2005 Lincoln Town Car Complaint Log

ON THE 2005 LINCOLN TOWN CAR THE BRAKE AND GAS PEDDLE ARE TO CLOSE. WHEN YOU STEP ON THE BRAKE IT IS VERY EASY TO PUT YOUR FOOT ON THE GAS PEDDLE AT THE SAME TIME. THIS COULD RESULT IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM FROM THE DAY I PURCHASED THIS CAR. *TR

2005 LINCOLN TOWN CAR SIGNATURE. BRAND NEW, ONLY 200 MILES ON CAR. INTERMITTENTLY, THE ENGINE ACCELERATES WHEN I PLACE MY FOOT AND DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL. INSTEAD OF STOPPING, IT LURCHES FORWARD. IT HAS HAPPENED 6 TIMES AND LUCKILY NO OTHER CAR WAS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME. THE BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR PEDALS CAN BE ADJUSTED UP AND DOWN AND NO WAY IS BETTER, IT HAPPENS IN BOTH POSITIONS. I HAVE SPOKEN TO ANOTHER PERSON WITH THE IDENTICAL CAR AND HE ALSO HAS THIS PROBLEM. BOTH HE AND HIS WIFE HAVE EXPERIENCED IT. I ALSO SAW THE EXACT SAME COMMENT ON THIS WEB SITE FROM A 3RD INDIVIDUAL: HTTP://WWW.MYCARSTATS.COM/CONSOLE.ASP THIS PERSON SAID THAT THE AUTO DEALER TOLD HIM THAT THE CAR'S COMPUTER DID NOT LIST AN ERROR CODE FOR THIS SO THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPAIR IT. ALSO, I BELIEVE THAT THE 2 PEDALS ARE TOO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER. MY PREVIOUS TOWN CAR'S PEDALS WERE FURTHER APART. I HAVE NOT BEEN BACK TO THE AUTO DEALER YET BUT WILL GO SHORTLYTO REPORT THIS DANGEROUS OCCURRENCE BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I LOVE THE CAR BUT THINK IT IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE.*JB

OUR CONCRETE DRIVE IS AT A SMALL INCLINE-I WENT TO PUT CAR IN OUR GARAGE -I HAD OVERHEAD GARAGE DOOR OPEN-I STARTED CAR AND THE WHEELS SQUEALED LEAVING TIRE MARKS ON CONCRETE AS IT JUMPED FORWARD-WHEN I HIT BRAKE PEDAL IT ACCELERATED MORE. THIS WAS ONE OF ABOUT 7 CASES WHERE CAR FOR NO REASON ACCELERATED AND JUMPED FORWARD WITHOUT ANY WARNING-WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE TIRES ALWAYS SQUEAL LEAVING TIRE MARKS ON SURFACE. IN OCT. 2012 I WAS AT A 4 WAY STOP LIGHT-LIGHT WAS RED AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING CAR JUMPED FORWARD AND 2 CARS HAD TO TAKE ACTION TO MISS MY CAR AS IT RAN THROUGH THE STOP LIGHT-OTHER CARS WERE BLOWING THEIR HORNS-THANK GOD WE DID NOT CRASH. THIS CONDITION IS EXTREMELY SERIOUS I HAVE REPORTED THESE CASES TO KRENZEN WHERE I BOUGHT CAR BUT THEY CLAIM THERE WAS NEVER A CASE REPORTED SUCH AS THIS. I ASKED THEM TO MAKE A REPORT ON IT. I FIND MANY CASES ON THE INTERNET LIKE MY CASE. *TR

