1997 Lincoln Town Car complaints

THE LOWER CONTROL ARM DISENGAGED FROM THE LOWER BALL JOINT, AND DROPPED TO THE GROUND, TEARING A LARGE HOLE IN THE FRONT TIRE, THIS CAUSED COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE. *YD

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT 10-15 MPH LEFT FRONT BALL JOINT BROKE, AND VEHICLE COULD NOT BE CONTROLED. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING BECAUSE OF THE MILEAGE. *AK

A BULLETIN (# 97M91, & 97M91-S1 DATED MAY 1996) WAS ISSUED BY FORD MOTOR CO INFORMING OWNERS OF 1997 LINCOLN TOWNCAR, THAT THIS VEHICLE MAY DEVELOP FATIGUE CRACKS IN SOME OF THE COMPOSITE INTAKE MANIFOLDS USED ON THE 4.6 L SOHC ENGINES INSTALLED IN THE EFFECTED CARS. THIS CONDITION HAPPENED TO MY AUTO AND I BROKE DOWN IN THE CALIF DESERT AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE NEAREST TOWN WHERE I HAD TO HAVE IT FIXED IN ORDER TO RETURN HOME. THE DEALER IN THE TOWN IN CALIF SAID THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM. WHEN I RETURNED HOME I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT MY ENGINE WAS NOT COVERED. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY?? I HAVE WRITTEN FORD MOTOR CO BUT THEY DO NOT ANSWER ANY OF MY LETTERS. PLEASE HELP ME. THANK YOU

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A REMOTE HIGHWAY WITH THE CAR ON CRUISE CONTROL GOING 60MPH. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ALARM SOUNDED, SO I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER. I OPENED THE HOOD AND HOT COOLANT WAS SPRAYING OUT ALL OVER THE ENGINE. SINCE THE COOLANT RESERVOIR WAS STILL OVER HALF FULL, I DROVE DOWNHILL GOING ONLY 25MPH, TO A POPULATED AREA APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES AWAY WHERE I COULD RECEIVE ASSISTANCE. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND HAD TO BE TOWED 75 MILES TO THE LINCOLN DEALERSHIP IN LAS VEGAS, NV. I LEFT THE CAR, AND WAS LATER INFORMED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. I PICKED UP THE CAR THE NEXT DAY, ONLY DROVE A FEW MILES AND REALIZED SOMETHING WAS STILL WRONG, SO I IMMEDIATELY RETURNED THE CAR TO DESERT LINCOLN-MERCURY. THEY TOOK IT BACK INTO THE SHOP TO LOOK IT OVER...RETURNING IT AFTER ABOUT 30 MINUTES. THEY SAID THAT COOLANT HAD LEAKED INTO THE SPARK PLUG SOCKETS AND THEY HAD TO REMOVE THEM AND BLOW OUT THE FLUID. THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLDS ON 97 LINCOLNS FAILED QUITE OFTEN AND HE FIGURED THAT EVENTUALLY FORD WOULD HAVE TO RECALL THEM. I WAS SENT OFF AGAIN WITH THE ASSURANCE THAT MY VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. TWO DAYS LATER I TRIED TO START THE CAR AND IT WOULDN'T START WITHOUT REPEATED EFFORTS. I CALLED LINCOLN AND THEY TOLD ME TO DRIVE THE CAR BACK TO LAS VEGAS...APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES AWAY. THEY KEPT THE CAR FOR THREE DAYS AND THEN INFORMED ME THAT THE CYLINDERS WERE WARPED FROM THE COOLANT AND THAT I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. I AM FURIOUS TH

VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM AS STATED IN RECALL #098V322000 FOR LOWER CONTROL ARM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

ENGINE MANIFOLD FAILED SPRAYING COOLANT ON WINDSHIELD WHILE AT HIGH SPEED ON ROAD, MANIFOLD RECALLED ON MANY SIMILAR VEHICLES. *AK

