The contact owns a 1996 Lincoln Town car. The contact stated that when the vehicle was started, there was smoke coming from under the hood. As a result, the contact discovered that the battery wires were burned and brake fluid had spilled. In addition, the contact stated that the vehicle failed to switch gears. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the cruise control wire assembly needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was unknown.

- Columbus, OH, USA

The contact owns a 1996 Lincoln Town car. The contact received a Ford recall notice for the vehicle speed control: Cruise control in March of 2008. He scheduled an appointment for April to have the vehicle repaired. A representative from the dealer informed him that the Ford parts would be unavailable until the manufacturer sent the parts to the dealer. The cruise control switch has not been disconnected because the contact was not given an estimate as to when the parts are expected to arrive. There had been no failure to date. The powertrain and recall number were unknown. The current mileage was 80,000.

- Hudson, FL, USA

The contact owns a 1996 Lincoln Town car. The contact received a recall notice for the vehicle speed control: Cruise control and took the vehicle to the dealer for repair. After the repair was performed, the vehicle would not start. The contact had to disconnect the wiring harness from the switch, which enabled his vehicle to start. As a result, the vehicle does not have cruise control functionality. The recall number was unknown. The current mileage was 101,252 and failure mileage was 98,000.

- Overland Park, KS, USA

Ford Motor Company notified me in August 2007 that a defect in the speed control deactivation switch would be removed by the dealer on vehicles 1992-2004 and the same would be replaced no later than the 4th quarter of 2007. The dealer now states " we have no idea when we will get the parts and neither does Ford". I called Ford this date and the same statement was repeated. The switch was removed August 4, 2007 by the dealer (greens of lexington, Lincoln ) and as of this date I still have no speed control as stated.

- Lexington, KY, USA

The contact owns a 1996 Lincoln Town car. The contact received a Ford recall notice for the speed cruise control switch and immediately scheduled an appointment with the dealer. The dealer stated that the parts would be unavailable until December of 2007. He called again and the dealer stated that the parts would be available in March of 2008. The contact had the speed control switch disconnected. The recall number was unknown. There had been no failure to date. The current mileage was 130,000.

- Clinton, MO, USA

The contact owns a 1996 Lincoln Town car. The contact received a Ford recall notice for the vehicle speed control: Cruise control and immediately scheduled an appointment to have it repaired. The dealer informed him that the parts would be available in November of 2007. He had the cruise control switch deactivated and called the dealer again in December of 2007. At that time, they stated that the parts would not be available until April of 2008. The contact has not filed a formal complaint with the manufacturer. There had been no failure to date. The VIN and recall number were unknown. The current mileage was 106,000.

- Convington, VA, USA

The contact owns a 1996 Lincoln Town car. The contact stated that the rear shocks were being replaced by a local mechanic. The dealer informed the contact that the repair was completed and the vehicle was ready. However, that same evening he informed the contact that the vehicle caught on fire and was totaled. The front of the vehicle was nothing but dust, and the rest has fire and smoke damage. The mechanic stated that a faulty cruise control switch caused the fire. The contact filed a civil law suit, and did not have access to a police or fire report. The current and failure mileages were 150,000.

- Greenville, TN, USA

: the contact stated the vehicle caught fire while parked. The fire department extinguished the flames, and a police report was taken. The speed control was the source of the fire due to overheat even though the ignition was off. There was a recall #05V017000. The vehicle was not included in the recall due to the VIN.

- San Diego, CA, USA

Idle air control and mass air flow sensor causing vehicle to stall when making turns in front of oncoming traffic. Nlm

- Hephzibah, GA, USA

Idle air control and mass air flow sensor causing vehicle to stall when making turns in front of oncoming traffic. Nlm

- Hephzibah, GA, USA