LINCOLN Complaints

WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE I APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME VERY STIFF AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SLOWING DOWN. I STEPPED HARDER ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE FINALLY SLOWED DOWN AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. I PULLED OVER THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WHEN I PRESSED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL IT WENT TO THE FLOOR SLOWLY AND A HIGH PITCHED SOUND CAME FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND CHECKED THE BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR TO INSURE THAT I DID NOT HAVE A LEAK. I STARTED THE ENGINE AGAIN AND HEADED TO MY HOME. EVERYTHING WORKED NORMALLY. I TOLD MY WIFE TO NOT USE THE CAR AND TO USE OUR OTHER VEHICLE. I CALLED AHEAD TO THE DEALER FOR SERVICE AND BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN. WHEN THEY CALLED ME THEY SAID THE BRAKE BOOST HAD FAILED. THEY CHANGED IT AND CHECKED THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE WAS WORKING CORRECTLY. I MOVED TO FLORIDA AND THE BRAKE BOOST HAS FAILED AGAIN. THIS IS AFTER APPROXIMATELY 20,000 MILES. THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS THE PREVIOUS FAILURE. THIS IS DISCONCERTING BECAUSE THE REPLACEMENT UNIT FAILED AS WELL LEADING ME TO BELIEVE THERE ARE POTENTIAL DISASTERS OUT THERE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 62,757.

2 OCCASIONS WHERE BALL JOINT SNAPPED AND VEHICLE WAS MOVING AND FELL TO GROUND .WHILE MY CHILD WAS INSIDE . MAJOR ELECTRICAL ISSUES SUCH AS: ODOMETER FLASHES CONSTANTLY AND GAS GAGE WACKED OUT EVER SINCE VEHICLE FELL TO GROUND EVERY THING WAS WORKING PROPERLY BEFORE AND ON THE FIRST INCIDENT IS WHEN IT STARTED AND CONTINUES TO GET WORSE. SUSPENSION AND STEERING : ALSO SINCE CAR FELL TO GROUND HAS CAUSE STEERING AND SUSPENSION TO BE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE . I HAVE HAD SEVERAL MECHANICS RIP ME OFF AND HAVE SPENT THOUSANDS ON TRYING TO GET VEHICLE BACK TO THE WAY A LINCOLN SHOULD DRIVE . AND STILL THE RESULTS ARE NOT GOOD. I CANT DRIVE ON EXPRESS WAYS BECAUSE VEHICLE IS EXTREMELY HARD TO CONTROL AND STAY IN LANES .AS WELL ON SIDE STREETS/MAIN ROADS . IT ALSO HAS A VERY HIGH TENDENCY TO LOOSE CONTROL WHEN DRIVING OVER A SMALL , MEDIUM OR LARGE BUMP, DIV-IT OR CRACK IN ROAD WHICH COULD OR WILL EVENTUALLY RESULT IN A CRASH. BY ALL MEANS I LOVE MY 1999 LINCOLN BUT CERTAINLY DOES NOT DRIVE OR OPERATE PROPERLY LIKE ONE SHOULD .I DO ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT ITS A 13 YEAR OLD CAR AND THINGS WILL GO WRONG BUT AFTER DO MY RESEARCH AND BEING THAT I AM NAIVE AND VERY UNEDUCATED WITH MECHANICS ON A VEHICLE I SIMPLY LET THIS PASS FOR SOMETIME NOW TO REALIZE THESE RE OCCURRING INCIDENTS ARE NOT NORMAL AND HERE I AM NOW MY RESULTS ARE A DAMAGED CAR WITH RECALL SUPPORTED AND THOUSANDS OF MY HARD INCOME TO REPLACE PARTS ON CAR TO GET BACK TO PROPER WORKING ORDER . SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE OR IF POSSIBLE BE SETTLED IN THE MIDDLE/HALFWAY WHICH WOULD BE FAIR. I HOPE I CAN BE A TRUE FORD LINCOLN SUPPORTER/BUYER FOR EVER AND DON'T WANT TO BE DISAPPOINTED. *TR

THE CARS CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON IN 4-20-07 JUST OVER 50,000 MILES. WE WERE TOLD BY FORD TWO CYLINDER HEADS7 &8 HAD ISSUES AND WOULD REQUIRE A $5900.00 O.H. THEY DID OFFER US $1500.00 TOWARDS THE ENGINE. WE LEARNED LATTER, FORD HAD A INTER-OFFICE BULLETIN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AS DID ALL-DATA. NOW AT 126,00 WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE THE ENGINE OVERHAULED. FORD SHOULD BE MANDATED TO COVER THE FULL COST OF THESE REPAIRS. THEY HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS ISSUE SINCE 2004. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 LINCOLN LS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE AND BEFORE SHIFTING GEARS, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT MANUAL FORCE, CAUSING THE CONTACT TO HAVE TO USE THE PARKING BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE WAS 86,000. *TR

