While driving and without warning vehicle will stall, resulting in vehicle losing power steering. Consumer has notified dealer and manufacturer, dealer could not seem to find a solution to problem.*ak.
1996 Lincoln Town Car engine complaints
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While driving noticed water spraying from front end of vehicle in engine area. There was a crack in manifold. Please provide any further information.
Consumer was driving when water and steam started shooting out onto windshield. Window was so fogged up, it affected consumer's driving ability. *ak consumer states that the water jacket on intake manifold had split throwing coolant into alternator fan and over entire engine causing window to fog.
The exhaust converter went bad at the mileage specified. Notice - I also own a 1990 lincoln towncar, on which the identical right side tie rod wore out. On the 1996 towncar the tierod was so bad that the right side control arm seperated at the tie rod upon pulling into my driveway! If this component would have failed at highway speeds the resulting lack of steering control would have caused loss of life or equipment.
Heard a loud pop from under the hood, instantly smoke and steam bellowed out from the engine compartment. Diagnosed the problem as blown intake manifold, replace part and notice that the engine was ruined. Not included in the recall for the police cars on the underdesigned manifold.
When appliying brakes vehicle will stall out. The vehicle has been to dealer 10-15 times, and the problem has not been corrected.
The engine will randomly stall, has stalled in intersections two times inducing near loss of steering control. I was able to restart after a number of tries. On 10-21-99 I had a mechanic check it out, change filters, clean injectors. The engine still has the random stall feature. Today, when I drove the car home, it died in my driveway. I let it cool down. Restarted it and continued to stall and die as I tried to back out my drive. **note**I notice your database has other stall reports---the loss of steering control and the random failures seems dangerous. Please check this out immediately. I'll notify my dealer and also congress & the us senate to find out whether the federal safety agency has or should have already acted on this possible serious problem.
Idle air control and mass air flow sensor causing vehicle to stall when making turns in front of oncoming traffic. Nlm
While trying to make a turn vehicle stalls. Dealer has been contacted.
Engine dies at a traffic light or at an intersection when making a turn. Dealer contacted and was aware of the problem. Approximately three different dealers were involved. Problem still exists. Provide further information.
Antilock brakes failed.
Vehicle stalls causing loss of control.
At any rate of speed the vehicle will stall without warning, cause unknown. Dealer cannot identify the problem. Please give any further details.
Was driving approximately 20 MPH down hill and curves when the engine just shut off. There have been other times when the vehicle's engine would shut off with no warning . Consumer contacted lincoln dearlership, they said that the consumer should get a lawyer. Manufacturer knows about problem, suppose to start a program for repairs. Dealer putman lincoln/mrcury dealership --- (501‑646‑8251).
Engine fails intermittently.
Vehicle fire.
Engine stalls.
While driving with vehicle in drive gear, the engine shuts down, causing the vehicle to stall.
While driving in traffic conditions, the vehicle engine shuts down, causing the vehicle to stall. *ak the vehicle stalls at least twice a day and the dealer had replaced 15 different parts but the problem was not solved.
The brakes drag/ pull/ squeak/stick and they are just like rubber when stepping on them, this is on normal road condtions. The system has ABS. Consumer statess the engine will stop running frequently, dealer states there is not a problem.
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