1998 LINCOLN TOWN CAR Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE COATING ON THE RIMS WAS WEARING DOWN AND PREVENT AIR FROM REMAINING IN THE TIRES. AS A RESULT, SHE MUST CONSTANTLY PLACE AIR IN THE TIRES. THE TIRE DEALER STATED THAT THE RIMS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE HEAD LAMPS HAVE TO BE REPLACED FOR THE SECOND TIME BECAUSE THEY HOLD CONDENSATION, WHICH SHORTS OUT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. LASTLY, THE SEAT BELTS STICK AND ARE DIFFICULT TO USE PROPERLY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 102,000.

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK BEGAN HEARING A CLICKING SOUND PULLED OVER CALLED MY HUSBAND HE CAME OUT DECIDED IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE HOME, STARTED THE CAR THE NEXT MORNING THE HEAT WAS BLOWING AT FULL SPEED COULD NOT TURN OFF HAD TO CLOSE ALL VENTS AND RIDE WITH ALL WINDOWS DOWN, TOOK CAR BACK TO DEALER THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE HEATING& AC HAD A BROKEN PEACE TOOK TO THE SHOP AND PAID A LITTLE OVER $1600 TO TAKE OUT MY DASH AND REPLACE IT THIS WAS 2004. LAST MONTH THE SAME THING HAS HAPPENED AND I DON'T FEEL IT'S FAIR THAT I SHOULD KEEP REPLACING A FAULTY PART AT $1600 AN INCIDENT LINCOLN SHOULD PAY FOR THIS PART TO BE REPLACED SINCE IT DOES NOT COME FROM NORMAL WEAR BUT A CHEAP PART PUT ON A NOT SO CHEAP VEHICLE. *TR

UNABLE TO PROPERLY PUMP FUEL INTO THE VEHICLE. CAN ONLY PUT IN ABOUT 1/2 GALLON BEFORE THE PUMP SHUTS OFF. SOMETIMES FUEL BLOWS BACK OUT THE FILLER NECK. CALL TO DEALERSHIP WAS TOLD CAR HAD DEVELOPED A FUEL VENTING PROBLEM. APPEARS THEY KNOW THIS IS COMMON PROBLEM AND YET NO ONE IS NOTIFIED. SAY THEY WILL TRACK DOWN THE PROBLEM FOR 89.00 BUT THEN I WILL HAVE TO PAY FIX THE PROBLEM SEPARATELY. *TR

LAST YEAR I FIRST NOTICED THAT AFTER A HARD RAIN THE REAR DRIVERS PASSENGER DOOR WOULD HAVE WATER SLOSHING AROUND IN IT. NOW THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR BOARD IS ALMOST CONSTANTLY WET. RAIN AND CARWASHES MAKE THE PROBLEM WORSE BUT EVEN A BIG PUDDLE CAN SOAK IT AGAIN. *TR

1998 LINCOLN TOWNCAR PLASTIC INTAKE LEAKAGE PROBLEMS FROM CRACKS THAT ORIGINATED FROM OEM FAULTY DESIGN. I WOULD LIKE TO STATE, "FORD AND/OR HIS LEGAL DISTRIBUTOR DID NOT DISCLOSE THAT THE DESIGN OF THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS DEFECTIVE AND DID NOT CONTACT ME THEREAFTER IN REGARD TO THIS MATTER WHEN AND AFTER I PURCHASED SAID VEHICLE". IF FORD'S LEGAL DISTRIBUTOR HAD DISCLOSED THE DEFECTIVE DESIGN I WOULD NOT HAVE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE. THE COST FOR THE REPAIR AND THE POSSIBILITY OF ENGINE DAMAGE IS ENORMOUS. FORD SHOULD BE HELD LIABLE FOR NEGLECT TO DISCLOSE THIS INFORMATION FOR BUYER'S OF THIS VEHICLES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. SINCE EARLY FEBRUARY OF 2009, WATER BUILDS UP IN THE DOOR OF THE VEHICLE AFTER IT RAINS OR THE VEHICLE IS WASHED. IN ADDITION, THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE BECOMES WET EVERYTIME IT RAINS. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND WOULD LIKE SOMEONE TO LOOK INTO THE ISSUE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 117,000.

I TOOK MY 1998 LINCOLN TO A DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSIS OF ENGINE NOISE AND IT WAS DETERMINED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED CAUSING LOSS OF COOLANT AND COLLATERAL DAMAGE COSTING $1400.00. THE DEALER ADVISED THIS WAS A RECALL ITEM BUT EXPIRED IN 2005. CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR FORD WOULD NOT GRANT ANY CONCESSIONS AND BEING ON A FIXED INCOME, I'M LOOKING FOR SOME FINANCIAL RELIEF. I HAD BEEN TO THE DEALERS IN THE PAST FOR SERVICE AND NEVER ONCE DID THEY MENTION A RECALL, EVEN PRIOR THE EXPIRATION DATE. I NEVER RECALLED A NOTICE POSSIBLY BUYING THE CAR IN 2000 BUT YOU WOULD THINK THE DEALERSHIP COMPUTERS WOULD ALERT TO THE RECALL. YOUR ASSISTANCE WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 1998 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE CONTACT HEARS A SQUEAKING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE DUST COVER ON THE LOWER BALL JOINT OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WAS WORN, AND THE BALL JOINT WAS CRACKED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 98V322000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 168,000. UPDATED 10/14/08. *LJ UPDATED 10/16/08. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. THE CONTACT NOTICED FLUID LEAKING FROM HER VEHICLE. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND THEY STATED THAT THE THERMOSTAT FAILED. REPAIRS WERE MADE, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER MECHANIC, BUT NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. SHE BEGAN LOOKING FOR ASSISTANCE WITH HAVING HER VEHICLE REPAIRED. UNFORTUNATELY, THE DEALER WAS ALSO UNABLE TO PROVIDE THE ASSISTANCE SHE NEEDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. UPDATED 7/3/08 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED. UPDATED 07/03/08.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE ENGINE TURNED OVER, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACTUALLY START. A MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND A LOUD BOOM OCCURRED AS SOON AS THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED. THERE WAS SMOKE AND LOUD NOISES COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE POWERTRAIN AND MILEAGES WERE UNKNOWN.