Owner-reported complaints naming the engine system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2001 Lincoln Town Car submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 15 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
There was a loud pop after I got gas. My car wouldn't stay running. I couldn't figure out what was going on. My husband looked under the hood and the spark plug still attached to the ignition coil had popped out of the engine. All of the screws holding the ignition coils had backed out.
My car has been making a weird whistling noise for a few months. My husband found it was coming from the rear intake manifold hose. He started my car and next the car started smoking and he looked under the hood the nipple where the hose connected had broke off and there is a crack all the way down the intake manifold.
ENGINE STARTED TO MAKE A LOUD CLICKING NOISE WHILE DRIVING 45MPH DOWN THE BLOCK. MANAGED TO PULL INTO THE DRIVEWAY AND WHEN A OPENED THE HOOD THE COIL PACK HAD BLOWN APART AND THE SPARK PLUG WAS SITTING ON TOP OF THE ENGINE. *TR
I WAS DRIVING THE LINCOLN TOWN CAR WHEN I BEGAN TO SMELL WHAT APPEARED TO BE GAS OR SOME FLUID COMING INTO THE VEHICLE. I STOPPED THE CAR AND PARKED IN A DRIVEWAY AND INSPECTED THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR WHERE THERE WAS NO LEAK BUT A STRONG ODOR OF GAS OR SOME FLUID. I THEN STARTED THE CAR AND PUT INTO REVERSE AND WITH MY FOOT APPLIED TO THE BRAKE BACKING UP IN REVERSE THERE WAS A LOUD POP IN THE ENGINE AND THE CAR SHUT OFF FOLLOWED BY SMOKE AND THEN FIRE. THE CAR THEN SET ON FIRE AND BURNED FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES BEFORE THE FIRE FIGHTERS ARRIVED TO PUT THE CAR OUT. IT WAS TOTALED. *TR
I LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR WHEN IT HIT ICE AT 9:20A- 1/25/2013 ON I-94 NEAR CHESTERTON, IN, SPUN AROUND AND CRASHED TWICE (FRONT/REAR) INTO THE LEFT CONCRETE BARRIER PARALLEL TO THE ROADWAY. NONE OF THE 4 AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. I (AGE 77) AND MY PASSENGER (AGE 83) WORE SEAT BELTS THAT SAVED US. CAR FRONT SMASHED; CAR REAR LESS DAMAGED. SIDES ARE O.K.. ISP REPORT ID:201300021141. NEITHER OF US SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT. MY CHEST STILL HURTS! AIR BAGS WOULD HAVE HELPED HAD THEY DEPLOYED. LAKE SHORE FORD, CHESTERTON, IN (219)787-8600 SAID CAR WAS "TOTALED." ISP OFFICER WEEMS REPORTED THAT I MAY RECEIVE A TICKET FOR "TOO FAST FOR CONDITIONS." TC FAILED THE ONLY AIR BAG TEST IT EVER HAD. SEAT BELTS DID NOT. NO OTHER CARS WERE INVOLVED ON BUSY I-94. WE WERE LUCKY! *TR
FORD'S PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD IS CRACKED. IS THERE ANY RECOURSE STILL AVAILABLE FOR THIS PROBLEM? THE MANIFOLD IS STILL ON THE CAR AND NOW LEAKING. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH THE CHECK ENGINE SOON SERVICE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. HE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS NO WATER IN THE ENGINE. THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THE WATER IN THE MANIFOLD PENETRATED IT AND CAUSED THE ENGINE TO FAIL. THE DEALER REPLACED THE MANIFOLD AND THE ENGINE FOR $6,200. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,787. UPDATED 02/18/10. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANIFOLD CRACKED AND WATER LEAKED IN THE MOTOR. THE DEALER STATED THE ENGINE WAS RUINED. UPDATED 09/07/10*JB
DT: THE CONTACT STATES VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY WHICH RESULTS IN LOSS OF POWER. THE MOTOR SHUTS COMPLETELY OFF. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS, AND THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. REPAIRS WHERE MADE AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. *AK
THIS LINCOLN TOWN CAR HAS BEEN STRETCHED 120 INCHES. MAY 2002 STOCKTON LINCOLN DIAGNOSED SYSTEM AND PUT DYE IN AND COULD NOT FIND LEAK. TO TOP IT OFF THEY WANTED 392.00 PAYMENT FOR THIS.AGAIN IN OCTOBER 2002 I WENT BACK IN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. AT THAT TIME THEY FOUND 19700A4 COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY-AIR CONDITIONER REMOVE AND INSTALLED OR REPLACED (19V703/19703) MILEAGE AT THAT TIME WAS 8952. NOW APRIL 2003, MILEAGE 13,200 THE A/C IS OUT AGAIN. THE SAME AS BEFORE. THE DRIVERS COMPARTMENT GETS SO HOT I HAVE TO ROLL THE WINDOW DOWN. FROM OCTOBER TO NOW I DID NOT NEED TO USE THE A/C DUE TO IT BEING WINTER. WHEN I TURN THE A/C ON IT BECOMES A SANA IN THE DRIVERS COMPARTMENT. I OWN ANOTHER LINCOLN TOWN CAR (NOT STRETCHED) AND KNOW QUITE WELL HOW TO OPERATE THE A/C - HEATER. I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THE A/C AND HEATER SINCE I PURCHASED THIS LINCOLN TOWN CAR. HELP.....
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PREMATURE ENGINE FAILURE. UPON STARTING VEHICLE CONSUMER HEARD A GRINDING NOISE. CONSUMER CHECKED THE OIL LEVEL, AND DISCOVERED THAT OIL LEVEL WAS VERY LOW. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THIS WAS CAUSED BY A DEFECT IN THE OIL CHECK VALVE FILLER. TSB 630515 WAS ISSUED ON THIS PROBLEM. *AK
THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ENGINE, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *JB
THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED. *MR THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, THE TRANSMISSION LEAKED FLUID, AND WOULD NOT ENGAGE WHEN WARM. THE TECHNICIAN RESEALED THE TAILSHAFT PLUG. THE LUG NUTS WERE LOOSE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASES. THE VEHICLE WOULD CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. THERE WERE RATTLE NOISES COMING FROM THE CHASSIS WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS. THE LIGHT HAD COME ON, AND THE TEMPERATURE WOULD DROP BY ITSELF. SCC *NLM
CONSUMER STATES WAS BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY. PUT VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED REARWARD ACROSS THE STREET AND COLLIDED W/ANOTHER VEHICLE. NLM. CONSUMER STATES THE THE EXHAUST PIPE AND MUFFLER WERE REPLACED , THE FRONT AND REAR SUSPENSION WAS ALIGNED.*JG
CONSUMER STATED THIS VEHICLE ALSO EXPERIENCED STALLING WHILE DRIVING, DEALER COULD NOT REMEDY PROBLEM, CONSUMER NO LONGER OWNS THIS VEHICLE. *JB
WHEN CONSUMER WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE STALLED.*JB
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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