2000 LINCOLN TOWN CAR Complaints

WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A PUDDLE FAN BELT CAME LOOSE. HAS NOT CONTACTED A DEALER YET.*AK

WHILE BEING HIT BROADSIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AT ANY TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING NOTICED TRAVELING TO LEFT CAUSED CONSUMER TO PULL STEERING WHEEL TO RIGHT. DEALER HAS BEE CONTACTED, COULDN'T DUPLICATE PROBLEM. *AK THE AIR SUSPENSION SYHSTEM WAS DEFECTIVE AND THE VEHICLE RIDE TERRIBLY. *YH

AFTER COMING TO A STOP, FOOT ON BRAKE, VEHICLE WILL SURGE FORWARD, BRAKES WILL NOT STOP IT. HAPPENED 4 TIMES SO FAR, LAST TIME CONSUMER HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE NOT KNOWN. *AK

WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE PULLED TO BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES. PROBLEM WAS NOTED MORE WHEN DRIVING AT 65 MPH. *AK SWAY SIDE TO SIDE AT 65 MPH. *YH

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SEVERLY PULLS TO LEFT OR THE RIGHT,THIS PROBLEM BECOMES MORE PRONOUNCED WHEN VEHICLE IS DRIVEN AT 65 MPH.DEALER CAN NOT CORRECT PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH CONSUMER TURNED ON CRUISE CONTROL, WAS GETTING READY TO EXIT AND PUT ON BRAKES TO CUT OFF SPEED CONTROL, VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN, AND THEN ACCELERATED BACK TO 60 MPH. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID SWITCH WAS BAD THAT WORKED WITH BRAKES. THIS SWITCH ALSO KNOCKED OUT REAR BRAKE LIGHTS. *AK THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS HAD FAILED TO ALERT THE DRIVER. *YH

KEYLESS PAD ON DRIVER DOOR IS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. LAST 2 BUTTONS LOCK VEHICLE, BUT HEAD AND TAILLIGHTS COME ON. SOMETIMES THEY STAY ON FOR 30 SECONDS, OTHER TIMES THEY STAY ON ALL NIGHT, AND DRAIN BATTERY. LINCOLN HAS TOLD CONSUMER THAT IT WAS A CHARACTERISTIC OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALER 5-6 TIMES FOR REPAIR, BUT UNABLE TO REMEDY.*AK THE FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER STATED THAT THERE IS NO REMEDY FOR THE PROBLEM UNLESS THE MANUFACTURER REDESIGNS A NEW MODULAR. *YH

WHILE DRIVING 40-45 MPH, PASSENGER'S AIRBAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. *SLC

BRAKE PEDAL FEELS SPONGY AND MAKES NOISE WHEN APPLIED, BRAKES GRAB WHEN APPLIED, AND VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT DUE TO FAULTY BRAKES. LEFT FRONT HEADREST WILL NOT GO UP OR DOWN, RIGHT FROTN HEADREST TILTS WHEN IT'S MOVED UP. LEFT OUTER MIRROR GLASS IS LOOSE, THE MIRROR RETAINING CLIP WAS BROKEN, DEALER REPLACED GLASS. VEHICLE AVERAGES LESS THAN 10 MILES PER GALLON IN THE CITY AND 15 MILES PER GALLON FOR HIGHWAY, CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ENGINE IDLES TOO FAST, DEALER STATED THAT TIMING COULD NOT BE ADJUSTED LOCALLY BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAD NO DISTRIBUTOR CAP ON THIS MODEL. *SLC