general problems of the 2008 Lincoln Town Car

The contact owns a 2008 Lincoln Town Car. While driving at any speed and depressing the brake pedal, the vehicle accelerated. The contact depressed the brake pedal a couple of times and regained control of the vehicle. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The failure recurred four times. The dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure was not diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 72,000.

Tl-the contact owns a 2008 Lincoln towncar. The contact stated that while attempting to stop, the brake pedal was depressed but the vehicle failed to respond and the vehicle would rev up. On another occasion, the brake pedal was depressed and the contact would have to use the emergency brake to stop the vehicle. The dealer was unable to diagnose the failure. However, the failure persisted. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The approximate failure mileage was 43,200. Ne.

2008 Lincoln Town Car, purchased on 5/18/10 at cortese Lincoln, rochester NY. 6/1/ began experiencing trouble stopping - intermittent 7/2/ trip from rochester, NY to vermilion, OH; traveling i90 west, could not stop the car when approaching the toll booth in buffalo, NY. Stopped at the last second inches away from the car ahead. Pushed the pedal to the floor and put the car in neutral. I pulled over and checked the brake fluid; it was fine. On route 2 west, stopped at mcdonalds. The same thing happened as just described. Arrived at vermilion at 4 p. M. , took the car to liberty Ford-Lincoln. They could not explain problem. Returned to rochester, NY on July 5, 2010 and used emergency flashers the entire way. Arrived safely home. On July 6, 2010, took the car to cortese Lincoln, rochester, NY for further evaluation. They could not find anything. I told them to contact the Ford Lincoln tech hotline department. They did. Recommendation: bleed brakes and test drive. Cortese technician: 9021 warren r halter. I am afraid to drive this car.