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE BRAKES FAILED ON THREE OCCASIONS. ON ALL THREE OCCASIONS THE BRAKE PEDAL DID NOT GO TO THE FLOOR. THE BRAKES FADED; THEY FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. ON THE THIRD OCCASION, TO AVOID HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE, THE CONTACT RAN UP ON A CURB AND DESTROYED THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP ON ALL THREE OCCASIONS. THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM FORD INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED BRAKES FAILED AND VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD INTERMITTENTLY. WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR THE MOTOR REVVED, AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP BUT IT KEPT LURCHING FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. HOWEVER, THE DEALER SUGGESTED THAT THE CONTACT INSTALL A DATA RECORDER IN THE VEHICLE TO RECORD THESE INSTANCES. THE CONTACT DECLINED, AND NO REPAIRS WERE MADE.*AK UPDATED 1/19/2006 - NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH INDICATING THERE WAS A PROBLEM. *NM

I TOOK DELIVERY OF MY NEW TOWN CAR AND ON THE SHORT DRIVE HOME, I REAR ENDED A CAR STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. I SAW THE LIGHT WAS RED AND BEGAN BY STOP NORMALLY AND THEN REALIZED THAT THE CAR WAS NOT STOPPING. I PRESSED HARDER ON THE BRAKES AND THE ENGINE REVVED FASTER, THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES WOULD GRAB AND RELEASE AND THEN I STRUCK THE STOPPED CAR. THE IMPACT DID NOT SET OFF THE AIR BAGS BUT DID CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE BUMPERS OF BOTH CARS. I THOUGHT PERHAPS THE ACCELERATOR HAD STUCK AND TOOK MY CAR IN TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. APPARENTLY MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE AND THE ACCELERATOR WHEN I TRIED TO STOP. A FRIEND WHO HAS THE SAME MODEL TOWN CAR AS I HAVE SAID THAT THIS HAPPENED TO HIM 4 TIMES WHEN HIS CAR WAS NEW. MY SON'S WIFE HAS A 2004 EXPEDITION AND HE SAYS THAT HE HATES TO DRIVE IT BECAUSE THE BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR ARE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER. ANOTHER FRIEND EXPRESSED THE SAME CONCERN. MY NEPHEW HAS A 2005 FORD DIESEL PICKUP AND I AM TOLD THAT HE WAS BACKING UP TO A DOCK AND HIT THE ACCELERATOR ALONG WITH THE BRAKE AND SLAMMED INTO THE DOCK BREAKING HIS TAIL LIGHT. THIS VEHICLE AND THE OTHERS I HAVE MENTIONED HAVE PEDALS THAT ADJUST IN AND OUT TOGETHER AND IN ALL POSITIONS THE HEIGHT IS THE SAME ON BOTH, AFTER THE SLACK IS TAKEN UP ON THE BRAKE. I HAD A 1997 TOWN CAR AND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR IS ALMOST TWICE AS WIDE ON THE '97 I REPORTED THIS TO FORD AND I DO NOT LIKE THEIR RESPONSE. I WILL QUOTE ONE SENTENCE THAT SUMS UP THE SHORT LETTER - - "WE SUGGEST THAT YOU FOLLOW THE DIRECTION OF YOUR INSURANCE CARRIER, WHICH HAS THE RIGHT TO FILE A SUBROGATION CLAIM AGAINST FORD MOTOR COMPANY IF IT CHOOSES TO PURSUE THE MATTER". I SINCERELY HOPE THAT SOMETHING CAN BE DONE TO FORCE FORD TO CORRECT THIS ENGINEERING ERROR. *JB *TR

WHEN OPENING TRUNK IT WOULD SLAM SHUT. *TS THE VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRUNK CLOSER. WHEN THE TRUNK WAS OPENED FULLY IT WOULD SUDDENLY SLAM VERY RAPIDLY AND WITH GREAT FORCE. THE CONSUMER'S WIFE FINGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURY FROM THE TRUNK LID MOTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE REPAIRED. THEY INDICATED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY THE TORQUE ROD IN THE CLOSURE ASSEMBLY BECOMING DISLODGED. THE CONSUMER FEELS THAT THE BRACKET FOR THE ROD SHOULD BE REDESIGNED. *NM

