1999 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR Complaints

FRONT WIPERS COME ON AT ANY TIME. DEALER HAS BEEN INFORMED BY MANUFACTURER THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF PROBLEM AND THE MANUFACTURER HAS DIRECTED DEALERS NOT TO WORK ON PROBLEM UNTIL A FIX HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. I WAS BLINDED BY SMEARED BUGS & DUST AT NIGHT LEADING ME TO HAVE TO STOP ON THE FREEWAY AT NIGHT TO CLEAN.

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THREE ACCIDENTS, DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *YC

LITTLE KNOB THAT MANUALLY LOCKS THE DOOR IS SO FAR DOWN INSIDE THE DOOR THAT CONSUMER HAS TO USE TWO FINGERS TO GET THE LOCKS UP. *AK

LEFT REAR WHEEL,RIM, AND TIRE DISENGAGED FROM CAR WHILE CAR WAS TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF 65 MPH. NO WORK WAS DONE ON THIS VEHICLE SINCE THE PDI (PREDELIVERY INSPECTION) AT THE DEALERSHIP. WE WANT TO KNOW THE CAUSE OF THE WHEEL DISENGAGING AND WHAT WOULD PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. THE 1998 NAVIGATOR HAD A RECALL FOR BAD LUG NUTS. DO THE 1999'S HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM?

ON JANUARY 15, 1999 WE HAD A SNOW STORM IN BOSTON WITH AN OUTSIDE TEMP OF 5 DEGREES. WE WERE 4 PEOPLE IN NAVIGATOR TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AT SPEEDS OF 25 - 35 MPH AND TO MY ABSOLUTE DISMAY FOUND OUT THAT THE WINDSHIELD KEPT FREEZING IN MY LINE OF VISION / FULL DEFROST & FAN SPEED. THEN ALL SIDE WINDOWS ICED UP & WE COULD NOT SEE OUTSIDE @ ALL. I HAVE SUBMITTED A LETTER TO THE PRES. OF FORD'S LINCOLN MERCURY DIVISION & HAVE NOT HEARD FROM ANYONE. THE DEALER TRIED RECTIFYING IT.

A REAR SEATED PASSENGER IN MY LINCOLN NAVIGATOR IS UNABLE TO PHYSICALLY REACH THE RELEASE LEVER IN ORDER TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. ANOTHER PERSON MUST FIRST RELEASE THE SEAT IN FRONT TO EXIT. AS A FATHER AND A PHYSICIAN, THIS IS A VERY SCARY SITUATION. IN AN EMERGENCY, THAT REAR PASSENGER WILL BE TRAPPED BACK THERE. I WAS SO CONCERNED ABOUT THIS THAT I REMOVED THE CONSOLE PRESENT BETWEEN THE "CAPTAIN CHAIR" IN THIS OEM CONFIGURATION. NOW MY KIDS EASILY WALK OUT. I RECEIVED NO HELP FROM THE COMPANY IN HOW TO DO THIS AND HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THEIR ENGINEERS REGARDING THIS EASILY REMEDIED PROBLEM. THE SIMPLE FIX IS TO REPOSITION THE RELEASE LEVER IN A PHYSICALLY APPROPRIATE LOCATION. WE DO LOVE THE CAR OTHERWISE. PLEASE RESPOND.

THE REAR LEFT WHEEL HAD SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING 35MPH. THERE WAS NO WARNING. THIS WOULD HAPPEN. HAD HEARD A CLICKING NOISE & NOTICED THE TIRE ROLLING PASSED. MECHANIC WAS SENT TO PICK UP VEHICLE & THE TIRE. *AK

LEFT REAR DRIVER'S SIDE LUGS: NUTS CAME OFF, TIRE WENT ROLLING. DEALER CONTACTED, AND REPAIRED BY INSTALLING ANTI-LOCK NUTS ON EACH WHEEL. INCIDENT OCCURRED AGAIN. DEALER CONTACTED SECOND TIME AND REFUSED SERVICE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

ON JANUARY 11, 1999 MY HUSBAND AND MYSELF HAD PULLED OFF THE LOT OF THE DEALERSHIP WHEN WE CAME TO THE RED LIGHT ABOUT 100 FEET AWAY FROM THE DEALERSHIP . WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND WE PROCEED THRU THE LIGHT THE LEFT REAR SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WENT BOMB AND THE TIRE ROLLED DOWN THE STREET BESIDE US.

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED 20 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION HITTING A TREE IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER DIED IN THE CRASH. (STATE OF ILLINOS TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). *AK