1995 Lincoln Town Car complaints

WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH THE BALL JOINT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE BROKE WHICH CAUSED THAT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE TO COLLAPSE TO THE GROUND. PLEASE DESCRIBE FURTHER. *NLM

THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK, WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HIT A FENCE, WENT AIRBORNE AND THEN HIT A TREE. *AK *JB

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR THE DRIVER TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. *NLM CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A NEARBY MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A FAILED INTAKE MANIFOLD. THE MECHANIC POINTED OUT THAT THE FAILURE HAD OCCURRED IN THE PLASTIC PART OF THE MANIFOLD. THE REPLACEMENT PART WAS ORDERED, WHICH WAS ALSO MADE OF PLASTIC. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT HE WAS THE THIRD CUSTOMER WITH INTAKE MANIFOLD PROBLEMS WITHIN THAT MONTH. FORD HAS MODIFIED THAT PART BY ADDING A PIECE OF METAL TO IT. *PH *JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN TRYING TO APPLY THE BRAKES THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL GO TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HAVE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT BRAKE LINE IS RUSTED. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

I HAD A SET OF FIRESTONE FR575,215/70R15,97SMTS TIRES ON MY TOWN CAR,3 OF THE 4 WERE REPLACED DUE TO TREAD OR CORD SEPERATION WHICH CAUSED VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE CAR AROUND TOWN. WHILE WE WERE ON A OUT OF TOWN TRIP THE ONE THAT WAS ON THE RIGHT FRONT STARTED SHAKING THEN ALL OF THE TREAD 100% CAME OFF, THE CAR HEADED FOR THE DITCH BUT I MANAGED TO KEEP IT ON THE ROAD. AFTER I GOT STOPPED AND PUT ON THE DOUGHNUT SPARE I SAW THE THROWN RUBBER HAD BEAT THE CAR UP FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE PASSENGER DOOR TO THE FRONT BUMPER. I GOT MOST OF THE RUBBER MARKS OFF BUT IT LEFT BENT UP CHROME TRIM AND OTHER DAMAGE.I HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR 31 YEARS AND HAVE NEVER HAD A PASSENGER TIRE FLY APART LIKE THAT AND NOW LEFT WITH UNDOUBTLY SEVERAL HUNDRED OR MORE DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGE AND A SCARRY MEMORY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS SITE TO FILE THIS COMPLAINTGENE.*AK

FAULTY BRAKE LINES, RUSTED SECTIONS, LEAKING LOSS OF BRAKING WHILE DRIVING. I CHECKED THE BRAKE LINES, I FOUND THE 2 BRAKE LINES GOING TO THE REAR OF THE CAR SEVERELY RUSTED, LEAKING SECTIONS. (PHOTO ENCLOSED) A LINE ADJACENT TO THE BRAKE LINES LOOKS NEW, NO RUST AT ALL! EVERYTHING ELSE UNDER THE CAR, INCLUDING PARTS THAT NORMALLY RUST LIKE THE MUFFLER, TAIL PIPE, ETC. ARE IN GREAT SHAPE. IT IS OBVIOUS TO ME THAT THE BRAKE LINES USED IN THIS PARTICULAR YEAR OF THE LINCOLN ARE FAULTY,( A MATERIAL DEFECT)! I HAVE MADE SEVERAL PHONE CALLS TO INQUIRE ABOUT HAVING IT FIXED BECAUSE MY CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THIS CAR NEEDS SOME VERY UNUSUAL, AND EXPENSIVE, LABOR TO REPLACE THE FAULTY BRAKE LINES. (THE FRAME AND BODY OF THE CAR HAS TO BE SEPARATED) WHAT TYPE OF ENGINEERING IS THAT? IVE RECEIVED ESTIMATES TO FIX MY CAR AT A MINIMUM OF $1500! IVE ALSO BEEN INFORMED THAT THIS IS POSSIBLY AN UNPUBLISHED RECALL FOR THIS PARTICULAR CAR WITH SUCH SERIOUS BRAKE LINE EROSION, A MATERIAL DEFECT! IT DOESNT TAKE AN EXPERT TO KNOW THAT THESE BRAKE LINES ARE A DANGER TO THE PUBLIC! ANY PEOPLE WHO HAPPEN TO BE AT THE WRONG PLACE AND TIME, WHEN THESE DEFECTIVE BRAKES FAIL IT COULD BE CATASTROPHIC. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

THE FRONT ROTORS WERE REPLACED TWICE, AND THERE WAS STILL A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM NOT WORKING EFFECTIVELY. *JB ON THE SECOND OCCASION THE BRAKE LIGHT HAD COME ON AND THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE BRAKE LINES HAD RUSTED. THE MANUFACTURER DECLINED ON COVERING THE REPAIRS. *SCC REFERENCED IN RQ03-004

THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS DEFECTIVE, WHICH CAUSED THE STARTER NOT TO ENGAGE AND THE RADIO NOT TO WORK. *JB

1995 LINCOLN TOWN CAR, VIN #[XXX]. VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY. IT HAS OCCURRED AT 25 MPH TO 70 MPH AND EVERY WHERE IN BETWEEN. IT HAS STALLED MANY TIMES AT HIGHWAY SPEED LEAVING ME STRANDED IN THE FAST LANE AND IN HARMS WAY. WHEN THIS HAPPENS YOU HAVE TO PUT IT IN PARK AND TURN THE IGNITION OFF AND WAIT, GENERALLY 5 TO 10 MINUTES, BUT THERE HAS BEEN INCIDENTS WHERE I HAD TO WAIT HOURS BEFORE IT WILL START. THIS IS A VERY RANDOM CONDITION. SOMETIMES IT WILL GO A MONTH WITH OUT A PROBLEM AND OTHER TIMES IT WILL OCCUR 6 OR 8 TIMES GOING 2 MILES TO THE GROCERY STORE. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM MY LOCAL LINCOLN DEALER IN MAY OF 2001 AND HAVE HAD THE PROBLEM SINCE THE SECOND DAY. VEHICLE SERVICE RECORDS INDICATE THE COMPUTER WAS REPLACED TWICE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT DISCONNECTED FROM THE TIRE WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO BECOME UNDRIVEABLE. TS *JB

CONSUMER STATES OF HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE HEADLIGHTS. DEALER WAS CONTACTED TS

I CAME TO A STOP LIGHT AND THE CAR HAD JUST ENOUGH BRAKES TO STOP WITH, I PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT AND NOTICE THE GROUND WAS WET ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CAR AND LOOKED UNDER THE CAR AND FOUND THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE LEAKING. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO GREENS AND SHANE MULLINS SAID THE BRAKE LINES HAVE RUSTED OUT I CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT BRAKE LINES WOULD RUST OUT IN 7 YEARS. DT REFERENCED IN RQ03-004

CONSUMER STATES THAT AT 75 MPH THE HEADLIGHT WENT OUT. CONSUMER FEELS VERY LUCKY TO HAVE MAD IT TO A SAVE STOPPED. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTED, BUT IS VERY DANGEROUS SAYS CONSUMER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

ONGOING/INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. WHEN APPLYING NORMAL BRAKING ABS LIGHT WOULD COME ON, AND BRAKE PEDAL WOULD BEGIN TO PULSATE, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. VEHICLE BEEN TO DEALER ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILLOCCURRING. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFROMATION.*AK

FAILED REAR AIR SUSPENSION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 15MPH, THE LOWER BALL JOINTS SEPARATED, CAUSING FRONT END TO FALL, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. *AK CONSUMER STATED THE TIE ROD END WAS REPLACED DUE TO IT CONTAINING PLAY.*JB

LOOSE PITMAN ARM IS CAUSING RATTLING NOISES, AND STEERING PROBLEMS. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT LOW SPEEDS ON OCCASIONS THEY MAKE A CRUNCHING NOISE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY STATED THAT ABS NEEDED REPLACING. 2000 MILES LATER, PROBLEM REOCCURRED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

10,000 MILES, FORD HAD ME OPERATE THIS AUTO WITHOUT ANTILOCK BRAKES. REPAIRED ORIGINALLY UNDER WARR. 2 DAYS LATER LIGHT BACK ON. DEALER ADVISED US TO BRING THE CAR IN WHEN THE LIGHT COMES BACK ON AGAIN. LIGHT CAME ON MANY TIMES, ALWAYS WHEN FAR FROM LADIN. IT'S A LONG STORY BUT MY SAFETY WAS NEVER THE CONCERN AT LINCOLN. *AK

CONSUMER STATED THE ENGINE STALLS WHEN DRIVING, IF THE VEHICLE IS SHUT OFF FOR 2 MINUTES, AND THEN RESTARTED IT WILL RUN PERFECTLY, VEHICLE HAS BEEN INTO DEALERSHIP ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, BUT THE DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER A GAS FILLER TUBE WAS INSTALLED, IN OCTOBER 2001, HOWEVER 1000 MILES LATER THE PROBLEM RESURFACED.*JB

THE BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTED THROUGH BELOW THE DRIVER SEAT AND RUPTURED. THE DRIVER COULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE IN TIME AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE AT A TRAFFIC INTERSECTION. REFERENCED IN RQ03-004

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

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 10MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE WAS $3000.*AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE, THEN, BRAKES WILL RELEASE/ GRAB, GRINDING NOISE WILL GET LOUDER. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER 6-8 TIMES, ABS SYSTEM WAS REPLACED ONCE UNDER WARRANTY, BUT PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS.*AK DEALER HAS REPLACED MANY PARTS INCLUDING: ABS MODULE, RIGHT AND LEFT FRONT WHEEL SENSORS, WIRING CONNECTORS ON ABS MODULE, BRAKE SHOES, PADS, AND ROTORS WHICH WERE WARPED, DEALER CAN NOT REMEDY PROBLEM. *JB