ON SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2005 AT APPROXIMATELY 2:30 PM, MY ASSIGNED CAR, A 2005 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL, CRASHED INTO A HERTZ FORD TAURUS AND A HERTZ VOLVO. WAS THE ACCIDENT MY FAULT OR WAS IT CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE CAR? I WAS AMONG TRANSPORTERS DROPPED OFF AT THE CHERRY HILL, NEW JERSEY HILTON HOTEL. OUR ASSIGNMENT WAS TO PICK-UP CARS AND DRIVE THEM TO THE HERTZ OFFICE AT MCGUIRE AIR FORCE BASE. I FOUND MY CAR, A 2005 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL, BUCKLED UP, CHECKED THE MILEAGE, STARTED THE ENGINE AND TURNED THE LIGHTS ON. I PUT THE CAR INTO REVERSE AND THE CAR ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY INTO TWO PARKED CARS. ALL CARS HAD SEVERE DAMAGE. I DON'T BELIEVE (AND AM WILLING TO TAKE A LIE DETECTOR TEST TO PROVE IT) I WAS IN ANY WAY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCIDENT BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED FOR ALMOST A YEAR AS A BORDENTOWN, NJ HERTZ TRANSPORTER AND HAVE A PERFECT DRIVING RECORD, WITH NO VIOLATIONS OR WARNINGS OF ANY KIND. SECONDLY, THE PARKING LOT ATTENDANT SAID HE THOUGHT I HAD MY BRAKES AND ACCELERATOR ENGAGED AT THE SAME TIME. I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS WAS POSSIBLE UNLESS THE CAR WAS ACCELERATING BY ITSELF AND OVERPOWERED THE BRAKES. THIRDLY, ACCELERATION MARKS ON THE PAVEMENT WERE CONTINUOUS, UNBROKEN AND HAD A UNIFORM CONSISTENCY IN COLOR AND WIDTH, SHOWING THAT NOTHING I DID HAD ANY EFFECT ON THE BACKWARD ACCELERATION. FINALLY, I DON'T THINK ANYONE CAN REPRODUCE THESE MARKS (APPROXIMATELY 33 FEET LONG) WITH THE SAME AUTOMOBILE UNLESS THEY SPEED THE ENGINE TO ITS MAXIMUM RPM IN NEUTRAL AND THEN SLAM THE TRANSMISSION INTO REVERSE. I OBVIOUSLY DID NOT DO THIS. SOMEBODY MUST INVESTIGATE THE MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS OF THE 2005 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL THAT ROCKETED BACKWARD INTO TWO PARKED CARS. I WANT TO SEE THIS REPORT, SINCE I WAS THE DRIVER. MIKE MEIR, CITY MANAGER FOR HERTZ AT BORDENTOWN, NJ 609-298-8585 CAN REFER TO THE ACCIDENT REPORT, GIVE YOU THE VIN NUMBER OR ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION YOU MAY REQUIRE.*JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THREE TIMES THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WHILE THE CONTACT'S FOOT ON THE BRAKES. THIS HAPPENED WITH OR WITHOUT THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

