1993 Lincoln Town Car complaints

WHILE COMING OUT OF A PARKING LOT DRIVER'S FRONTAL AIR BAG INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THE OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND SOON AFTER A SQUEAKING SOUND CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD, THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND THE ENGINE STOPPED, THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE RESTARTED, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE HAD SEIZED, THE OIL SCREEN HAD CLOGGED AND STOPPED OIL FLOW TO THE ENGINE. *YH

HEADLIGHTS LENS WILL CONTINOUSLY GET DIRTY FROM THE INSIDE, ALSO WILL GET MOIST. CONSUMER HAS PROBLEMS AT NIGHT WHEN TURNING ON HEADLIGHTS. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WANTED TO REPLACE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY. *AK *YD

AFTER PUTTING VEHICLE IN PARK, CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A TRAIL OF FUEL LEADING UP THE DRIVEWAY COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE OUT FROM THE GARAGE AND SOON AFTER THAT, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK DEALER FOUND PERFORATED RUST ON STEEL FUEL LINES AT THE FUEL PUMP WHICH WAS ALSO HEAVILY RUSTED, FUEL LINE SPRAYED FUEL ON HOT EXHAUST SYSTEM. STEEL BRAKE LINES SHOWED EVIDENCE OF CORROSION. *SLC

UPON PARKING VEHICLE ONE HOUR LATER VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK REFERENCED IN EA02-025

AN EXPLOSION WAS HEARD @ 1:00AM-14 HOURS AFTER CAR WAS PARKED. CAR CONSUMED WITH FLAMES RESULTING IN TOTAL LOSS OF VEHICLE AND DAMAGE TO HOME AND SURROUNDING AREA.*AK REFERENCED IN EA02-025

OUR PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED DURING A WRECK WHICH CRUSHED MY THUMB ON MY RIGHT HAND, AS WELL AS MY RING FINGER ON RIGHT HAND. THESE REQUIRED SURGERY TO CORRECT. HAND STILL DISABLED WITH FINGER THAT WON'T BEND. DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE INJURED BY THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG WITH BURNS/ABRASIONS TO OUR KNEES (WEARING SHORTS AT THE TIME) . SINCE THAT TIME I (PASSENGER) HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH KNEE WHERE AIRBAG IMPACTED. DRIVER HAD SEVERE BURN/ABRASIONS TO HIS RIGHT ARM FROM WRIST TO ELBOW. THE AIRBAGS WERE TOO VIOLENT UPON BEING DEPLOYED.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL SEIZE IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION DURING OPERATION - BOTH INTERMITTENT AND CONSTANT SPEEDS. SOMETIMES CAN BE FREED BY RESTARTING THE VEHICLE. WIPER MOTOR GIVES OFF AN ODOR OF PLASTIC BURNING WHILE SEIZED*AK.

THE TIRE EXPLODED WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 70 MPH.

FUEL PUMP WAS LEAKING FUEL ONTO THE GROUND WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED OR MOVING. DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THAT FUEL PUMP HAD RUSTED THROUGH, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK DEALER FOUND THE FITTINGS AT THE FUEL PUMP RUSTED TO THE POINT OF LEAKING, DEALER REPLACED FUEL PUMP. *SLC

STEEL BRAKE / FUEL LINE ASSEMBLY FAILURE. HEAVILY ROTTED DUE TO POSITIONING ON FRAME RAIL, TRAPPS DIRT/ MOISTURE OR COULD JUST BE INFIRIOR QUALITY MATTERIALS. MANUFACTURER SAID THEY HAD NOT DOCUMENTED ANY PROBLEMS. THE DEALER SAID IT WASN'T COMMON BUT KNEW THE REPAIR LABOR AND PARTS PRICE OFF TOP OF HEAD. OTHER LINES IN OTHER LOCATIONS ON VEHICLE APPEARED OK. I HAVE OTHER VEHICLE MUCH OLDER THAN THIS ONE AND ORIGINAL LINES ARE IN GOOD SHAPE. IV'E NEVER SEEN BRAKE LINE FAILURE, WHICH OCCOURS SUDDENLY RESULTING IN BRAKE FAILURE, IN A VEHILE ONLY 8 YEARS OLD. DETERIORATION IS EXTENSIVE. WOULD IT REALLY DRIVE THE COST OF A NEW VEHICLE UP THAT MUCH NOT TO MANDATE STAINLESS STEEL BRAKE LINES AS MANY MANUFACTURERS ARE PROVIDING STAINLESS EXHAUST SYSTEMS? THANK YOU FOR THIS WEB SITE FRANK MARKUT

CAR WAS PARKED APPROX 5 HOURS SELF IGNITED AT MAIN WIRING HARNESS. SMOKE AND FLAMES WERE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. WE PUT FIRE OUT AND DISCONNECTED BATTERY AS WIRES WERE STILL SMOKING. INSURANCE COMPANY WAS CALLED AND APPRAISER CAME OUT BUT WILL NOT COVER AS WAS A CAUSE/DEFECT NOT COMPLETELY BURNED. *AK REFERENCED IN RQ01-002

TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE - 70 MPH - TRANSMISSION AUTOMATICALLY STARTED DOWNSHIFTING ALMOST CAUSING MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS. *AK

VERY NOISY AND SLOPPY STEERING CONTROL - POSSIBLE STEERING SYSTEM FAILURE. *AK

CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO DISENGAGE WHEN BRAKES APPLIED-LOCKED THROTTLE AT HALF WAY-WAS ABLE TO STOP WITHOUT ACCIDENT-SPEED CONTROL CABLE WAS HOLDING THROTTLE OPEN-HAD TO DISCONNECT SPEED CONTROL CABLE FROM LINKAGE.

DASHLIGHTS ARE TURNED UP AS BRIGHT AS IT GOES, BUT CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO SEE HOW FAST HE IS DRIVING. DEALER STATED ALL 1993 MODELS ARE LIKE THAT. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL LEFT SIDE COLLISION AT 32-35 MPH IN WHICH DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. HOWEVER, PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID DEPLOY. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

WOULD BE DRIVING VEHICLE WHEN DASHBOARD WOULD GET HOT. INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS WOULD COME ON. TWO OF BUTTONS HAD MELTED. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP, AND WAS INFORMED BY THE MECHANIC READ OUT FROM DIAGNOSTIC INDICATED THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL SHORT. WOULD NEED TO REPLACE WIRING. THIS PROBLEM ONLY HAPPEN WHEN DRIVING.*AK

ON 3 OCCASIONS WHILE APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL WILL FAIL AND GO TO FLOOR, CAUSING NO BRAKE POWER. ALSO, ANTI-LOCK BRAKE LIGHT WILL COME ON. CONSUMER MUST REAPPLY BRAKES IN ORDER TO STOP VEHICLE. DEALER STATED TO CONSUMER THAT IF LIGHT WAS NOT ON WHEN VEHICLE WA BROUGHT TO DEALER , THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE. VEHICLE HAS A COMPUTER THAT ERASED MEMORY AFTER IT WAS TURNED OFF. THEREFORE, CONSUMER WILL HAVE TO DRIVE VEHICLE DIRECTLY TO DEALER WHEN ABS LIGHT WAS TURNED ON. HAD DEALER INSPECT VEHICLE IMMEDIATLEY.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING IN COLD WEATHER 15-20 MINUTES CONSUMER NOTICED ABS INDICATOR LIGHT WOULD FLASH ON. WHEN VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF OR COOLING DOWN INDICATOR LIGHT WOULD CUT OFF. *AK THE VEHICLE OCCASIONALY MAKES A RUMBLE NOISE ONCE A DAY. *YH

WHILE DRIVING, AT 35MPH TRANSMISSION GOES NEUTRAL BEFORE CHANGING. AIR/HEAT FAILURE AFTER REPLACED HEATER CORE.GAS MONITOR INDICATES SPORATICALLY. BACK DOOR LOCKS LODGED.SUSPENSION REPLACED ONCE. FUEL LINE & RADIO REPLACED BY DEALER. FRONT RIGHT WHEEL TIGHTENS & POPS LOOSE DURING ALLIGNMENT, PULLS TO THE RIGHT ON THE ROAD. REPLACED RADIATOR, & ALTERNATOR. BATTERY WON'T HOLD CHARGE IF PARKED 2 DAYS+. AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON.

REAR AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. *AK

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

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

WHILE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN IT SEVEREY PULLS TO RIGHT, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT ANY SPEED ENGINE WILL LOSE POWER WHILE CONSUMER STEPS ON GAS PEDAL, BUT ENGINE WILL NOT ACCELERATE. SOMETIMES WILL SHUTDOWN/ STALL WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.*AK

VEHICLE HAD RECALL 99V-124 COMPLETED, LATER CONSUMER WAS AWOKEN BY AN EXPLOSION, VEHICLE WAS IN FLAMES, FIRE POSSIBLY CAUSED BY RECALL COMPONENT REPLACEMENT. *SLC

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN GARAGE AFTER TAKING VEHICLE TO GET OIL CHANGE . HOURS LATER CONSUMER SMELT SMOKE, AND NOTICED THAT VEHICLE HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE, CAUSING $300,000 WORTH OF DAMGE TO HOUSE.*AK REFERENCED IN RQ01-002

CONSUMER PUT VEHICLE INTO DRIVE GEAR WITH FOOT STILL ON BRAKES WHEN IT SUDDENLY TOOK OFF, BEGAN TO ACCELERATE , CONSUMER TRIED TO SHIFT INTO PARK, BUT GEAR WOULD NOT ACCEPT IT. CONSUMER THAN SHIFTED INTO REVERSE ,COULD HEAR ENGINE STILL RACING ,AND FINALLY TURNED OFF ENGINE, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. 2. ALSO, VEHICLE WOULD GO INTO REVERSE ON ITS OWN. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. *AK

