1993 LINCOLN TOWN CAR Complaints

DUE TO THE DOOR ACTUATOR PIN BEING SHORT, AND ON A FLEXIBLE DOOR PANEL WHICH IN THE HEATS EXPANDS AND THE PIN COMES OUT, JAMMING THE DOOR LOCKS, CAUSING THEM TO BECOME INOPERATIVE, WHICH MAY TRAP AN OCCUPANT IN THE VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE #99V124000. CONTACTED DEALER. WAS INFORMED THAT NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE, AND WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL SOMETIME IN LATE JULY. WOULD INFORM OWNER WHEN PARTS FOR SPEED CONTROL WOULD BE AVAILABLE. *AK

HAD RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE #99V124000 & CONTACTED DEALER. WAS INFORMED PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL 15 JUN 99. WENT AWAY & CAME BACK. CALLED DEALER AGAIN & WAS INFORMED PARTS HAD TO BE ORDERED. ON 21 JUN 99, WAS CALLED BY SOMEONE ELSE & INFORMED PART HAD TO BE ORDERED. AGAIN A WEEK LATER WAS CALLED BY MELISSA & TOLD PARTS HAD TO BE ORDERED. WAS ALSO INFORMED THE PARTS WERE NEVER ORDERED & MELISSA WOULD BE ORDERING PARTS FOR SPEED CONTROL. *AK

WHEN PRESSING SEAT BELT BUCKLE RELEASE BUTTON ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT, SEAT BELT REMAINS IN THE BUCKLE AND DOES NOT RELEASE. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WILL BE SEEN BY DEALER. *AK

CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER IN REFERENCE TO NHTSA RECALL 99V124000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 99S15, SPEED CONTROL. DEALER DISLOCATED SPEED CONTROL, BUT WAS UNAWARE WHEN PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR COMPLETE REPAIR. *AK

AT 43,000 MILES TRANSMISSION HAS COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

AIR SUSPENSION ON THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE GOES COMPLETELY OUT WHICH CAUSES REAR END TO BECOME VERY LOW AND HARD TO RISE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

AN HOUR AFTER BEING PARKED, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNED TOTALLY. *AK REFERENCED IN EA02-025

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING NOISE FROM FRONT OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT, UNABLE TO DETERMINE FAILURE. *YC

WHILE WALKING TO VEHICLE CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE AND FIRE ENGULFING VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK