2001 LINCOLN TOWN CAR Complaints

WHILE RIDING OVER A DEAD DOG THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG EXPLODED.*MR AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALER THEY STATED THAT A SENSOR UNDERNEATH THE CAR OBVIOUSLY TRIGGERED THE EXPLOSION. THE CONSUMER HAD TO PAY A $500 DEDUCTIBLE FOR SEAT REPAIRS CAUSED IN THE INCIDENT, AND WAS REQUESTING TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE DEDUCTIBLE PAID BECAUSE OF THE DEFECTIVE AIR BAG SYSTEM. *CB

AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO REPAIR THE AIR CONDITIONER. WHEN RECEIVING THE VEHICLE BACK FROM THE DEALER AIR BAG LIGHT WAS OFF. WITHIN FIVE MINUTES AIR BAG LIGHT WAS BACK ON. CONSUMER DID NOT KNOW IF THE DEALER DID ANY REPAIRS TO THE AIR BAG. *AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT THE LIGHT IN THE TRUNK. THE LIGHT BECAME SO HOT THAT IT MELT THE PLASTIC COVER AND CAUSED A FIRE IN THE VEHICLE. *AK *CB *NLM

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES UNDER THE HOOD. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STATED IT WAS A POSSIBILITY THAT FIRE WAS CAUSED BY A SHORT IN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THERE WAS A FIRE REPORT FILED AT THE SCENE OF THE INCIDENT. *JB *CB *JB

THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN REVERSE AND SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AT TOP SPEED, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED, BUT DID NOT CONTROL IT AND DAMAGED AN EMPTY VEHICLE. MR SCC

THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ENGINE, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *JB

THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WHEN THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO BACK OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND STRUCK A PARKED VEHICLE. THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED A DAY AFTER THE VEHICLE RECEIVED A 5 THOUSAND MILE CHECK UP. THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE. REFER TO ODI #8020090 MR SCC *JB

THE BRAKE PEDAL AND ACCELERATOR PEDAL ARE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER AND THE BRAKE PEDAL, WHEN PRESSED, IS LOWER THAN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE DESIGN OF THESE COMPONENTS HAS CAUSED SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *AK *NLM

THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED. *MR THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, THE TRANSMISSION LEAKED FLUID, AND WOULD NOT ENGAGE WHEN WARM. THE TECHNICIAN RESEALED THE TAILSHAFT PLUG. THE LUG NUTS WERE LOOSE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASES. THE VEHICLE WOULD CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. THERE WERE RATTLE NOISES COMING FROM THE CHASSIS WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS. THE LIGHT HAD COME ON, AND THE TEMPERATURE WOULD DROP BY ITSELF. SCC *NLM

THE VEHICLE HAD POOR BRAKING CAPACITY, THE PEDAL HAD TO BE PUSHED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. *JB