While accelerating the engine stalled without warning. The dealer states that the intake manifold was cracked causing the vehicle to overheat and stall. Please provide additional information.
1996 Lincoln Town Car: engine stalls while driving
21 of the 258 complaints about the 1996 Lincoln Town Car describe engine stalls while driving.
- owner complaints
- 21
- of this car's complaints
- 8%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? 22 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below
Engine stalls while driving by model year
What owners say
The vehicle stalled due to a cracked manifold. The vehicle was towed to a dealer who replaced the manifold.
Car stalls both when idling ready to move and turning corners where it loses power steering
While driving at 45 MPH intake manifold failed , causing vehicle to stall. *ak the manifold is made out of plastic which is the common problem. Consume was informed that the police vehicles were recalled. Consumer noted when the manifold split, it spilled antifreeze all over the engine compartment. *ph
The faulty intake manifold caused the vehicle to stall while driving. Dealer notified.
While driving on the highway the engine overheated w/o warning and vehicle stalled. Dealer determined that the plastic intake manifold cracked in half. Ts
Consumer states that vehicle will stall out without any warning, unable to restart vehicle.this happened 5 to 6 times,dealership couldn't find problem.after the 6 time,dealersip replaced the powertrain control module. Mr
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.
Car stalls when running and in gear.
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
Service bulletins that may apply
- Extended coverage program 05N04 - extended coverage for composite intake manifold
- Some vehicles may exhibit an intake manifold crossover (first runner) coolant seepage condition
- Some engine assemblies with aluminum cylinder heads repaired in-vehile have been found to leak coolant...
- Engine oil system priming procedures, service tips for reports of premature engine failure
- Some vehicles may exhibit a fead belt jump-off toss
- Subject regarding engine oil recommendations for use in 2001 vehicles - sae 5W-20 motor oil
- Some vehicles may exhibit a bang / popping noise heard from the exhaust system during cool-down
- Some vehicles may exibit a bang popping noise heard from the exhaust system during cool-down
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1996 Lincoln Town Car stalling
Is engine stalls while driving a common problem on the 1996 Lincoln Town Car?
21 of 258 owner complaints about the 1996 Lincoln Town Car (8%) mention engine stalls while driving. The model year with the most reports is 1996.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1996 Lincoln Town Car?
There are 0 recalls and 22 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
Other symptoms on the 1996 Lincoln Town Car
Ball joint 20Overheating 18Brake failure 15Adaptive cruise 14Headlights 13Fire or smoke 11ABS 6Power steering loss 5Sudden acceleration 5
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