LINCOLN Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 LINCOLN AVIATOR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT GEARS, THE GEAR SHIFTER SEIZED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE KEY WAS STUCK IN THE IGNITION CYLINDER. THE FAILURE WAS PERSISTENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

INTERIOR DOOR GRAB HANDLE CHROME TRIM FLAKES ON THE REAR EDGE CAUSING CUTS TO FINGERS WHEN PULLING DOOR CLOSED.

BRAKE PEDAL WHEN COMING TO STOP SOMETIMES GOES ALL WAY TO FLOOR. WHEN SITTING AT IDEAL SPEED THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL GO ALL WAY TO FLOOR. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR THE PAST YEAR AND REPORTED TO LINCOLN DEALER FOR WARRANTY WORK UNDER A SEVEN YEAR WARRANTY. CAR ACCELERATES WHEN BRAKES DEPRESSED WHEN COMING TO STOP AND FOOT IS ON BRAKES AND BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED AND EDGE OF FOOT ALSO HITS ACCELERATES. DEALER HAD AUTO FROM LATE JULY 2015 TILL JAN. 5, 2016. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS AS OF JAN. 5 2016 BUT DEALER STATES THAT IT IS MY FAULT, TOOK TO ANOTHER DEALER AND THE SERVICE GUY SAID THE REASON THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR IS THAT LINCOLN HAS WHAT HE CALLED A PASS THROUGH BRAKE SYSTEM. WHEN CAR IS NOT RUNNING THE BRAKE PEDAL IS SOLID AND WILL NOT GO TO FLOOR. WHILE I TOOK CAR TO DEALER FOR THIS PROBLEM IN JULY 2015 IT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR SEVERAL YEARS BUT KEEPS GETTING WORSE. BRAKES HAVE BEEN BAD FROM DAY ON WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR ORIGINALLY THE ROTORS HAD NOT BEEN TURNED AND WERE THROWING BRAKE DUST. DUE TO THAT TURNING THE ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED A COUPLE YEARS LATER.

TONIGHT WHEN I WAS DRIVING HOME, I CAME TO A RED LIGHT. WHEN I HIT THE BRAKES, THE BRAKES MADE A WEIRD SOUND, HIT ALMOST TO THE FLOOR AND WOULD NOT STOP THE CAR. I PRESSED OFF THE BRAKE AND PRESSED IT AGAIN AND IT WENT TO THE FLOOR AGAIN, BUT NOT AS MUCH AND EVENTUALLY STOPPED THE CAR. I PULLED OVER AND KEPT TESTING THE BRAKES AGAIN AND IT WAS STILL GOING TO THE FLOOR BUT THE EVENTUALLY STOPPED. LUCKILY I WAS ABOUT 5 MINUTES FROM HOME SO I DID NOT HAVE TO DRIVE MUCH FARTHER. WHEN I GOT HOME, I WENT ONLINE TO LOOK UP THE ISSUE AND I FOUND OTHER PEOPLE INQUIRING ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE. SOME PEOPLE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY AND THE ISSUE WAS STILL NOT PROPERLY RESOLVED. I THINK THIS COMMON ISSUE NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED, AND A RECALL ISSUED SINCE BRAKES PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE SAFETY OF A CAR. IF I WAS NOT ON AN EMPTY ROAD OR IF I HAD A CAR RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, I COULD HAVE HAD A CAR ACCIDENT TODAY BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP THE CAR RIGHT AWAY. I ENDED UP PRACTICALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION.

THE VEHICLE RANDOMLY GETS STUCK IN PARK AND IS UNABLE TO SHIFT INTO GEAR WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY. I READ SOMETHING ABOUT THE BREAK SWITCH RECALL BUT AFTER CALLING FORD THEY TOLD ME THE RECALL WAS VIN SPECIFIC AND MY VEHICLE WASN'T A PART OF IT. MAKES NO SENSE TO ME IF MY VEHICLE IS DOING EXACTLY WHAT THE RECALL ENTAILED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN MAKING AN ABNORMAL NOISE NEAR THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE PISTON HAD BEEN ENCOUNTERING THE CYLINDER WALL AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 35,000.

MY FATHER PULLED AWAY FROM A STOP SIGN ON A CITY STREET, CROSSED TRAFFIC AND HIT THE BACK BUMPER OF A PICKUP TRUCK AFTER WHICH HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON TO THE ACCELERATOR AND DROVE HIS CAR DIRECTLY INTO A UTILITY POLE. THE IMPACT WITH THE POLE WAS HARD ENOUGH TO SHEER OFF POLE AND THE FRONT OF HIS CAR WAS DAMAGED SIGNIFICANTLY FROM THE BUMPER TO THE FRAME PUTTING A V-SHAPED INDENTATION AND THE AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. HE WAS GOING FAST ENOUGH TO SHEER OFF THE WOODEN UTILITY POLE AND THE WIRES WERE HANGING DOWN OVER THE CAR.

INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE BROKE , UNABLE TO OPEN DOOR FROM INSIDE NOW. TO GET OUT OF CAR I MUST HAVE KEY IN ON POSITION TO PUT WINDOW DOWN, REACH OUT AND OPEN DOOR FROM OUTSIDE. PUT WINDOW BACK UP. TADA....NOT SAFE

ON THIS 2001 LINCOLN LS SPORTS PACKAGE , THE ROCKER PANELS, INNER AND OUTER IS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT . THESE DEFECTS SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTS THE SAFETY OF THIS VEHICLE THE LOCAL LINCOLN / FORD DEALERSHIP HAS VERIFIED THESE DEFECTS AND THE WVSP AND DIVISION OF PUBLIC SAFETY HAS INSPECTED AND EXAMINED THIS VEHICLE AND AS AN DIRECT RESULT OF THEIR FINDINGS OF FACT, HAS DEEMED VEHICLE TO BE ROAD UNWORTHY AND POSED TOO SERIOUS RISK FOR ITS DRIVER (MYSELF) , FOR ITS OCCUPANTS (MINE) AND FOR OTHER DRIVERS ON HIGHWAYS AND FOR PEDESTRIANS AND THEREFORE REMOVED IT FROM BEING ABLE TO MOVE, FROM BEING ABLE TO OPERATE , AND REMOVED IT FROM BEING ABLE TO BE DRIVEN ON ANY AND ALL HIGHWAYS.. THE DEFECTS ON THIS VEHICLE IN THEIR FINDINGS OF FACTS ARE SIGNIFICANT AND SERIOUS IN NATURE AND WAS NOT CAUSED BY ME AS THE REGISTERED OWNER OF IT.

BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD NOT WORK. BULBS OK. REPLACING THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH FIXED PROBLEM.