Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Apr 25, 2002FL
WHILE DRIVING AND COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP TRANSMISSION WILL BEGIN TO RACE. CONSUMER STATED THROTTLE STUCK, AND VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE FORWARD.*AK
1996 Lincoln Mark Vii
Routine
Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the exterior lighting › headlights. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle Speed Control | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Exterior Lighting › Headlights | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsExterior Lighting › Headlights
Filed Oct 4, 2000MI
FORD AND LINCOLN ARE INSISTING THAT WE PAY $675.,PLUS LABOR, TO REPLACE A HEADLIGHT THAT WENT OUT. THE 97 AND 98 MODELS OF THE CAR WERE RECALLED FOR THE SAME THING AND THEY WERE REPLACED AND NO COST THE THE COMSUMER. THIS IS EXACTLY THE SAME LIGHTING SYSTEM AND BULB, YET IF WE WERE TO PURCHASE IT OUTRIGHT IT WOULD COST $75. THE TECHNICIANS SAY THAT THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS WILL NOT MATE. HEADLIGHTS ARE AN ESSENTIAL AND NECESSAY COMPONENT OF AN AUTO AND IF THE COST IS SO HIGH TO REPLACE IT, THAN IT SHOULD NOT GO OUT. FORD AND LINCOLN ARE PRICE SCALPING AND SHIFTING THE COST OF THE RECALL ON THE 97 AND 98 ON TO THE OWNERS OF THE 96'S. PLEASE CHECK THIS OUT FOR US, SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE. THANK YOU, ZAK AND MARSHA KACHATUROFF
2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.