FORD PUBLISHED OWNER NOTIFICATION 97M91 # & #2 . NOTIFICATION SAYS THAT MY 1997 LINCOLN WITH ENGINE 4.6L SOHC BUILT IN WIXOM PLANT HAS SOME VEHICLES HAVE DEFECTIVE INTAKE MANAFOLDS. MY INTAKE MANAFOLD FAILED (BURSTED) ON 11-26-2001 IN THE MIDDLE OF TH CALIF DESERT AND WAS TOWED TO THE NEARST TOWN WHERE I WAS TOLD BY THE REPAIR GARAGE THAT MY INTAKE MANAFOLD CRACKED. I HAD TO HAVE IT REPAIRED AT THAT TIME AND PLACE. WHEN I RETURNED HOME I CONTACTED MY DEALER AND THEY SAID MY CAR WAS NOT UNDER THE SO CALLED RECALL. I HAVE CONTACTED THE FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY REPLY SORRY. IF THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE INTAKE MANAFOLD ON 1997 LINCOLN TOWNCAR WITH THE SAME ENGINE I HAVE AND BUILT THE SAME YEAR AND AT THE SAME PLANT, THEN WHY ISMINE NOT COVERED. PLEASE HELP. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER WENT TO APPLY BRAKES TO STOP AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND WAS INFORMED BRAKE LINES HAD CORRODED AND NEEDED REPLACING.*AK. CONSUMER ASLO HAD THE FRONT BRAKES REPLACED.*SLC REFERENCED IN RQ03-004

WHILE DRIVING SMOKE AND STEAM CAME FROM VEHICLE DUE TO INTAKE MANIFOLD MALFUNCTIONING. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY LOOSE. STEERING WHEEL WAS FREE TO TURN IN BOTH DIRECTIONS WITH OUT STOPPING. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY STATED THAT STEERING COLUMN ROD CAME OUT. DEALER REPLACED STEERING PARTS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

INTAKE MANIFOLD HAS A 4 INCH CRACK, BEHIND ALTERNATOR.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH FRONT/RIGHT OF VEHICLE CRASHED TO THE GROUND UNEXPECTEDLY. AN UNKNOWN COMPONENT OF FRONT SUSPENSION DISCONNECTED FROM VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED THIS VEHICLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK ADDITIONAL NOTE: THE VEHICLE WAS EXAMINED BY THE DEALERSHIP AND IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE RIGHT-FRONT BALL JOINT BROKE AND SEPARATED FROM THE CONTROL ARM. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONSUMER HIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 98V322000.

ON DECEMBER 14, 2001, WHILE PARKING MY CAR WITH MY GRANDDAUGHTER BUCKLED IN HER CAR SEAT IN THE BACK, I SUDDENLY HEARD A LOUD CRASHING SOUND AND FELT THE JOLT OF THE ENTIRE RIGHT SIDE OF MY CAR COLLAPSING. I IMMEDIATELY REMOVED MYSELF AND MY GRANDDAUGHTER FROM THE CAR ONLY TO SEE THAT THE SUSPENSION ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CAR HAD SIMPLY FALLEN OFF. AS A MECHANIC IN MY YOUNGER YEARS IT WAS VERY OBVIOUS THAT MY GRAND DAUGHTER AND I WOULD HAVE BEEN SEVERELY INJURED-EVEN KILLED- HAD THIS OCCURRED ON THE HIGHWAY. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS AT ALL. IN OVER 50 YEARS AS A SAFE DRIVER AND OPERATING A VARIETY OF TRUCKS AND AUTOMOBILES, I HAVE NEVER BEFORE ENCOUNTERED SUCH A DEFECT WITH SUCH HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LETHALITY. THE DEALER HAS ALREADY INSULTED MY INTELLIGENCE BY TRYING TO MINIMIZE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SUCH A DEFECT AND SUGGEST THAT I WOULD PAY FOR THE DAMAGE AND FEEL COMFORTABLE EVER DRIVING THIS VEHICLE AGAIN. PLEASE INVESTIGATE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE LINCOLN TOWNCAR TENDS TO BE VERY POPULAR AMONGST OLDER/ELDERLY ADULTS WHO MAY NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO CONFRONT ANY ATTEMPTS TO COVERUP/CONCEAL THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE CALL ME ANY TIME FOR ANY FURTHER CLARIFICATIONS. THANK YOU

