1992 LINCOLN TOWN CAR Complaints

DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE CRUISE CONTROL VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. VEHICLE AND CONSUMER'S HOUSE WERE COMPLETELY BURNED. *AK REFERENCED IN EA02-025

A POSSIBLE RESISTIVE SHORT IN THE ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT FAILED, RESULTING IN FIRE, PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE (99V-124). *YC

THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. ALSO, VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED UNDER MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 99S15 CONCERNING SPEED CONTROL FAILURE. MANUFACTURER WILL BEE NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE PARKED VEHICLE SUDDENLY HAD AN ELECTRICAL SHORT THAT CAUSED AN UNDER HOOD FIRE. DEALER CONTACTED, WIRES REPLACED, OWNER'S INSURANCE COVERED COSTS. LATER FOUND THAT MANY OTHER PROBLEMS WERE LEFT THAT WERE CAUSED BY THE FIRE AND HAD TO BE REPAIRED--TRANSMISSION AND BRAKE FLUID CONTAINER HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK *ML

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, TRYING TO HAVE THE AIR CONDITIIONER REPAIRED, THE REPAIRS WERE MADE TWICE EACH YEAR, AND THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS THIS YEAR.

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE SPEED AND STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT. THEN THE VEHICLE JUST COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN GARAGE, IT CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO A SHORT IN THE WIRING. *AK REFERENCED IN EA02-025

INSTRUMENT LIGHTS WILL NOT BRIGHTEN MAKING IT HARD TO DETERMINE SPEED, FUEL, ETC. NLM

WHEN CRUISE CONTROL IS ACTIVATED AND CONSUMER APPLIES THE BRAKES, CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT RELEASE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO IDLE WHILE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

VEHICLE PARKED. WITNESSES NOTICED SMOKE & NOTIFIED OWNER, WHO CHECKED. VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPT WAS CALLED & PUT FLAMES OUT. THERE WAS FLAMMABLE LIQUID DROPPING ON DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL. FIRE MARSHALL COULD NOT DETERMINE EXACT CAUSED OF FIRE. REFERENCED IN EA02-025