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.
Takata recall: Steering wheel has smoked before lightly, interior lights have stayed on, steering wheel has done a 360 turn, corrosion on the side panel and panel(chrome) has fallen off. I'm not sure how late a recall time frame is but my car happens to be very old now so I'm wondering if this is the case I have pictures from what the car looked like and up to now also my car is now at 366.'- miles so this may not even be something to be turned in, this state has also done so much damage from the potholes..
1999 Lincoln Town car with 71,932 miles suddenly and without any warning caught fire ten minutes after being parked in an attached garage. This incident caused the home to become structurally damaged due to fire. Vehicle was purchased as second owner in 2003 until present time. No recalls notices were ever received.
I was driving my daughter to school when I noticed the inside of my car started sparking near the dashboard then a few mins later my wheel locked up I couldn't turn and almost crashed. I put power steering fluid in but that didn't help. Also had someone look at it and they said its a problem with the bearing underneath the hood is also sparking when I start the car.
2 occasions where ball joint snapped and vehicle was moving and fell to ground.while my child was inside. Major electrical issues such as: Odometer flashes constantly and gas gage wacked out ever since vehicle fell to ground every thing was working properly before and on the first incident is when it started and continues to get worse. Suspension and steering : also since car fell to ground has cause steering and suspension to be almost impossible. I have had several mechanics rip me off and have spent thousands on trying to get vehicle back to the way a Lincoln should drive. And still the results are not good. I cant drive on express ways because vehicle is extremely hard to control and stay in lanes.as well on side streets/main roads. It also has a very high tendency to loose control when driving over a small, medium or large bump, div-it or crack in road which could or will eventually result in a crash. By all means I love my 1999 Lincoln but certainly does not drive or operate properly like one should.I do also understand that its a 13 year old car and things will go wrong but after do my research and being that I am naive and very uneducated with mechanics on a vehicle I simply let this pass for sometime now to realize these re occurring incidents are not normal and here I am now my results are a damaged car with recall supported and thousands of my hard income to replace parts on car to get back to proper working order. Something should be done or if possible be settled in the middle/halfway which would be fair. I hope I can be a true Ford Lincoln supporter/buyer for ever and don't want to be disappointed.
While driving vehicle will lose all electrical functions due to a short. Dealer had vehicle 3-4 months, but could not determine cause. Vehicle has had multiple problems. Out side door panel came off. Brakes are spongy. Windshield failed. Seat malfunctions. Dash lithts and stereo failed at diffeerent times.
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- Maple Grove, MN, USA