1994 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL Service Brakes, Hydraulic Problems

THE CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED THE FOLLOWING: RECALL HEAD MOUNT , SUBFRAME, AIR BAG SUSPENSION SYSTEM, AIR SHOCK, REAR STABILIZER AND REAR SHOCK SENSORS-BOUNCING/BOBBING IN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, RIGHT REAR TIRE, LEFT REAR AIR STRUT-WAS BLOWN AND WAS DRAGGING DOWN IN BACK, A CONVERSION OF SUSPENSION WAS DONE TO CONVERT TO COIL SPRINGS AND REPLACE ALL 4 STRUTS AND HARDWARE, RECALL BRAKE & MOTOR MOUNT-BRAKE GRINDING, HEAD GASKET, AND INNER TIE ROD. (RECALL #'S 94V129000 & 97V019000) SCC

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY HEADLIGHTS WILL SHORT OUT, RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITY. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK ALSO, ANTILOCK BRAKES LOCKUP PERIODICALLY. *YH

WHEN CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE SHE WAS INFORMED THAT HEAD GASKET AND FRONT TIMING CASE WERE LEAKING. ALSO, BRAKE /PADS AND SHOES/ MACHINE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. CONSUMER RECEIVED A LETTER REGARDING SERVICE PROGRAM 98M01, PREMATURE HEAD GASKET FAILURE. ONLY EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM AFTER THIS PROGRAM'S EXPIRATION DATE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

PREVIOSULY REPORTED "NHTSA VEHICLE OWNER'S QUESTIONAIRE REFERENCE NUMBER 806372 DATED 12/16/1996. ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS AT APPROX, 20,00 MILES (10/28/96) AND APPROX. 55,000 MILES(10/9/98) THE BRAKES ON THE SUBJECT VEHICLE(1994 LINCOLN CONTINTIAL) HAVE FAILED. IN BOTH INSTANCES THE FAILURE OCCURED AT LOW SPEED AFTER HAVING SAT FOR A SHORT PEERIOD OF TIME WITH THE ARE IDLING AND THE FOOT BRAKE DEPRESSED, THAN RELEASED WITH THE CAR SLOWLY MOVING FORWARD(APPROX. 1 TO 2 MPH). UPON DEPRESSING THE FOOT BRAKE TO STOP THE PEDAL DEPRESSED ALL THE WAY TO FLOORBOARD WITH NO BRAKING AVAILABLE RESULTING IN MINOR ACCIDENTS TO NEARBY VEHICLES. IN ALL INSTANCES THERE HAS BEEN NO BRAKE FLUID LOSS NOR HAVE ANY BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS BEEN ON. AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT(10/28/96) AND THREE MONTHS OF INVESTIGATION FORD MOTOR COMPANY REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER AND VALVE BLOCK. THE BRAKING SYSTEM WORKED FINE UNTIL THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT(10/9/98). IN BOTH INSTANCES THE BRAKES(BRAKING ACTION) HAD RESTORED ITSELF BY THE TIME MECHANICS AT NEWMAN LINCOLN-MERCURY STARTED AN INVESTIGATIION OF THE PROBLEM(USUALLY EARLY THE NEXT MORNING...NOTE THAT IN BOTH INSTANCES THE BRAKE LOSS OCCURRED IN THE EARLY EVENING AFTER THE GARAGE WAS CLOSED). TO DATE(12/31/98) FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND DEALER HAVE DETERMINED THAT THEY CAN FIND NO PROBLEM AND HAVE ASKED THAT I RETURN THE VEHICLE TO SERVICE WITHOUT AND ROOT CAUSE DETERMINED NOR ANY CORRECTIVE ACTION TAKEN. AT THIS POINT I'M RESISTING RETURNING THE CAR TO SERVICE UNTIL THE ROOT CAUSE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED. THE CAR CURRENT IS COVERED UNDER A FROD MOTOR COMPANY EXTENDED SERVICE PLAN(EXTRACARE) UNTIL 86,000 MILES OR 3/29/2001. CURRENTLY THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT'S DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES DEALERS AND REPAIRERS DIVISION IS INVESTIGATING WHY FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND/OR NEWMAN LINCOLN-MERCURY HAVE NOT PERFORMED REPAIRS TO CORRECT THE BRAKE FAILURE PROBLEM. TO DATE THE CAR IS STILL AT DEALER AND NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE.

WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE BRAKES WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO BUMP INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE BEFORE STOPPING. THE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR THE BRAKESTO BE REPAIRED, AND THE DEALER COULDN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

ENGINE FAILED 3 TIMES. IN ADDITION, BRAKING SYSTEM/AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM/SHOCKS/WIRING HARNESSAND AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR MALFUNCTIONED.

BRAKE ROTORS FAILED SEVERAL TIMES, CAUSING VEHICLE TO VIBRATE.

CONSUMER NOTICED VEHICLE WAS SHAKING EXTREMEY HARD. DEALER FIRST TURNED ROTORS, THEN HAD REPLACED A ROTORS. BUT WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS IT WAS OUT AGAIN, HAD TO REPLACE IT AGAIN. *AK

PUT VEHICLE IN REVERSE TO BACK INTO GARAGE VEHICLE MOVED FORWARD. TRIED TO PUT IN PARK STILL MOVED FORWARD, THEN HIT BRAKES NO BRAKES. HIT VEHICLE, TRIED STEERING LEFT TO KEEP FROM HITTING CAR. FINALLY HIT EMERGENCY BRAKE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP.*AK

DRIVING; STARTED TO APPLY (ABS)BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN; VEHICLE STARTED TO SHIMMY; PUSHED HARD ON BRAKE PEDAL WHICH WENT TO FLOOR; TOOK TO DEALER EACH TIME (4) & HAD THEM REPLACED 4 TIMES. MANUFACTURER SAID NO PROBLEM, BUT ITS ONGOING. *AK *NLM

APPLIED THE ABS BRAKES AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP, RESULTING IN VEHICLE HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE PEDAL TRAVEL TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK TO ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO BE SHIFTED FROM PARK TO REVERSE, THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD TO BE PUMPED TO THE FLOOR REPEATEDLY AND MIDWAY THROUGH THE BRAKE'S TRAVEL TO THE FLOOR THERE WAS A NOTICABLE POINT OF RESISTANCE WITH AN ASSOCIATED NOISE AS IT PASSED THIS POSITION, A SERVICE REP FROM A DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE AND FOUND NO PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES OR THE BRAKING SYSTEM. *SLC

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, VEHICLE BRAKES LOCK, CAUSING THE VEHICLE SLIDE INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE.**AK

ACCIDENT DUE TO BRAKE PEDAL FAILURE PRIOR TO RECALL. (94V129000). *DSH

BRAKE FAILURE. *AK