Car Accelerates On Its Own Problems of Lincoln Town Car - part 1

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.

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3 sua - sudden unintended acceleration accidents. 1 in 2016 in town, 2nd on Feb. 9, 2018 on I-10 for an accident ahead, and 3 on Mar. 4, 2018 on a rural highway. All three were about 10 mph when slowing down for a stop. The car then went full acceleration and the brakes would not stop the car.

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The contact owns a 2001 Lincoln Town Car. The contact stated that while at a stop light, the vehicle spontaneously accelerated. The contact had to shut off the vehicle in order to stop. No warning indicators illuminated. The contact also stated that the failure occurred one other time and had to depress the brake pedal coming to a screeching stop. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed by a dealer or an independent mechanic. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 98,000.

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Tl- the contact owns a 2007 Lincoln Town Car. The contact stated after shifting the vehicle into drive the vehicle experienced unintended acceleration which resulted in a crash through the passenger's garage. The vehicle was not able to stop even while the brake pedal was depressed. The failure happened without warning. The contact was able to regain control of the vehicle after the vehicle was put into park and the key was removed. . The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic. A police report was filed. There was one injury that required medical attention. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 60,000. Kh.

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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.

The contact owns a 2008 Lincoln Town Car. The contact stated that while driving 65 mph, the vehicle suddenly accelerated. The contact shifted the vehicle into park to stop the acceleration. The vehicle did not stop and crashed through a barrier. The contact was not injured during the crash. The vehicle was destroyed. The contact did not call the manufacturer and the vehicle was not inspected to determine the cause of the failure. The failure mileage was 61,000. The VIN was not available.

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The contact owns a 2006 Lincoln Town Car. The contact stated that the vehicle suddenly accelerated while turning left, causing the contact to lose control of the vehicle. The vehicle then proceeded through traffic and crashed into another vehicle that was turning right but the contact¿s vehicle did not stop and proceeded to travel over a side walk. The contact was able to shift into neutral and shut the engine off to stop the vehicle from accelerating any further. The driver and passenger were both injured. A police report was not filed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The contact returned the vehicle to the manufacturer as a trade-in. The failure and current mileage was 71,000.

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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 was a passenger of a 2000 Lincoln Town Car. While driving approximately 5 mph, the vehicle suddenly accelerated. The driver applied the brakes but the vehicle would not stop and crashed into a tree. The driver of the vehicle sustained bruises. The front passenger sustained a concussion and the rear passenger sustained a broken jaw. The vehicle was towed to an auto shop where it was deemed as destroyed. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 60,000.

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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.

2007 Lincoln Town Car. Consumer states unintended acceleration the consumer stated the dealer kept the vehicle for a couple of days and stated there was nothing wrong with vehicle and it was probably due to driver error. The consumer stated the sudden acceleration happened for a second time on may 11, 2011. The consumer was able to turn the key off after slamming on the brakes had no effect of trying to stop the vehicle.

The contact owns a 2007 Lincoln Town Car. The contact attempted to decelerate but the vehicle erroneously accelerated and crashed the rear of another vehicle. There were no injuries and a police report was not filed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the failure could not be diagnosed. The manufacturer was not contacted about the failure. Updated 3/28/cn the consumer stated in each incident, the vehicle would accelerate faster, when the brake was applied. Even when the consumer put the vehicle in neutral, the vehicle continued to accelerate. Updated 04/24/14.

Within the past 8 months, I have had three (3) incidents: two of which occurred after stopping at a stop sign; when starting to accelerate, the car suddenly jumped into passing gear without warning! one of those incidents almost caused me to rear-end the car in front of me. The most recent occurrence happened as I was putting the car into my garage. Again, it rapidly accelerated, causing me to run into the back of my garage (resulting in major damage to my brick home)! after the second occurrence, I took the car to my dealer, where they told me there had been no recalls; at which time they checked it out and told me they had found nothing wrong.

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I own a 2006 Lincoln towncar. Recently, while attempting to come to a stop the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning. I was able to use the brakes in order to stop the vehicle. A week earlier my wife had the same thing occur . The vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealership at this time. The failure mileages was 43250.

The contact owns a 2008 Lincoln Town Car. The contact stated that when he depressed the brake pedal at a slow speed, the vehicle suddenly accelerated. The contact experienced the failure and rear ended another vehicle. There were no injuries and no police report was filed. The contact believed that the brake pedal and the accelerator pedal were too close which may have caused the failure. The contact also noticed the same failure with the 2004 Lincoln towncar he previously owned. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealership but the dealer stated that they could not find any problems. The contact called the manufacturer who assigned him a case number and stated that someone would contact him. The vehicle had not been repaired. The current mileage was approximately 8,300. The failure mileage was approximately 6,500. Updated 1/19/2010 the consumer was informed the problem could be corrected by using an aftermarket pedal. Updated 03/25/11.