DT: 2005 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. THE CONSUMER WROTE A LETTER TO THE DEALER REGARDING POTENTIAL GAS TANK SAFETY AND/OR EXPLOSION PROBLEMS THAT MAY EXIST IN LINCOLN TOWN CAR. HAVE NOT ANY GOTTEN ANY KNOWLEDGEABLE PERSON SAYING THAT CAR WAS SAFE. THE CONSUMER HAS NOT BEEN DRIVING THE CAR. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, AND SOMEONE CALLED THE CONSUMER BACK AND SAID THE CAR WAS SAFE. THE PERSON HE TALKED TO SAID HE WAS THE INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLAINTS ABOUT VEHICLES. HE SHOWED NO INDICATION THAT HE WAS AN EXPERT THAT COULD SPEAK WITH AUTHORITY REGARDING CONSUMER'S VEHICLE SAFETY. THE CONSUMER PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN APRIL 2005. THE DEALER TOO VEHICLE TO A GAS STATION ,AND IT TOOK THEM 15 MINUTES TO PUT IN SIX GALLONS OF GAS. THE DEALER CONTACTED FORD TO GET ADVICE ON HOW TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. FORD RECOMMENDED THAT A GAS TANK VALVE SHOULD BE REPLACED. THE DEALER ORDERED THE RECOMMENDED GAS TANK VALVE. THE NEW VALVE FOR A 2005 LINCOLN TOWN CAR WAS RECEIVED BY DEALER. THE NEW VALVE WAS DIFFERENT THAN THE VALVE THAT CAME WITH CONSUMER'S 2005 LINCOLN. DEALER CALLED FORD AND INFORMED THEM THAT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS AN EARLY 2005 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. LATER MODELS WERE REDESIGNED FOR USE ONLY ON 2005 LINCOLN TOWN CARS. THE DEALER REORDERED THE OLDER DESIGN PART THAT SHOULD WORK ON CONSUMER'S LINCOLN. UNFORTUNATELY THE OLDER DESIGN PART WAS NOT READILY AVAILABLE. FORD PUT OUT AN ORDER TO LOCATE THIS PART, AND FINALLY THE PART WAS RECEIVED AND REINSTALLED ON VEHICLE. MY CAR WAS TESTED, AND THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO BE RESOLVED, BUT ONLY TIME WILL TELL. DOES THIS GAS TANK POSE A POTENTIAL SAFETY PROBLEM, AND IF SO IS IT A TIME BOMB READY TO GO OFF AT ANY TIME? CONSUMER ASKED HIMSELF WHY THE PART WAS REDESIGNED FOR USE ON LATER 2005 LINCOLN TOWN CARS. ADDITIONALLY, WHY WAS THE PART NOT READILY AVAILABLE? FINALLY MY CAR WAS OUT OF SERVICE FROM 08-18-05 TO 09-16-05 A TOTAL OF THIRTY DAYS. MILEAGE WAS 5875 AND THE DELIVERY DATE FORVEHICLE WAS APRIL 5, 2005.*AK

I PURCHASED A NEW 2005 LINCOLN TOWNCAR. WHEN I START TO PASS A CAR AND PRESS THE ACCELERATOR TO THE FLOOR TO GO INTO PASSING GEAR THERE IS A PERIOD OF A FEW SECONDS WHEN THE CAR APPEARS TO LOSE POWER THEN IT SHIFTS DOWN AND ACCELERATES. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME "THAT IS THE WAY IT WORKS AND THERE IS NO WAY TO CORRECT IT". I THINK THIS PUTS ME IN DANGER BECAUSE I CANNOT TELL IF THE CAR IS GOING TO DOWNSHIFT AND GAIN ENOUGH SPEED TO PASS OR NOT. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH A POWER ADJUSTABLE FOOT PEDAL SWITCH. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE EVENTUALLY CAME TO A STOP. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE FOOT PEDAL SWITCH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THE VEHICLE PERFORMED AS DESIGNED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,000.

07/24/217 DRIVING ON HWY. 55 NORTH. SELECTED CRUISE CONTROL ON NOTHING INCREASED SPEED TO 70 MPH RESELECTED SPEED CONTROL(CRUISE CONTROL) NOTHING AGAIN. REPEATED SEVERAL TIMES, NOTHING. WHEN I GOT HOME CHECKED FUSES #25 UNDER DASH. AND FUSE F13 IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT NEITHER WAS BURNT REPLACED WITH NEW FUSES. CHECKED RECALL 3 RECALLS OPEN ON 2005 TOWN CARS. 1 ON SPEED CONTROL DISCONNECT DEACTIVATION SW. COULD CAUSE TO SHORT OUT, SEEMS LIKELY. 07V336000

