general problems of the 1998 Lincoln Navigator

Tl-the contact owns a 1998 Lincoln Navigator. The contact stated that the gear shift failed to go into the park position. In addition, the contact stated that the ignition key failed to disengage from the ignition. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 187,000. Ss.

Car was parked in the driveway. Had not been running or started in over a week. Spontaneously caught fire and burned up. Vehicle is totaled and our garage and front fascia received fire and water damage.

Spark plug blew out at 45 mph w/o warning. Took to dealership and got back next day. 2 days later, engine light on, was told by same dealership that I had faulty vacuum hoses. More money spent. Now abs light is on after changing all front end brake components. Also dash lights stay on even with all other lights are off.

: the contact stated the check engine light illuminated, the vehicle trembled and gears would not change when the speed reached 40 mph. There was also an electrical burning smell that accompanied the shaking. Once the vehicle reached 75 mph, the shaking stopped. However, when the speed was lowered, the shaking began again. The vehicle was taken to a private repair shop, where they were unable to duplicate the problem. The contact also stated that both rear doors will not open correctly. Although the child locks have been deactivated, the doors still will not open from the inside of the vehicle. The doors were not inspected by a mechanic.

Woke at 4:00am to the smoke and fire of our vehicle fully engulfed in flames from the engine compartment. The vehicle was located in our driveway. It was parked at about 9:50am the day before. . Roughly about 18 hours before it caught on fire. My wife and mother in law got our three kids out into the back yard. Two of the kids were within 20-25 ft. Of the fire when they were sleeping. I went out to the garage and tried extinguishing the fire with a fire extinguisher, but was unable to do any good. I then hooked up the water hose and began using the hose on both the car and the side of our house with most of my efforts on keeping the house wet since the vehicle was only about 8ft from the house. I got hit in the leg and chest with material that flew when one of the tires blew out. Later, the other front tire and windshield blew. The vehicle was totally destroyed, mostly from the front. The siding on the house was buckled from the heat, and the garage doors and concrete bib around the driveway needed to be pressure cleaned to remove all the smoke residue. Our insurance company took the truck on a flatbed and declared it a full loss. The fire department told me that had I not stuck it out and risked my life keeping water on both the house and the vehicle that the house would have definitely caught on fire, although I was told that I shouldn't have taken the chance.

While driving at approximately 35 mph engine blew out a spark plug from the number 1 cylinder. Owner later contacted the dealer, and was informed that this will happen. The spark plug could not be rethreaded. The cylinder head will need replacing, and it will cost $3500. 00.

I started vehicle and drove approximately 1 mile or so and vehicle completely lost power. I came to a complete stop notice smoke from under hood. I investigated smoke and noticed the fire and immediately had friends evacuate following phone call to fire department. I have done nothing to fix problem at this point except for contacting insurance company.

Ford engines. Cylinder head defect on Ford and Lincoln trucks causing spark plugs to blow out, stripping the threads.

Vehicle check engine light comes on, had it checked at dealer nothing found. Vehicle has a rough idle, stalls at idle and when coming to a stop.

Spark plugs!! I have a 98 Lincoln Navigator, I just had a 60,000 mile service completed on it 3,000 miles ago. The truck was sputtering and stalling out in traffic, the Lincoln dealership assured me it was a hose egr/pcv, I can't really recall which. They replaced the hose along with the service. I deploy to korea in Sep 02', and I get a call from my wife the truck is doing the same thing. So she takes it to a different Lincoln dealership, they inform her that a spark plug is rusted and frozen in the head assy. They also inform her that the upper half is broken off, and the lower half is still in the head. I call to ask is this something that should have been caught on one the regular services, and he said "maybe". That is all he would say , he said he could not comment on what another dealership should have done. So I'm getting nowhere, but out of $14-$1,500. My complaint is that how is something like this suppose to caught if no one ever checks under the spark plug covers even for condition and security. I had this truck checked before I left so I would feel good that my wife and kids wre in a reliabl/safe vehicle, when in fact that truck could of stalled out when she was passing or even caught on fire or something. That is my complaint.