2006 Lincoln Town Car

SEAT BELT ALARM STARTED GOING OFF. FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID THEY KNEW OF THE CONDITION. THE SEAT BELT IS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY AND IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT THE AIR BAG/S WILL NOT ENGAGE. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD THAT THE FORD COMPANY HAS KNOWN ABOUT AND REFUSES TO FIX AT THEIR COST. IT IS ABOUT $1,000.00 AND I DO NOT HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY.. THIS TO ME DOESN'T SEEM ANY DIFFERENT THEN GM KNOWING THERE IS A SAFETY PROBLEM BUT REFUSES TO DO A RECALL. FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENT CLAIMS THERE HASN'T BEEN ENOUGH REPORTS OF THE PROBLEM TO DO A RECALL. SO NOT HAVING THE MONEY TO FIX THIS, I'M RISKING MY LIFE AND ANYONE RIDING IN THE FRONT SEAT WITH ME EACH AND EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE CAR. I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY AND ALL HELP ON THIS MATTER. *TR

DRIVER WAS PARKING LINCOLN TOWN CAR. STEPPED ON BRAKE WHILE PUTTING CAR INTO PARK POSITION. CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED OVER CONCRETE PARKING STOP AND SLAMMED INTO AN ENTRANCE TO SHOPPING CENTER SIGN THAT WAS IN FRONT OF THE PARKING SPACE. THE CAR ENDED UP WITH THE FRONT OF THE CAR AGAINST THE SIGN AND THE REAR WHEELS OF THE CAR UP AGAINST THE PARKING STOP. ALSO, THE REAR DOOR LOCKS FAILED, AND PASSENGERS WERE UNABLE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. UPDATED 06/10/14

STEERING WHEEL LOCKED WHILE TAKING A LEFT TURN AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT CONTROLLED INTERSECTION. WAS ABLE TO STOP CAR WITH BRAKE BEFORE COLLIDING WITH GAS STATION CURB/SIGNPOST. OF CONCERN IS THAT THIS CAR IS PART OF RECALL 13S08, I WAS NOTIFIED LAST FALL. WENT TO A DEALER PROMPTLY FOR A SAFETY INSPECTION ON 11/18/13. WAS TOLD VEHICLE WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. WAITED FOR DEALER TO CONTACT ME WHEN PARTS BECAME AVAILABLE. NEVER GOT A CALL, BUT GOT A FOLLOW-UP LETTER FROM LINCOLN. WHILE DRIVING TO DEALER FOR RECALL REPAIR, THE INCIDENT HAPPENED BEFORE ARRIVING AT THE DEALER. SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE SAFETY INSPECTION PROCESS. I WAS TOLD THE CAR WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. A LESS EXPERIENCED DRIVER WOULD HAVE CRASHED THE CAR. AT HIGHWAY SPEED, THERE IS NO WAY ANY DRIVER COULD HAVE PREVENTED A SERIOUS CRASH. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT KIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BUT DID NOT GUARANTEE THAT IT WOULD RECTIFY THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT KIT WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,019 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 57,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LINCOLN TOWNCAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V385000 (STEERING) AND ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED BUT WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALER THAT THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND THE PARTS WERE ORDERED. THE CONTACT WAS STILL AWAITING REPAIRS. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT DID EXPERIENCE A FAILURE.

UPON DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON....AND THE SEATBELT ALARM WOULD SOUND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. SO I TOOK THE CAR INTO ALLAN VIGIL FORD TO BE CHECKED. THEY TOLD ME MY SEAT BELT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, WHICH THEY SAID THEY HAD TO PULL THE DASH OUT TO GET TO THE PROPER PARTS. THE COST OF THIS REPAIR WAS $594.27......THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER 9, 2013...AT WHICH TIME I CARRIED IT BACK TO ALLAN VIGIL AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THEN THE PASSENGER SIDE SEATBELT WITH THE SAME ISSUE..... THEY REPAIRED IT AT THE COST OF $630.88......I FEEL THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN HANDLED BY FORD, AT NO COST TO ME...BECAUSE UPON MY FURTHER INTERNET SEARCHES FOUND THIS WAS AN ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON SEVERAL YEARS WITH THE SEATBELTS...OF THE 2006 LINCOLN TOWNCARS. ALSO I FEEL I SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN MORE CONSIDERATION DUE TO THE FACT THAT MY HUSBAND RETIRED FROM FORD WITH 35 YEARS SERVICE. PLEASE RESPOND . *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THE SEAT BELT SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,000.

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR I WAS APPROACHING A STOPPED VEHICLE AT A STOP LIGHT AHEAD OF ME. WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES THERE WAS WHAT SEEMED LIKE A SURGE OF POWER AND I PUT BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT WAS NOT GOING TO STOP. I BUMPED THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME QUITE HARD BUT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE BUT THE DRIVER WAS QUITE UPSET AND I DO NOT BLAME THEM. ON THE SECOND OCCASION MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND WHEN SHE WENT TO STOP AN INTERSECTION SHE SAID THE BRAKES DID NOT DO ANYTHING AND SHE FELT THAT THE ENGINE WAS GETTING GAS CAUSING IT TO ACCELERATE AND SHE WENT RIGHT THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. SHE SAID THAT IT WAS A GOOD THING THERE WERE NO VEHICLES COMING THROUGH THE INTERSECTION OR SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. THE THIRD INCIDENT HAPPENED LAST MONTH WHEN I WAS IN A PARKING LOT AND I WAS PULLING UP TO THE CURB WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES. AGAIN THERE WAS A SURGE OF POWER. I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE PEDAL AND REAPPLIED THE BRAKES AND THEN THEY ENGAGED BUT BY THEN I HAD JUMPED OVER THE CURB. I HAVE DISCUSSED THIS INCIDENT WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE LINCOLN DEALERSHIP IN DADE CITY FLORIDA AND WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE LINCOLN DEALERSHIP IN GREENVILLE MICHIGAN WHEN I TOOK MY CAR TODAY FOR A RECALL THAT I RECEIVED IN THE MAIL ABOUT PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING SYSTEM AND RUST. I WAS TOLD TODAY THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL ON BRAKE ISSUES AND THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKES AT THIS TIME. THIS IS OUR MICHIGAN CAR NOW AND WE ARE IN MICHIGAN FROM MAY TO NOVEMBER. WE WILL BE GOING TO FLORIDA ON NOVEMBER 18, 2013. *TR