1990 Lincoln Town Car complaints

HAD PARKED VEHICLE & WENT INTO HOUSE; HEARD NOISE & LOOKED OUT & NOTICED VEHICLE ENGULFED IN FLAMES; CALLED FIRE DEPT. ; THEY ARRIVED & PUT FLAMES OUT. FIRE DEPT INFORMED OWNDER THAT IT WAS ALTERNATOR, BUT FOUND OUT LATER WAS CONNECTOR TO ALTERNATOR. *AK

PAINT FAILURE DUE TO DEFECTIVE PRIMER.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE DOWN THE HIGHWAY SMELT A BURNING ODOR. CONSUMER PULLED THE VEHICLE TO SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND TRIED TO TAKE OUT THE METAL WHEEL COVER, AND COULDN'T BECAUSE IT WAS VERY HOT. CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS THE BRAKE BOOSTER. CONSUMER HAD THE BOOSTER REPLACED, AND HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK

WHILE PARKED AN ELECTRICAL SHORT UNDER THE HOOD CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE. CAUSE NOT DETERMINED BY FIRE MARSHALL. *AK

WHILE DRIVING SMOKE WAS COMING FROM LEFT FRONT OF ENGINE .THE CAR WAS ENGULFED IN FIRE IN THE FRONT END. *AK

ENGINE: AFTER BEING ON HIGHWAY ON AND OFF FOR ABOUT AN HOUR, DROVE VEHICLE INTO DRIVEWAY, OPENED THE DOOR AND NOTICED A SMELL.SHUT OFF THE ENGINE THEN NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOOD ,OPENED THE HOOD LATCH FRIEND SAID GET OUT OF CAR IT IS ON FIRE . THE ENTIRE ENGINE WENT UP IN FLAMES. CAUSE OF FIRE UNKNOWN.

VEHICLE HAD AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE WHICH CAUSED A FIRE AFTER BEING PARKED FOR 45 MIN. THE FIRE WAS AT THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, AND MELTED THE HOOD AND TIRES WITH NO PRIOR WARNING. *AK

BACKING PLATE ON FRONT BRAKES OVERHEATED AND CAUSED A FIRE. IT WAS THE RIGHT TIRE THAT WAS BURNED. DEALERS SAID PROBLEM OCCURRED BECAUSE OF A FAULTY POWER BRAKE UNIT.OWNER IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. HAS ABS BRAKES. *AK

ELECTRICAL SHORT, VEHICLE FIRE , VEHICLE PARKED AND LOCKED. IN FOR REPAIRS. *AK

VEHICLE FIRE.

WHILE DRIVING AT THE SPEED OF 60MPH THE HOOD FLEW UP AND BROKE THE WINDSHIELD. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

FRONT SEATS SLIDE FORWARD WHEN CAR IS IN MOTION.

STARTER MOTOR DRIVE FAILED TWICE.

FUEL LINE LEAK, CAUSING FIRE.

VEHICLE DRIVEN ALL MORNING, IN THE AFTERNOON WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. FLAMES APPEARED FROM UNDER THE HOOD, POSSIBLY CAUSED BY AN ELECTRICAL SHORT. *AK

THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT HAS A ROCKING MOTION WHICH CAUSED THE SEAT TO MOVE FORWARD WHILE DRIVING. DEALER STATES THEY WOULD REPLACE THE ENTIRE SEAT AT A $200.00 COST. PLEASE ADD FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

ENGINE FIRE.

UNDER THE HOOD ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE, VEHICLE HAD BEEN DRIVEN AND PARKED, ABOUT 10 MIN. LATER THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. WILL PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK

FUEL LINE LEAK, CAUSING FIRE.

STARTER SOLENOID FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL.

VEHICLE PARKED IN DRIVEWAY, HEARD VEHICLE CRANKING AND WENT OUTSIDE NO ONE WAS IN OR AROUND THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE IS CONTINUING TO CRANK, SAW SMOKE THEN FIRE, HOOD WAS SO HOT THAT IT TURNED TO VAPOR. *AK

DEFECTIVE PAINT ON VEHICLE.

