general problems of the 2001 Lincoln Town Car

The contact owns a 2001 Lincoln Town Car. The contact stated while driving 35 mph, the passenger’s side curtain air bag inadvertently deployed without warning. While the contact was startled by the deployment of the air bag, there was no injury sustained. The vehicle was driven to the residence. The local dealer was contacted and confirmed that the vehicle was not under recall. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 50,930.

Passenger seat airbag deployed overnight. Car was turned off and parked in driveway, 50� from street.

I lost control of the car when it hit ice at 9:20a- 1/25/2013 on I-94 near chesterton, in, spun around and crashed twice (front/rear) into the left concrete barrier parallel to the roadway. None of the 4 air bags deployed. I (age 77) and my passenger (age 83) wore seat belts that saved us. Car front smashed; car rear less damaged. Sides are o. K. . Isp report id:201300021141. Neither of us sought medical treatment. My chest still hurts! air bags would have helped had they deployed. Lake shore Ford, chesterton, in (219)787-8600 said car was "totaled. " isp officer weems reported that I may receive a ticket for "too fast for conditions. " tc failed the only air bag test it ever had. Seat belts did not. No other cars were involved on busy I-94. We were lucky!.

: the contact stated while driving 70mph in smooth road conditions, the driver's side curtain air bag deployed with no prior warning. The contact recently filled the vehicle with gasoline 20 miles prior to the incident. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for inspection.

While driving about 20 - 30 mph vehicle hit a bump in the road, and the air bags depolyed inadvertantly.

Consumer received recall notice 00v-270 on the air bags, the consumer has not yet had recall repairs completed due to lack of parts.