As per recall cruise control neithrt starts or works on highway
Lincoln Town Car adaptive cruise problems
107 of the 2,986 owner complaints about the Lincoln Town Car describe adaptive cruise control problems, most of them for the 1997 model year.
- owner complaints
- 107
- worst model year
- 1997
- typical mileage
- 97,000
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
By model year
Often reported together
Fire or smoke 24Sudden acceleration 4Won't start 2Tire blowout 2Stalling 2
What owners say
07/24/217 driving on hwy. 55 north. Selected cruise control on nothing increased speed to 70 MPH reselected speed control(cruise control) nothing again. Repeated several times, nothing. When I got home checked fuses #25 under dash. And fuse f13 in engine compartment neither was burnt replaced with new fuses. Checked recall 3 recalls open on 2005 town cars. 1 on speed control disconnect deactivation sw. Could cause to short out, seems likely. 07v336000
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.
I was doing 65 on the 60 freeway in city of walnut ca. And all of a sudden my car began to accelerate full speed, I looked at my dash just to see if cruise control was on, "which it was not" so I pressed the brake but the car kept on accelerating so I had to hold the brake down as hard as I could but despite doing that I was doing between 60 and 70 MPH, I could not even get the car to go less than 60 MPH no matter what, my exit came and I could not even get off by this time I had to swerve around cars because I could not slow down I was already panicking I really thought I was going to die finally after a few more seconds the car stopped accelerating and I was in control I need help to have this corrected as soon as possible please. Thank you
Heard a pop and cruise control lost speed, and then accelerated higher speed until I turned off speed control. Speed control does not work any more. Cost 112.00 to find out what part is needed. 2. Driver side mirror has steadily getting worse since 2008. The heating element has distorted mirror making it bronze. Need to replace but ford does not have the mirror. Garage suggested I find one in a junk yard.
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.
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 lincoln towncar. The contact stated that the sun had caused the control buttons on the steering wheel to become non adhesive causing the cruise control features to malfunction. The dealer diagnosed that the steering wheel needed to be replaced. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 144,000.
Pulling into a space in a parking lot, upon application of the foot brake, the car experienced sudden unexpected acceleration, jumped the curb, and struck a tree in front of the parking space. Acceleration stopped when the car was shifted out of d into p. Front bumper of the car was damaged, and a wrecker had to be called to pull the car over the curb, which was preventing backing up the car. Fortunately no one was injured, but this sudden acceleration is very similar to what other complaints about this car describe. It was like the cruise control came on and started to accelerate the car.
The cruise control module stopped working on my vehicle and now I'm told it can't be replaced. Subsequently, the radio & A/C stopped working. This cruise control module had to be replaced because of it's ability to spontaneously combust the car in flames as it did on my 1996 lincoln town car. Why doesn't the government enforce the recall laws?
Tl* the contact owns a 1995 lincoln towncar. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked in a residential garage, it ignited into flames. The vehicle was unoccupied. The fire department arrived to extinguish the flames and also detected that the fire originated in the area of the cruise control component. The contact's garage and the vehicle were destroyed. The vehicle remained at the contact's residence for further investigation. The manufacturer was not made aware of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 90,000. ...updated 09-26-13
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the Lincoln Town Car adaptive cruise
Which Lincoln Town Car years have adaptive cruise control problems problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1997 (19 complaints), 1992 (14 complaints) and 1996 (14 complaints).
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