4 OR 5 TIMES. BUT, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#561005May 1, 2001
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:HIGH/LOW BEAM DIMMER SWITCH
DRIVER WAS TRAVELING IN RAINY WEATHER WITH HIGH BEAM DIMMERS ON, WHEN DRIVER ATTEMPED TO SWITCH TO LOW BEAM DIMMERS, LIGHTS WENT OUT COMPLETELY, LEAVING DRIVER TRAVELING IN DARK FOR AT LEAST 3 TO 4 SECONDS UNTIL THE LIGHTS CAME BACK ON. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#884408March 28, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE. BRAKE LINES ARE ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. *AK REFERENCED IN RQ03-004
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883165March 15, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CONSUMER'S WIFE TURNED IGNITION TO ON, PUT VEHICLE INTO GEAR, AND VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED INTO GARAGE, CAUSING PROPERTY DAMAGE, AND PHYSICAL DAMAGE TO HER HUSBAND. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#560422March 11, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
WARPED ROTORS CAUSE VEHICLE TO PULSATE AND SHUDDER WHENEVER THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED UNDER LOAD, FROM HIGHER SPEEDS AND DOWN HILLS. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882205March 6, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
VEHICLE WAS PARKED, CONSUMER NOTICED THAT FRONT LEFT SIDE HAD DROPPED TO GROUND, TOWED TO DEALER WHO FOUND FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM HAD FALLEN OFF. THERE WAS A RECALL 98V322000 ON THIS COMPONENT IN 1998, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT AFFECTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#739694January 20, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM
INTAKE MANIFOLD IS MADE OF PLASTIC AND FORD RECALLED THE POLICE CARS AND REPLACED THEM EARLY ON IN 1997 ACCORDING TO SERVICE PERSONNEL AT FORD DEALERSHIP, ALSO AS SOON AS I CAN GET THE INFORMATION ON MY DAD'S LINCOLN TOWN A 97 ALSO, HIS INTAKE FAILED ON HIS ONE WEEK AFTER MINE, HIS HAD 80,000+ MILES. THIS IS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN TO AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE ENGINE AS THIS. HE HAD HIS REPLACED AT THE DEALERSHIP AND I SAVED A $125.00 BY HAVING MINE REPLACED AT MY LOCAL GARAGE. HIS COSTS WAS AROUND $550. IT WAS REPLACED WITH ANOTHER PLASTIC INTAKE AND THE FORD PARTS PERSONNEL SAID IT WAS A STRONGER ONE. MY BET IS, THAT IT WILL NOT HOLD UP TO THE INTENSE HEAT AND VIBRATION ANY BETTER. THIS IS A VERY POOR USE OF PLASTIC, EVERYONE KNOWS ANY KIND OF PLASTIC DEGRADES UNDER HEAT AND BECOMES BRITTLE OVER TIME. I SUSPECT THERE ARE MANY FAILURES OUT THERE OR SOON WILL BE, ESPECIALLY SINCE FORD CALLED THE POLICE CARS BACK IN AND CHANGED THEM OUT. THEY WOULD INCUR THE MOST MILEAGE AND SHOW THE PROBLEMS THE QUICKEST,JUST BY THEIR NORMAL USE. I REALIZE THAT THE POLICE USE CROWN VICTORIAS BUT THEY HAD THE SAME 4.6 ENGINE AND INTAKE SETUP. LIKE I HAVE WRITTEN, I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH MY DAD'S INFORMATION AS SOON AS I CAN GET HIM TO RETREIVE IT, HE LIVES IN W.V AND HAS TALKED TO THE CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS AND THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP THERE, BUT STILL HAD TO PAY FOR IT HIMSELF. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT WILL BE DONE AND IF THERE ARE OTHER FAILURES OF THIS TYPE OUT THERE. THANKS IN ADVANCE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#876478December 13, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL, STEERING:LINKAGES:ARM:IDLER AND ATTACHMENT
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED OUT AT LEAST 3-4 TIMES A WEEK. HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & MECHANIC PLACED VEHICLE ON DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE. NO CODE CAME UP. MECHANIC DID REPLACE FUEL FILTER/ IDLER/ NECK IN FUEL TANK & A CANISTER. BUT, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#736486November 17, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
PART IS PLASTIC. SIMILAR VEHICLES HAVE BEEN RECALLED. FAILURE OF THIS PART IN TURN CAUSED THE HEADS TO WARP. WE HAVE LOST APPROXIMATELY 2 WEEKS OF REVENUE FROM THIS VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#873917October 26, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND HIT A BUILDING, CAUSING BOTH AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY. NO BODY INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGES REPORTED. DEALER / MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#873224October 17, 2000
STEERING, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WOULD BE DRIVING & THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD HAVE TOO MUCH PLAY. FEELS LIKE LOSING CONTROL OF VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. STEERING PRESSURE SENSOR HAS BEEN RPLACED OR CHANGED & AFFECTS THE STEERING OF THE VEHICLE. ROCKER ARM WAS CRACKED & NEEDED REPLACING. HAD AN ACCIDENT DUE TO LACK OF CONTROL OF STEERING WHEEL. HIT A TELEPHONE POLE & THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. SUFFERED INJURIES.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#872956October 13, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT AND DIE WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#867275August 9, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT, STEERING:LINKAGES:ARM:IDLER AND ATTACHMENT, TIRES
FRONT END SHIMMIED, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO STEER AND HANDLE VEHICLE WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, AND ON ROUGH ROADS. DEALER HAS REPLACED IDLER ARM . ALSO, CONSUMER REPLACED TIRES AND SHOCKS, BUT DEFECT STILL OCCURS. CAUSE IS STILL UNKNOWN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#552547June 8, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
POSSIBLE THROTTLE STICKING WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STUMBLE WHILE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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