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE HAS RAPID ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS AT DEALER FOR SERVICE ONE DAY, AND DEALER STATED THEY CORRECTED THE VEHICLE. HOWEVER, THE NEXT DAY IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED TWICE. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THEY FIXED SOMETHING WITH THE HYDRAULIC BRAKES. THE CONTACT FILED A PREVIOUSLY COMPLAINT ODI 10125465 ABOUT THIS VEHICLE. THE CONTACT HAS BEEN HAVING THIS PROBLEM WITH HIS VEHICLE SINCE JULY 14, 2005. THE CAR WILL ACCELERATE 65-70 MPH, THE CAR WILL CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE EVEN IF HE PUTS THE CAR IN NEUTRAL. *AK

THE VEHICLE ENGINE ACCELERATES FOR NO REASON WHEN I APPLY THE BRAKES TO STOP AND TRIES TO MOVE FOWARD REQUIRING ME TO REAPPLY MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL WITH FORCE AND PUT THE TRANSMISSION IN NUTRUAL TO STOP THE FORWARD OR REVERSE MOTION OF THE VEHICLE. I HAD TAKEN DELIVERY OF THIS VEHICLE ON DECEMBER 16, 2004 AND HAVE AS OF THIS DATE HAVE DRIVEN IT LESS THEN 2800 MILES DUE TO A MAJOR SAFETY DEFECT. I HAVE TAKEN THIS VEHICLE TO THE DEALER SERVICE CENTER TO RECTIFY THIS PROBLEM 3 TIMES, I HAVE ALSO ADVISED THEM IN WRITING THAT, THIS PROBLEM MAKES THE VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE ON THE ROAD, AND THEY ADVISEDD ME THAT, SINCE THIS PROBLEM DOES NOT APPEAR AS AN ERROR CODE IN THE COMPUTER SYSTEM THEY ARE UNABLE TO FIND OR REPAIR THIS. IN ESSENCE THEY ARE UNWILLING TO INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM BEYOND ATTACHING IT TO A COMPUTER TO SEE IF IT SHOWS ANY ERROR CODE. THE PROBLEM MAY BE MECHINCAL WHICH WOULD NOT SHOW UP IN ANY COMPUTER OR THE PROBLEM MAY BE IN THE TRANSMISSION, OR THE FUEL FEED BUT THEY JUST HAVE NO INTENTION TO MAKE THIS VEHICLE SAFE. I BELIVE THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCEDENT BUT MAY BE INHERENT IN ALL VEHICLES BUILT BY FORD IN THIS CLASS.

DT: THE CONSUMER OWNS A 2005 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. SHE STATES THAT THE WAY THE FRONT SEAT BELT BUCKLE IS LOCATED IN THE SEAT IT CAUSES HER RIGHT LEG TO GO NUMB. IN THE OTHER VEHICLES THAT SHE OWNED THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE WAS BESIDE THE SEAT NOT IN IT. SHE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY STATED THAT THIS IS JUST THE WAY THE VEHICLES WERE MADE. THEY ALSO INDICATED THAT THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE WAS PUT IN THE SEAT BECAUSE OF THE SIDE AIR BAG. THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT CORRECT THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY FACTORS AND REGULATIONS FOR THE VEHICLE.

AIR BAG SWITCH INFORMATION REGARDING THE 2005 LINCOLN TOWN CAR.***TRANSFERRED TO TIS***. *MR

WHEN PRESSING HARD ON BRAKES 2005 TOWN CAR ENGINE WENT TO FULL THROTTLE. *TS THE CONSUMER STATED THE INCIDENT HAPPENED 3 TIMES. *JB

2005 LINCOLN TOWN CAR CUSTOMER HAS CONCERNS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF PASSENGERS IN THE REAR DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO TAKE THE CHILD SAFETY LOCK OFF THE REAR DOOR**CC UPDATE *TR