TRANSMISSION KEEPS DROPPING OUT JUST LIKE IT HAS GONE INTO NEUTRAL GEAR. ONE MUST TAKE IS OUT OF OVERDRIVE OR PULL IT INTO A LOWER GEAR THEN IT MIGHT RETURN TO NORMAL OPERATION. I HAVE HAD BACK TO THE DEALER ON 11 FEB,, 29 FEB AND 14 MAR BUT EACH TIME IT HAS BEEN RETURNED TO ME SAYING IT IS OKAY, WE COULD FIND NO PROBLEMS WITH IT AT LEAST ACCORDING TO THE COMPUTER. THEY INITIALLY ADJUSTED THE MLP SENSOR, THEN THE NEXT TIME REPLACED THE MLP SENSOR AND THE TORQUE CONVERTER, THEN WHEN IT OCCURRED AGAIN . THEY HAVE NEVER OPENED UP THE TRANSMISSION THAT I AM AWARE OF BUT CONTEND THAT THE TRANS, DIAG TELLS THEM EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO KNOW. NEVERTHELESS, THE TRANSMISSION STILL DROPS OUT AND THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN CORRECTED. AS FAR AS I CAN SEE THE DEFECT THAT EXISTED DURING THE WARRANTY STILL EXISTS BUT IT IS SUCH A CHORE TO TAKE IT DOWN TONW KANSAS CITY AND THEN COME BACK TWO DAYS LATER (CAR IS OKAY) AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. HELP!!

WHILE CAR WAS PARKED AT WORKPLACE PARKING LOT AFTER BEING PARKED FOR APPROXIMATLEY 30 MINUTES, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. *AK REFERENCED IN EA02-025

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

HORN ASSEMBLY HAD BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES, AND DEFECT KEEPS REOCCURRING. IT WAS NOT FIXED PROPERLY. DEALER SAID THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM, LIKE ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH WITH THE LINCOLN. *AK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT REMAINS ILLUMINATED, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE SYSTEM, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE PROBELM.*AK.ET.

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE IT WAS PARKED WITH ENGINE TURNED OFF. A WITNESS STATED THAT FIRE HAD STARTED IN FRONT LEFT SIDE ABOVE LEFT FRONT TIRE. VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. CONSUMER STATED THAT RECALL 99V124000/ SPEED CONTROL SWITCH REPAIRS WERE DONE IN MAY 1999, WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED THE FIRE. *AK *ML REFERENCED IN EA02-025

AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM GOES UP AND DOWN. YH

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED THEY REMAINED NORMAL . HOWEVER , VEHICLE EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE,RESULTING IN A COLLISION THAT LED TO MINOR INJURIES. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

PRIOR TO RECALL SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH FAILED (99V-12). YH

WHILE DRIVING FOR A FEW MINUTES AIR SUSPENSION LIGHT WILL COME ON THE DASHBOARD, AND THE AIR SUSPENSION WILL NOT SUPPORT VEHICLE. VEHICLE WILL BE LOW TO THE GROUND. *AK

CONSUMER HAD RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH. BUT, THE DEALER HAD NOT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE PROPERLY, NOR GIAVE A SASTIFACTORY EXPLANATION TO CONSUMER. *AK

DEALER NEVER HAS THE PARTS FOR THE RECALL THAT WAS SENT TO THE CONSUMER. *AK

BRAKE SYSTEM CONTINUALLY IN NEED OF REPAIRS, CAUSING LOCK UP AND PULLING WHEN BRAKING. MJS

TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED PREMATURELY. NLM

AFTER BEING PARKED IN THE GARAGE FOR AN HOUR, THE IGNITION SWITCH CAUGHT FIRE. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

DEFECTIVE MATERIAL ON THE OIL PAN, CAUSING OIL PAN TO FALL APART FROM THE INSIDE, AND RESULTING IN AN OIL LEAK. THIS COULD CAUSE A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. DRIVER PRESSED THE BRAKES, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. BUT, VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUS EOF PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING NOTICED FRONT END OF VEHICLE HAD STEAM COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. PULLED VEHICLE OVER & CHECKED. FLAMES SHOT OUT FROM THE HOOD. FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLED & ARRIVED TO PUT FLAMES OUT. INDICATED IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE NEAR THE ENGINE. *AK

AIR BAG LIGHT IS FLASHING ON THE DASHBOARD. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER INDICATED THAT THE AIR BAG IS NOT WORKING, IN EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT AIR BAG WOULD NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE MAKES A HOLLOWING NOISE. THEN WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED VEHICLE ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN. *AK

DUE TO THE DOOR ACTUATOR PIN BEING SHORT, AND ON A FLEXIBLE DOOR PANEL WHICH IN THE HEATS EXPANDS AND THE PIN COMES OUT, JAMMING THE DOOR LOCKS, CAUSING THEM TO BECOME INOPERATIVE, WHICH MAY TRAP AN OCCUPANT IN THE VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK