1990 LINCOLN TOWN CAR Complaints

BACKING PLATE ON FRONT BRAKES OVERHEATED AND CAUSED A FIRE. IT WAS THE RIGHT TIRE THAT WAS BURNED. DEALERS SAID PROBLEM OCCURRED BECAUSE OF A FAULTY POWER BRAKE UNIT.OWNER IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. HAS ABS BRAKES. *AK

ELECTRICAL SHORT, VEHICLE FIRE , VEHICLE PARKED AND LOCKED. IN FOR REPAIRS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT THE SPEED OF 60MPH THE HOOD FLEW UP AND BROKE THE WINDSHIELD. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE DRIVEN ALL MORNING, IN THE AFTERNOON WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. FLAMES APPEARED FROM UNDER THE HOOD, POSSIBLY CAUSED BY AN ELECTRICAL SHORT. *AK

THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT HAS A ROCKING MOTION WHICH CAUSED THE SEAT TO MOVE FORWARD WHILE DRIVING. DEALER STATES THEY WOULD REPLACE THE ENTIRE SEAT AT A $200.00 COST. PLEASE ADD FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

UNDER THE HOOD ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE, VEHICLE HAD BEEN DRIVEN AND PARKED, ABOUT 10 MIN. LATER THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. WILL PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE PARKED IN DRIVEWAY, HEARD VEHICLE CRANKING AND WENT OUTSIDE NO ONE WAS IN OR AROUND THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE IS CONTINUING TO CRANK, SAW SMOKE THEN FIRE, HOOD WAS SO HOT THAT IT TURNED TO VAPOR. *AK

FAILURE ON THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR, THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR HAS BEEN REPLACED ON TWO OCCASIONS. *AK

SOMETIMES WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, SMELLED ELECTRIAL WIRES BURNING, WINDOWS WOULD LOCK UP, AIR CONDITIONER WOULD STOP, ALSO THE KEY CANNOT BE REMOVED FROM IGNITION SWITCH, ELECTRICAL WIRES SEEMED TO SHORT OUT.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE IN THE IGNITION SWITCH, A TERRIBLE NOISE WAS HEARD AND CONSUMER FEELS THIS WAS DUE TO THE SWITCH ENGAGED WHILE THE MOTOR WAS RUNNING. *SLC

VEHICLE HAD SUDDEN UNWANTED ACCELERATION WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE.THE BRAKING SYSTEM WOULD NOT OVERRIDE, CAR KEPT ACCELERATING.*AK CONSUMER WROTE IN STATING THIS IS NOT HER VEHICLE. *SLC