10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
0 miles

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problem #17

Aug 092006

Town Car

  • miles
Plastic intake manifold cracked on 1996 Lincoln Town car with 4.6L engine at approximately 102,000 miles.

- Pleasant Hill, CA, USA

problem #16

Nov 032002

Town Car

  • miles
No summary.

- Henderson, NV, USA

problem #15

Feb 021996

Town Car

  • miles
Consumer states that vehicle will stall out without any warning, unable to restart vehicle.this happened 5 to 6 times, dealership couldn't find problem.after the 6 time, dealersip replaced the powertrain control module.

- Marrero, LA, USA

problem #14

Mar 162000

Town Car

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
While driving and without warning vehicle will stall, resulting in vehicle losing power steering. Consumer has notified dealer and manufacturer, dealer could not seem to find a solution to problem..

- Townsville, NC, USA

problem #13

Dec 092001

Town Car

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Consumer was driving when water and steam started shooting out onto windshield. Window was so fogged up, it affected consumer's driving ability. Consumer states that the water jacket on intake manifold had split throwing coolant into alternator fan and over entire engine causing window to fog.

- Jay, OK, USA

problem #12

Jul 011997

Town Car

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
When appliying brakes vehicle will stall out. The vehicle has been to dealer 10-15 times, and the problem has not been corrected.

- Lowell, MA, USA

problem #11

Dec 031999

Town Car

  • miles
The engine will randomly stall, has stalled in intersections two times inducing near loss of steering control. I was able to restart after a number of tries. On 10-21-99 I had a mechanic check it out, change filters, clean injectors. The engine still has the random stall feature. Today, when I drove the car home, it died in my driveway. I let it cool down. Restarted it and continued to stall and die as I tried to back out my drive. **note* notice your database has other stall reports---the loss of steering control and the random failures seems dangerous. Please check this out immediately. I'll notify my dealer and also congress & the us senate to find out whether NHTSA has or should have already acted on this possible serious problem.

- Dayton, TX, USA

problem #10

Apr 281999

(reported on)

Town Car

  • miles
While trying to make a turn vehicle stalls. Dealer has been contacted.

- Ocala, FL, USA

problem #9

Sep 251998

(reported on)

Town Car

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Engine failed.

- Chicago, IL, USA

problem #8

May 121998

(reported on)

Town Car

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Vehicle stalls causing loss of control.

- Fort Smith, AR, USA

problem #7

Apr 301998

(reported on)

Town Car

  • miles
At any rate of speed the vehicle will stall without warning, cause unknown. Dealer cannot identify the problem.

- Clear Water, FL, USA

problem #6

Apr 281998

Town Car

  • miles
Was driving approximately 20 mph down hill and curves when the engine just shut off. There have been other times when the vehicle's engine would shut off with no warning. Consumer contacted Lincoln dearlership, they said that the consumer should get a lawyer. Manufacturer knows about problem, suppose to start a program for repairs. Dealer putman Lincoln/mrcury dealership --- (501-646-8251).

- Fort Smith, AR, USA

problem #5

Mar 251998

(reported on)

Town Car

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Vehicle fire.

- Armonk, NY, USA

problem #4

Oct 151997

(reported on)

Town Car

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Engine stalls.

- Memphis, TN, USA

problem #3

Sep 081997

(reported on)

Town Car

  • miles
While driving with vehicle in drive gear, the engine shuts down, causing the vehicle to stall.

- Memphis, TN, USA

problem #2

Aug 051997

(reported on)

Town Car

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
While driving in traffic conditions, the vehicle engine shuts down, causing the vehicle to stall. The vehicle stalls at least twice a day and the dealer had replaced 15 different parts but the problem was not solved.

- Van Buren, AR, USA

problem #1

Dec 291995

Town Car

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
The brakes drag/ pull/ squeak/stick and they are just like rubber when stepping on them, this is on normal road condtions. The system has ABS. Consumer statess the engine will stop running frequently, dealer states there is not a problem.

- Kansas City, MO, USA