Wheel Problems of Lincoln Mark Viii

I've had this gem since 2010, bought with 30,000 miles. . . Now has 104,000 miles. It was great until 2014. Where do I start? (1) no heat- broken blender door actuator. . . Manually set it to the warm setting for the winter behind glove box. (2) driver's door handle snapped last year(replaced for $100). . . And now this year the passenger side snapped. (3) doors are constantly "ajar", alternating from one side to the other. (4) ball joint is starting to wear badly, (5) driver's seat won't recline, (6) steering wheel won't move forward/backward anymore, (7) suspension is starting to go. . . Front end lowers to ground after shutting down engine. I'm sure there's more that I can't think of.

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The wheels developed stress cracks within five months of my owning the vehicle. The dealer and a Ford representative each "looked" at the wheels without removing them from the vehicle and informed me that the stress craking was caused by an "over torquing" of the lug nuts. I have only had the car six months and I have never had the front wheels removed. I do not believe the cracks are a result of "over-torquing" and I am seeking any additional failure information of my description. I also believe the stress crack will continue to worsen and eventually fail.

The factory 20-spoke chrome directional wheels have been losing air since I bought the car in 1999 with 42,500 miles. I thought it was the tires but when I took it to koons Lincoln Mercury in owings mills, maryland when it was still under warranty, they claimed that they could not find any leaks. However, once I replaced the tires and still continued to lose air, I went to several tire shops of the franchise from which I purchased my tires to see if they could fix the leaks. Every shop informed me that the factory chrome is prematurely flaking off around the tire "bead" area which creates small gaps between the wheel surface and tire allowing anywhere from a slow leak up to a 10-pound-per-day pressure loss. By then, my Lincoln warranty had expired. Tire shops can only temporarily retard the leak with a type of sealant but that eventually gives way to more gaps. The only way consumers can remedy the problem is to go out and spend over two thousand dollars for a set of four more wheels that will soon develop the same problem anyway. This is dangerous as improperly inflated tires can lead to loss of control and collision with other motorists, objects, bikers, pedestrians, etc. Ford should be obligated to recall these substandard aluminum wheels and either provide improved replacements or resurface the wheels with a higher quality chrome coating.

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All 4 wheels are cracking from the hub outward, failure is increasing gradually,but at a definate hazardous situation,I think the wheels should last for more than 4 years.

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Car has constant low grade wheel vibration, and runs like a cheap foreign import.