1995 LINCOLN TOWN CAR Service Brakes, Hydraulic Problems

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. THE CONTACT'S MOTHER ATTEMPTED TO PLACE THE VEHICLE INTO REVERSE AND HEARD A POPPING NOISE. THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED BACKWARDS, ALTHOUGH HER FOOT WAS DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE EVENTUALLY STOPPED AFTER CRASHING INTO A GUARDRAIL AND THREE PEOPLE. THE POLICE IMPOUNDED AND INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, BUT FOUND NO FAILURE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. A STATE FARM REPRESENTATIVE INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND GAVE THE CONTACT'S MOTHER A TICKET FOR CARELESS DRIVING. HER MOTHER CONTINUED TO STRESS THAT HER FOOT WAS DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL THE ENTIRE TIME. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 127,000.

Mileage: 127,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH OR GREATER, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP IMMEDIATELY WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE INCREASED THE STOPPING DISTANCE BY TWENTY FEET. THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE CLEAR. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ABS TERMINAL CAUSED THE FAILURE. AS OF SEPTEMBER 17, 2007, THE DEALER HAD NOT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 101,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 103,000. UPDATED 01-14-08. *KB UPDATED 12/12/07

Mileage: 101,000

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKE AT LOW SPEED OF 20 MPH OR LESS, IT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SHIMMY AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ABS SENOR MODULE & CLEANED THE ABS SENSOR HOWEVER THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *JB

Mileage: 15,000

THE HYDRAULIC BRAKE LINE RUSTED AND AS A RESULT THE BRAKES FAILED. *NM *SC *JB

Mileage: 95,000

THE REAR BRAKE LINES HAVE RUSTED ALL THE WAY THROUGH. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT HIS VIN WAS NOT ON THE LIST.*AK THE BRAKE LINES ON BOTH SIDE FAILED AT THE SAME TIME DUE TO THE ROUTING OF THE LINES ALONG THE FRAME. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THIS SYSTEM IS POORLY DESIGNED. *PH *NM

Mileage: 80,000

WHILE DRIVING THE ABS FAILED. THE CONSUMER WAS BRAKING WHEN THE PEDAL PUSHED BACK AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE CONSUMER HAD VARIOUS BRAKE COMPONENTS REPLACED BUT THE SYSTEM CONTINUED TO FAIL. *AK *CB *NLM *TS *JB

Mileage: 63,000

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN TRYING TO APPLY THE BRAKES THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL GO TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HAVE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT BRAKE LINE IS RUSTED. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

FAULTY BRAKE LINES, RUSTED SECTIONS, LEAKING LOSS OF BRAKING WHILE DRIVING. I CHECKED THE BRAKE LINES, I FOUND THE 2 BRAKE LINES GOING TO THE REAR OF THE CAR SEVERELY RUSTED, LEAKING SECTIONS. (PHOTO ENCLOSED) A LINE ADJACENT TO THE BRAKE LINES LOOKS NEW, NO RUST AT ALL! EVERYTHING ELSE UNDER THE CAR, INCLUDING PARTS THAT NORMALLY RUST LIKE THE MUFFLER, TAIL PIPE, ETC. ARE IN GREAT SHAPE. IT IS OBVIOUS TO ME THAT THE BRAKE LINES USED IN THIS PARTICULAR YEAR OF THE LINCOLN ARE FAULTY,( A MATERIAL DEFECT)! I HAVE MADE SEVERAL PHONE CALLS TO INQUIRE ABOUT HAVING IT FIXED BECAUSE MY CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THIS CAR NEEDS SOME VERY UNUSUAL, AND EXPENSIVE, LABOR TO REPLACE THE FAULTY BRAKE LINES. (THE FRAME AND BODY OF THE CAR HAS TO BE SEPARATED) WHAT TYPE OF ENGINEERING IS THAT? IVE RECEIVED ESTIMATES TO FIX MY CAR AT A MINIMUM OF $1500! IVE ALSO BEEN INFORMED THAT THIS IS POSSIBLY AN UNPUBLISHED RECALL FOR THIS PARTICULAR CAR WITH SUCH SERIOUS BRAKE LINE EROSION, A MATERIAL DEFECT! IT DOESNT TAKE AN EXPERT TO KNOW THAT THESE BRAKE LINES ARE A DANGER TO THE PUBLIC! ANY PEOPLE WHO HAPPEN TO BE AT THE WRONG PLACE AND TIME, WHEN THESE DEFECTIVE BRAKES FAIL IT COULD BE CATASTROPHIC. *AK

