2001 Lincoln Town Car complaints

WHILE DRIVING PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED AND INJURED PASSENGER. CONSUMER STATED THAT IF IT HAD BEEN ON DRIVER'S SIDE, AND CONSUMER WAS ON HIGHWAY, CONSUMER WOULD HAVE BEEN KNOCKED FROM STEERING WHEEL.THAT MAY HAVE BEEN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER STATED THAT CONSUMER RAN OVER SOMETHING ON THE ROAD THAT TRIGGERED SENSORS FOR SIDE AIRBAG. VEHICLE HIT NOTHING. THIS WAS SECOND TOWN CAR THAT THAT CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. *AK VEHICLE PULLS TO THE LEFT. TRUNK WOULD NOT CLOSE PROPERLY DUE TO IT BEING OUT OF ADJUSTMENT. *SLC

PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED AT 70 MPH WITH NO IMPACT TO VEHICLE. LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE TEMPORARILY AND CROSSED TRAFFIC TO OTHER SIDE OF ROAD. REGAINED CONTROL AFTER CROSSING BACK TO ORIGINAL LANE SHOULDER AND BRAKING HARD. VERY FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE CONSIDERING THE NOISE, SURPRISE AND DUST FROM THE AIR BAG DEPLOYING. ONLY GOOD THING WAS THAT NO TRAFFIC WAS COMING IN OTHER LANE. *AK

AIR BAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY. AIR BAG LIGHTS HAD BEEN ON FOR A COUPLE DAYS. WHEN CONSUMER DRIVES VEHICLE AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON. CONTACT DEALER, AND DEALER HAS VEHICLE IN SHOP TO DETERMINE CAUSE.*AK

THE AIR BAG LIGHT COME ON AND STAYS ON, THE DEALER ORDERED THE FAULTY PART AND REPAIRED IT. NLM

SEVERE REFLECTION FROM DASHBOARD ON WINDSHIELD. PROBLEM HAS ALMOST CAUSED A VEHICLE CRASH DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY AND BLIND SPOT. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE ABOUT THIS SITUATION.*AKCONSUMER STATES AUTOMOBILE IS DANGEROUS WHILE OPERATING DURING DAY LIGHT DUE TO GLARE.*JB

ENGINE IDLED AT A HIGH RPM WHICH HAS CAUSED VEHICLE TO LUNGE WHEN IT WAS TAKEN OUT OF PARK AND PUT INTO DRIVE/REVERSE. CONSUMER FELT THAT THIS COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE. *AK CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*JB

THROTTLE JAMMED FULL OPEN ON START. CAR JUMPED WALK AND ALMOST HIT 3 PEDESTRIANS. *AK

VEHICLE JUMPS FORWARD AND WON'T STOP. ENGINE REVS UP REALLY HIGH RIGHT BEFORE THIS HAPPENS. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT FIRST, THE BRAKES FAIL, THEN VEHICLE STOPS AND ENGINE REVS UP, THIRD THE WHEELS SPIN WITH NO MOVEMENT. *SLC

HAD COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. WAS WAITING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, WITH FOOT ON BRAKES, AND VEHICLE STARTED TO RACE/RPMS WENT UP. VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP THE SAME DAY TO HAVE IT CHECKED. WAS INFORMED VEHICLE WOULD NEED TO BE LEFT FOR A FEW DAYS TO BE TEST DRIVEN. OWNER WAS PROVIDED A RENTAL. ONCE VEHICLE WAS TEST DRIVEN, MECHANIC COULD NOT LOCATE ANY PROBLEMS WITH ACCELERATION. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 00V-270 ON THE AIR BAGS, THE CONSUMER HAS NOT YET HAD RECALL REPAIRS COMPLETED DUE TO LACK OF PARTS. *SLC

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED UNDER NORMAL CONDITION PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER WAS INSPECTING VEHICLE.*AK WHEN THE VEHICLE STOPPED, THE REAR WHEELS STARTED TO SPIN AND SMOKE. DEALER SAYS THER IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. *YH