Cruise Control Problems of Lincoln Continental

Spontaneous fire in engine compartment. Vehicle last driven about 12 hours before, and had been off since that time. During a downpour, and while parked in the driveway, the vehicle ignited shortly after 6am - 02/06/10. Events and remaining evidence closely match those described in the cruise control switch fires for other Ford models (including same model-year town cars).

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2001 Lincoln Continental / 115,000 miles while driving on the 10 fwy in July 2008, and without activating cruise control, or pressing sharply on the gas pedal, my car began to suddenly accelerate at top speed. The engine roared with a loud sound and immediately went into full operating power. The sound of the engine at full throttle was unmistakable and as I looked at the dash board gauges, I saw my speedometer needle quickly reach 90 mph and kept moving higher. Realizing I was in danger, I applied the brake to slow the vehicle, but the brake pedal was not slowing my car down in the normal fashion. It only depressed about â¼ - â½ of the normal range. Confused, I quickly glanced down at my feet to check for an object or floor mat that would cause my gas pedal to be stuck or lodged. There were no objects to be found. With my car continuing at a speed of at least 90 mph, and my left foot on the brake, I then felt the gas pedal beneath my right foot move away and down toward the floor board on its own. I lifted the gas pedal with my foot in an attempt to reverse the acceleration, but it didn't work. Realizing I had no control of my car, I repeatedly pressed my brake pedal, but this only slowed the car from 90 mph to 70 mph; it was not bringing my car to a complete stop. With many cars surrounding me, a crash became imminent ? so I moved 2 lanes over into the shoulder of the road. I was traveling at approx 60mph at this point & kept braking to try to regain control of my vehicle. The brakes were not stopping my vehicle so I put the car in neutral, which slowed the vehicle to approx 40 mph. Still moving forward, with both feet on my brake pedal pushing as hard as I could, I had no choice but to engage the e-brake as a last option. This slowed my car to about 15 mph, after which I put the car in park. The car came to a complete stop. I removed the key from the ignition.

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While pulling into garage and when coming to a stop vehicle would accelerate with no prior warning. Contacted dealer, and dealer stated vehicle was not registering codes. Dealer replaced the throttle valve assembly and the gasket air byp, consumer states the failure would happen while driving short distances with the ac on.

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While driving used cruise control while proceeding down hill, and vehicle accelerated faster than set speed. Dealer has been notified; however, has not found a remedy for consumer's concern. On a 6 percent grade vehicle will increase speed 10 mph in the cruise mode in less than a mile.

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My 2001 Lincoln Continental was purchased new, March of 2001. Several months later I passed through a warning radar detector on the interstate with my cruise control set at 60 mph. The radar said I was traveling at 54 mph. I turned around and repeated the pass-through with the same results. I took the car to my dealers service department and they wrote up the speedometer problem. After 2 different service visits, and checking the speed of Lincoln town cars, and Lincoln LS (town cars, and LS less than 1 mph off true speed according to handheld gps) , the service manager informed me that all Continentals have defective speedometers and my cars problem is normal. I complained at least 4 more times and was told all Continentals have the same problem. I tested a 2002 Continental and it had a 2 mph error. At my request he questioned Ford engineers in michigan and was told 10% plus or minus is an acceptable speedometer error. I asked for it in writing and Ford responded that it is not in writing, and it was against the companys policy to give it to me in writing. I inquired with other car companies and speedometer calibration companies and found that there should be no more that a 1 mph plus or minus difference. I requested to present my case to the Ford dispute settlement board. I did so April 4th, 2002. the board concluded that the vehicle is operating according to specifications in regards to the speedometer concern. The board based this decision on me test driving a like vehicle and the results were the same. An my request for repair or vehicle refund was denied.  well they were not the same, my vehicle has a 6 mph error. The Continental that I tested had a 2 mph error. A 200% difference. According to Fords dispute settlement boards reasoning, if Ford sold a model with a defective part in all of the units produced, the defect would be acceptable because the vehicle is operating according to specifications.

When using cruise control and driving down hill vehicle will not maintain speed, vehicle will increase speed depending on down grade, 20 mph not uncommon, dealer told consumer Lincoln had changed design on cruise control in 1998, all Lincoln vehicles have this "feature".

Vehicle does not have cruise control. Visual indicator was omitted at the time of manufacturing. The consumer cannot tell if cruise control has been activated. All of the 97 Continentals do not come with an indictator, but earlier and later models do so.

The cruise control did not control the maximum speed when going down hill. The cruise control was set at 65 but the vehicle was traveling 80 mph. The consumer took the vehicle to the dealer who informed him that the vehicle was designed this way.

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The cruise control was set at 65 mph, however as he was going down a hill he noticed the vehicle was traveling at 80 mph. The dealer informed consumer that was the way the cruise control worked. Ph.