2005 LINCOLN TOWN CAR Complaints

ON SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2005 AT APPROXIMATELY 2:30 PM, MY ASSIGNED CAR, A 2005 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL, CRASHED INTO A HERTZ FORD TAURUS AND A HERTZ VOLVO. WAS THE ACCIDENT MY FAULT OR WAS IT CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE CAR? I WAS AMONG TRANSPORTERS DROPPED OFF AT THE CHERRY HILL, NEW JERSEY HILTON HOTEL. OUR ASSIGNMENT WAS TO PICK-UP CARS AND DRIVE THEM TO THE HERTZ OFFICE AT MCGUIRE AIR FORCE BASE. I FOUND MY CAR, A 2005 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL, BUCKLED UP, CHECKED THE MILEAGE, STARTED THE ENGINE AND TURNED THE LIGHTS ON. I PUT THE CAR INTO REVERSE AND THE CAR ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY INTO TWO PARKED CARS. ALL CARS HAD SEVERE DAMAGE. I DON'T BELIEVE (AND AM WILLING TO TAKE A LIE DETECTOR TEST TO PROVE IT) I WAS IN ANY WAY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCIDENT BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED FOR ALMOST A YEAR AS A BORDENTOWN, NJ HERTZ TRANSPORTER AND HAVE A PERFECT DRIVING RECORD, WITH NO VIOLATIONS OR WARNINGS OF ANY KIND. SECONDLY, THE PARKING LOT ATTENDANT SAID HE THOUGHT I HAD MY BRAKES AND ACCELERATOR ENGAGED AT THE SAME TIME. I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS WAS POSSIBLE UNLESS THE CAR WAS ACCELERATING BY ITSELF AND OVERPOWERED THE BRAKES. THIRDLY, ACCELERATION MARKS ON THE PAVEMENT WERE CONTINUOUS, UNBROKEN AND HAD A UNIFORM CONSISTENCY IN COLOR AND WIDTH, SHOWING THAT NOTHING I DID HAD ANY EFFECT ON THE BACKWARD ACCELERATION. FINALLY, I DON'T THINK ANYONE CAN REPRODUCE THESE MARKS (APPROXIMATELY 33 FEET LONG) WITH THE SAME AUTOMOBILE UNLESS THEY SPEED THE ENGINE TO ITS MAXIMUM RPM IN NEUTRAL AND THEN SLAM THE TRANSMISSION INTO REVERSE. I OBVIOUSLY DID NOT DO THIS. SOMEBODY MUST INVESTIGATE THE MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS OF THE 2005 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL THAT ROCKETED BACKWARD INTO TWO PARKED CARS. I WANT TO SEE THIS REPORT, SINCE I WAS THE DRIVER. MIKE MEIR, CITY MANAGER FOR HERTZ AT BORDENTOWN, NJ 609-298-8585 CAN REFER TO THE ACCIDENT REPORT, GIVE YOU THE VIN NUMBER OR ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION YOU MAY REQUIRE.*JB

I PURCHASED A NEW 2005 LINCOLN TOWNCAR. WHEN I START TO PASS A CAR AND PRESS THE ACCELERATOR TO THE FLOOR TO GO INTO PASSING GEAR THERE IS A PERIOD OF A FEW SECONDS WHEN THE CAR APPEARS TO LOSE POWER THEN IT SHIFTS DOWN AND ACCELERATES. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME "THAT IS THE WAY IT WORKS AND THERE IS NO WAY TO CORRECT IT". I THINK THIS PUTS ME IN DANGER BECAUSE I CANNOT TELL IF THE CAR IS GOING TO DOWNSHIFT AND GAIN ENOUGH SPEED TO PASS OR NOT. *JB

AIR BAG SWITCH INFORMATION REGARDING THE 2005 LINCOLN TOWN CAR.***TRANSFERRED TO TIS***. *MR

DT: THE CONSUMER OWNS A 2005 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. SHE STATES THAT THE WAY THE FRONT SEAT BELT BUCKLE IS LOCATED IN THE SEAT IT CAUSES HER RIGHT LEG TO GO NUMB. IN THE OTHER VEHICLES THAT SHE OWNED THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE WAS BESIDE THE SEAT NOT IN IT. SHE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY STATED THAT THIS IS JUST THE WAY THE VEHICLES WERE MADE. THEY ALSO INDICATED THAT THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE WAS PUT IN THE SEAT BECAUSE OF THE SIDE AIR BAG. THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT CORRECT THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY FACTORS AND REGULATIONS FOR THE VEHICLE.

THE VEHICLE ENGINE ACCELERATES FOR NO REASON WHEN I APPLY THE BRAKES TO STOP AND TRIES TO MOVE FOWARD REQUIRING ME TO REAPPLY MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL WITH FORCE AND PUT THE TRANSMISSION IN NUTRUAL TO STOP THE FORWARD OR REVERSE MOTION OF THE VEHICLE. I HAD TAKEN DELIVERY OF THIS VEHICLE ON DECEMBER 16, 2004 AND HAVE AS OF THIS DATE HAVE DRIVEN IT LESS THEN 2800 MILES DUE TO A MAJOR SAFETY DEFECT. I HAVE TAKEN THIS VEHICLE TO THE DEALER SERVICE CENTER TO RECTIFY THIS PROBLEM 3 TIMES, I HAVE ALSO ADVISED THEM IN WRITING THAT, THIS PROBLEM MAKES THE VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE ON THE ROAD, AND THEY ADVISEDD ME THAT, SINCE THIS PROBLEM DOES NOT APPEAR AS AN ERROR CODE IN THE COMPUTER SYSTEM THEY ARE UNABLE TO FIND OR REPAIR THIS. IN ESSENCE THEY ARE UNWILLING TO INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM BEYOND ATTACHING IT TO A COMPUTER TO SEE IF IT SHOWS ANY ERROR CODE. THE PROBLEM MAY BE MECHINCAL WHICH WOULD NOT SHOW UP IN ANY COMPUTER OR THE PROBLEM MAY BE IN THE TRANSMISSION, OR THE FUEL FEED BUT THEY JUST HAVE NO INTENTION TO MAKE THIS VEHICLE SAFE. I BELIVE THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCEDENT BUT MAY BE INHERENT IN ALL VEHICLES BUILT BY FORD IN THIS CLASS.