LINCOLN Complaints

WHILE EXITING A PARKING FACILITY CARS WERE DOING AN ALTERNATE MERGE INTO A SINGLE LANE. IT WAS SLOW STOP AND GO AND I WAS WAITING MY TURN WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR ACCELERATED AGGRESSIVELY AND I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES AND PUT IT IN PARK. I USED JUST LESS THAN A CAR LENGTH TO STOP THE CAR AFTER IT LURCHED FORWARD. I NOTICED THAT THE TACHOMETER MOMENTARILY EXCEEDED 4000 RPM. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT EXCEPT FOR FORTUITOUS TIMING. I ALLOWED THE CAR TO MY LEFT SPACE TO MERGE AND THERE WAS ABOUT A CAR LENGTH OF SPACE AVAILABLE WHICH THE OTHER CAR HAD NOT ENTERED YET. THAT SPACE GAVE ME THE MARGIN TO GET THE CAR STOPPED WITHOUT HITTING A CAR IN FRONT OF ME. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AROUND 11PM TO PICK UP MY HUSBAND, AND THE LEFT DRIVER SIDE R/R DS LOWER BALL JOINT IN FRONT OF THE CAR COLLAPSED TO THE GROUND. I HAD TRAFFIC COMING FROM BEHIND AND FROM A CROSS STREET IN FRONT OF ME. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO SIGNAL EVERYONE BY HORN, ARM WAVING AND DOUBLE BLINKERS BEFORE I WAS HIT BY ANYONE. I WAS ABLE TO PREVENT THE ACCIDENT. *TR

NOTICE THE STEERING WAS LOOSE WHILE DRIVING AND FELT INHIBITED WHEN I DROVE. *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND TRIED TO APPLY BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, SHE WAS A SUFFICIENT DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE OTHER CAR TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. *TR

WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON I-39 WHEN TIRE BLEW OUT. HAVE HAD TO REPLACE TIRES SEVERAL TIMES AND TOLD BY DEALERSHIP AND 2 AUTO SERVICE CENTERS THAT THE RIMS ARE SO CORRODED THEY DO NOT HOLD AIR PROPERLY AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. ALL WHEELS HAVE CHROME FLAKING OFF. CAR CURRENTLY HAS LESS THAN 75K MILES. IN THE 2.5 YEARS I HAVE OWNED IT, PROBABLY HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE TIRES REPAIRED/REPLACED 10-15 TIMES. *TR

EXCESSIVE PLAY IN SEAT ASSEMBLY, DRIVERS SEAT TRACK BAR WAS FOUND TO BE DEFORMED THIS DEFECT ALLOWED SEAT TO MOVE BACKWARDS WITH ACCELERATION, FORWARD WHEN BRAKING. SEAT WAS REPAIRED BY CERTIFIED MECHANIC AND IS NOW IN OPERATING CONDITION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1991 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE HOOD LATCH FRACTURED. AS A RESULT, THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED FROM THE FORCE OF THE HOOD AND A BUNGEE CORD WAS USED IN ORDER TO KEEP THE HOOD SECURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 95V151000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES) WAS PREVIOUSLY PERFORMED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 174,600.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 LINCOLN MKZ. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V597000 (AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

ON SPETEMBER 5, 2014, I WAS TRAVELING IN MISSOURI. THE CAR DIDN'T SEEM TO HANDLE AS IT SHOULD. I HAD A STOP SIGN, AND IT SEEMED TO BE OKAY THEN. I DECIDED TO SLOW DOWN IN CASE THERE WAS AN ISSUE. THE FIRST CURVE I CAME TO, THE CAR WOULD NOT TURN RIGHT, AND WENT DOWN A STEEP EMBANKMENT. ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT, I WAS NEVER ABLE TO STEER IT RIGHT TOWARDS THE ROAD AGAIN. MY LEFT KNEE WAS INJURED. ALSO, THE CAR NEEDED A NEW PCM. ...UPDATED 01/29/15 *BF

ENGINE DIED AT STOPLIGHT. BATTERY JUMPED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. DROVE ABT 4 MILES, ENGINE DIED AGAIN. CALLED FOR TOW TRUCK AND HAD IT TOWED TO FORD DEALERSHIP. BETWEEN 9/7/2013 AND 2/14/2014 BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR REPLACED. "CHECK BATTERY LIGHT" CONSTANTLY APPEARED. USED FORDS TESTOR CONNECTED TO VEHICLES COMPUTER. AFTER THREE ACTUATION'S, RETURNED TO DEALERSHIP FOR SOLUTION.THIS OCCURRED NUMEROUS TIME IN THE TIME PERIOD. FORD;S TECH CENTER RECOMMENDED TO DEALERSHIP, AT DIFFERENT TIMES TO REPLACE: ALTERNATOR - WIRES - COMPUTER - ETC - AFTER 5 MONTHS FORD COULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. ALSO, AS OF 12/15/2010 EXPERIENCED SUDDEN AND VIOLENT SURGING DURING SNOWY DAYS. TACHOMETER AND SPEED NEEDLE WOULD DROP RAPIDLY FROM 55 TO ZERO, AND RETURN TO 55MPH. SO SEVERE, FELT LIKE CAR WAS REAR-ENDED. FORD TECH'S COULD NOT ADVISE DEALERSHIP HOW TO REPAIR THIS. AFTER 5 MONTHS OF GRIEF , TRADED AUTO. IF FORD COULDN'T REPAIR IT , I DIDN'T WANT IT !. *TR