MARCH OF 2013 WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY I NOTICE THE STEERING NOT RESPONDING PROPERLY, I DROVE CAREFULLY TO MY DESTINATION IN FLORIDA AND TOOK CAR TO DEALER WHO STATED IT WAS THE STEERING RACK WHICH I HAD THEM REPLACE, CAR WAS RETURNED AND WHILE IT STILL WAS A BIT HARD TO STEER I FIGURED IT WAS A NEW PART AND HAD TO BREAK IN, BACK HOME IN NEW YORK I CALLED THE DEALER IN FLORIDA WHO STATED THE PART WAS WARRENTIED FOR 12,000 MILES OR ONE YEAR AND I COULD TAKE IT TO ANY FORD DEALER AND IT WOULD BE HONORED, I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALER WHERE THEY RAN A DIAGNOSIS AND STATED IT WAS A FROZEN STEERING SHAFT PROBLEM GETTING CAR BACK IT STILL WAS NOT STEERING PROPERLY, SO I WENT BACK YESTERDAY AND THEY HAD 2 SERVICE PEOPLE TEST DRIVE CAR, BOTH ACKNOWLEDGED THE CAR WONDERED AND STEERING DID NOT STRAIGHTENED OUT PROPERLY AFTER TURNING, STARTED TALKING ABOUT OTHER PARTS IT COULD BE, NOW WITH OVER TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS IN COST ALREADY I INSISTED IT THAT SINCE THE CAR WAS FINE AND A PLEASURE TO DRIVE BEFORE THE STEERING RACK WENT BAD THAT IT HAD TO BE THE RACK, THEY SEEMED UNCONCERNED AND STATED THAT IF THEY REPLACED THE RACK UNDER WARRANTY THAT WHEN THEY SENT THIS PART BACK TO FORD AND IF THEIR ENGINEER FOUND IT WAS NOT BAD THEY WOULD GET BILLED FOR THE NEW ONE, SO HERE WE ARE, A CAR THAT STEERS LIKE IT HAS NO POWER STEERING AND A DEALER WHO DON'T SEEM TO CARE, WHAT DO I DO NEXT EXCEPT WRITE TO YOU, *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE BRAKES WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY EXCESSIVE PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL AND PUMP IT REPEATEDLY. ADDITIONALLY, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE MECHANIC STATED THERE WAS A REAR BRAKE SEAL LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LINCOLN MKZ. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE FAILED TO OPERATE ONCE THE IGNITION WAS STARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES WITH THE REPLACEMENT OF THE BATTERY EACH TIME. IN ADDITION, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE INFERIOR POWER DOOR LOCK FAILED TO UNLOCK. THE CONTACT HAD TO EXIT THE VEHICLE FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 08/06/13*LJ

WE HAVE BEEN HAVING ONGOING ISSUES OVER THE PAST 6 MONTHS, AT LEAST. THE CAR HAS BEEN IN TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES FOR SAME THING. SOME OF THE ISSUES I HAVE READ REGARDING THE F150 ARE THE ISSUES I AM HAVING WITH MY 2010 LINCOLN MKS. DRIVING HIGHWAY, CRUISE WILL FALL OFF, YOU FEEL IT SOMEWHAT JERK OFF. CRUISING LATER AND IT FALLS OFF AGAIN, THEN YOU CANNOT DETERMINE IF IT WILL CONTINUE RUNNING OR DIE. IT SHUTTERS, JERKS, IT SEEMS TO LOSE POWER. IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN AFTER ABOUT 20 MINUTES OF HIGHWAY DRIVING. IT IS VERY INTERMITTENT, BUT HAS BEEN MORE FREQUENT LATELY. IT DOES SEEM TO STUMBLE/MISFIRE. JERKING AROUND, NOT SURE IF IT WILL DIE. THE TACK JUMPS CONSIDERABLE DURING THESE INCIDENTS. CONCERNS TO TAKE ON LONGER JOURNEYS. THERE ARE TIMES IT IS JERKY AND NOT CERTAIN IF IT WILL GO OR KILL WHEN I HAVE ALSO LEFT A STOP LIGHT. THE LAST 2 INCIDENTS JUNE 18TH AND THE ONE ON JUNE 15TH WERE VERY CONCERNING, SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE. WE WERE UNSURE IF WE SHOULD CONTINUE ON OUR WAY TO APPLETON FROM FOND DU LAC, ABOUT 40 MINUTES OF HIGHWAY DRIVING AS IT WAS KIND OF TWITCHING AND DROPPING OFF THE CRUISE, THEN THE JERKING AS TO IF IT COULD KILL WITH THE TACHOMETER GOING TO 5 AND JUMPING BACK AND FORTH. SOMETHING IS JUST NOT RIGHT. I DRIVE 25 MINUTES TO WORK EACH DAY AND IT DOES HAPPEN ON AND OFF, HIT AND MISS, NOTHING REGULAR TO IT FOR HOW OFTEN. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I NOTICED OIL ALL OVER THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE AND AFTER CHECKING, I FOUND THAT IT WAS THE REAR AXLE LEAKING. I WENT ONLINE AND FOUND THAT A RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED BECAUSE IT WAS A DEFECT AND SOMETIMES THE WHEEL WOULD EVEN FALL OFF. I CHECKED WITH THE LINCOLN WEB SITE AND MAGICALLY MY VIN IS NOT INCLUDED. IT SEEMS A LOT OF PEOPLE "OUTSIDE" OF THE RECALLED VEHICLES ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. PLEASE EXPAND THE RECALL. I HAVE OWNED 17 CARS THROUGH THE YEARS AND HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE. I HAVE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF THIS ISSUE BEFORE! IF AFTER 100 YEARS OF BUILDING CARS FORD CANNOT GET THE WHEELS TO STAY ON, AND DOES NOT THINK THIS IS A PROBLEM, WELL I GUESS THIS IS MY FIRST AND LAST ONE. *TR