LINCOLN Complaints

WHILE TURNING A CORNER THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND BECAME EXTREMELY HEAVY, ALMOST UNABLE TO TURN THE WHEEL TO COMPLETE THE TURN. A NOTIFICATION CAME ON FROM THE CAR INDICATING "SERVICE ADVANCE TRAC" AND "STEERING ASSIST FAULT SERVICE REQUIRED". *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. THE CONTACT STATED AFTER SHIFTING THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED AN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION WHICH RESULTED IN A CRASH THROUGH THE PASSENGER'S GARAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP EVEN WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PUT INTO PARK AND THE KEY WAS REMOVED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WAS ONE INJURY REPORTED THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2009 LINCOLN MKS. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000.

AIR SUSPENSION DOES NOT WORK / INFLATE WHEN CAR IS COLD, THERE SOMETIMES NO WARNING THAT THE SHOCKS ARE DOWN AND COULD MAKE DRIVING DANGEROUS . MAKING CAR UNCONTROLLABLE WHEN THE CAR WILL ROLL OVER BUMPS OR UNEVEN TERRAIN PLEASE ISSUE A RECALL FOR ALL NAVIGATORS SINCE 2003 OR OLDER WITH AIR SUSPESION SHOCK DOES NOT INFLATE WHEN STATIONARY / DOES NOT INFLATE WHEN IN MOTION TIRE RUBS ON FENDER WALL MAKING TURNS, THERE IS COMPLETELY NO SHOCK ABSORPTION WHEN CAR IS ON FREEWAY OR ON SURFACE WHICH MAKES CEHICLES VERY UNSTABLE AND COULD CAUSE MAJOR ACCIDENTS IF DRIVEN BY INEXPERIENCED OR EXPERIENCED DRIVERS

2010 LINCOLN MKT- WE WERE TRAVELING HOME ON CHRISTMAS EVE 2015 IN GOFFSTOWN, NH WHEN SUDDENLY OUT OF NOWHERE AS WE WERE TURNING A CORNER THE STEERING WHEEL TIGHTENED UP AND JUST ABOUT LOCKED INTO PLACE IN THE TURN. WE HAD JUST GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY RETURNING FROM MY IN-LAWS FROM 40 MILES AWAY. LUCKILY THERE WAS NOBODY IN THAT INTERSECTION BECAUSE I WAS CLEARLY ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD AFTER THIS HAPPENED AND NEARLY MISSED GOING INTO THE DITCH. THE TIME OF DAY WAS ALSO A BLESSING IN DISGUISE BECAUSE IT WAS JUST ABOUT MIDNIGHT AND WE WERE ALMOST HOME SO THE KIDS COULD OPEN SOME GIFTS. I LOOKED DOWN AT THE DASHBOARD AND THE SERVICE POWER STEERING/SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT WAS FLASHING. A BIT LATE TO SAY THE LEAST. WE STOPPED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AFTER CORRECTING THE STEERING WHEEL WITH 2 HANDS AND SAT FOR A MINUTE. ANOTHER BLESSING WAS WE WERE LESS THAN A MILE TO HOME WHEN THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED AND BEING THE TIME OF DAY, WE DECIDED TO CONTINUE ON VERY SLOWLY DRIVING WITH ABSOLUTELY NO POWER STEERING AND 2 HANDS GRIPPED TO THE WHEEL. I AM A TRUCK DRIVER/EQUIPMENT OPERATOR BY TRADE AND HAVE ALWAYS TAUGHT MYSELF TO EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED WHICH THIS WAS. MY WIFE WAS GOING TO DRIVE HOME ORIGINALLY AND I SAID I WOULD AND I AM SO GLAD I DID BECAUSE THIS MAY HAVE HAD A DIFFERENT OUTCOME ESPECIALLY IF IT HAPPENED AT ANOTHER TIME AND PLACE. THE CAR IS IN OUR DRIVEWAY AS I MAKE THIS COMPLAINT ON CHRISTMAS DAY AND WILL BE BEING TOWED TO A DEALER TOMORROW. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE, I CAME ACROSS THE OTHER COMPLAINTS WITH DIFFERENT YEARS COVERED AND NOW KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH OTHER YEARS AND MODELS WITH THE PSCM (POWER STEERING CONTROL MODULE). FORD HAS A CURRENT RECALL (15S18) WITH THE SAME PROBLEM LISTED. I AM HOPING THAT THE INVESTIGATION REOPENS A NEW RECALL FOR EXPANDED YEARS OF THESE MKT MODELS AND POSSIBLY OTHERS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED.

I PURCHASED MY 2003 LINCOLN LS JUNE/2015. EXCELLENT CONDITION, 35,000 MILES. INTERIOR IMMACULATE CONDITION LEATHER SEATS AND CARPET VIRUTALLY UNTOUCHED. UNDERNEATH HOOD THE SAME, HADN'T LOOK AS IF BEEN DRIVEN. EXTERIOR BODY AND PAINT AGAIN EXCELLENT. THE CAR APPEARED AS IF IT HAD STOOD STILL IN TIME. UPON INVESTIGATION, ONLY ONE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE WHO'D MAINTAINED A FIRST CLASS MAINTENANCE RECORD. OVER THE LAST WEEK THE VEHICLE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING SHE SAID WHILE DRIVING THE VECHICLE BEGAN TO STALL WHILE SHE WAS ACCELERATING IN TRAFFIC. SHE STATED SHE WAS ABLE TO GET IT OUT THE STREET BUT IN DOING SO THE ENGINE REVVED UP AND SHUT OFF. OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE REPLICATED THE EXACT SAME TENDENCY WITH ME. STALLING, HESITATING DURING ACCELERATION TO THE POINT OF SHUT DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. IN MOTION ON A VERY BUSY CITY STREET. ENGINE LIGHT ALSO CAME ON

DRIVER'S INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE DOES NOT OPEN THE DOOR. MUST LOWER POWER WINDOW AND OPEN FROM OUTSIDE. IF IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT, THIS COULD HAVE DEADLY CONSEQUENCES.

VEHICLE MISFIRE AND STALL WHILE DRIVING CAUSED BY DAMAGED POWER CONTROL MODULE (PCU) AND FAULTY/DAMAGED IGNITION COIL. SERVICE BULLITN ISSUED: TSB 14-0059 MIL ON WITH DTCS - P0351, P0352, P0353, P0354, P0355, AND/OR P0356 - BUILT ON OR BEFORE 3/1/2008 PUBLICATION DATE: MARCH 20, 2014

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE LOWER STEERING SHAFT DETACHED CAUSING THE CONTACT TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO AVOID A CRASH HOWEVER, A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR A ROUTINE INSPECTION AND THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE LOWER STEERING SHAFT WAS FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AGAIN WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE UPPER STEERING SHAFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILLAGE WAS 80,000.

LIGHTING CONTROL MODULE SAME PART NUMBER AS FORD RECALL FOR MARQUIS OF SAME YEAR, WHY ISN'T TOWN CARS INCLUDED FROM SAME PERIOD. POSSIBLE LINK TO LEFT INFORMATION DISPLAY IN DASH HAS BEGUN FLICKERING, NUMBERS PHASE OUT AND EVENTUALLY AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME, ENTIRE DISPLAY DISAPPEARS LOSING SPEED, ODOMETER, WARNING LIGHTS, EVERYTHING ON THAT SIDE OF THE DISPLAY PANEL. RIGHT DISPLAY PANEL HAS DISPLAYED SIMILAR FLICKERING WHEN LEFT SIDE COMPLETELY GOES OUT.