A FAILURE/FATIGUE CRACK DEVELOPED IN THE COMPOSITE INTAKE MANIFOLD, CAUSING LOSS OF ENGINE COOLANT, STEAMING/COVERING VEHICLE WINDSHIELD, OBSCURING VISION, ALSO ON WINDSHIELDS OF OTHER FOLLOWING VEHICLES. THIS IS A DEFECT/FAILURE KNOWN TO FORD MOTOR COMPANY, AND A NO CHARGE SERVICE BULLETIN # 01M02 HAS BEEN ISSUED ON CERTIAN OTHER VEHICLES, THE SERVICE PROPGRAM PROVIDES ADDITIONAL COVERAGE FOR THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. THIS SHOULD APPLY TO ALL VEHICLES WITH THIS DEFECTIVE PART, NOT JUST SELECTED VEHICLES. THE FAILURE OF THIS PART WHILE OPERATING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS PRESENTS A SAFETY HAZARD TO THE DRIVER AND OTHER FOLLOWING VEHICLES. IT CAN ALSO RESULT IN OVERHEATING & COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE. FORD HAS EXTENDED A NO CHARGE COVERAGE ON THIS PART FOR THE SELECTED VEHICLES FOR SEVEN YEARS AND NO MILAGE LIMITATION, AND IS IS ALSO EXTENTED AUTOMATICALLY TO SUBSEQUENT OWNERS. THIS SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO OWNERS OF ALL VEHICLES WOTH THIS DEFECTIVE PART. FORD MOTOR COMPANY COUSTOMER SERVICE HAS REJECTED / DENIED/ REFUSED ANY CALAIM FOR REFUND WHEN CONTACTED BY TELEPHONE. THEY HAVE NOT REPLIED TO TWO REQUEST BY MAIL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.*AK

DURING INSPECTION, A REPAIR SHOP DETERMINED THAT BRAKE LINE HAD BEEN RUBBING AGAINST CHASSIS, CAUSING BRAKE LINE TO RUPTURE. *AK CONSUMER WAS INFORMED OF A RECALL REGARDING THIS, HOWEVER IT IS FOR THE LIMOUSINE MODEL ONLY. *JB REFERENCED IN RQ03-004

CONSUMER STATED THIS VEHICLE ALSO EXPERIENCED STALLING WHILE DRIVING, DEALER COULD NOT REMEDY PROBLEM, CONSUMER NO LONGER OWNS THIS VEHICLE. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH, VEHICLE COMMENCED TO OVERHEAT AND LEAKED COOLANT. TOW TRUCK ARRIVED AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PROBLEM WAS A CRACKED INTAKE MANIFOLD. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED, AND UNWILLING TO ASSIST IN THIS MATTER. *AK *YD

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

PRIOR TO RECALL THE LOWER BALL JOINT SEPARATED WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING RESULTING IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AND THE FRONT END DROPPED ONTO THE PAVEMENT SHREDDING THE TIRE, CONSUMER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE RECALL.(RECALL # 98V-322) *YH

WHILE TRAVELING IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED OPERATING. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. *AK WIPERS STOPPED WHEN CONSUMER SELECTED THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL, DEALER REPLACED THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH AT NO CHARGE TO THE CONSUMER. *SLC

