1991 LINCOLN TOWN CAR Complaints

WHENEVER IT WAS RAINING AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE TURNED OFF, THEY WOULD REMAIN IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION. WHEN TURNING WINDSHIELD WIPERS BACK ON, THEY WOULD GO DOWN.*AK

A VEHICLE PULLED DIRECTLY IN FORNT OF CONSUMERS VEHICLE, CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO STOP IN TIME AND COLLIDED WITH VEHICLE, IN WHICH THE SHOULDER BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN HIM, BUT THE LAP BELT DID, CONSUMER SUFFERED INJURIES.*JB

A PIECE OF THE FRAME ON DRIVERS SIDE SEAT THAT HOLDS SEAT UP BROKE. IF CONSUMER WAS TO ACCELERATE HARD BACK OF SEAT WOULD NOT HOLD. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS UNSAFE. *AK

AFTER DRIVING LEFT REAR TIRE WAS FLAT. THEN, APPLIED AIR AND IT WENT FLAT AGAIN. TAKEN TO TECHNICIAN WHERE COULD NOT BE FIX IT BECAUSE THE SIDE WALLS WORE OUT. NEXT DAY RIGHT REAR TIRE WAS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. LINCOLN, TOWN CAR, 1991, P215/70R15, DOT BEM3NX71239. *AK

MECHANIC SAID HE DID NOT KNOW WHY THEY CRACKED...AND THAT HE HAD NEVER SEEN ALL FOUR CRACK AT ONCE....

WHILE TURNING ON THE IGNITION CAR TOOK OFF INTO THE HOUSE, AND HIT ANOTHER CONSUMER, INJURING THEM. SEPT OF 1998, CONSUMER PUT CAR IN REVERSE AND CAR TOOK OFF BACKWARDS, CONSUMER HAD TO TURN OFF THE KEY TO STOP THE CAR.*AK

WE HAD A TREAD SEPARATION PROBLEM ON THIS TIRE IDENTICAL TO THE CURRENT FIRESTONE PROBLEM. THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT AT HIGHWAY SPEED WHILE TRAVELING ON US 1 BETWEEN FLORIDA CITY AND KEY LARGO. FORTUNATELY THE CAR WAS KEPT UNDER CONTROL AND NO OTHER VEHICLES WERE COMING OPPOSITE ON THE TWO-LANE ROAD. THE TIRE TREAD WAS PEALED OFF. THE CAR WAS TOWED BACK UP TO MIAMI, TO THE FIRESTONE DEALER. THEY SAID WE MUST HAVE HIT SOMETHING TO CAUSE THE PROBLEM. THE CURRENT FIRESTONE PROBLEM WAS UNKNOWN TO US THEN, SO WE HAD TO BUY NEW TIRES (TWO TO MATCH). THE CAR STILL HAS DAMAGE TO THE FENDER WELL. THE SAME MODEL TIRES ARE ON THE CAR NOW, AND WE HAVE NEW CONCERNS ABOUT THEM DUE TO THE CURRENT PROBLEM. THIS MODEL TIRE HASN'T BEEN IDENTIFIED TO ME AS PROBLEMATIC, BUT I READ IN OUR NEWSPAPER ABOUT SOMEONE HAVING A TREAD-SEPARATING BLOWOUT ALSO IN A LINCOLN TOWNCAR WITH FIRESTONE TIRES. MAYBE THERE IS A WIDE SPREAD FIRESTONE PROBLEM?? WE HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THE TREAD SEPARATION, AND THOUGHT THAT WAS ONLY A RE-TREAD PROBLEM. PLEASE ADD THESE TIRES TO THE PROBLEM LIST AND HELP US WITH OUR TIRE SAFETY. THANK YOU. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 215/70/R15 )

THE BRAKES OCCASIONALLY FAIL CAUSING THE CAR TO PULL TO THE LEFT WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. DEALER TRACED CAUSE TO COLLAPSED BRAKE LINES. NLM

ON MY BROTHER'S 1991 LINCOLN TOWN CAR EXECUTIVE SERIES, THE MAIN POWER WIRE TO THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH APPEARED TO OVERHEAT AND MELT INSIDE THE SWITCH ASSEMBLY CAUSING THE LIGHTS TO, AT FIRST, FLICKER OUT AND THEN COME RIGHT BACK ON AND AS THE PROBLEM PROGRESSED OVER A PERIOD OF 2 WEEKS THE LIGHTS WOULD COME ON FOR A SECOND OR TWO AND THEN NOT COME BACK ON AT ALL. I REPLACED THE SWITCH AND WIRE HARNESS FOR HIM, WHICH SEEMED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. BUT HE HAS SINCE SOLD THE CAR. I ALSO ENCOUNTERED THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM ON MY FRIEND'S FATHER'S 1992 LINCOLN TOWN CAR (EXECUTIVE SERIES), I FIXED IT THE SAME WAY AND IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO HAVE COME BACK (I FIXED IT ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO). BY THE WAY THE 1991 LINCOLN TOWN CAR DID NOT HAVE THE "AUTOLAMP" FEATURE AND THE 1992 DID.

APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT REALIZED I HAD NO ACCELERATOR PEDAL. ENGINE WAS RUNNING AND I HAD BRAKES, I PULLED THE CAR OFF THE ROAD AND IT STARTED TO SMOKE, THEN FLAMES. MY WONDERFUL LINCOLN WAS TOTALED. THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THERE WAS ANY PROBLEM. NO LIGHTS WENT ON THE CAR NEVER STALLED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAID THEY FELT THE LINE WAS BURNING, AND I LOST THE ACCELERATOR BECAUSE IT WAS ALREADY ON FIRE AND BURNED THROUGH. I CHECKED THE RECALLS FOR 1991 LINCOLNS AND THERE WAS A RECALL FOR FUEL LINES, BUT NOT FOR MY VIN NUMBER. THEREFORE WE NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL. *AK