I HVE HAD THIS CAR IN SHOP ON 8 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS TO REPAIR. NO SAFETY DEFEC TLISTED. *AK

A SOLID METAL BRAKE LINE WAS BEING RUBBED BY FRONT CONTROL, AND LOST ALL BRAKE FLUID. ALSO, DID NOT HAVE ANY BRAKES TO STOP VEHICLE. CONTACT DEALER, AND DEALER WAS REPAIRING VEHICLE.*AK REFERENCED IN RQ03-004

WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH AND MAKING A LEFT TURN LEFT FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE DROPPED DOWN AND STEERING WAS ERRATIC. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND DETERMINED THAT LEFT BALL JOINT SEPARATED. CONSUMER ATTACHED SAFETY RECALL 98S37 FOR THE LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT REPLACEMENT. *AK *TT

WHILE OUT OF TOWN IN A RAINSTORM, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED. IT CAUSED VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITION SINCE WE COULD NOT SEE OUT FRONT WINDSHIELD AND WERE FORCED TO DRIVE LOOKING OUT SIDE WINDOWS DURING DRIVING RAINSTORM. WITH MUCH DIFFICULTY WE MADE IT TO OUR DESTINATION. NEEDS TO BE CHECKED OUT. OTHER LINCOLN OWNERS OF SAME YEAR/MODEL HAVE HAD SAME PROBLEM. *AK

THE VEHICLE WOULD CRANK BUT WOULD NOT START. THE DEALER REPLACED BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH CONNECTOR BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT SOLVED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON RIGHT AFTER THE REPAIR WAS DONE. THE CONSUMER STATES THE DIAGNOSIS BY THE DEALER WAS WRONG AND SHOULD BE REPEATED. *YH

VEHICLE HAS STALLED AT ANY SPEED 5 TIMES SINCE PURCHASE. TAKEN TO DEALER TWO TIMES UNDER WARRANTY, WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND PROBLEM. NOW THAT WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED DEALER FOUND VACUUM CONTROL VALVE TO BE THE PROBLEM, AT A COST OF ALMOST $ 600.00

TRAVELING AT 65 MPH ON FREEWAY THE CAR BEGAN TO WANDER WITHOUT STEERING WHEEL INPUT--THE STEERING WHEEL HAD ONE INCH FREE PLAY FROM EITHER SIDE OF CENTER. HAD CAR PUT ON RACK--CHECKED FRONT END (NOTHING ABNORMAL FOUND), BUT WITH WHEELS ON GROUND THE STEERING WHEEL CAN BE MOVED ONE INCH IN EITHER DIRECTION FROM CENTER WITHOUT WHEEL MOVEMENT-MECHANIC SUSPECTS DEFECTIVE STEERING SECTOR. FORD DEALER INSPECTED CAR AND FOUND SAME CONDITION EXISTED. DEALER NOTIFIED FORD, BUT NO CORRECTIVE ACTION TAKEN. THIS CONDITION IS NOT GOOD--CAR WANTS TO DRIFT ALL OVER THE ROAD AND AND HAS LOOSE STEERING--SPEED SENSITIVE STEERING W/SELECT STEERING EFFORT HAS NOT EFFECT ON CONDITION. PRESENTLY I DO NOT TRUST THE VEHICLE. IT IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 58MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE BROADSIDED CONSUMER'S VEHICLE ON DRIVER'S SIDE. UPON IMPACT, SIDE DOOR AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DRIVER WAS KNOCKED SIDEWAYS TOWARDS DOOR IN VEHICLE AND SUSTAINED INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.*AK *JB

AFTER BRAKES WERE SERVICED BY A PRIVATE MECHANIC VEHICLE EXPERIENCED MILD VIBRATION WHILE TRAVELING AT LOW SPEEDS ON A RANDOM BASIS. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE. *AK MECHANICE INSPECTED BRAKES AND FOUND NO PROBLEMS, CONSUMER IS GOING TO TAKE VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *SLC

THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR ASSEMBLY HAS FAILED ON 3 OCCASIONS CAUSING THE VEHICLE NOT TO START. NLM

WHILE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN AT HIGH SPEED FRONT END PULLS TO THE RIGHT, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, IF A BUMP IS HIT VEHICLE, IT WILL VEER TO RIGHT FOR A SECOND BEFORE RETURNING TO ITS NORMAL POSITION. DEALAR HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

