1999 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR Complaints

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH ENGINE STALLING WHEN APPLYING ACCELERATOR PEDAL FROM A STOP POSITION OR WHILE STARTING VEHICLE AND SHIFTING INTO DRIVE. VEHICLE BEEN INTO DEALER SHOP ON FOUR OCCASIONS, AND UNABLE TO LOCATE CAUSE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING COULD HEAR NOISE COMING FROM DRIVER SIDE FLOOR LIKE A TRAIN. CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER MORE THAN FOUR TIMES. *AK THE DEALER HAD NOT FIXED THE VEHICLE PROPERLY, AND THE GRINDING NOISE STILL EXISTS. THE CONSUMER FEELS UNSAFE TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE. *YH

AFTER RECALL REPAIR THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE INOPERABLE WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO TURN THEM ON DURING RAINY WEATHER RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITY. NLM

VEHICLE WAS AT DEALER TO HAVE TIRES ROTATED & STEERING ALIGNED. CONSUMER PICKED VEHICLE UP & WAS TRAVELING HOME AT 50MPH AND BRAKES WENT OUT. VEHICLE COULDN'T BE SLOWED DOWN. UPON ENTERING CONSUMER'S COMPLEX VEHICLE WENT OVER A SPEED BUMP & HIT BRICK WALL, TO STOP IT. DEALER FOUND THAT SPEED CONTROL CABLE WAS CUT. LINCOLN DEALER HASN'T CONTACTED. CONSUMER BACK ON THE PROBLEM.*AK

I HAD TREAD SEPARATE ON A SECOND TIRE ON MY VEHICLE (THE FIRST TIRE TREAD SEPERATED ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO). THIS HAPPENED WHILE ON A FREEWAY TRAVELING AT 65-70 MILES PER HOUR. A CHUNK OF TREAD ABOUT 12 -16 INCHES LONG RIPPED COMPLETELY OFF OF THE TIRE. I THEN HAD TO CHANGE THE TIRE ON THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY WITH CARS AND TRUCK PASSING ME AT 70 MILES PER HOUR. THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY SCARY SITUATION. THE PASSENGER IN MY VEHICLE WAS ALSO EXTREMELY DISTRESSED.*AK (DOT NUMBER: AD70 449 0 TIRESIZE: P245/75R16)

I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE TIRES WOULD LAST AT LEAST 60 THOUSAND MILES, WITH REASONABLE CARE, HOWEVER WE WERE WRONG. TWO OF THE TIRES NOW HAVE PLUGS IN THEM, ONE OF WHICH WE ARE AFRAID TO USE, SINCE WEVE HAD TO HAVE TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS PUT PLUGS IN ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS DURING A RECENT TRIP.*AK (DOT NUMBER: 025825 TIRESIZE: 17 IN)

THE TIRES TREAD COMPLETLY SEPARATED FROM THE SIDEWALLS. ALL THAT WAS LEFT ON THE RIM AFTER STOPPING WERE THE TWO SIDEWALLS STANDING LIKE DOUGHNUTS ON THE EDGES OF THE RIM. OTHER DRIVERS SAW CHUNKS OF RUBBER FLYING OUT FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE AND THOUGHT I HAD RUN OVER A TRACTOR TRAILER SHED RECAP. *AK (DOT NUMBER: 70 449 338 TIRESIZE: P245/75/R1)

I HAVE THE SAME SYMPTOMS WITH MY TIRES THAT THE OTHER RECALLED TIRES HAVE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: AD70449228 TIRESIZE: P245/75R16)

TWO ORIGINAL TIRES 'SHREADED' BEYOND REPAIR WITHIN FIRST YEAR. SAME DEFECT AS FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAS EXPERIENCED WITH ITS FIRESTONE TIRES. THE FAILURE APPEARS THE SAME AS WHAT HAS BEEN NOTED IN LINCOLN NAVIGATORS SOLD IN SAUDI ARABIA. *AK (TIRESIZE: 16 INCH)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 16 INCH )

I NOTICED A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL AT APPROXIMATELY 60+ MPH. I THOUGHT I NEEDED A FRONT END ALIGNMENT SO I SCHEDULED IT AT THE TIME I HAD THE ENGINE OIL CHANGED. AFTER THE OIL WAS CHANGED, I WAS INFORMED THE REAR RIGHT TIRE WAS "BAD" AND THE TIRE WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER FREE OF ANY COST TO MYSELF. I DO NOT HAVE THE VIBRATION ANY MORE. I AM HAPPY WITH THE REPLACEMENT POLICY BUT AM CONCERNED WITH THE STRUCTUAL INTEGRITY OF THE OTHER TIRES. IN LIGHT OF THE RECALL BY CONTINENTAL OF ONLY "16" INCH TIRES, I THINK IT MIGHT BE PRUDENT TO REVIEW HISTORY ON THE "17" INCH TIRES. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P255/75R17 )