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 2004 Lincoln Town Car submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 10 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
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR PEDAL WERE EXTREMELY CLOSE TO ONE ANOTHER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
2004 LINCOLN TOWN CAR HAD BRAKE FAILURE. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE BRAKES FAILED CAUSING A REAR-END COLLISION. *NJ THE STATE POLICE TOLD THE CONSUMER THE ABS FAILED. *JB
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE APPLYING BRAKE PRESSURE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, DUE TO THE PLACEMENT OF THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS INTERMITTENTLY PRESSED AS WELL WHICH CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO LURCH FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO NOTED THIS WAS A MANUFACTURING DESIGN CHANGE OF THE BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR PEDALS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED. UPDATED 06/27/06. *JB
DT: CONTACT STATES: HER BRAKES HAVE FAILED 4 TIMES ON HER CAR. NO LIGHTS CAME ON TO WARN HER BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. THE PEDAL WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR. THIS HAPPENED 3 TIMES IN ONE DAY, ON 6-1-05 DAY AND ANOTHER TIME 3 WEEKS LATE ON 6-24-05. THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER DROVE THE CAR 600 MILES AND THE BRAKES DID NOT FAIL. THE DEALER CHECKED THE BRAKE FLUID AND SAID IT WAS FULL. THE DEALER DID NOT HAVE ANY IDEA WHY THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. *NM
THE VEHICLE WAS IN BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT SURGED FORWARD ON ITS OWN WHEN THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED. THE CONSUMER REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. *SC THE DEALER CONCLUDED THAT THE BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR PEDAL WERE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER, SO THEY RAISED THE PEDAL.*JB
VEHICLE HAS VERY POOR BRAKES. PEDAL FEEL IS VERY WEAK AND SPONGY. PEDAL FREE TRAVEL EXCEEDS 4 INCHES FROM FULL RELEASE TO FULL ENGAGEMENT. PEDAL IS 3/4 IN.FROM FLOORBOARD WHEN FULLY ENGAGED. EVEN ON PARTIAL ENGAGEMENT THE BRAKE PEDAL IS CLOSER TO THE FLOORBOARD THAN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THIS CREATES A SITUATION WHERE THE DRIVER CAN BE BRAKING AND ACCELERATING AT THE SAME TIME. THIS HAPPENED ONE TIME AT FREEWAY SPEED. CAR HAS BEEN TO DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES FOR BRAKE ISSUES AND OTHER PROBLEMS. DEALER STATES BRAKE FUNCTION IS NORMAL. DEALER ALSO TOLD ME NOT OPERATE VEHICLE WITH ADJUSTABLE PEDALS IN FULL FORWARD POSITION. VEHICLE PROBLEMS CURRENTLY SUBJECT OF ARBITRATION WITH DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BOARD IN WAUKESHA,WI. CURRENT VEHICLE MILEAGE 2,347.*AK
ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2004 WHILE DRIVING AND APPROACHING THE STOP SIGN AT 10 MPH CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. AS RESULT, CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT COLLISION, WHICH DAMAGED CONSUMER'S VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND TECHNICIAN INDICATED TO CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. *AK
WHEN GAS PEDAL WAS TAPPED TO PULL UP INTO A PARKING SPACE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT A HIGH SPEED. WHEN THIS OCCURRED BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED TO SLOW AND STOP THE VEHICLE, BUT IT LOCKED UP AND FAILED. THIS RESULTED IN VEHICLE GOING OVER AN EMBANKMENT, DOWN A 5 FOOT HILL, AND CRASHING INTO A TREE. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT, TWICE WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN THE BRAKES LOCKED UP. DEALERSHIP CLAIMED THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITHTHE VEHICLE. *AK *NM
WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE BRAKES FAILED. AS A RESULT, VEHICLE CRASHEDS INTO A VEHICLE AT A RED LIGHT. NO INJURIES REPORTED.*AK *TC
POOR BRAKING SYSTEM AND EXTREME CABIN NOISE. *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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