Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1998 record →
CONSUMER WAS PULLING INTO THE DRIVEWAY AND ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES. GAS PEDAL IS HIGHER THEN BRAKE PEDAL. CONSUMER APPLIED THE GAS PEDAL, AND VEHICLE WENT STRAIGHT THROUGH THE GARAGE. *AK
ENGINE COOLANT LEAKS AND BUBBLES UP UNTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, WHICH MAY CAUSE A FIRE. BEEN TO DIFFERENT DEALERS, AND THEY CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
WHILE MAKING A U-TURN CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE, VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. HIGH PRESSURE PLASTIC LINE ON TOP OF ENGINE CRACKED AND FUEL WENT OUT ONTO EXHAUST PIPES AND SPARK PLUG WIRES. *AK
ONGOING PROBLEMS: WHENEVER VEHICLE IS GOING DOWN HILL WITH SPEED CONTROL ENGAGED IT CAUSES VEHICLE TO SPEED UP TO 10-20 MPH MORE THEN THE SETTING. DEALER NOTIFIED AND REPLACED CONTACT VALVE AND SPEED CABLE AND CONDITION STILL OCCURRING. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. *AK
ENGINE SHUTS DOWN WHILE DRIVING. ENGINE FAILS TO START. THESE EVENTS HAPPEN INTERMITTENTLY AND AFTER A BREIF WAIT IT WILL GENERAL START. LIKE ALWAYS THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN WHEN THE DEALER CAN EXPERANCE THE EVENT. BIGGEST CONSER IS THAT POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES FAIL WITH THE ENGINE WHEN THIS TAKES PLACE ON THE ROAD AT HIWAY SPEEDS. HAVE BEEN TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEN ALWAYS STARTS UPON ARRIVAL. *AK
INTERIOR LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE. DEALER FIXED INTERIOR LIGHTS, AND CURRENTLY THE LIGHTS ARE SMOKING, WHICH COULD CAUSE A FIRE. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
CONSUMER STARTED ENGINE, IT MADE A LOUD NOISE AND VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. CONSUMER STEPPED ON THE BRAKES AND TURNED OFF KEY, BUT VEHICLE DID NOT STOP UNTIL CONSUMER HIT A POLE. *AK
VOICE ACTIVATED TELEPHONE FAILED.
SENSOR FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. YH
VEHICLE EMITS TOXIC FUMES IN THE PASSENGER SIDE COMPARTMENT CAUSING DISORIENTATION, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, DIZZINESS, AND INABILITY TO CONCENTRATE WHEN DRIVING WHICH COULD RESULT IN COLLISION / SERVERE HEALTH PROBLEMS. *YC
TOCIX FUMES IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT OF THE CAR, CAUSES DISORIENTATION, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND DIZZINESS, UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE. YH
DURING COLLISION SEAT BELTS FAILED TO RESTRAIN AND NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG RESULTING IN INJURY TO CHEST AND HEAD.
VEHICLE ACCELERATION WHILE APPLYING BRAKES ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.
VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY EXPERIENCING UNUSUAL ACCELERATION AT A STOP POSITION WITH BRAKES APPLIED. VEHICLE WOULD JUMP INTO MOTION; CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE GEAR TO NEUTRAL IN ORDER TO GET VEHICLE TO STOP. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFOMED CONSUMER THAT PROBLEM CANNOT BE DUPLICATED. *AK
CARBON MONOXIDE IS LEAKING INTO CAR CAUSING CONSUMER SICK, DIZZY AND SLEEPY.
CONSUMER EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH FRONT WINDSHIELD GLARE. CONSUMER INFORMED THAT EVERYTHING APPEARS TO REFLECT THE WINDSHIELD LIKE A MIRROR. DEALER /MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE. *AK
VEHICLE'S VENTILLATION SYSTEM LEAKS FUMES CAUSING CONSUMER TO BECOME DISORIENTED.
DRIVER HEARD A LOUD POP AND THE STEERING WHEEL PULLED VIOLENTLY TO THE LEFT, AND COULD NOT BE CONTROLLED. BODY ABSORBERS WHERE THE FRAME SUPPORTING THE ENGINE, TRANSMISSION, FRONT SUSPENSION, AND STEERING HAD BROKEN LOOSE FROM THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE. THE WASHER HOLDING THE BODY ABSORBERS FAILED APPARENTLY DUE TO CORROSION AND FATIGUE.
TIMING CHAIN FAILED CAUSING ENGINE FAILURE.
IGNITION FAILED, STICKS.
THE RIGHT REAR DOOR OF THE LINCOLN'S CHASSIS IS ENTRENCHED WITH A SPLIT. THIS ALLOWS RAIN TO LEAK IN OR AIR TO BLOW THROUGH. WILL BE TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER TO CHECK. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT ALMOST ANY SPEED, GOING OVER ANY KIND OF BUMP IN THE ROAD, THERE IS A THUMPING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR END SUSPENSION. WHEN TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP, DEALER STATED THAT FORD IS AWARE OF THE PROLBEM, AND WORKING ON A SOLUTION. *AK
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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