VEHICLE WOULD STALL OUT AT SLOW TO MODERATE SPEEDS OF 25-30MPH, AND WHEN MAKING TURNS. DEALER COULD NOT FIND CAUSE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH ON WET PAVEMENT AND MAKING A TURN, VEHICLE MADE A "CLUNKING" NOISE, AND ABS SYSTEM LOCKED UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO PULL TO THE RIGHT AND GO OFF THE ROAD. THERE WERE NO OTHER VEHICLES INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT, AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND STATED THAT ABS SYSTEM HAD NO PROBLEMS, AND THIS WAS CONSIDERED TO BE NORMAL OPERATION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK THE WINDSHIELD GASKET IS SPLITTING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE GLASS, THE FRONT DOOR WONT OPEN AT TIMES WITH THE REMOTE, THE FRONT EDGE OF THE VINYL TOP IS COMING LOOSE. NLM

TOTAL LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKES. *AK

AT 1500 MILES FRONT END OF VEHICLE FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO COLLAPSE OR FALL APART WHENEVER HITTING BUMPS OR POT HOLES, IT WAS VERY HARD TO KEEP CONTROL OF VEHICLE WHEN THIS HAPPENED. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK DEALER HAS MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CORRECT PROBLEM, HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL OCCURS, CONSUMER IS AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE. *SLC

AN EXTREMELY STRONG MILDEW ODOR IS COMING FROM THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT, CAUSING PASSENGERS TO BECOME ILL. DEALER STATES ODOR IS DUE TO COIL WHICH IS TOO TIGHT AROUND AIR CONDITIONER, PREVENTING WATER TO ESCAPE, AND CAUSING MILDEW ODOR. *AK EMERGENCY BRAKE SHOES WERE REPLACED. BRAKES SQUEAL, DEALER HAS REPLACED FRONT BRAKE PADS, RESURFACED ROTORS, LUBED CALIPER SLIDES, REPLACED REAR BRAKE PADS, MACHINED REAR ROTORS, HOWEVER BRAKES STILL SQUEAL. BOTH REAR WHEELS WERE COVERED WITH GEAR LUBE. DRIVERS SHOULDER BELT WOULD NOT RETRACT AT TIMES, DEALER REPLACED SEAT BELT. NOISE AND THIMPING FELT IN STEERING WHEN MAKING TURNS, DEALER LUBED STOPS. LEFT FRONT WINDOW INOPERABLE, DEALER REPLACED WINDOW REGULATER. FRONT ROOF WELT LOOSE AND BROKEN, DEALER REPLACED. FRONT DOOR PULL TRIM MISSING. BLEND DOORS INOPERABLE, WILL NOT BLOW AIR THROUGH DEFROST VENT. ASH TRAY WILL NOT CLOSE. AC/HEATER EMITS A MUSTY/MOLDY ODOR, THE ODOR NOT ONLY PERMEATES THE PASSENGER, BUT IS ALSO IN THE TRUNK,THERE IS NO CONDENSATION BEING RELEASED BY THE AC, MANY THINGS ALONG WITH THE MOISTURE PURGE MODULE HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS, SYSTEM HAS BEEN SANITIZED SEVERAL TIMES, AC MAX BUTTON DOES NOT WORK. MOTOR GOES ON 45 MINUTES AFTER VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF, THIS BLOWS THROUGH THE FRONT DEFROSTER AND STEAMS UP THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. DOOR HANDLE IS INOPERABLE. VINYL TRIM AT TOP OF CONSOLE IS LOOSE. ENGINE STALLED AT STOPS WHEN COLD, DEALER REPLACED MAF AND FUEL PUMP. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING THE HEADLIGHTS SUDDENLY WENT OUT AND THERE WAS A CLICKING NOISE, ABOUT ONE MINUTE LATER THE HEADLIGHTS CAME ON MOMENTARILY AND THEN OFF AGAIN SEVERAL TIME, EVENTUALLY THE LOW BEAMS CAME ON. NLM

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS AND HITTING A SMALL BUMP VEHICLE WANDERS OVER TO NEXT LANE. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE 4 OR 5 TIMES. BUT, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*AK

