1997 LINCOLN TOWN CAR Complaints

CONSUMER'S WIFE TURNED IGNITION TO ON, PUT VEHICLE INTO GEAR, AND VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED INTO GARAGE, CAUSING PROPERTY DAMAGE, AND PHYSICAL DAMAGE TO HER HUSBAND. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

WARPED ROTORS CAUSE VEHICLE TO PULSATE AND SHUDDER WHENEVER THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED UNDER LOAD, FROM HIGHER SPEEDS AND DOWN HILLS. NLM

VEHICLE WAS PARKED, CONSUMER NOTICED THAT FRONT LEFT SIDE HAD DROPPED TO GROUND, TOWED TO DEALER WHO FOUND FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM HAD FALLEN OFF. THERE WAS A RECALL 98V322000 ON THIS COMPONENT IN 1998, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT AFFECTED. *AK

INTAKE MANIFOLD IS MADE OF PLASTIC AND FORD RECALLED THE POLICE CARS AND REPLACED THEM EARLY ON IN 1997 ACCORDING TO SERVICE PERSONNEL AT FORD DEALERSHIP, ALSO AS SOON AS I CAN GET THE INFORMATION ON MY DAD'S LINCOLN TOWN A 97 ALSO, HIS INTAKE FAILED ON HIS ONE WEEK AFTER MINE, HIS HAD 80,000+ MILES. THIS IS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN TO AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE ENGINE AS THIS. HE HAD HIS REPLACED AT THE DEALERSHIP AND I SAVED A $125.00 BY HAVING MINE REPLACED AT MY LOCAL GARAGE. HIS COSTS WAS AROUND $550. IT WAS REPLACED WITH ANOTHER PLASTIC INTAKE AND THE FORD PARTS PERSONNEL SAID IT WAS A STRONGER ONE. MY BET IS, THAT IT WILL NOT HOLD UP TO THE INTENSE HEAT AND VIBRATION ANY BETTER. THIS IS A VERY POOR USE OF PLASTIC, EVERYONE KNOWS ANY KIND OF PLASTIC DEGRADES UNDER HEAT AND BECOMES BRITTLE OVER TIME. I SUSPECT THERE ARE MANY FAILURES OUT THERE OR SOON WILL BE, ESPECIALLY SINCE FORD CALLED THE POLICE CARS BACK IN AND CHANGED THEM OUT. THEY WOULD INCUR THE MOST MILEAGE AND SHOW THE PROBLEMS THE QUICKEST,JUST BY THEIR NORMAL USE. I REALIZE THAT THE POLICE USE CROWN VICTORIAS BUT THEY HAD THE SAME 4.6 ENGINE AND INTAKE SETUP. LIKE I HAVE WRITTEN, I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH MY DAD'S INFORMATION AS SOON AS I CAN GET HIM TO RETREIVE IT, HE LIVES IN W.V AND HAS TALKED TO THE CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS AND THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP THERE, BUT STILL HAD TO PAY FOR IT HIMSELF. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT WILL BE DONE AND IF THERE ARE OTHER FAILURES OF THIS TYPE OUT THERE. THANKS IN ADVANCE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED OUT AT LEAST 3-4 TIMES A WEEK. HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & MECHANIC PLACED VEHICLE ON DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE. NO CODE CAME UP. MECHANIC DID REPLACE FUEL FILTER/ IDLER/ NECK IN FUEL TANK & A CANISTER. BUT, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

PART IS PLASTIC. SIMILAR VEHICLES HAVE BEEN RECALLED. FAILURE OF THIS PART IN TURN CAUSED THE HEADS TO WARP. WE HAVE LOST APPROXIMATELY 2 WEEKS OF REVENUE FROM THIS VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND HIT A BUILDING, CAUSING BOTH AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY. NO BODY INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGES REPORTED. DEALER / MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *AK

WOULD BE DRIVING & THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD HAVE TOO MUCH PLAY. FEELS LIKE LOSING CONTROL OF VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. STEERING PRESSURE SENSOR HAS BEEN RPLACED OR CHANGED & AFFECTS THE STEERING OF THE VEHICLE. ROCKER ARM WAS CRACKED & NEEDED REPLACING. HAD AN ACCIDENT DUE TO LACK OF CONTROL OF STEERING WHEEL. HIT A TELEPHONE POLE & THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. SUFFERED INJURIES.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT AND DIE WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM.*AK

FRONT END SHIMMIED, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO STEER AND HANDLE VEHICLE WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, AND ON ROUGH ROADS. DEALER HAS REPLACED IDLER ARM . ALSO, CONSUMER REPLACED TIRES AND SHOCKS, BUT DEFECT STILL OCCURS. CAUSE IS STILL UNKNOWN. *AK