Lincoln Town Car Complaints (1995)

165 consumer complaints on file.

#562602August 20, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THE VEHICLE WOULD CRANK BUT WOULD NOT START. THE DEALER REPLACED BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH CONNECTOR BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT SOLVED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON RIGHT AFTER THE REPAIR WAS DONE. THE CONSUMER STATES THE DIAGNOSIS BY THE DEALER WAS WRONG AND SHOULD BE REPEATED. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894425August 15, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE HAS STALLED AT ANY SPEED 5 TIMES SINCE PURCHASE. TAKEN TO DEALER TWO TIMES UNDER WARRANTY, WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND PROBLEM. NOW THAT WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED DEALER FOUND VACUUM CONTROL VALVE TO BE THE PROBLEM, AT A COST OF ALMOST $ 600.00
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#748917July 22, 2001
SUSPENSION
TRAVELING AT 65 MPH ON FREEWAY THE CAR BEGAN TO WANDER WITHOUT STEERING WHEEL INPUT--THE STEERING WHEEL HAD ONE INCH FREE PLAY FROM EITHER SIDE OF CENTER. HAD CAR PUT ON RACK--CHECKED FRONT END (NOTHING ABNORMAL FOUND), BUT WITH WHEELS ON GROUND THE STEERING WHEEL CAN BE MOVED ONE INCH IN EITHER DIRECTION FROM CENTER WITHOUT WHEEL MOVEMENT-MECHANIC SUSPECTS DEFECTIVE STEERING SECTOR. FORD DEALER INSPECTED CAR AND FOUND SAME CONDITION EXISTED. DEALER NOTIFIED FORD, BUT NO CORRECTIVE ACTION TAKEN. THIS CONDITION IS NOT GOOD--CAR WANTS TO DRIFT ALL OVER THE ROAD AND AND HAS LOOSE STEERING--SPEED SENSITIVE STEERING W/SELECT STEERING EFFORT HAS NOT EFFECT ON CONDITION. PRESENTLY I DO NOT TRUST THE VEHICLE. IT IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#887952May 10, 2001
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
WHILE DRIVING 58MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE BROADSIDED CONSUMER'S VEHICLE ON DRIVER'S SIDE. UPON IMPACT, SIDE DOOR AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DRIVER WAS KNOCKED SIDEWAYS TOWARDS DOOR IN VEHICLE AND SUSTAINED INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.*AK *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#887351May 3, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
AFTER BRAKES WERE SERVICED BY A PRIVATE MECHANIC VEHICLE EXPERIENCED MILD VIBRATION WHILE TRAVELING AT LOW SPEEDS ON A RANDOM BASIS. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE. *AK MECHANICE INSPECTED BRAKES AND FOUND NO PROBLEMS, CONSUMER IS GOING TO TAKE VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#560659April 5, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR ASSEMBLY HAS FAILED ON 3 OCCASIONS CAUSING THE VEHICLE NOT TO START. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883060March 14, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHILE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN AT HIGH SPEED FRONT END PULLS TO THE RIGHT, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880661February 15, 2001
STEERING
WHILE DRIVING, IF A BUMP IS HIT VEHICLE, IT WILL VEER TO RIGHT FOR A SECOND BEFORE RETURNING TO ITS NORMAL POSITION. DEALAR HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#737139December 1, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BRAKES LOCK UP OR SOME WHEELS LOCK UP ON LOOSE SURFACE. YESTERDAY WITH ONE WHEEL ON GRAVEL AND ONE ON LEAVES, WHEEL ON LEAVED LOCKED UP AND ALMOST CAUSED ME TO HIT LARGE TREE.THIS IS NOT FIRST TIME BRAKES HAVE LOCKED UP, FIRST TIME I SLED OFF DRIVEWAY INTO DITCH, REPORTED THAT TO DEALER AND THEY JUST LAUGHED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#557331November 15, 2000
STEERING:LINKAGES
PITMAN ARM BALL JOINT FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE STEERING FOR THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#874215October 31, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, BRAKE PEDAL HAS WENT TO THE FLOOR WHILE BRAKING, CONSUMER HAS HAD TO PUMP THE BRAKES TO SLOW THE VEHICLE, CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BRAKE, VEHICLE SHOOK AND A LOUD SUCKING NOISE WAS HEARD, DEALER HAS REPLACED FRONT AND REAR BRAKE PADS, ROTORS, AND DEALER REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER AND BRAKE BOOSTER DUE TO FLUID LEAKING FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER INTO THE BRAKE BOOSTER. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#732615September 27, 2000
