1998 LINCOLN TOWN CAR Complaints

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PROBLEM WITH VIBRATION WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED DUE TO EXCESSIVE WARPING OF ROTORS. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT NOTHING ELSE COULD BE DONE AT THIS TIME. VIBRATION STILL PRESENT AFTER REPLACING THE ROTORS. *AK *ML

WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED ON WET SURFACES VEHICLE WILL PULL OR JERK TO THE RIGHT. DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE.*AK

VEHICLE WOULD PULL TO THE RIGHT IN BAD WET WEATHER CONDITIONS. WHEN THE PADS WERE REPLACED VEHICLE WOULD PULL TO THE LEFT AT ANYTIME. DEALER RESOLVED THE PROBLEM . VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER 8 DIFFERENT TIMES. *AK CONSUMER ALSO STATES VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER WHEEL AND WHEN AKING TURNS THERE WOULD BE A NOISE FROM THE FRONT END. ALSO WHEN PRESSING BRAKES RADIO MAKES A STATIC SOUND, AND WHEN PLAYING TAPES THERE IS ALSO A SQUEALING NOISE POWRE MIRROR SWITCH STICKS IN THE DOWN POSITION.*JB

WHEN CAR GOES THROUGH A BODY OF WATER ON THE ROAD (DURING AND AFTER A RAIN) THE STEERING WHEEL IS JERKED OUT OF THE OPERATOR'S HAND DUE TO FAILURE OF THE POWER STEERING WHEN THE MECHANISM GETS WET. I CONSIDER THIS A DANGEROUS MALFUNCTION. *AK

IN INCLEMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS TRACTION CONTROL DOES NOT FUNCTION. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING UP AN INCLINE WHEELS STARTED SPINNING AND THE ENGINE DIED DUE TO TRACTION CONTROL MALFUNCTIONING. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE, AND SAID IT WAS NORMAL. *AK *ML

HORN REQUIRES EXCESSIVE PRESSURE TO ACTUATE, AND MUST BE ACTUATED AT A TINY HORN SIGN EMBOSSED IN COMPONENT. IN A PANIC SITUATION IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SOUND WARNING.

THE ALUMINUM WHEELS WERE CHROME PLATED, THE CHROME PLATES CORRODE AND ALLOW AIR TO ESCAPE WHICH COULD CAUSE A TIRE TO GO FLAT AT ANY TIME, THREE OF THE FOUR WHEELS ON THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HAVE CORROSION. *SLC

SUDDEN UNCONTROLLABLE SURGE IN POWER UPON STARTING PROPELLED THE CAR RESULTING IN COLLISION AND DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. YH

DOOR HINGES ARE LOOSE, CAUSING DOOR NOT TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. IF A DOOR IS OPENED ON AN INCLINE, IT WILL CLOSE BACK ON THE DRIVER. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE AND COULD NOT REPAIR THE DOORS. *AK