LINCOLN Complaints

VEHICLE ENGINE SHUTS DOWN AT STOPS OR STOP-AND-GO TRAFFIC WHILE VEHICLE IS IN DRIVE. ERROR DISPLAYED ON TACHOMETER SCREEN READS "FULL ACCESSORY POWER ACTIVE". ONCE ENGINE STOPS, ALL ELECTRICAL CONTINUES TO WORK. THERE IS NO WARNING WHEN THIS HAPPENS. YOU CAN PUT CAR IN PARK AND RESTART, AND ISSUE RESOLVES, BUT HAPPENS RANDOMLY. THIS IS A BRAND NEW VEHICLE WITH LESS THAN 800 MILES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 LINCOLN MKX. WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE GEAR SHIFT FAILED TO GO INTO THE REVERSE POSITION WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.

MY CAR HAD 94,106 MILES THEN THE REPAIR WAS MADE. THE FRONT END WAS HANDLING POORLY AND I KNEW THE COIL OVER STRUT ASSEMBLY WOULD NEED REPLACING. WHEN MY MECHANIC PERFORMED THE WORK THEY CALLED AND ASKED ME IF I TRIED TO WORK ON THE FRONT SUSPENSION OF MY CAR AND I TOLD THEM 'NO', AS I HAVE NO TOOLS OR EXPERIENCE TO DO SUCH WORK. I ASKED WHY THEY WANTED TO KNOW AND THE MECHANIC INFORMED THAT MY UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE FRACTURED AND CROSS THREADED. I WANTED TO KNOW HOW IT COULD HAPPEN AND THEY COULD NOT GIVE ME ANSWER (THEY SPECULATE THIS WAS A FACTORY ASSEMBLY MISTAKE) AS THE COIL OVER STRUT SHOULD NOT BE CROSS THREADED, THAT IS WHY THEY WANTED TO KNOW IF I DID SOMETHING TO THE CAR. LINCOLN TOWN CARS WITH THE COIL OVER STRUT FRONT SUSPENSION ARE BAD FOR FALLING APART AND THIS APPLIES TO THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS. I HAVE SEVERAL FRIENDS WITH THIS SAME CAR AND THEY HAVE REPORTED FRACTURED UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON OCCURRENCE DUE POOR DESIGN OF THE FRONT SUSPENSION. I FEEL A RECALL NEEDS TO HAPPEN AS YOU CAN BE DRIVING YOUR CAR AND THE FRONT END WILL FALL OUT. I AM FORTUNATE AS I HAD ENOUGH SENSE TO KNOW MY CAR WAS NOT HANDLING PROPERLY AND IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT IN FOR SERVICE, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE NOT BEEN AS FORTUNATE. I AM ATTACHING THE REPAIR BILL TO THIS FILE BUT MY PERSONNEL INFORMATION IS HIDDEN. I AM MAINTAINING THE REPAIR INVOICE IN MY PERSONNEL CAR FILE IF YOU SHOULD NEED IT. A RECALL NEEDS TO BE DONE AND FORD MOTOR COMPANY SHOULD RE-DESIGN THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINT ASSEMBLY TO HANDLE THE HEAVY WEIGHT OF THESE CARS AND REIMBURSE OWNERS FOR REPAIRS ALREADY MADE. I DO NOT TEAR UP MY CAR AND THIS ISSUE SHOULD NOT HAVE EVER HAPPENED.

TO START WE HAVE 5 OTHER LINCOLN MKTS WITH THE SAME CONCERN IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS, 4 WHICH WERE COVERED UNDER BASE WARRANTY. THE GLASS ROOF DURING WHAT SEEMS TO BE TEMPERATURE CHANGES POPS. THIS TIME LINCOLN WILL NOT COVER THIS EVEN THOUGH IT ONLY HAS 25,000 MILES ON IT. I WENT THROUGH REGULAR FORD CHANNELS AND THEY REFUSED FULL COVERAGE. AFTER SOME RESEARCH I FOUND THEY HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH OTHER VEHICLES AS WELL . THE CONDITIONS AT THE TIME THE ROOF POPPED . CAR WAS PARKED DURING DAY AND THROUGH THE NIGHT IN A SECURED LIT CAMERA MONITORED PARKING LOT. THE NEXT MORNING ROOF WAS SHATTERED.

THE VENT ON MY 2008 LINCOLN MKZ IS POPPING UP AWAY FROM THE DASH AND THE DASH IS BUCKELING. I BELIEVE THIS IS A DEFECT IN THE CLIPS BECAUSE IT WAS AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THE CLIPS WERE WORE OUT.. HOW DO CLIPS WERE OUT ON A DASH. THE CAR IS NOT VERY OLD FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. JUST WANT TO SEE IF THERE ARE OTHER OWNERS OUT THERE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A COUNTY ROAD WHEN THE SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED WITH NO COLLISION OR FAST BRAKING. I WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN AND WAS COASTING AND HAD NOT APPLIED THE BRAKES WHEN IT OCCURRED.

ELECTRONIC DOOR LOCK/RELEASE SWITCH FAILED, TRAPPING ME IN DRIVERS SEAT. UNABLE TO EXIT VEHICLE EXCEPT BY CRAWLING OVER CONSOLE. ONCE EXITED FROM VEHICLE, WAS UNABLE TO LOCK AND SECURE VEHICLE. PROBLEM WAS WITH DRIVERS SIDE (MASTER) DOOR LOCK AND RELEASE SYSTEM. OCCURRED WHEN VEHICLE WAS PARKED, ENGINE OFF, AND ATTEMPTING TO EXIT VEHICLE NORMALLY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 LINCOLN LS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SUSPENSION WAS UNSTABLE IN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. WITHOUT WARNING, THE VEHICLE VEERED LEFT OR RIGHT AND FORCE HAD TO BE APPLIED TO THE STEERING WHEEL TO KEEP THE VEHICLE CENTERED ON THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 00V359001 (SUSPENSION). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET WENT TO A STOP LIGHT STOPPED AND AS I PROCEEDED TO GO IT STARTED SOUNDING LIKE A BUS THE SOUND UNDERNEATH THE HOOD OF A CAR AND IT WAS ACTING LIKE IT WAS SLIPPING I PULLED OVER TURN MY CAR OFF GOT BACK IN AND STARTED GOING AGAIN AND IT GOT LOUDER THE NOISE DID IT SOUNDED LIKE A BIG BUS AND IT FELT LIKE IT WAS PULLING ME DRAGGING ME BACK LIKE AS IF I HAD THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON OR SOMETHING BUT I DID NOT. THEN I STARTED TO SMELL SOMETHING BURNING LIGHT OIL OR SOMETHING

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 LINCOLN MKX. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V682000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.