1993 LINCOLN TOWN CAR Complaints

DT: CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR OVER 24 HOURS WHEN IT CAUGHT FIRE. ACCORDING TO THE INSURANCE INVESTIGATOR THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH WAS THE CAUSE. HE HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICED APPROXIMATELY A MONTH PRIOR, AND TOLD THEM THAT CRUISE CONTROL WASN'T WORKING. BUT THEY DIDN'T FIX IT. HE USED THE CRUISE CONTROL APPROXIMATELY 4 TIMES AFTER THAT BECAUSE IT STARTED WORKING ON ITS OWN. CONSUMER'S OFFICE AND ATTIC WAS BURNED. A FIRE REPORT WAS ISSUED. APPROXIMATELY 20 FIREMEN AND 4 FIRE TRUCKS WERE THERE. THE FIRE CAPTAIN COULDN'T FIND THE REASON FOR THE FIRE . CONSUMER CONTACTED FORD AND WAS TOLD THEY WERE NOT HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THIS.*AK

I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHO TO REPORT THIS TO. SO, I WILL BEGIN WITH YOU. LAST WEEK, OUR 1993 LINCOLN TOWN CAR HAD BEEN PARKED IN OUR DRIVEWAY FOR ABOUT 10 HOURS WHEN IT JUST WENT UP IN FLAMES. IT WAS 6:00 A.M. WHEN A MAN DRIVING TO WORK, KNOCKED ON OUR DOOR AND TOLD US OUR CAR WAS ON FIRE. WE HAD FLAMES SOME 30' HIGH IN OUR FRONT YARD. MY HUSBAND BACKED IN THE CAR IN THE DRIVEWAY, OTHERWISE OUR HOUSE WOULD HAVE BEEN LOST, TOO. A CO-WORKER TOLD ME THAT HER NEIGHBOR LOST HER ENTIRE HOUSE BECAUSE HER 93 LINCOLN SPONTANEOUSLY CAUGHT ON FIRE IN HER GARAGE. NO ONE WAS IN THE CAR AND HAD NOT BEEN IN THE CAR OVERNIGHT. IT JUST WENT UP IN FLAMES. I HAVE LOTS OF PICTURES IF YOU NEED THEM!

WHILE APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP ACCORDINGLY. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR SERVICE TWICE, AND THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY; THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE GARAGE OVER HANG SUSTAINED SOME FIRE AND SMOKE DAMAGES. THE SOURCE OF THE FIRE WAS DETERMINED TO BE AN ELECTRICAL. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK

LINCOLN TOWNCAR - FIRE UNDER HOOD DESTROYED CAR. FIRE STARTED WHILE CAR WAS PARKED AND NOT RUNNING. HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN FOR 8 HOURS PRIOR TO FIRE.

THE FUEL LINE RUSTED AND RUPTURED ON MY TOWN CAR ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2004. I CALLED LINCOLN AND THEY WILL NOT EVEN CONCIDER LOOKING AT THIS VEHICLE. MY HUSBAND IS A MECHANIC AND HAS SEEN THIS PROBLEM WITH A 200 NAVIGATOR...WHERE THE BRAKES AND FUEL LINES WERE RUSTED AND THE BRAKE LINES RUPTURED. I WOULD LIKE THIS MATTER LOOKED INTO AND FIXED. THIS IS NOT A WEAR AND TEAR ITEM AND I SHOULD NOT BE EXPECTED TO PAY FOR IT. I DO NOT HAVE THE $2000.+ THAT IT WILL COST TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. I MEAN THIS IS DEFINATLY A SAFTY ISSUE. MY CAR COULD HAVE EXPLODED WITH ME AND MY SON IN IT ON THE LAST 4800 MILE TRIP THAT WE JUST TOOK AFTER HIS LAST 6 MONTH DEPLOYMENT. THANK YOU DEBRA SIERENS. *AK

VEHICLE PARKED IN GARAGE FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES. OWNER HEARD NOISES AND INVESTIGATED TO FIND CAR ON FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. ORIGIN IS AT REAR OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT IN VICINITY OF VACUUM BOOSTER. HAS ALL THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH FAILURE. *JB

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH DEVELOPED A RESISTIVE SHORT IN THE ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT. THIS RESULTED IN AN UNDER HOOD FIRE. THE DAMAGE WAS MINIMUM BECAUSE THE CONSUMER HAD A FIRE DISTINGUISHER ON HAND, AND WAS ABLE TO DISTINGUISH THE FIRE QUICKLY. RECALL 99V124000 WAS ISSUED FOR SPEED CONTROL SWITCH, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK A FUSE KEPT BLOWING ON CIRCUIT 12. THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE FOUND. ONE FUSE WAS REPLACED WITH A 15 AMP CIRCUIT BREAKER BECAUSE WHEN THE FUSE WOULD BLOW, IT WOULD DISABLE THE BRAKE TO SHIFT THE INTERLOCK. *SC

ANTI THEFT ALARM SYSTEM GOES OFF AT ALL TIMES OF THE DAY AND/OR NIGHT FOR NO APPARENT REASON. WE HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE IN ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WITH NO SUCCESS IN SOLVING THE PROBLEM. IS THERE ANY SOLUTION FOR THIS PROBLEM THAT HAS WORKED FOR OTHERS IN THE PAST. IT IS GETTING VERY ANNOYING! IT HAS BEEN DOING THIS SINCE THE DAY WE FIRST BROUGHT IT HOME.*AK

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE HER VEHICLE WAS SITTING IN HER DRIVEWAY, IT CAUGHT FIRE. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN IN ABOUT 1-2 WEEKS. SHE STATED THE FIRE INVESTIGATORS SAID THAT IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE AND THAT THERE HAD BEEN RECALLS ON THIS TYPE VEHICLE. *JB