Mileage: 95,000

THE FRONT ROTORS WERE REPLACED TWICE, AND THERE WAS STILL A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM NOT WORKING EFFECTIVELY. *JB ON THE SECOND OCCASION THE BRAKE LIGHT HAD COME ON AND THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE BRAKE LINES HAD RUSTED. THE MANUFACTURER DECLINED ON COVERING THE REPAIRS. *SCC REFERENCED IN RQ03-004

Mileage: 29,134

I CAME TO A STOP LIGHT AND THE CAR HAD JUST ENOUGH BRAKES TO STOP WITH, I PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT AND NOTICE THE GROUND WAS WET ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CAR AND LOOKED UNDER THE CAR AND FOUND THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE LEAKING. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO GREENS AND SHANE MULLINS SAID THE BRAKE LINES HAVE RUSTED OUT I CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT BRAKE LINES WOULD RUST OUT IN 7 YEARS. DT REFERENCED IN RQ03-004

ONGOING/INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. WHEN APPLYING NORMAL BRAKING ABS LIGHT WOULD COME ON, AND BRAKE PEDAL WOULD BEGIN TO PULSATE, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. VEHICLE BEEN TO DEALER ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILLOCCURRING. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFROMATION.*AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT LOW SPEEDS ON OCCASIONS THEY MAKE A CRUNCHING NOISE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY STATED THAT ABS NEEDED REPLACING. 2000 MILES LATER, PROBLEM REOCCURRED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

10,000 MILES, FORD HAD ME OPERATE THIS AUTO WITHOUT ANTILOCK BRAKES. REPAIRED ORIGINALLY UNDER WARR. 2 DAYS LATER LIGHT BACK ON. DEALER ADVISED US TO BRING THE CAR IN WHEN THE LIGHT COMES BACK ON AGAIN. LIGHT CAME ON MANY TIMES, ALWAYS WHEN FAR FROM LADIN. IT'S A LONG STORY BUT MY SAFETY WAS NEVER THE CONCERN AT LINCOLN. *AK

THE BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTED THROUGH BELOW THE DRIVER SEAT AND RUPTURED. THE DRIVER COULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE IN TIME AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE AT A TRAFFIC INTERSECTION. REFERENCED IN RQ03-004

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THERE IS A VIBRATION AND HESITATION, ALSO ABS LIGHT ON DASH COMES ON, VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER 3 TIMES, AND THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED.*AK. CONSUMER ALSO STATED IT IS A SPORADIC PROBLEM, THE SENSOR REPLACEMENT DID NOT HELP.*SLC

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE, THEN, BRAKES WILL RELEASE/ GRAB, GRINDING NOISE WILL GET LOUDER. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER 6-8 TIMES, ABS SYSTEM WAS REPLACED ONCE UNDER WARRANTY, BUT PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS.*AK DEALER HAS REPLACED MANY PARTS INCLUDING: ABS MODULE, RIGHT AND LEFT FRONT WHEEL SENSORS, WIRING CONNECTORS ON ABS MODULE, BRAKE SHOES, PADS, AND ROTORS WHICH WERE WARPED, DEALER CAN NOT REMEDY PROBLEM. *JB

I HVE HAD THIS CAR IN SHOP ON 8 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS TO REPAIR. NO SAFETY DEFEC TLISTED. *AK

A SOLID METAL BRAKE LINE WAS BEING RUBBED BY FRONT CONTROL, AND LOST ALL BRAKE FLUID. ALSO, DID NOT HAVE ANY BRAKES TO STOP VEHICLE. CONTACT DEALER, AND DEALER WAS REPAIRING VEHICLE.*AK REFERENCED IN RQ03-004

