1997 LINCOLN TOWN CAR Complaints

PRIOR TO RECALL THE LOWER BALL JOINT SEPARATED WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING RESULTING IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AND THE FRONT END DROPPED ONTO THE PAVEMENT SHREDDING THE TIRE, CONSUMER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE RECALL.(RECALL # 98V-322) *YH

WHILE TRAVELING IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED OPERATING. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. *AK WIPERS STOPPED WHEN CONSUMER SELECTED THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL, DEALER REPLACED THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH AT NO CHARGE TO THE CONSUMER. *SLC

VEHICLE WOULD STALL OUT AT SLOW TO MODERATE SPEEDS OF 25-30MPH, AND WHEN MAKING TURNS. DEALER COULD NOT FIND CAUSE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH ON WET PAVEMENT AND MAKING A TURN, VEHICLE MADE A "CLUNKING" NOISE, AND ABS SYSTEM LOCKED UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO PULL TO THE RIGHT AND GO OFF THE ROAD. THERE WERE NO OTHER VEHICLES INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT, AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND STATED THAT ABS SYSTEM HAD NO PROBLEMS, AND THIS WAS CONSIDERED TO BE NORMAL OPERATION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK THE WINDSHIELD GASKET IS SPLITTING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE GLASS, THE FRONT DOOR WONT OPEN AT TIMES WITH THE REMOTE, THE FRONT EDGE OF THE VINYL TOP IS COMING LOOSE. NLM

AT 1500 MILES FRONT END OF VEHICLE FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO COLLAPSE OR FALL APART WHENEVER HITTING BUMPS OR POT HOLES, IT WAS VERY HARD TO KEEP CONTROL OF VEHICLE WHEN THIS HAPPENED. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK DEALER HAS MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CORRECT PROBLEM, HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL OCCURS, CONSUMER IS AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE. *SLC

AN EXTREMELY STRONG MILDEW ODOR IS COMING FROM THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT, CAUSING PASSENGERS TO BECOME ILL. DEALER STATES ODOR IS DUE TO COIL WHICH IS TOO TIGHT AROUND AIR CONDITIONER, PREVENTING WATER TO ESCAPE, AND CAUSING MILDEW ODOR. *AK EMERGENCY BRAKE SHOES WERE REPLACED. BRAKES SQUEAL, DEALER HAS REPLACED FRONT BRAKE PADS, RESURFACED ROTORS, LUBED CALIPER SLIDES, REPLACED REAR BRAKE PADS, MACHINED REAR ROTORS, HOWEVER BRAKES STILL SQUEAL. BOTH REAR WHEELS WERE COVERED WITH GEAR LUBE. DRIVERS SHOULDER BELT WOULD NOT RETRACT AT TIMES, DEALER REPLACED SEAT BELT. NOISE AND THIMPING FELT IN STEERING WHEN MAKING TURNS, DEALER LUBED STOPS. LEFT FRONT WINDOW INOPERABLE, DEALER REPLACED WINDOW REGULATER. FRONT ROOF WELT LOOSE AND BROKEN, DEALER REPLACED. FRONT DOOR PULL TRIM MISSING. BLEND DOORS INOPERABLE, WILL NOT BLOW AIR THROUGH DEFROST VENT. ASH TRAY WILL NOT CLOSE. AC/HEATER EMITS A MUSTY/MOLDY ODOR, THE ODOR NOT ONLY PERMEATES THE PASSENGER, BUT IS ALSO IN THE TRUNK,THERE IS NO CONDENSATION BEING RELEASED BY THE AC, MANY THINGS ALONG WITH THE MOISTURE PURGE MODULE HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS, SYSTEM HAS BEEN SANITIZED SEVERAL TIMES, AC MAX BUTTON DOES NOT WORK. MOTOR GOES ON 45 MINUTES AFTER VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF, THIS BLOWS THROUGH THE FRONT DEFROSTER AND STEAMS UP THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. DOOR HANDLE IS INOPERABLE. VINYL TRIM AT TOP OF CONSOLE IS LOOSE. ENGINE STALLED AT STOPS WHEN COLD, DEALER REPLACED MAF AND FUEL PUMP. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING THE HEADLIGHTS SUDDENLY WENT OUT AND THERE WAS A CLICKING NOISE, ABOUT ONE MINUTE LATER THE HEADLIGHTS CAME ON MOMENTARILY AND THEN OFF AGAIN SEVERAL TIME, EVENTUALLY THE LOW BEAMS CAME ON. NLM

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS AND HITTING A SMALL BUMP VEHICLE WANDERS OVER TO NEXT LANE. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE 4 OR 5 TIMES. BUT, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*AK

DRIVER WAS TRAVELING IN RAINY WEATHER WITH HIGH BEAM DIMMERS ON, WHEN DRIVER ATTEMPED TO SWITCH TO LOW BEAM DIMMERS, LIGHTS WENT OUT COMPLETELY, LEAVING DRIVER TRAVELING IN DARK FOR AT LEAST 3 TO 4 SECONDS UNTIL THE LIGHTS CAME BACK ON. *TT

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE. BRAKE LINES ARE ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. *AK REFERENCED IN RQ03-004