Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 2005 Lincoln Town Car

The car was being driven in a parking lot at 5-10 miles/hour. It rapidly accelerated and was stopped only after both feet on brake and emergency brake used. The skid marks are 32' long. There were many witnesses because it was in a church parking lot at the end of Sunday service.

After starting the car while parked, I stepped on the brake and put the car in drive, as soon as I put the car in drive the engine accelerated without me putting my foot on the gas pedal and I had to stand on the brake, the car jumped forward, I jammed the car into neutral and the engine still continued to accelerate to a high rpm, I had to shut the engine off to get it to stop accelerating. I had several children in the car and we almost hit the car parked in front of us. This is the fourth time in 4 months that this has happened. I took the car to the Ford dealership to be diagnosed the last time this happened, they found nothing! I pointed out the class action lawsuit for unintended acceleration problems for fords between the years 2002 and 2010 but they denied knowing anything about this problem and told me they would have to duplicate this problem before they would do anything about it. Obviously they could not duplicate this and I am now left with a dangerous car and Ford denies this is a problem.

The contact owns a 2005 Lincoln Town Car. The contact stated that while pressing the brake pedal, the vehicle erroneously accelerated and crashed into the rear of a second vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who was unable to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 83,000.

Tl - the contact owns a 2005 Lincoln Town Car. The contact stated that while driving 20 mph, the vehicle suddenly accelerated without any warning. The contact engaged the brakes but the vehicle did not respond and failed to stop. In addition, the contact stated that he had to merge to the side of the road and turn off the ignition in order to stop the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to the dealer who was unable to duplicate failure. The manufacture was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 64,000 and the current mileage was 65,500. Kmj.

The contact owns a 2005 Lincoln Town Car. The contact stated while approaching a red light the vehicle suddenly accelerated. The contact mentioned that she engaged the brake pedal but the vehicle lunged forward and the tires were squealing. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred her to the NHTSA hotline. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 25,500. The current mileage was 25,800.

The contact owns a 2005 Lincoln towncar. The contact stated that while driving 5 mph, she applied the brakes and the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning. The failure occurred four times since 2007. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where they were unable to duplicate the failure after two attempts. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 31,849 and the current mileage was 42,000.

The contact owns a 2005 Lincoln Town Car. The contact stated the vehicle has rapid acceleration. The vehicle was at dealer for service one day, and dealer stated they corrected the vehicle. However, the next day it happened again. This problem occurred twice. The dealership stated that they fixed something with the hydraulic brakes. The contact filed a previously complaint odi 10125465 about this vehicle. The contact has been having this problem with his vehicle since July 14, 2005. The car will accelerate 65-70 mph, the car will continue to accelerate even if he puts the car in neutral.