Lincoln Town Car Complaints

3,302 consumer complaints on file.

#8003968February 12, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THERE IS A VIBRATION AND HESITATION, ALSO ABS LIGHT ON DASH COMES ON, VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER 3 TIMES, AND THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED.*AK. CONSUMER ALSO STATED IT IS A SPORADIC PROBLEM, THE SENSOR REPLACEMENT DID NOT HELP.*SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8003980February 12, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM AS STATED IN RECALL #098V322000 FOR LOWER CONTROL ARM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#564323February 11, 2002
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS, SEAT BELTS
REAR DRIVER SIDE AND FRONT PASSENGER WINDOWS FAILED. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#758048February 10, 2002
SEATS
THE FIRST TIME THE SEAT FRAME BROKE WAS 04/29/97 @ 30952 MILES. EACH TIME THE SEAT BROKE, IT WAS AROUND 40,000 MILES TIME AROUND 40,000 MILES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8003727February 7, 2002
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
CONSUMER STATED AFTER TURNING THE IGNITION ON, THE VEHICLES SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING, RELEASING POWDER AND CHEMICALS, CAUSING INJURY TO CONSUMER.*AK *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#8003748February 7, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
UPON PARKING VEHICLE ONE HOUR LATER VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK REFERENCED IN EA02-025
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#757847February 6, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
ENGINE MANIFOLD FAILED SPRAYING COOLANT ON WINDSHIELD WHILE AT HIGH SPEED ON ROAD, MANIFOLD RECALLED ON MANY SIMILAR VEHICLES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8003570February 5, 2002
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
DRIVER'S SEATBELT BUCKLE OPENED WHILE DRIVING. CONSUMER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET BUCKLE TO LATCH SINCE THEN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8003576February 5, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED, SPUN AROUND SEVERAL TIMES, AND FRONTAL HIT AGAIN BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8003604February 5, 2002
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
WHILE DRIVING SUN ROOF ROOF BLEW OFF. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED SOMEONE TO BE INJURED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#756078February 1, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CONSUMER HEARD SMOKE DETECTOR GO OFF AND DISCOVERED THE DOWNSTAIRS BASEMENT DEN OF THE HOME WAS FILLED WITH SMOKE, CONSUMER FOUND THE CAUSE OF FIRE WAS DUE TO A FIRE THAT IGNITED UNDER THE VEHICLES HOOD, CONSUMER HAD RECALL REPAIRS 99V124 COMPLETED ON VEHICLE PRIOR TO FIRE , POSSIBLE CAUSE OF FIRE. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8003165January 30, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 10MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE WAS $3000.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#9006003January 25, 2002
SEATS
DRIVERS SEAT IS HELD ON BY THREE BOLTS TO THE FLOOR, ONE HAS BROKEN DUE TO METAL FATIGUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#757339January 25, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM
FORD PUBLISHED OWNER NOTIFICATION 97M91 # & #2 . NOTIFICATION SAYS THAT MY 1997 LINCOLN WITH ENGINE 4.6L SOHC BUILT IN WIXOM PLANT HAS SOME VEHICLES HAVE DEFECTIVE INTAKE MANAFOLDS. MY INTAKE MANAFOLD FAILED (BURSTED) ON 11-26-2001 IN THE MIDDLE OF TH CALIF DESERT AND WAS TOWED TO THE NEARST TOWN WHERE I WAS TOLD BY THE REPAIR GARAGE THAT MY INTAKE MANAFOLD CRACKED. I HAD TO HAVE IT REPAIRED AT THAT TIME AND PLACE. WHEN I RETURNED HOME I CONTACTED MY DEALER AND THEY SAID MY CAR WAS NOT UNDER THE SO CALLED RECALL. I HAVE CONTACTED THE FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY REPLY SORRY. IF THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE INTAKE MANAFOLD ON 1997 LINCOLN TOWNCAR WITH THE SAME ENGINE I HAVE AND BUILT THE SAME YEAR AND AT THE SAME PLANT, THEN WHY ISMINE NOT COVERED. PLEASE HELP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8002762January 24, 2002
SEAT BELTS
DRIVER'S SIDE RESTRAINT SYSTEM WOULD NOT UNLOCK. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND REPLACED WHOLE UNIT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8002820January 24, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SHOCK ABSORBER
WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE AND HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD VEHICLE HITS BUMP VERY HARD. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY STATED THAT SHOCK ABSORBERS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8002378January 17, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, AND WITHOUT WARNING, VEHICLE STALLED OUT. CONTACTED DEALER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8002281January 16, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER WENT TO APPLY BRAKES TO STOP AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND WAS INFORMED BRAKE LINES HAD CORRODED AND NEEDED REPLACING.*AK. CONSUMER ASLO HAD THE FRONT BRAKES REPLACED.*SLC REFERENCED IN RQ03-004
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8002036January 11, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
VEHICLE PARKED FOR 2 HOURS. OWNER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD AFTER RETURNING. HOOD WAS RAISED AND FLAMES SHOT OUT. FLAMES EXTINGUISHED. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. MECHANIC DETERMINED CAUSE WAS ABS PRESSURE SENSOR SWITCH.*AK * REFERENCED IN EA02-025
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#9005623January 8, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
NOTICED A WET SPOT, FUEL LINE COMING OUT FROM THE TANK WAS CORRODED SO BAD THAT IT CRUMBLED, CAUSING THE FUEL WHICH IS UNDER PRESSURE AT ALL TIMES TO BE RUNNING OUT LIKE A BADLY LEAKING FAUCET,
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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