1996 Lincoln Town Car: adaptive cruise control problems

Filed Feb 20, 2020 · Acceleration · 25 miles · OH

As per recall cruise control neithrt starts or works on highway

Filed Apr 29, 2016 · Acceleration, Seat belts · 211,000 miles · CA

1. Drivers seat belt latch is broken internally and cannot be used. To circumvent the broken latch, the front center passenger seat belt is being used. 2. Front right hand passenger seat belt can no longer be latched without first pushing the release button. 3. Cruise control automatically engaged while driving in residential area, causing a rapid acceleration of my vehicle above the speed limit. Slamming on the brakes forcefully disengaging the cruise control. One time occurrence.

Filed Dec 18, 2014 · Acceleration · OH · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 1996 lincoln town car. The contact stated that when the vehicle was started, there was smoke coming from under the hood. As a result, the contact discovered that the battery wires were burned and brake fluid had spilled. In addition, the contact stated that the vehicle failed to switch gears. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the cruise control wire assembly needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was unknown.

Filed Jul 7, 2010 · Acceleration · 80,000 miles · NY · fire · 1 injury

Lincoln town car went on fire in garage from cruise control switch. Total house fire.

Filed May 5, 2008 · Acceleration · WA

1996 lincoln town car with recall on speed control. Consumer states that they disconnected the cruise control but have not repaired the problem. He would like the problem repaired with the replacement part.

Filed Apr 9, 2008 · Acceleration · FL

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.

Filed Apr 1, 2008 · Acceleration · 98,000 miles · KS

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.

Filed Mar 6, 2008 · Acceleration · 107,000 miles · WI

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.

Filed Jan 17, 2008 · Acceleration · PA

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.

Filed Dec 26, 2007 · Acceleration · MO

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.

Filed Dec 17, 2007 · Acceleration · VA

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.

Filed Sep 10, 2007 · Engine · 45,000 miles · PA

Tl*the contact owns a 1996 lincoln town car. The contact received a recall notice regarding the cruise control. While approaching a stop or making a left or right turn, the engine shuts off. The failure was noticed while driving 15 MPH. The dealer attempted to diagnose the vehicle on four or five occasions, but was unsuccessful. The dealer also drove the vehicle and was unable to duplicate the failure. There were no warning lights present and the failure persisted intermittently. The recall number was unknown. The failure mileage was 45,000 and current mileage was 71,000.