This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
While driving 35 mph on the parkway the car accelorated as far as it would go, brakes failed and car went out of control and side swiped another car then went on a grassy strip and came to a stop.
Brake failure. After 36 months of leasing a 2002 Lincoln Ls, my wife and I purchased the vehicle with it having approximately 28,000 miles in September 2005. In December of that year with less than 30,000 miles, my wife had a minor traffic accident when while braking the car failed to stop. The brakes had been serviced in August for a squeal. There was no excessive wear but the rotors were re-surfaced. Prior to this incident there had been no other braking problems.
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- Annapolis, MD, USA