DRIVER WAS TRAVELING IN RAINY WEATHER WITH HIGH BEAM DIMMERS ON, WHEN DRIVER ATTEMPED TO SWITCH TO LOW BEAM DIMMERS, LIGHTS WENT OUT COMPLETELY, LEAVING DRIVER TRAVELING IN DARK FOR AT LEAST 3 TO 4 SECONDS UNTIL THE LIGHTS CAME BACK ON. *TT

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE. BRAKE LINES ARE ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. *AK REFERENCED IN RQ03-004

CONSUMER'S WIFE TURNED IGNITION TO ON, PUT VEHICLE INTO GEAR, AND VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED INTO GARAGE, CAUSING PROPERTY DAMAGE, AND PHYSICAL DAMAGE TO HER HUSBAND. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

WARPED ROTORS CAUSE VEHICLE TO PULSATE AND SHUDDER WHENEVER THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED UNDER LOAD, FROM HIGHER SPEEDS AND DOWN HILLS. NLM

VEHICLE WAS PARKED, CONSUMER NOTICED THAT FRONT LEFT SIDE HAD DROPPED TO GROUND, TOWED TO DEALER WHO FOUND FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM HAD FALLEN OFF. THERE WAS A RECALL 98V322000 ON THIS COMPONENT IN 1998, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT AFFECTED. *AK

INTAKE MANIFOLD IS MADE OF PLASTIC AND FORD RECALLED THE POLICE CARS AND REPLACED THEM EARLY ON IN 1997 ACCORDING TO SERVICE PERSONNEL AT FORD DEALERSHIP, ALSO AS SOON AS I CAN GET THE INFORMATION ON MY DAD'S LINCOLN TOWN A 97 ALSO, HIS INTAKE FAILED ON HIS ONE WEEK AFTER MINE, HIS HAD 80,000+ MILES. THIS IS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN TO AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE ENGINE AS THIS. HE HAD HIS REPLACED AT THE DEALERSHIP AND I SAVED A $125.00 BY HAVING MINE REPLACED AT MY LOCAL GARAGE. HIS COSTS WAS AROUND $550. IT WAS REPLACED WITH ANOTHER PLASTIC INTAKE AND THE FORD PARTS PERSONNEL SAID IT WAS A STRONGER ONE. MY BET IS, THAT IT WILL NOT HOLD UP TO THE INTENSE HEAT AND VIBRATION ANY BETTER. THIS IS A VERY POOR USE OF PLASTIC, EVERYONE KNOWS ANY KIND OF PLASTIC DEGRADES UNDER HEAT AND BECOMES BRITTLE OVER TIME. I SUSPECT THERE ARE MANY FAILURES OUT THERE OR SOON WILL BE, ESPECIALLY SINCE FORD CALLED THE POLICE CARS BACK IN AND CHANGED THEM OUT. THEY WOULD INCUR THE MOST MILEAGE AND SHOW THE PROBLEMS THE QUICKEST,JUST BY THEIR NORMAL USE. I REALIZE THAT THE POLICE USE CROWN VICTORIAS BUT THEY HAD THE SAME 4.6 ENGINE AND INTAKE SETUP. LIKE I HAVE WRITTEN, I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH MY DAD'S INFORMATION AS SOON AS I CAN GET HIM TO RETREIVE IT, HE LIVES IN W.V AND HAS TALKED TO THE CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS AND THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP THERE, BUT STILL HAD TO PAY FOR IT HIMSELF. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT WILL BE DONE AND IF THERE ARE OTHER FAILURES OF THIS TYPE OUT THERE. THANKS IN A

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED OUT AT LEAST 3-4 TIMES A WEEK. HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & MECHANIC PLACED VEHICLE ON DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE. NO CODE CAME UP. MECHANIC DID REPLACE FUEL FILTER/ IDLER/ NECK IN FUEL TANK & A CANISTER. BUT, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

