Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | |||||
| TSB-11-5-6 | 05/10/2011 | 10039121 | Ready | 07/08/2011 | |
| TSB-11-5-6 | 05/10/2011 | 10039121 | Ford: there may be a sluggish acceleration or hesitation feeling when rolling to a stop. this will be followed by a harsh bump. *rm | 07/08/2011 | |
| SB-21430 | 07/01/2010 | 10034629 | Ford/lincoln: transmission built before 6/1/10 with 4th gear start, delay/hesitation on acceleration from a stop-no dtcs. this may be caused by a sticking multiplex shift valve in the valve body. *pe | 12/13/2010 | |
| POWER TRAIN - MANUAL TRANSMISSION | |||||
| SB-21430 | 07/01/2010 | 10034629 | Ford/lincoln: transmission built before 6/1/10 with 4th gear start, delay/hesitation on acceleration from a stop-no dtcs. this may be caused by a sticking multiplex shift valve in the valve body. *pe | 12/13/2010 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| POWER TRAIN | |||
| 12/18/2012 | 30609 | 1 | |
| The incident occurred in a parking lot, in bright daylight at 4:05 pm. the lincoln mkt was being driven on an errand to a shopping mall. the driver made left turn, and stopped for another vehicle backing out of a parking spot. on proceeding to make a right-hand turn into the same parking spot, the vehicle traveling slowly, there was a bump/or jerk and the vehicle accelerated on its own. this is the point of the unintended acceleration, inspite of the driver using the brakes, the vehicle accelerated over the sidewalk and continued into the wall of a cvs drug store. the wall stalled the vehicle, the driver put the vehicle into park, hit the stop/ignition button and exited the vehicle. police and fire department responded, the police officer did not file an accident report. there were no injuries only property damage. he interviewed the driver and observed the car stuck in the wall of the cvs store. he was present for the exchange of insurance and drivers' information. the fire dept ensure safety of the building after the vehicle was removed. the vehicle was tolled to the ford dealership for inspection and repair. their dealer's mechanic did not find a computer record of an error message. on hind-sight the had been a previous low speed bump followed by a surge in acceleration but this occurred at an intersection with a stop sign, the driver did not attributed this as mechanical because the car was moving. in the 12/18/12 accident the driver was trying to stop the forward progress and the lincoln mkt would not respond. *tr | |||
| 04/14/2010 | 1000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2010 lincoln mkt. while driving at approximately 35 mph he noticed the vehicle was pulling towards the right and he could feel vibrations throughout the entire vehicle. he could also hear a grinding noise whenever pressure was applied to the brake pedal. the vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the brakes were repaired. approximately 1 week later the failures began to recur so the vehicle was taken back to the authorized dealer where the brakes were again repaired. upon receiving the vehicle from the authorized dealer the vibrations and pulling towards the right continued. while driving at approximately 35 he heard a loud bang and the vehicle pulled sharply towards the right. the steering wheel then became very stiff so it was pulled over and shut off. the vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer where he was informed there was a failure within the steering column, computer system and tie rods. it was repaired. while driving at approximately 30 mph down a slight decline he heard a loud bang. the vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where he was informed the rear wheel driving system failed. it was repaired. he also stated that the brake failure continues and the vehicle continued to pull towards the right. the failure mileage was 1,000 and the current mileage was 11,000. sm. | |||