Lincoln Town Car tire blowout problems

Filed Sep 12, 2022 · Tires · 200,000 miles · AR

The contact owns a 1994 Lincoln Town Car equipped with Goodyear Tires, Tire line: Assurance Comfortred Tread Touring, Tire size: 215/70/R15 DOT: PJ343912 and PJ340214. The contact stated that all four tires were showing signs of cracked sidewalls and treads. The contact stated that the failure was discovered while cleaning the tires. The contact stated that the tires were purchased new from Walmart on 10/31/2014. The tires were not taken to an independent mechanic or dealer for diagnosis or repairs. The manufacturer Goodyear was notified of the failure and informed the contact that the tires were too old as there was a 6-year warranty on cracking. There was no assistance offered. The tire failure mileage was unknown. The approximate vehicle mileage was 200,000.

Filed May 11, 2016 · Wheels · FM

Follow up on initial complaint; I caught 1 before a blow out. 3 more to go. Lawyers won't handle it, because it didn't do any injury or kill me. The federal safety agency it a waste of taxpayers money. I have to go back to school to learn this new generation. Or is there a better country to move to.

Filed Oct 3, 2014 · Electrical, Steering · 41,000 miles · VI

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 lincoln town car. While driving approximately 30 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic. The technician repaired the chip and wanted the contact to drive for a week to determine if the remedy worked. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 41,000. Updated 10/30/14 *bf the consumer stated the problem was due to a short in a wire in the steering column, which caused a fuse to blow out. Updated 11/07/14

Filed May 13, 2011 · Engine · 104,400 miles · FL

I was driving from florida to south dakota and started up the first foothill of the ozark mountains about 35 miles west of jonesboro, arkansas on us 63. The cruise control had just started to increase the engine rpms when I heard a bang followed by what I thought was a belt or something thumping on the inside of the hood. Fortunately there was the 2nd entrance to a rest stop on us 63 immediately to my left and I pulled into the parking lot. Us 63 is a 2 lane highway with an occasional passing lane on some hills. It was also fortunate it happened at that point or I would have been in a difficult and dangerous position with little room to get safely off the highway with the narrow shoulders and rock cuts right up to the road. I opened the hood and restarted the engine in the parking lot. It was then I found something exploding on the passenger side of the engine. I could smell a lot of gas and shut the engine off immediately. I called aaa and was carried back to jonesboro on a flatbed about 3 hours later. I went to cavenaugh ford the next morning and the problem was diagnosed as a spark plug blown out of the #3 cylinder. The repair with a full set of new plugs installed in addition to the bad cylinder cost $629 plus an additional $190 for towing. One additional plug on the driver side of the engine was also loose and a potential blowout. These plugs were factory original and have not been changed since the car was new. The mechanic told me the plugs were not properly torqued in at the factory which results in loosening of the threads in the head over time from the percussion in each cylinder. This appears to happen quite often on the 4.6 and 5.4 liter engines. I was lucky since many fires have also occurred because of these plugs blowing out of the engine.

Filed Apr 17, 2011 · Tires · 23,000 miles · FL

In 2008, I purchased a new lincoln town car. The tires on the car are michelin energy lx4 xse radials. The dot number is m3xhdeh3x0208. Tread wear is shown as 500. Tire size is p225/60r17. My complaint is that all 4 tires show sidewall cracking. The car has 23,000 miles on it. Tread wear looks to be about half of new. The sidewall cracking is extensive, and I believe extremely dangerous, especially in west central florida, where I live, because of the high ambient daytime temperatures. I have googled the tire 'michelin energy lx4' and have found that there are many consumer same model michelin tire complaints for side wall cracking. Dealers representing the michelin brand, upon inspecting the problematic tires have determined the problem due to 'tire rot.' I believe wholeheartedly that this issue demands immediate investigation, before someone gets killed, due to a sidewall blowout.

Filed Jun 26, 2010 · Tires · TX

My mother n law has had to replace (6) six michelin 225/60r/17 98t (lxr?) tires in the last eight months at great cost even though she has purchased a road hazard additional warranty. The original tires were not even out of warranty. 1 tire is understandable, 2 is questionable and 6 is a problem. She bought full set of michelin 225/60r/17 98t energy lx4 white walls on oct.06,2009. 1 had flat on jan 12,2010. Different tire from 10/06/2009 purchase had "cotter key or pin" it was replaced at a cost of $69.84 on jan 30, 2009 she purchased 2 michelin 225/60r/17 98t lxr (lxr is what the receipt displays under "description") at a cost of $280.16. She didn't have further back receipts in hand but does have them> for why 2 tires should be replaced instead of needing full set. She has her tires rotated and balanced on schedule every 6 to 8 thousand miles like recommended. She also stated as an after thought that she has to put air in them every week to maintain her suggested psi for optimal performance as suggested by manufacturer. The "cotter key or pin' tire she has photos of this tire, documenting the tire failure. I started this with an email to michelin which they promptly responded too. I have since(am today) sent them another email, giving them more info on the dealers where she bought the tires etc... Thanks for your time and considerations and keeping us safe.

Filed Oct 11, 2008 · Tires · MA

During a four month period, I experienced 3 flat tires, including 2 blowouts, using dill tr-413 valve stems. Tire failure resulted from valve stem failure according to tire dealer. All three failures occurred at highway speeds, resulting in body damage to the vehicle.

Filed Sep 7, 2008 · Engine · GA

Spark plug blow out. Engine had only 84,000 miles(2000 4.6 lincoln town car) repaired at dealer ship in cordel, ga @ $287.00. They had to put a heli-coil.

Filed Oct 2, 2007 · Tires · SC

While traveling at approx. 35 miles per hour on a local bridge, my right rear tire blew out. I drove a distance of several yards to the end of the bridge where I was able to pull to the shoulder and stop. When a very kind police officer tried to remove the damaged tire, he had to stop because the tire had separated like a recapped tire and wound the torn part around the brake lines and axle. The damages and service charges are estimated to be more than six hundred dollars. Initially, the service repairman at the tire store (where all of the tires were purchased and mounted) indicated that all four tires needed to be replaced because they showed signs of "dry-rot." a short time later, another worker said only the damaged tire needed to be replaced. There seems to be some problems with michelin tires sold within the last few years.

Filed Dec 28, 2006 · Tires · PA

Sidewall blowout at highway speed. Has occurred 2 times. A 3rd tire was replaced prior to failure.