Owner-reported complaints naming the driver-assistance system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems. 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. 16 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
THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PARKING LOT IN PARK, TURNED THE KEY TO START SHIFTING INTO DRIVE, AND IT JUST REVVED UP. VEHICLE WAS OUT OF CONTROL, UNABLE TO STOP ON TIME. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
WHEN DRIVING IN LOW SPEED AND MAKING A SLOW TURN VEHICLE WILL STALL. DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. ALSO, REPLACED THROTTLE BODY AND POWER STEERING PRESSURE SPRING. *AK
WHILE VEHICLE WAS AT A STOP, AND CONSUMER TRIED TO SWITCH TRANSMISSION PAWL, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED.CONSUMER HAD TO STEP ON BRAKE PEDAL, PUT VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL, AND TURN OFF ENGINE SO THA TVEHICLE ENGINE COULD GO BACK TO NORMAL AFTER HAVING STRUCK A BLOCK WALL. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE CAR STARTED ACCELERATING. CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT ENGAGED, BUT WAS TURNED OFF TO SLOW DOWN. BRAKES WERE USED TO CONTROL SPEED UNTIL I REACHED A PARKING LOT WHERE I EXMAINED THE ENGINE. PROBLEM SEEMED TO BE CONNECTED TO THROTTLE LINKAGE. "JIGGLING" THE THROTTLE SLOWED THE ENGINE RPMS TO IDLE. PROBLEM OCCURRED FIVE MORE TIMES BEFORE I COULD GET THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC. HE CLEANED THE LINKAGE, REMOVED THE INTAKE AND DUCT, AND CLEANED THE VALVE AND TB PASSAGES. HE ALSO RECONNECTED A BROKEN (DOWN-SHIFT) CABLE CONNECTOR. PROBLEM HAS NOT RECURRED.
TV GROMMET FAILED THAT CONNECTS THE THROTTLE BODY LINKAGE, CAUSING THE THROTTLE CABLE AND ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO STICK, RESULTING IN SUDDEN UNCONTROLLED ACCELERATION AND DAMAGE TO TRANSMISSION.
TV GROMMET FAILED CAUSING THE THROTTLE CABLE AND ACELERATOR PEDAL TO BECOME STUCK IN OPENED POSITION RESULTING IN UNWANTED ACCELERATION AND LOSS OF CONTROL.
THROTTLE VALVE CABLE INSOLATOR FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION TO SLIP.
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
WHEN PUTTING THE CAR INTO DRIVE THE ENGINE RACED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO GO AT HIGH SPEEDS UNEXPECTEDLY, VEHICLE LOST CONTROL, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK
THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNEXPECTANTLY AND WENT THROUGH A BUILDING. *AK CONSUMER WAS PREPARING TO BACK OUT OF A PARKING SPOT WHEN VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AT A VERY HIGH RATE OF SPEED, VEHICLE SURGED TWICE ON THE SAME DAY PRIOR TO ACCIDENT, CONSUMER STATED ACCELERATION SPEED WAS UNBELIEVABLE AND INSTANTANEOUS. *SLC
STARTED VEHICLE, IT ACCELERATED REARWARD WHILE STILL IN PARK. TT
VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL TWICE, HITTING A WALL FROM THE REAR AND THEN A PARKED CAR IN FRONT THE FIRST TIME. TT
WHEN ENGAGING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION THERE WAS SUDDEN UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION. TT
PUT VEHICLE INTO DRIVE, IT ACCELERATED ON IT'S OWN, BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP IT, HAD AN ACCIDENT. TT
PUT VEHICLE IN DRIVE, VEHICLE WENT INTO FULL ACCELERATION. TT
ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. TT
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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