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 1991 Lincoln Town Car submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 20 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 SHIFTED VEHICLE INTO PARK FROM DRIVE, WHEN IT SUDDENLY ACCLERATED TO A HIGH SPEED, CONSUMER PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, HOWEVER VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP, VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A BANK, BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES, THE DRIVER SUSTAINED FACIAL INJURIES DUE TO THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAG. *SLC
WHILE TURNING ON THE IGNITION CAR TOOK OFF INTO THE HOUSE, AND HIT ANOTHER CONSUMER, INJURING THEM. SEPT OF 1998, CONSUMER PUT CAR IN REVERSE AND CAR TOOK OFF BACKWARDS, CONSUMER HAD TO TURN OFF THE KEY TO STOP THE CAR.*AK
APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT REALIZED I HAD NO ACCELERATOR PEDAL. ENGINE WAS RUNNING AND I HAD BRAKES, I PULLED THE CAR OFF THE ROAD AND IT STARTED TO SMOKE, THEN FLAMES. MY WONDERFUL LINCOLN WAS TOTALED. THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THERE WAS ANY PROBLEM. NO LIGHTS WENT ON THE CAR NEVER STALLED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAID THEY FELT THE LINE WAS BURNING, AND I LOST THE ACCELERATOR BECAUSE IT WAS ALREADY ON FIRE AND BURNED THROUGH. I CHECKED THE RECALLS FOR 1991 LINCOLNS AND THERE WAS A RECALL FOR FUEL LINES, BUT NOT FOR MY VIN NUMBER. THEREFORE WE NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL. *AK
WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED BECAUSE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK, RESULTING IN A COLLISION. *AK
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION, CAUSING A THREE-CAR CRASH, AT SPEEDS EXCEEDING 80-85 MPH. WHILE ATTEMPING TO SHIFT TO PARK, TO SHUT OFF VEHICLE, IT CAUGHT IN REVERSE AND CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE BACKWARDS, CRASHING INTO THREE MORE VEHICLES. BOTH AIRBAG'S EXPERIENCED NO DEPLOYMENT. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK *YC
WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES, AND THE VEHICLE KEPT ACCELERATING. CONSUMER PUT THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTURAL, AND THE VEHICLE KEPT GOING. THEN PUT THE VEHICLE INTO REVERSE AND THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN AND THEN CAME TO A STOP. *AK
THE GROMET BROKE ON CABLES FOR TRANSMISSION. ONE CABLE FELL BEHIND THROTTLE BODY & CAUSED THROTTLE TO BECOME WIDE OPEN & VEHICLE ACCELERATED. ALSO, BRAKES FROZE. HAD NO BRAKES AT ALL. HAD CONTROL OF VEHICLE. TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER. *AK *ML
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION ON TWO OCCASIONS, ONE INCIDENT RESULTED IN VEHICLE ACCIDENT AND INJURY (ATTORNEY FOR CONSUMER). MJS
CRUISE CONTROL FAILED.
AFTER PUTTING VEHICLE INTO THE DRIVE GEAR, THE THROTTLE STUCK, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO INCREASE SPEED, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. APPLIED BRAKES, BUT THEY DID NOT STOP THE VEHICLE FROM ACCELERATING. *AK
UPON APPLYING BRAKES, VEHICLE ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL, RESULTING IN A COLLISION. *AK
WHEN STEPPING ON BRAKE TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL, DRIVING (65) MPH, THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN, BUT THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT DISENGAGE. THIS SYSTEM REENGAGED ONCE THE DRIVER TOOK FOOT OFF BRAKE PEDAL. THE SWITCH ON THE STEERING WHEEL HAD TO BE USED TO DISENGAGE SYSTEM. *AK
ALARM TRUNK SENSOR SHORTED, CAUSING HORN TO FAIL.
CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT DISENGAGE DUE TO FAILURE OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVO-SWITCH AND CRUISE CONTROL UNIT. MJS
VEHICLE WAS PARKED, PUT INTO REVERSE, VEHICLE WENT INTO OPEN THROTTLE POSITION, RPMS UNKNOWN, TO STOP VEHICLE APPLIED BRAKES REAR HARD. *AK
WHEN AUTO WAS STARTED AND WAS ENGAGED IN REVERSE THE ENGINE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE AT HIGH SPEED-CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO STOP AUTO W/BRAKES CAUSING AN AUTO ACCIDENT. DEALER REPLACED IAC AND GASKET AND CLEANED THROTTLE BODY. *SLC
THE ENGINE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED CAUSED CONSUMER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. TT
HAD AIR CONDITIONER , POWER WINDOW AND THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED THE CAR ALARM DOES NOT WORK RIGHT . TT
REAR AIR SPRINGS OUT OF ADJUSTMENT, CAUSING REAR OF VEHICLE TO BE RAISED HIGHER THAN FRONT END. *SD
SUDDEN ACCELERATION, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT. *SKD
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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