AFTER BRAKES WERE SERVICED BY A PRIVATE MECHANIC VEHICLE EXPERIENCED MILD VIBRATION WHILE TRAVELING AT LOW SPEEDS ON A RANDOM BASIS. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE. *AK MECHANICE INSPECTED BRAKES AND FOUND NO PROBLEMS, CONSUMER IS GOING TO TAKE VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *SLC

AFTER BRAKES WERE SERVICED BY A PRIVATE MECHANIC VEHICLE EXPERIENCED MILD VIBRATION WHILE TRAVELING AT LOW SPEEDS ON A RANDOM BASIS. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE. *AK MECHANICE INSPECTED BRAKES AND FOUND NO PROBLEMS, CONSUMER IS GOING TO TAKE VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *SLC

BRAKES LOCK UP OR SOME WHEELS LOCK UP ON LOOSE SURFACE. YESTERDAY WITH ONE WHEEL ON GRAVEL AND ONE ON LEAVES, WHEEL ON LEAVED LOCKED UP AND ALMOST CAUSED ME TO HIT LARGE TREE.THIS IS NOT FIRST TIME BRAKES HAVE LOCKED UP, FIRST TIME I SLED OFF DRIVEWAY INTO DITCH, REPORTED THAT TO DEALER AND THEY JUST LAUGHED. *AK

ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, BRAKE PEDAL HAS WENT TO THE FLOOR WHILE BRAKING, CONSUMER HAS HAD TO PUMP THE BRAKES TO SLOW THE VEHICLE, CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BRAKE, VEHICLE SHOOK AND A LOUD SUCKING NOISE WAS HEARD, DEALER HAS REPLACED FRONT AND REAR BRAKE PADS, ROTORS, AND DEALER REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER AND BRAKE BOOSTER DUE TO FLUID LEAKING FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER INTO THE BRAKE BOOSTER. *SLC

ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, BRAKE PEDAL HAS WENT TO THE FLOOR WHILE BRAKING, CONSUMER HAS HAD TO PUMP THE BRAKES TO SLOW THE VEHICLE, CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BRAKE, VEHICLE SHOOK AND A LOUD SUCKING NOISE WAS HEARD, DEALER HAS REPLACED FRONT AND REAR BRAKE PADS, ROTORS, AND DEALER REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER AND BRAKE BOOSTER DUE TO FLUID LEAKING FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER INTO THE BRAKE BOOSTER. *SLC

: THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM WAS ENABLED ON DRY ROAD AND CAUSED THE CARS BRAKING SYSTEM TO BECOME INOPERABLE. THIS CAUSED THE CAR TO BRAKE USING THE ANTI LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM, WHICH MADE THE CAR TAKE A LONGER TIME TO STOP. THIS PROBLEM SEEMED TO BE INTEMITANT AS THE POWER BRAKING SYSTEM WOULD OPERATE AT TIMES, AND WITHOUT WARNING GO INTO THE ANTI LOCK MODE. THIS ANTI LOCK MODE ACTED LIKE THE CAR WAS ON A SLIPPERY SURFACE AND WOULD NOT STOP. *AK

THIS IS A CONTINUING PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR AND I HAVE TALKED WITH OTHER TOWN CAR OWNERS WHO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM..WHEN PURCHASED BRAKE WORK HAD TO BE DONE BECAUSE OF PULSATION THAT WAS AT 24,000 MILES, AGAIN 5/30/97 MACHINED FRONT AND REAR ROTORS, REPL REAR CALIPERS AND PADS,6/11/97 REPLACE FRONT ROTORS, LAST YEAR MORE BRAKE WORK, NOW THE BRAKES ARE SHUDDERING AGAIN. LOCAL FORD DEALER ADMITS PROBLEM; BUT FORD COMPANY SAYS NO PROBLEM EXISTS...CAR NOW HAS 41,000 MILES; HAVE HAD OTHER FORD PRODUCTS BRAKES LASTED 65,000 MILES NO PROBEM..ANY HELP WILL BE APPRECIATED..THANK YOU. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