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE FRONT ASSEMBLY. THE VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALERSHIP BUT HAS NOT BEEN CHECKED AT THIS TIME SO THE EXACT FAILURE IS UNCERTAIN. THIS FAILURE APPEARS TO BE SIMILAR TO FAILURES EXPERIENCED BY 1995 LINCOLN TOWNCARS WHICH WERE IDENTIFIED IN NHTSA: 96V135000 AND NHTSA: 98V322000, HOWEVER, FMC ADVISED ME THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT SUBJECT TO THOSE RECALLS. IT IS PROBABLE THAT THE INVESTIGATION INTO FAULTY STEERING LINKAGES OF 95 LINCOLN TOWNCARS SHOULD BE EXPANDED. I HAVE ASKED THE DEALERSHIP TO PROVIDE ME WITH ALL FAILED COMPONENTS. IF NHTSA WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE COMPONENTS, I WILL MAKE THEM AVAILABLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868852August 27, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
98 V 322 000/LOWER CONTROL ARM: WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY THE FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM FELL TO THE GROUND; VEHICLE TOW TO DEALER AND INFORMED THAT VEHICLE VIN WAS NOT COVER UNDER MFR'S RECALL. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS:
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#727352August 9, 2000
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
HAVE THERE BEEN OTHER REPORTED FAILURES TO THE TORQUE CONVERTOR ASSEMBLY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#722653May 14, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
: THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM WAS ENABLED ON DRY ROAD AND CAUSED THE CARS BRAKING SYSTEM TO BECOME INOPERABLE. THIS CAUSED THE CAR TO BRAKE USING THE ANTI LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM, WHICH MADE THE CAR TAKE A LONGER TIME TO STOP. THIS PROBLEM SEEMED TO BE INTEMITANT AS THE POWER BRAKING SYSTEM WOULD OPERATE AT TIMES, AND WITHOUT WARNING GO INTO THE ANTI LOCK MODE. THIS ANTI LOCK MODE ACTED LIKE THE CAR WAS ON A SLIPPERY SURFACE AND WOULD NOT STOP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#860923April 25, 2000
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION TRAVELING 50 MPH. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE/ PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT FULLY INFLATE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#719945March 10, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
THIS IS A CONTINUING PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR AND I HAVE TALKED WITH OTHER TOWN CAR OWNERS WHO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM..WHEN PURCHASED BRAKE WORK HAD TO BE DONE BECAUSE OF PULSATION THAT WAS AT 24,000 MILES, AGAIN 5/30/97 MACHINED FRONT AND REAR ROTORS, REPL REAR CALIPERS AND PADS,6/11/97 REPLACE FRONT ROTORS, LAST YEAR MORE BRAKE WORK, NOW THE BRAKES ARE SHUDDERING AGAIN. LOCAL FORD DEALER ADMITS PROBLEM; BUT FORD COMPANY SAYS NO PROBLEM EXISTS...CAR NOW HAS 41,000 MILES; HAVE HAD OTHER FORD PRODUCTS BRAKES LASTED 65,000 MILES NO PROBEM..ANY HELP WILL BE APPRECIATED..THANK YOU. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716417December 25, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#549619November 18, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION DUE TO DEFECTIVE IAC VALVE, BRAKES BURNED OUT DUE TO FAILURE AND PCM HAD TO BE REPROGRAMED. MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#713641October 21, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:FLASHER UNIT
POWER BOOSTER WAS REPLACED DURING WARRANTY PERIOD. WHEN LIGHTING MODULE WAS REPLACED. THE TECHNICIAN NOTED THAT THE MODULE WAS A REMANUFACTURED UNIT. FOMOCO CLAIMS THAT NO WARRANTY WORK WAS DONE ON THE VEHICLE. DIRECTIONAL AND FLAHER LIGHTS STILL FUNCTION INTERMITTENTLY.LOCAL DEALER CANNOT EXPLAIN CAUSE OF FAILURES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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