DASHBOARD IS IMPOSSIBLE TO READ IN SUNLIGHT.

HOOD LATCH FAILED, CAUSING HOOD TO FLY OPEN PRIOR TO RECALL.

FAILURE ON THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR, THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR HAS BEEN REPLACED ON TWO OCCASIONS. *AK

TRUNK LATCH REPLACED.

INTERMITTENT STALLING.

FUEL LINE LEAK, CAUSING FIRE.

SOMETIMES WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, SMELLED ELECTRIAL WIRES BURNING, WINDOWS WOULD LOCK UP, AIR CONDITIONER WOULD STOP, ALSO THE KEY CANNOT BE REMOVED FROM IGNITION SWITCH, ELECTRICAL WIRES SEEMED TO SHORT OUT.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE IN THE IGNITION SWITCH, A TERRIBLE NOISE WAS HEARD AND CONSUMER FEELS THIS WAS DUE TO THE SWITCH ENGAGED WHILE THE MOTOR WAS RUNNING. *SLC

VEHICLE HAD SUDDEN UNWANTED ACCELERATION WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE.THE BRAKING SYSTEM WOULD NOT OVERRIDE, CAR KEPT ACCELERATING.*AK CONSUMER WROTE IN STATING THIS IS NOT HER VEHICLE. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING EXPERIENCED SWAY BAR BRACKET FAILURE WHEN FRACTURED AXEL ON REAR RIGHT PASSENGER SIDE DUE TO INADEQUATE THICKNESS OF METAL. *AK

IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEM.

INSTRUMENT PANEL READINGS OBSCURED BY LIGHT INTENSITY.

INTERMITTENT STALLING. *SD

CAR WAS PARKED AND VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK

WHEN PUTTING THE CAR INTO DRIVE THE ENGINE RACED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO GO AT HIGH SPEEDS UNEXPECTEDLY, VEHICLE LOST CONTROL, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH, CAUSING THE WIRING HARNESS TO MELT. *AK

THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNEXPECTANTLY AND WENT THROUGH A BUILDING. *AK CONSUMER WAS PREPARING TO BACK OUT OF A PARKING SPOT WHEN VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AT A VERY HIGH RATE OF SPEED, VEHICLE SURGED TWICE ON THE SAME DAY PRIOR TO ACCIDENT, CONSUMER STATED ACCELERATION SPEED WAS UNBELIEVABLE AND INSTANTANEOUS. *SLC

VEHICLES ABS BRAKING SYSTEM FAILED. SEVERAL REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR BRAKE SYSTEM. *AK

VEHICLE HAD AN ENGINE FIRE DUE TO THE WIRING HARNESS. *AK

TOWN CAR STOPPED AT RED LIGHT, STARTED ON GREEN, ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN RED LIGHT & SMASHED FRONT OF TOWN CAR, DRIVER & PASSENGER AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK *JB

THE DRIVER SEAT PLATE CAME APART, PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK

POWER STEERING FAILED 4 TIMES. *SD

ENGINE FIRE. *DH

AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE VEHICLE IS CAUSING THE ALTERNATOR TO CATCH ON FIRE WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. *AK *JB

VEHICLE BURST INTO FLAMES WHILE IN TOYS'R'US PARKING LOT UNDER A HALF AN HOUR. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

AFTER DRIVING THE CAR FOR ABOUT 9 HOURS, PARKED IT, THEN NOTICED SMOKE AND FIRE COMING FROM UNDER THE FRONT END. *AK

PARKED IN DRIVEWAY VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. BURNS WERE VISIBLE FROM THE FRONT TO THE FIREWAY. *AK

HOOD LATCH FAILED, CAUSING HOOD TO OPEN AND OBSTRUCT DRIVERS VISION, CAUSING ACCIDENT. (NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE REPORT) *DSH

VEHICLE WAS PARKED, UNDER THE HOOD, ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE WHICH MELTED THE INSIDE COMPARTMENT UNDER THE DASH AND INTERIOR. *AK