POWER BOOSTER WAS REPLACED DURING WARRANTY PERIOD. WHEN LIGHTING MODULE WAS REPLACED. THE TECHNICIAN NOTED THAT THE MODULE WAS A REMANUFACTURED UNIT. FOMOCO CLAIMS THAT NO WARRANTY WORK WAS DONE ON THE VEHICLE. DIRECTIONAL AND FLAHER LIGHTS STILL FUNCTION INTERMITTENTLY.LOCAL DEALER CANNOT EXPLAIN CAUSE OF FAILURES. *AK

POWER BOOSTER WAS REPLACED DURING WARRANTY PERIOD. WHEN LIGHTING MODULE WAS REPLACED. THE TECHNICIAN NOTED THAT THE MODULE WAS A REMANUFACTURED UNIT. FOMOCO CLAIMS THAT NO WARRANTY WORK WAS DONE ON THE VEHICLE. DIRECTIONAL AND FLAHER LIGHTS STILL FUNCTION INTERMITTENTLY.LOCAL DEALER CANNOT EXPLAIN CAUSE OF FAILURES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING A WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND BRAKES STARTED TO SQUEAL. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE STRAIGHT TO DEALER, AND WAS TOLD IT NEEDED BRAKES ALTHOUGH RECENTLY VEHICLE HAD NEW BRAKES INSTALLED. *AK

EXPERIENCING BRAKE DIFFICULTIES RESULTED IN OVERHEATING OF BRAKE COMPONENTS, REPAIR MADE PRIOR HOWEVER RESULTING IN COMPLETE FAILURE OF BRAKE SYSTEM.

EXPERIENCING BRAKE DIFFICULTIES RESULTED IN OVERHEATING OF BRAKE COMPONENTS, REPAIR MADE PRIOR HOWEVER RESULTING IN COMPLETE FAILURE OF BRAKE SYSTEM.

NO REPAIR POSSIBLE. DEALER REPLACED MODULE @ COST OF $712.61

RECALL 98I0001000. BRAKE LINE WEAR; WHEN DRIVING THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON, AND THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. AFTER INSPECTION, BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING. ALSO, SPOTS AND RUST APPEARED WHERE THE CLAMPS WERE WORN OUT. DEALER STATES NO WARRANTY, AND VEHICLE DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE RECALL. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK REFERENCED IN RQ03-004

RECALL 98I0001000. BRAKE LINE WEAR; WHEN DRIVING THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON, AND THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. AFTER INSPECTION, BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING. ALSO, SPOTS AND RUST APPEARED WHERE THE CLAMPS WERE WORN OUT. DEALER STATES NO WARRANTY, AND VEHICLE DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE RECALL. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK REFERENCED IN RQ03-004

ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS; WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES UNDER WET ROAD CONDITIONS, THE ABS SYSTEM KICKS IN AND THE CAR SLIDES AN EXTRA 2-3 FEET BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED TWICE FOR BRAKE PROBLEMS. **AK

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT LOW RATES OF SPEED THEY BEGIN TO GRIND AND SQUEAK. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED VARIOUS PARTS OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM. *AK

BRAKE ROTORS FAILED SEVERAL TIMES, REPAIRS MADE HOWEVER VEHICLE STILL PULLS TO THE RIGHT.

VEHICLE WILL OCCASSIONALY NOT STOP AND THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON.

THE DEFECTIVE BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, A VIBRATION ON FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. REPLACED BRAKING SYSTEM 6 TIMES. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. *AK

BRAKES HAVE A HIGH-PITCH SQUEAL UPON STOPPING.

BRAKES MAKE LOUD SQUEALING NOISES.

ABS FAILED ON THE ROAD. YH

BRAKE PEDAL IS WEAK, HAS NOT ENOUGH PRESSURE. *AK

ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED 4 TIMES.

WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES AT LOW SPEEDS THE BRAKES DO NOT LOCK, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED TWICE. *DH

BRAKES GRAB.

ROTORS REPLACED.

ABS BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED.

ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED TWICE. *SD

BRAKES FAILED THREE TIMES. *DSH

TRANSMISSION FAILURE.

TRANSMISSION FAILURE.

ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE. *SD

INSUFFICIENT ROOM BETWEEN BRAKE PEDAL AND UNDERDASH PANEL. *DSH

EXCESSIVE BRAKE DUST ON FRONT WHEEL EVEN WHEN DRIVING 20 MILES. TT