After starting the car while parked, I stepped on the brake and put the car in drive, as soon as I put the car in drive the engine accelerated without me putting my foot on the gas pedal and I had to stand on the brake, the car jumped forward, I jammed the car into neutral and the engine still continued to accelerate to a high RPM, I had to shut the engine off to get it to stop accelerating. I had several children in the car and we almost hit the car parked in front of us. This is the fourth time in 4 months that this has happened. I took the car to the ford dealership to be diagnosed the last time this happened, they found nothing! I pointed out the class action lawsuit for unintended acceleration problems for fords between the years 2002 and 2010 but they denied knowing anything about this problem and told me they would have to duplicate this problem before they would do anything about it. Obviously they could not duplicate this and I am now left with a dangerous car and ford denies this is a problem.
2005 Lincoln Town Car: sudden unintended acceleration
10 of the 119 complaints about the 2005 Lincoln Town Car describe sudden unintended acceleration.
- owner complaints
- 10
- of this car's complaints
- 8%
- typical mileage
- 35,000
- recalls
- 0
Sudden unintended acceleration by model year
What owners say
I was nearly stopped at a 4-way intersection, foot lightly on the brake, when the car lunged forward and I heard a noise as if I were pressing the accelerator and giving the car gas. I pressed the brakes hard and the car slowed but did not stop promptly (as if brakes were not working well). This was an unexplained acceleration, and dangerous. If the car had not finally stopped, I would have been in the middle of a busy intersection, with one of my precious grandchildren in the back seat. So dangerous. It happened again to me this a.m. When I was stopping at a stop sign. Brief acceleration. And I am positive I was not pressing the accelerator. Calling my dealer today. I am afraid to drive the car now.
Our concrete drive is at a small incline-I went to put car in our garage -I had overhead garage door open-I started car and the wheels squealed leaving tire marks on concrete as it jumped forward-when I hit brake pedal it accelerated more. This was one of about 7 cases where car for no reason accelerated and jumped forward without any warning-when this happens the tires always squeal leaving tire marks on surface. In oct. 2012 I was at a 4 way stop light-light was red and without any warning car jumped forward and 2 cars had to take action to miss my car as it ran through the stop light-other cars were blowing their horns-thank god we did not crash. This condition is extremely serious I have reported these cases to krenzen where I bought car but they claim there was never a case reported such as this. I asked them to make a report on it. I find many cases on the internet like my case.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 lincoln town car. The contact stated that while driving 20 MPH, the vehicle suddenly accelerated without any warning. The contact engaged the brakes but the vehicle did not respond and failed to stop. In addition, the contact stated that he had to merge to the side of the road and turn off the ignition in order to stop the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to the dealer who was unable to duplicate failure. The manufacture was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 64,000 and the current mileage was 65,500. Updated 11/01/12*lj the consumer stated his foot slipped off the brake and hit the gas pedal. Updated 11/01/12
I have a 2005 lincoln town car, signature series, that on the same day on two occasions while going slow and lightly braking the car suddenly accelerated. My foot was not anywhere close to the gas pedal. This has never happened before and not in the last two weeks. I went up on the net and found many other people had reported the exact same problem with that exact year and model lincoln. A number of which went to their local ford dealer only to find them to say we checked it out thoroughly and found nothing wrong. I expect this could very well happen again and create a very serious accident. I just want to go on record as having reported this incident to as many places as possible so that in the event it causes an accident in the future I have some recourse if they say it was only drivers error. I may send this to ntsb, consumers guide, and insurance safety board and others in hopes of getting some answer other than , could not duplicate problem. Thank you
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 lincoln town car. The contact stated while approaching a red light the vehicle suddenly accelerated. The contact mentioned that she engaged the brake pedal but the vehicle lunged forward and the tires were squealing. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred her to the federal safety agency hotline. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 25,500. The current mileage was 25,800.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 lincoln towncar. The contact stated that while driving 5 MPH, she applied the brakes and the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning. The failure occurred four times since 2007. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where they were unable to duplicate the failure after two attempts. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 31,849 and the current mileage was 42,000. Updated 09/08/11*lj updated 2/9/12
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 lincoln town car. While approaching a stop at approximately 12-15 MPH, the vehicle accelerated on its own. The failure only occurs when braking and has happened four times since december of 2008. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and they kept if for five days, but they could not duplicate the failure. The vehicle was returned and seemed to be repaired. On june 17, 2009, the failure recurred. The dealer stated that the master cylinder failed or an oil leak was present. They further stated that the failure could not be corrected until it could be duplicated. The vehicle will be taken to the repair shop for diagnostic testing. The failure mileage was 35,000 and current mileage was 37,507.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 lincoln town car. While parked, the vehicle suddenly accelerated to the highest possible RPM and then stopped. A few days later, the vehicle accelerated again on its own while driving between 1-15 MPH. The contact was depressing the brake pedal as hard as possible and steering the vehicle around traffic when she struck another vehicle and struck a parked vehicle. The entire front end was damaged, including the radiator, battery, engine block, and windshield, however, the front end of the passenger side was the most affected. A police report was filed. The contact has pictures of the car and reports from witnesses. She sustained injuries to her left ankle, left wrist, left knee, in addition to hematoma. The powertrain was unknown. The failure mileage was 23,934 and current mileage was 23,934. Ohio traffic crash report 12/12/07
I have experienced sudden unexpected acceleration on my 2005 lincoln town car. This has happened many times. The car's computer was examined by 2 lincoln dealers and no errors ware found. Just yesterday, I was driving and had my foot off both the accelerator pedal and the brake as I was coasting in traffic when the car suddenly accelerated and I had to press on the brake to stop this. I then took the car immediately to my lincoln dealer who could find nothing wrong again. Do you have any information on problems with the electronic throttle control or any other part such as cruise control, etc., that could cause this problem and has this problem been reported to you by others? I met another 2005 lincoln town car owner who said he had the same problem and I also found an article on the internet by a 3rd 2005 lincoln town car owner with the same exact problem who also said the his dealer told him that the car's computer showed no errors so there was nothing that they could do about the problem.
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Questions about the 2005 Lincoln Town Car sudden acceleration
Is sudden unintended acceleration a common problem on the 2005 Lincoln Town Car?
10 of 119 owner complaints about the 2005 Lincoln Town Car (8%) mention sudden unintended acceleration. The model year with the most reports is 2001.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2005 Lincoln Town Car?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
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