1995 LINCOLN TOWN CAR Complaints

TRAVELING AT 65 MPH ON FREEWAY THE CAR BEGAN TO WANDER WITHOUT STEERING WHEEL INPUT--THE STEERING WHEEL HAD ONE INCH FREE PLAY FROM EITHER SIDE OF CENTER. HAD CAR PUT ON RACK--CHECKED FRONT END (NOTHING ABNORMAL FOUND), BUT WITH WHEELS ON GROUND THE STEERING WHEEL CAN BE MOVED ONE INCH IN EITHER DIRECTION FROM CENTER WITHOUT WHEEL MOVEMENT-MECHANIC SUSPECTS DEFECTIVE STEERING SECTOR. FORD DEALER INSPECTED CAR AND FOUND SAME CONDITION EXISTED. DEALER NOTIFIED FORD, BUT NO CORRECTIVE ACTION TAKEN. THIS CONDITION IS NOT GOOD--CAR WANTS TO DRIFT ALL OVER THE ROAD AND AND HAS LOOSE STEERING--SPEED SENSITIVE STEERING W/SELECT STEERING EFFORT HAS NOT EFFECT ON CONDITION. PRESENTLY I DO NOT TRUST THE VEHICLE. IT IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 58MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE BROADSIDED CONSUMER'S VEHICLE ON DRIVER'S SIDE. UPON IMPACT, SIDE DOOR AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DRIVER WAS KNOCKED SIDEWAYS TOWARDS DOOR IN VEHICLE AND SUSTAINED INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.*AK *JB

AFTER BRAKES WERE SERVICED BY A PRIVATE MECHANIC VEHICLE EXPERIENCED MILD VIBRATION WHILE TRAVELING AT LOW SPEEDS ON A RANDOM BASIS. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE. *AK MECHANICE INSPECTED BRAKES AND FOUND NO PROBLEMS, CONSUMER IS GOING TO TAKE VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *SLC

THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR ASSEMBLY HAS FAILED ON 3 OCCASIONS CAUSING THE VEHICLE NOT TO START. NLM

WHILE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN AT HIGH SPEED FRONT END PULLS TO THE RIGHT, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, IF A BUMP IS HIT VEHICLE, IT WILL VEER TO RIGHT FOR A SECOND BEFORE RETURNING TO ITS NORMAL POSITION. DEALAR HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

BRAKES LOCK UP OR SOME WHEELS LOCK UP ON LOOSE SURFACE. YESTERDAY WITH ONE WHEEL ON GRAVEL AND ONE ON LEAVES, WHEEL ON LEAVED LOCKED UP AND ALMOST CAUSED ME TO HIT LARGE TREE.THIS IS NOT FIRST TIME BRAKES HAVE LOCKED UP, FIRST TIME I SLED OFF DRIVEWAY INTO DITCH, REPORTED THAT TO DEALER AND THEY JUST LAUGHED. *AK

PITMAN ARM BALL JOINT FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE STEERING FOR THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE. *SLC

ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, BRAKE PEDAL HAS WENT TO THE FLOOR WHILE BRAKING, CONSUMER HAS HAD TO PUMP THE BRAKES TO SLOW THE VEHICLE, CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BRAKE, VEHICLE SHOOK AND A LOUD SUCKING NOISE WAS HEARD, DEALER HAS REPLACED FRONT AND REAR BRAKE PADS, ROTORS, AND DEALER REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER AND BRAKE BOOSTER DUE TO FLUID LEAKING FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER INTO THE BRAKE BOOSTER. *SLC

THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE FRONT ASSEMBLY. THE VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALERSHIP BUT HAS NOT BEEN CHECKED AT THIS TIME SO THE EXACT FAILURE IS UNCERTAIN. THIS FAILURE APPEARS TO BE SIMILAR TO FAILURES EXPERIENCED BY 1995 LINCOLN TOWNCARS WHICH WERE IDENTIFIED IN NHTSA: 96V135000 AND NHTSA: 98V322000, HOWEVER, FMC ADVISED ME THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT SUBJECT TO THOSE RECALLS. IT IS PROBABLE THAT THE INVESTIGATION INTO FAULTY STEERING LINKAGES OF 95 LINCOLN TOWNCARS SHOULD BE EXPANDED. I HAVE ASKED THE DEALERSHIP TO PROVIDE ME WITH ALL FAILED COMPONENTS. IF NHTSA WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE COMPONENTS, I WILL MAKE THEM AVAILABLE. *AK