Tl*the contact owns a 1996 lincoln town car. The contact received a ford recall notice for the vehicle speed control: cruise control in march of 2008. He scheduled an appointment for april to have the vehicle repaired. A representative from the dealer informed him that the ford parts would be unavailable until the manufacturer sent the parts to the dealer. The cruise control switch has not been disconnected because the contact was not given an estimate as to when the parts are expected to arrive. There had been no failure to date. The powertrain and recall number were unknown. The current mileage was 80,000.
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Tl*the contact owns a 1996 lincoln town car. The contact received a recall notice for the vehicle speed control: cruise control and took the vehicle to the dealer for repair. After the repair was performed, the vehicle would not start. The contact had to disconnect the wiring harness from the switch, which enabled his vehicle to start. As a result, the vehicle does not have cruise control functionality. The recall number was unknown. The current mileage was 101,252 and failure mileage was 98,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 1996 lincoln towncar. He received a recall notice for his cruise control (recall 07v336000) in september and had the cruise control deactivated at that time. He was told that the parts for the repair would be done in december. The final repair was performed in march 2008; however, the cruise control did not function. The dealer wanted to charge him $80 to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was not notified. The current and failure mileages were 107,000. Updated 04/03/08.
Tl*the contact owns a 1996 lincoln town car. The contact had his vehicle speed control switch disconnected on 09/20/2007 by one ford dealer, and on 03/06/2008 by another ford dealer. The dealer returned the vehicle to him and stated that they made the final repair. Meanwhile, the brakes failed. The mechanic loosened the brake line and all of the fluid came out of the vehicle. They repaired the brakes, but the vehicle speed control still does not work. The dealer wants a $85.00 for a diagnostic to find out the cause of the failure. The dealer stated the repair was made to the vehicle speed control, but did not last. The contact stated that something had to be wrong with the vehicle speed control before the repair was made. The current and failure mileages were 22,000. Updated 03-25-08 *bf updated 03/25/08
Tl*the contact owns a 1996 lincoln town car. The contact received a recall notice for the federal safety agency campaign id number 07v336000 (vehicle speed control) and ford recall number 05s28 in august of 2007. He called ford motor company on several different occasions and they initially stated that the parts would be available in mid-december and then later in january of 2008. The contact called back and was informed that there was no specific date. The deactivation switch was not disconnected. There had been no failure to date. The current mileage was 130,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 1996 lincoln town car. The contact received a recall notice for the federal safety agency campaign id number 07v366000 (vehicle speed control). The part was unavailable. There had been no failure to date. The current mileage was 90,000. Updated 03-19-08 *bf the consumer stated when obtaining the form, he was informed ford was sending out postcards to inform owners when to bring the vehicles in for the repairs, however the consumer stated has not received the information as of yet. Updated 03/19/08
Tl*the contact owns a 1996 lincoln town car. The contact received a recall notice for the federal safety agency campaign id number 07v336000 (vehicle speed control). The part was unavailable and the deactivation switch was disconnected. The contact underwent a hip replacement and cannot drive without the cruise control feature. There had been no failure to date. The current mileage was 92,000.
I received 2 recall notices this past october. The recall was to have the speed control device replaced. One for my 96 lincoln towncar and the other for my 2000 holiday rambler (both equipped with ford motors. I have contacted the local ford dealer re the lincoln right after receiving the recall notice. Was told that ford should be sending the replacement speed control device by december. It is now the 16th of jan 2008 and alexander ford has not received the replacement part. I would like to know why the delay.
Ford motor company notified me in august 2007 that a defect in the speed control deactivation switch would be removed by the dealer on vehicles 1992-2004 and the same would be replaced no later than the 4th quarter of 2007. The dealer now states " we have no idea when we will get the parts and neither does ford". I called ford this date and the same statement was repeated. The switch was removed august 4, 2007 by the dealer (greens of lexington, lincoln ) and as of this date I still have no speed control as stated .
Tl*the contact owns a 1996 lincoln town car. The contact received a ford recall notice for the speed cruise control switch and immediately scheduled an appointment with the dealer. The dealer stated that the parts would be unavailable until december of 2007. He called again and the dealer stated that the parts would be available in march of 2008. The contact had the speed control switch disconnected. The recall number was unknown. There had been no failure to date. The current mileage was 130,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 1996 lincoln town car. The contact received a ford recall notice for the vehicle speed control: cruise control and immediately scheduled an appointment to have it repaired. The dealer informed him that the parts would be available in november of 2007. He had the cruise control switch deactivated and called the dealer again in december of 2007. At that time, they stated that the parts would not be available until april of 2008. The contact has not filed a formal complaint with the manufacturer. There had been no failure to date. The VIN and recall number were unknown. The current mileage was 106,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 1996 lincoln town car. The contact received a recall notice in september of 2007 for the federal safety agency campaign id number 07v336000 (vehicle speed control). The manufacturer stated that the part would be unavailable until march of 2008. The speed control switch has not yet been disconnected. There had been no failure to date. The current mileage was 110,000. Updated 12/12/2007 *bf updated 12/12/07.
Tl* the contact owns a 1996 lincoln town car. The contact stated that the rear shocks were being replaced by a local mechanic. The dealer informed the contact that the repair was completed and the vehicle was ready. However, that same evening he informed the contact that the vehicle caught on fire and was totaled. The front of the vehicle was nothing but dust, and the rest has fire and smoke damage. The mechanic stated that a faulty cruise control switch caused the fire. The contact filed a civil law suit, and did not have access to a police or fire report. The current and failure mileages were 150,000.
Dt*: the contact stated the vehicle caught fire while parked. The fire department extinguished the flames, and a police report was taken. The speed control was the source of the fire due to overheat even though the ignition was off. There was a recall #05v017000. The vehicle was not included in the recall due to the VIN.
While in park the speedometer and mileage go up when the accelerator pedal is depressed.
Air conditioner went out and clock spring went bad because airbag shorted out. Safety feature shorted out horn and cruise control.
Idle air control and mass air flow sensor causing vehicle to stall when making turns in front of oncoming traffic. Nlm
Accelerator cable broke when attempting to pass another vehicle, loss all accelerator power.
Vehicle shook upon presing gas pedal, but not to the floor.
Sudden acceleration when backing up causing collision.
Car suddenly accelerated, speed control defective, replace servo assembly.
Vehicle suddenly accelerated when in reverse gear, speed control found inoperative, replace speed control servo and servo cable.
Sudden acceleration, causing accident/injury.
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