BRAKES LOCK UP OR SOME WHEELS LOCK UP ON LOOSE SURFACE. YESTERDAY WITH ONE WHEEL ON GRAVEL AND ONE ON LEAVES, WHEEL ON LEAVED LOCKED UP AND ALMOST CAUSED ME TO HIT LARGE TREE.THIS IS NOT FIRST TIME BRAKES HAVE LOCKED UP, FIRST TIME I SLED OFF DRIVEWAY INTO DITCH, REPORTED THAT TO DEALER AND THEY JUST LAUGHED. *AK

PITMAN ARM BALL JOINT FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE STEERING FOR THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE. *SLC

ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, BRAKE PEDAL HAS WENT TO THE FLOOR WHILE BRAKING, CONSUMER HAS HAD TO PUMP THE BRAKES TO SLOW THE VEHICLE, CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BRAKE, VEHICLE SHOOK AND A LOUD SUCKING NOISE WAS HEARD, DEALER HAS REPLACED FRONT AND REAR BRAKE PADS, ROTORS, AND DEALER REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER AND BRAKE BOOSTER DUE TO FLUID LEAKING FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER INTO THE BRAKE BOOSTER. *SLC

THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE FRONT ASSEMBLY. THE VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALERSHIP BUT HAS NOT BEEN CHECKED AT THIS TIME SO THE EXACT FAILURE IS UNCERTAIN. THIS FAILURE APPEARS TO BE SIMILAR TO FAILURES EXPERIENCED BY 1995 LINCOLN TOWNCARS WHICH WERE IDENTIFIED IN NHTSA: 96V135000 AND NHTSA: 98V322000, HOWEVER, FMC ADVISED ME THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT SUBJECT TO THOSE RECALLS. IT IS PROBABLE THAT THE INVESTIGATION INTO FAULTY STEERING LINKAGES OF 95 LINCOLN TOWNCARS SHOULD BE EXPANDED. I HAVE ASKED THE DEALERSHIP TO PROVIDE ME WITH ALL FAILED COMPONENTS. IF NHTSA WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE COMPONENTS, I WILL MAKE THEM AVAILABLE. *AK

98 V 322 000/LOWER CONTROL ARM: WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY THE FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM FELL TO THE GROUND; VEHICLE TOW TO DEALER AND INFORMED THAT VEHICLE VIN WAS NOT COVER UNDER MFR'S RECALL. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS:

HAVE THERE BEEN OTHER REPORTED FAILURES TO THE TORQUE CONVERTOR ASSEMBLY

: THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM WAS ENABLED ON DRY ROAD AND CAUSED THE CARS BRAKING SYSTEM TO BECOME INOPERABLE. THIS CAUSED THE CAR TO BRAKE USING THE ANTI LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM, WHICH MADE THE CAR TAKE A LONGER TIME TO STOP. THIS PROBLEM SEEMED TO BE INTEMITANT AS THE POWER BRAKING SYSTEM WOULD OPERATE AT TIMES, AND WITHOUT WARNING GO INTO THE ANTI LOCK MODE. THIS ANTI LOCK MODE ACTED LIKE THE CAR WAS ON A SLIPPERY SURFACE AND WOULD NOT STOP. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION TRAVELING 50 MPH. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE/ PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT FULLY INFLATE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

THIS IS A CONTINUING PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR AND I HAVE TALKED WITH OTHER TOWN CAR OWNERS WHO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM..WHEN PURCHASED BRAKE WORK HAD TO BE DONE BECAUSE OF PULSATION THAT WAS AT 24,000 MILES, AGAIN 5/30/97 MACHINED FRONT AND REAR ROTORS, REPL REAR CALIPERS AND PADS,6/11/97 REPLACE FRONT ROTORS, LAST YEAR MORE BRAKE WORK, NOW THE BRAKES ARE SHUDDERING AGAIN. LOCAL FORD DEALER ADMITS PROBLEM; BUT FORD COMPANY SAYS NO PROBLEM EXISTS...CAR NOW HAS 41,000 MILES; HAVE HAD OTHER FORD PRODUCTS BRAKES LASTED 65,000 MILES NO PROBEM..ANY HELP WILL BE APPRECIATED..THANK YOU. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION DUE TO DEFECTIVE IAC VALVE, BRAKES BURNED OUT DUE TO FAILURE AND PCM HAD TO BE REPROGRAMED. MJS

POWER BOOSTER WAS REPLACED DURING WARRANTY PERIOD. WHEN LIGHTING MODULE WAS REPLACED. THE TECHNICIAN NOTED THAT THE MODULE WAS A REMANUFACTURED UNIT. FOMOCO CLAIMS THAT NO WARRANTY WORK WAS DONE ON THE VEHICLE. DIRECTIONAL AND FLAHER LIGHTS STILL FUNCTION INTERMITTENTLY.LOCAL DEALER CANNOT EXPLAIN CAUSE OF FAILURES. *AK