Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1990 Lincoln Town Car submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 18 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
CONSUMER PARKED THE VEHICLE IN THE GARAGE AND IT CAUGHT ON FIRE, AND IN MINUTES WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE BURNED COMPLETELY. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT NOTED THAT THE FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD. *AK......... CONSUME RCLAIMED FIRE APPEARED TO BE DUE TO MECHANICAL FAILURE IN CAR , POSSIBLY BRAKES. *AK
STALLING ON INTERSTATE AND CITY DRIVING WHEN TEMP GETS VERY HOT, LOSING THE POWER IN BRAKES AND THE ABILITY TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE'S STEERING. THE CAR CAN BE STARTED AGAIN WHEN IT HAS COOLED DOWN. THIS PROBLEM IS VERY DANGEROUS.*AK
ALL POWER ACCESSORIES, SUCH AS POWER LOCKS/ WINDOWS, AND TRUNK RELEASE STOPPED WORKING . ALSO FRONT POWER BRAKE ND CALIPERS LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
FRONT BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS WERE WARPED FOR UNKNOWN REASON. DEALER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS IS VERY COMMON FOR THIS VEHICLE, AND BOTH ROTORS AND PADS NEED TO BE REPLACED. *AK WINDSHIELD WIPERS MALFUNCTIONED. *YH
WHEN DRIVING AND PRESSING ON BRAKES THEY FELT LIKE THEY WERE LOCKING UP/GOT HARD AND TIGHT. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELLERATE. THE FRONT PASSENGER'S WHEEL CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE DRIVING, THE INCIDENT OCCURRED TWO TIMES, DEALER STATED THE PROBLEM COULD BE REMEDIED BY REPLACING THE VALVE BLOCK/PUMP AND GASKET. ALSO, FLUSHING THE SYSTEM. REPAIRS RESULT IN COSTS UP TO $2,000. *AK
ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED RESULTING IN VEHICLE COLLISION.
THE DESIGN OF THE BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED EVERY YEAR. HAVING TO REPLACE THE BRAKING SYSTEM 7 TIMES. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE DOWN THE HIGHWAY SMELT A BURNING ODOR. CONSUMER PULLED THE VEHICLE TO SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND TRIED TO TAKE OUT THE METAL WHEEL COVER, AND COULDN'T BECAUSE IT WAS VERY HOT. CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS THE BRAKE BOOSTER. CONSUMER HAD THE BOOSTER REPLACED, AND HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK
BACKING PLATE ON FRONT BRAKES OVERHEATED AND CAUSED A FIRE. IT WAS THE RIGHT TIRE THAT WAS BURNED. DEALERS SAID PROBLEM OCCURRED BECAUSE OF A FAULTY POWER BRAKE UNIT.OWNER IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. HAS ABS BRAKES. *AK
FRONT SEATS SLIDE FORWARD WHEN CAR IS IN MOTION.
VEHICLE HAD SUDDEN UNWANTED ACCELERATION WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE.THE BRAKING SYSTEM WOULD NOT OVERRIDE, CAR KEPT ACCELERATING.*AK CONSUMER WROTE IN STATING THIS IS NOT HER VEHICLE. *SLC
VEHICLES ABS BRAKING SYSTEM FAILED. SEVERAL REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR BRAKE SYSTEM. *AK
THE BRAKES WENT OUT AND THEY WILL NOT STOP THE CAR. THE BRAKES ARE DISC. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
STEERING GEAR BOX FAILED. *SD
EMRGENCY BRAKE CABLE LOCKED UP DUE TO BEING HEAVILY RUSTED.
PUT VEHICLE INTO DRIVE, IT ACCELERATED ON IT'S OWN, BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP IT, HAD AN ACCIDENT. TT
THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT DISENGAGE WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SPEED UP CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. TT
ENGINE SHUTS OFF WHEN BRAKES SUDDLY LOCK UP. *AK
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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