1992 LINCOLN TOWN CAR Complaints

FIRE UNDER HOOD INVESTIGATED BY STATE FIRE MARSHALL. CAUSE DETERMINED TO BE SHORT IN IGNITION WIRING. CAR WAS PARKED FOR FIVE AND A HALF HOURS AFTER 13 MILE COMMUTE TO WORK. (FIRE AND POLICE CASE #'S AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.) ADDITIONALLY, ANOTHER CAR OF SAME MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR BURNED UNDER VERY SIMILAR CONDITIONS JANUARY, 1999, IN PAKRING GARAGE IN DOWNTOWN ORLANDO. REFERENCED IN EA02-025

VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND SUDDENLY BURST INTO FLAMES DUE TO A BRAKE LINE LEAK THAT WAS LEAKING FLUID ONTO EXHAUST. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK REFERENCED IN EA02-025

WHILE PARKED FOR AN HOUR FIRE STARTED ON LEFT SIDE OF ENGINE, OWNER SAW FIRE COMING FROM AROUND THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT WHEEL. *AK REFERENCED IN EA02-025

CONSUMER WAS CHANGING THE TIRE WHEN THE JACK COLLAPSED. THE JACK IS THE ORIGINAL LINCOLN JACK. THE THREAD BROKE AND CAUSED THE COLLAPSE. *AK

15 AMP FUSE UNDERDASH WAS REPLACED DUE TO GEAR SHIFT FAILING TO RELEASE FROM PARK GEAR, NEXT DAY VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE.( TOOK 2 FATALITIES OUT PER MS. CROW) REFERENCED IN EA02-025

FRONT LEFT POWER SEAT HAS CAM BARS FOR THE VARIOUS POSITIONS TILTS TO THE SEAT. WHEN I WENT TO REACH BACK FOR THE SEAT BELT ONE OF THESE CAMS BROKE. NOW THERE IS NOT ANY "TILTING" TO THE SEAT ANYMORE AND THE WHOLE SEAT CAN ROCK BACK AND FORTH 2-3 INCHES. I REALIZE THAT THIS PART OF THE POWER SEAT MECHANISM IS NOT IN REGARDS TO ANCHORING THE SEAT TO THE BODY. HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THIS BREAKAGE, IT CAN NOT BE VERY SAFE TO BE DRIVING IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT. ON THE SEAT THERE ARE ONLY 3 MORE "ANCHOR POINTS" TO SECURE THE SEAT IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT. PLUS THE SEAT "ROCKS" AS YOU ARE DRIVING(BRAKING,ACCELERATING). IS THIS AN ISSUE OR AM I OFF BASE IN MY THINKING? I REALIZE THAT THE CAR HAS MANY MILES BUT THIS SHOULD BE A PQS REGULATED ITEM. I HAVE OWNED THE CAR FOR OVER 60,000 MILES AND IT HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT.YOUR TIME IN THIS MATTER IS GREATLY APPRECIATED! THANK YOU!

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDERNEATH THE HOOD, ON DRIVER'S LEFT SIDE. FIRE DEPT CLAIMED WAS LEAKING FUEL INJECTORS. *AK.ET.

MUFFLER WHICH IS LOCATED UNDERNEATH THE REAR SEAT, GOT EXTREMELY HOT WHERE IT CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDERNEATH THE REAR SEAT.HAD TO LIFT THE REAR SEAT IN ORDER TO PUT THE FIRE OUT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN PARKED AND THE ENGINE OFF A FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AREA ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK REFERENCED IN EA02-025

THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH HEADLIGHTS. HEADLIGHTS ARE VERY FADED, CAUSING LIGHTS TO BE DIM WHEN ILLUMINATED. THE MANUFACTURER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. *AK