PART IS PLASTIC. SIMILAR VEHICLES HAVE BEEN RECALLED. FAILURE OF THIS PART IN TURN CAUSED THE HEADS TO WARP. WE HAVE LOST APPROXIMATELY 2 WEEKS OF REVENUE FROM THIS VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND HIT A BUILDING, CAUSING BOTH AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY. NO BODY INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGES REPORTED. DEALER / MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *AK

WOULD BE DRIVING & THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD HAVE TOO MUCH PLAY. FEELS LIKE LOSING CONTROL OF VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. STEERING PRESSURE SENSOR HAS BEEN RPLACED OR CHANGED & AFFECTS THE STEERING OF THE VEHICLE. ROCKER ARM WAS CRACKED & NEEDED REPLACING. HAD AN ACCIDENT DUE TO LACK OF CONTROL OF STEERING WHEEL. HIT A TELEPHONE POLE & THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. SUFFERED INJURIES.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT AND DIE WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM.*AK

FRONT END SHIMMIED, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO STEER AND HANDLE VEHICLE WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, AND ON ROUGH ROADS. DEALER HAS REPLACED IDLER ARM . ALSO, CONSUMER REPLACED TIRES AND SHOCKS, BUT DEFECT STILL OCCURS. CAUSE IS STILL UNKNOWN. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION RESULTING IN A COLLISION WITH FENCE. *MJS

POSSIBLE THROTTLE STICKING WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STUMBLE WHILE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY. NLM

ANTI THEFT - SYSTEM WOULD GO OFF ON ITS OWN; LOCKED GARAGE, ETC. AFTER 3 TRIES, DEALER REPLACED STERRING COLUMN TAMPER SWITCH. (3/15/00). NO PROBLEM SINCE THEN. SOON ROOF ROCKER SWITCH HAS BROKEN TWICE. YOU STILL MUST BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL WHEN OPENING AND CLOSING THE SUN ROOF.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY AFTER DRIVING ABOUT TWO HOURS HEADLIGHTS GO OUT. SOMETIMES LIGHTS COME BACK ON RIGHT AWAY, AND SOMETIMES DRIVER HAS TO TURN VEHICLE OFF FOR A FEW MOMENTS BEFORE LIGHTS COME BACK ON. HEADLIGHT SWITCH WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALERSHIP. ON MARCH 21ST OF THIS YEAR, THE PROBLEM STARTED AGAIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

PLEASE REFERENCE IDENTICAL ODI CASE# 815394. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK

VEHICLE STALLED AFTER LEAVING HOME DRIVEWAY, AND ON FREEWAY FOR NO APPARENT REASON. FORD COULD NOT FIND A SOLUTION. *AK

THE FRONT SEAT IS DESIGNED AND INSTALLED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE CONSUMER WAS NOT FACING DIRECTLY FORWARD IN THE SEAT, THIS CAUSES PAIN AND CIRCULATION PROBLEMS FOR THE CONSUMER. *MJS

THE CAR WILL DRIFT TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT. WHEN THE DRIVER TRIES TO STEER STRAIGHT, THE VEHICLE GOES TO THE EXTREME IN THAT DIRECTION. DEALER CANNOT FIX VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE HAS DIED SEVERAL TIMES. THE CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND STILL IS HAVING A PROBLEM. *AK

POOR DRIVERS SEAT DESIGN CAUSED SAFETY CONCERN TO THE DRIVER. YH

HEAVY BRAKE PULSATION REQUIRED 5 COMPLETE BRAKE JOBS IN 30000 MI, PULSATION DEVELOPS WITHIN 3000 MI AFTER EACH REPAIR. APPEALS TO PRESIDENT LINC-MERCURY EITHER GO UNANSWERED OR BRUSHED OFF WITH "THAT'S NORMAL" FOR LINCOLNS, THE PULSATIONS CAUSE ME EVEN TO HESTITATE TO APPLY THE BRAKES, SO IT IS VERY DANGEROUS.