Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 12/07/2007 | 25000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2006 lincoln town car signature. the contact stated that while driving 5 mph, he attempted to apply the brakes and his foot accidentally depressed the accelerator pedal as well. the vehicle lunged forward as a result. the vehicle was taken to the dealer, who stated that they were unable to assist him since they were not able to alter the design of the vehicle. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the vehicle was not repaired. the vin was not available. the failure mileage was 25,000 and the current mileage was 67,000. | |||
| 12/07/2007 | 25000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2006 lincoln town car signature. the contact stated that while driving 5 mph, he attempted to apply the brakes and his foot accidentally depressed the accelerator pedal as well. the vehicle lunged forward as a result. the vehicle was taken to the dealer, who stated that they were unable to assist him since they were not able to alter the design of the vehicle. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the vehicle was not repaired. the vin was not available. the failure mileage was 25,000 and the current mileage was 67,000. sm. | |||
| 05/14/2008 | 20000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2006 lincoln town car. the contact stated that when attempting to brake, his foot would sporadically slip off the brake pedal and onto the accelerator pedal. the vehicle was not diagnosed or serviced. the current and failure mileages were 20,000. kmj | |||
| 08/23/2010 | 43250 | ||
| I own a 2006 lincoln towncar. recently, while attempting to come to a stop the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning. i was able to use the brakes in order to stop the vehicle. a week earlier my wife had the same thing occur . the vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealership at this time. the failure mileages was 43250. | |||
| 04/12/2007 | 8000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2006 lincoln towncar. the contact stated that approximately two years ago after parking for a short while and then resuming at slow speeds when he puts his foot on the brake the vehicle will accelerate without driver intent. this is a failure that can occur at anytime at slower speeds. he also stated that the brakes don't seem to grab at slower speeds they seem to glide. the vehicle was taken to a dealer and they stated that the owners heel and tool were touching the brake and the accelerator pedal at the same time and that was causing the failure. the vehicle still experiences the failure. the failure mileage was approximately 8,000 and the current mileage is approximately 31,000. rd | |||
| 08/01/2006 | 9000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2006 lincoln towncar. the contact stated that he has been intermittingly experiencing a braking problem since the purchase of the vehicle. when attempting to brake the vehicle would slightly surge forward until pressure was released and reapplied to the brakes. the vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer on numerous occasions where the contact was informed he must have been putting his foot on the brake and accelerator at the same time. the failure mileage was 9,000 and the current mileage was 34,000. sm. | |||
| 09/09/2009 | 42000 | 4 | 09/01/2009 |
| Tl* the contact owns a 2006 lincoln towncar. while the contact was attempting to come to a stop the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning, the contact was able to use the brakes in order to stop the vehicle. there were no prior warnings. the vehicle had not been diagnosed by the dealership at the time of the complaint. the current and failure mileages were 42000. updated *cn 04/26/10. the consumer stated the sudden acceleration has happened at least four times. updated 04/30/10.*jb | |||
| 07/19/2006 | 31000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2006 lincoln towncar. whenever the contact attempts to accelerate from a stop, he noticed that the vehicle will surge forward and the brakes will hesitate to engage. the vehicle was taken to the dealership where the contact was informed that the vehicle was working properly. the contact had noticed the failure since the day the vehicle was purchased. the current and failure mileages were 31000. the vin was unavailable. updated 06/15/10 *bf | |||
| 12/09/2009 | |||
| Consumer alleges brake application leading to engine revving. vehicle moves forward. consumer has had vehicle for 6 months and incident has occurred 12-14 times. ran across intersection once because could not stop vehicle immediately. consumer has had vehicle serviced at saffard lincoln mercury in md. 3110 automobile blvd silver spring md 20904. dealer run computer test but could not duplicate incident. consumer denies dual accel/brake pedal application. | |||
| 10/08/2008 | 22311 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2006 lincoln town car. the contact stated that the vehicle has accelerated on its own five times while driving 30 mph. the first failure occurred on october 8, 2007. he placed the gear in neutral in order to slow the vehicle down and, on occasion, he would have to turn off the engine. the vehicle was taken to the dealer twice and the diagnosis indicated failure codes for the powertrain, control module, and (the dec) electronic control. the dealer reprogrammed the powertrain control module; however, the failure persisted. the vehicle was taken back to the dealer on november 1, 2008. the dealer stated that they may be unable to correct the failure. a report was filed with the manufacturer and they stated that they would call the dealer. the contact was informed that he would receive a call from the dealer. the failure mileage was 22,311 and current mileage was 32,390. | |||
| 01/23/2008 | 20583 | 4 | 12/14/2006 |
| Vehicle speed control...sudden acceleration. *tr | |||
| 05/27/2006 | 6200 | 3 | |
| I was stopping at a stop sign, with my foot on the brake when the car suddenly accelerated to 2,500 rpms. i was able to stop the car with the brake and avoid hitting the car in front of me, but even after stopping the car it was still running at 2,500 rpms for another couple of seconds before then returning to idle at 500rpm. this happened two more times that day and it's very scary to say the least. each time it happened i was braking the car (luckily) and was able to brake harder and stop the car. after stopping the car the engine was still racing for a few seconds. *jb | |||
| 05/01/1901 | 4 | ||
| The consumer experienced sudden acceleration while driving his 2005 lincoln town car. *nm the arbitrator concluded that the consumer foot was most likely on the brake and accelerator at the same time. the consumer disagreed with the findings. *jb | |||
| 09/06/2005 | 470 | 3 | 08/26/2005 |
| 2006 town car accelerated over 3000pm when it should not and failed to brake properly when in this mode. *ts ***nar****jb | |||
| 02/23/2006 | 5 | 11/22/2005 | |
| I have a 2006 lincoln town car and i am experiencing a surge periodically when i come to a stop. it has happened (5) times in about a 3 month period. today for an example i went to park my car at my bank and when i stopped and went to put it in park it surged over a concrete piece that was located in front of my car. *nm | |||