Lincoln Town Car Complaints

3,302 consumer complaints on file.

#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
#559614February 13, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
DISTANCE BETWEEN GAS PEDAL AND BRAKE PEDAL ALLOWS FOOT TO FALL BETWEEN BOTH, WHEN TRYING TO APPLY BRAKES, AN ADDITION/MODIFICATION TO THE BRAKE PEDAL HAS CORRECTED THIS PROBLEM. CJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#785270February 12, 2001
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, 2 PEOPLE WERE INJURED, CONSUMER STATES THAT THE HEAD REST HAVE TOO MUCH SPACE FROM THE HEAD WHICH CAN CAUSE WHIPLASH. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#559497February 7, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HIT A METAL FENCE AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880001February 7, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING TRSANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED DUE TO FAULTY BUSHINGS WITHIN TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY. *AK THE TRANSMISSION WAS DETERMINED TO HAD BEEN DAMAGED DUE TO FAILURE OF PLASTIC BUSHING. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879724February 5, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
AFTER COMING TO A STOP, FOOT ON BRAKE, VEHICLE WILL SURGE FORWARD, BRAKES WILL NOT STOP IT. HAPPENED 4 TIMES SO FAR, LAST TIME CONSUMER HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE NOT KNOWN. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#879601February 1, 2001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WHEN WINDSHIELD WIPER BLADES ARE RUNNING IN RAIN, THEY START GOING SLOWER/ SLOWER AND SLOWER UNTIL THEY JUST STOP. CAR HAS BEEN IN REPAIR SHOP TWICE FOR WIPERS, AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879520January 31, 2001
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
HOOD CATCH CORRODED AND SEPARATED FROM HOOD, HOOD FLEW UP AND OBSCURED DRIVER'S VISION, CONSUMER STATES HOOD CATCH IS MADE OF STEEL AND HOOD IS MADE OF ALUMINUM WHICH CREATED AN ELECTROLYSIS AND CAUSED ALUMINUM TO DECOMPOSE AND THE HOOD CATCH TO SEPARATE, CAUSING THE RELEASE OF THE HOOD. *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879341January 30, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT HEARD A LOUD NOISE. CONSUMET THOUGHT THAT DROVE OVER A HOLE, GOT OUT OF VEHICLE, AND FOUND OUT THAT BALL JOINTS HAD FALLEN OFF VEHICLE WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. *AK THE DEALER REPLACED BROKEN LOWER BALL JOINTS AND INNER TIE ROD ENDS. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879196January 29, 2001
SUSPENSION
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SEVERLY PULLS TO LEFT OR THE RIGHT,THIS PROBLEM BECOMES MORE PRONOUNCED WHEN VEHICLE IS DRIVEN AT 65 MPH.DEALER CAN NOT CORRECT PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879210January 29, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE PULLED TO BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES. PROBLEM WAS NOTED MORE WHEN DRIVING AT 65 MPH. *AK SWAY SIDE TO SIDE AT 65 MPH. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878950January 24, 2001
SEATS
A PIECE OF THE FRAME ON DRIVERS SIDE SEAT THAT HOLDS SEAT UP BROKE. IF CONSUMER WAS TO ACCELERATE HARD BACK OF SEAT WOULD NOT HOLD. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS UNSAFE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878806January 23, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
ONGOING PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE WANDERING ACROSS ROAD, AND IT BECAME MORE SEVERE AT 70 MPH OR MORE. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG. *AK THE LIGHTS AIMED TOO HIGH DIE TO HEAD LAMPS MISALIGNMENT. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#739661January 20, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM
I HAD ALWAYS FELT A SLUGGISHNESS IN THE CAR WHEN THE GEARS WERE CHANGING. BEING IT THAT THIS WOULD ALWAYS CORRECT ITSELF STILL I HAD AN UNCOMFORTABLE FEELING WHEN THIS HAPPENED. YET IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT I CONSTANLY DWELLED UPON, UNTIL NOW. SEVERAL MACHANICS MADE STATEMENTS THEA THEY HAD NEVER KNOWN OF AN INTAKE MANIFOLD TO EXPLODE. THIS IS WHEN I STARTED TO THINK ABOUT THINGS THAT HAD HAPPENED IN THE PAST. ONCE THE MECHANIC HAD REMOVED THIS UNIT HE MENTIONED THAT THIS UNIT HAD MANY DEFECTS IN IT. THERE WERE THIN SPOTS AND THICK SPOTS THAT VARIED THROUGH OUT THIS UNIT. ONE BEING WHERE THIS UNIT HAD EXPLODED, LEAVING A HOLE IN IT THE SIZE OF A BULLET, YET IT WASN'T A BULLET HOLE. AFTER DRIVING MY CAR HOME I IMMEDIATELY REALIZED THAT THIS CAR WAS DRING BETTER THAN IT EVER HAD WITH OUT THE HESITATIONS. I THEN REALIZED THAT THIS DEFECT COULD HAVE BEEN EFFECTING THE OPERATION OF THIS CAR FROM DAY ONE. ONE DEALER'S SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME THAT THE PARTS WERE OBSOLETE, THEREFORE I WOULD HAVE TO SCRAP IT. ONCE I FOUND MANY PARTS ON THE INTERNET I KNEW THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. THIS PARTICULAR PART SELDOM WORE OUT UNLESS IT WAS FACTORY DEFECTIVE, I FELT BETTER. NOT BECAUSE OF THE DEFECT ITSELF, BUT TO KNOW THAT MY COMPLAINT FOR ALL THESE YEARS HAD NOT BEEN A FIGMENT OF MY IMAGINATION, JUSTIFIED MY COMPLAINTS TO THE MANUFACTURER. I KNOW THE CAR IS OLD AS I HAVE BEEN REMINDED OF MORE TIMES THAN I CARE TO MENTION. MUST KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER CONSUMERS THAT WENT THROUGH THIS SAME ORDEAL. I'M CURIOUS BECAUSE I HAD ALWAYS BRAGGED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS CAR WAS THE LESS TROUBLESOME CAR I HAD EVER OWNED, UNTIL THIS LITTLE TIDBIT POPPED UP. BELIEVE IT OR NOT THE MILAGE ON IT IS ORIGINAL MILES. A SIXTEEN YEAR OLD CAR WITH LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND MILES ON IT, AND STILL CRANKS ON THE FIRST TURN OF THE KEY!*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
#878360January 17, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHILE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN IT SEVEREY PULLS TO RIGHT, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878194January 16, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
WHILE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH CONSUMER TURNED ON CRUISE CONTROL, WAS GETTING READY TO EXIT AND PUT ON BRAKES TO CUT OFF SPEED CONTROL, VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN, AND THEN ACCELERATED BACK TO 60 MPH. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID SWITCH WAS BAD THAT WORKED WITH BRAKES. THIS SWITCH ALSO KNOCKED OUT REAR BRAKE LIGHTS. *AK THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS HAD FAILED TO ALERT THE DRIVER. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878087January 12, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
AFTER TURNING IGNITION AND PUTTING VEHICLE INTO DRIVE VEHICLE TOOK OFF AND HIT A STORE WINDOW. DRIVER APPLIED BRAKES, AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. NO ONE HAS SEEN VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#558908January 11, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THE ENGINE HAD A NOTICEABLE AMOUNT OF OIL EXHAUST SMOKE, THIS IS AN INDICATION OF INTERNAL ENGINE WEAR. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878029January 11, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, STEERING
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND WAS COMING TOWARDS AND INTERSECTION, WENT TO APPLY BRAKES AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES. ALSO, THERE WAS NO STEERING, FORCING HIM INTO A GUARDRAIL. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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