The contact owns a 2007 Lincoln Town Car. The contact stated that while driving 5 mph ,the brakes were applied and the vehicle continued to accelerated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer regarding the sudden acceleration and the dealer could not duplicate the failure. The failure was being diagnosed by the dealer when the complaint was filed. The manufacturer was not notified. The contact stated the sudden acceleration could have caused a crash to occur. The failure mileage was 27,000.

The contact owns a 2009 Lincoln Town Car. While the contact was driving 45 mph the brake pedal was engaged, followed by an unintended acceleration and the speed increased to approximately 70 mph. The gear was shifted from drive to neutral and the vehicle was able to slow down. The vehicle had not been repaired at the time of the complaint. The failure mileage was 10,000. The current mileage was 10,500. Updated 06/08/10. Updated 07/12/jb.

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2007 Lincoln Town Car. Consumer states unintended acceleration. The consumer stated the incident happened when he attempted to ease the vehicle 30 feet from the driveway into the garage. When he put the gear into drive, the right rear tire screeched 5 feet which made it impossible to stop until the front of the vehicle was 6 feet into the utility room. The floor mat was fastened down and the vehicle doesn't have adjustable pedals. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, however they were unable to find a problem.

The contact owns a 2006 Lincoln towncar. While the contact was attempting to come to a stop the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning, the contact was able to use the brakes in order to stop the vehicle. There were no prior warnings. The vehicle had not been diagnosed by the dealership at the time of the complaint. The current and failure mileages were 42000. Updated 04/26/10. The consumer stated the sudden acceleration has happened at least four times. Updated 04/30/10.

The contact owns a 2003 Lincoln towncar. The contact stated that when depressing the brakes while driving at low speeds, the vehicle would suddenly accelerate. The vehicle would come to a stop after heavy pressure was applied to the brake pedal. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer, where they were unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer had not been notified. The failure mileage was approximately 80,000.

We had a sudden unintended acceleration of our car. We were traveling west on the new york state thruway (I-90) towards niagara falls. As we exited into a rest area, suddenly the engine raced as if the gas pedal were floored. The driver pressed on the brake very very hard, and the car almost stopped, moving forward slowly. The driver then shifted into neutral, and the engine slowedand we stopped--about 50 feet beyond where the sudden unintended acceleration started. We turned the engine off, and examined the floormat--it was not in a position to press the gas pedal. We checked under the hood, and did not find anything that seemed related to causing the sudden unintended acceleration. We later checked if the driver could press the gas and brake pedals at the same time, but on our car they are so far apart that this is not possible. We think it is possible that this occurrence was due to inadequate shielding, and inadequate programming, of the gas pedal computer which sends signals to the acceleration system. At the time of the incident, we had a gps, cell phones, and game machines in operation, and the rest area we were pulling into had wifi. Thus, the acceleration system computer was receiving many signals from "noise. " if they came in a certain sequence, it would cause an sua, unless the car had adequate coding to prevent that occurrence. The fix for this would be to either hard wire the gas pedal, or to put adequate programming to prevent stray signals from being accepted. We would like to see one of these fixes implemented.

The contact owns a 2007 Lincoln Town Car. While driving 2 mph in reverse, the contact applied the brakes and the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning crashing into a fence. The contact was injured and a police report was filed. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The contact stated that the vehicle accelerated on four different occassions when the brakes were applied . The approximate failure mileage was 42,000. The approximate current mileage was 52,000. Updated 5/3/10 updated 06/01/10.

On the ventura freeway in heavy traffic on Nov 6,2008. Driving at about 30 miles per hour, traffic made it necessary to stop. The car, as it has done before, had unintended acceleration. This was about the fifth or sixth time it has happened in one year of my owning the car. The other times it happened, I had brought it back to the dealer and they replaced transmission parts the first time but thereafter could not determine the problem in fact they had given me a type of computer to attach while I was driving so that if it did happen it would record some facts that would help them determine the cause. This computer stayed on for about two weeks a couple of months ago but it did not happen at that time. The week before Nov 6, 2008, the computer, was again put on my car. So now I was standing on the brake in the middle lane of heavy traffic with the car surging ahead with unintended acceleration. It happened again when I got off the freeway and the same unintended acceleration which could have caused terrible destruction of life and or property had to be constrained by me standing on the brake and pressing a button on the computer to register the effect. This Town Car is extraordinarily dangerous, I have had it back many times for the same problem, and I do believe it cannot be repaired and should not be driven, as to the pain and suffering it may very well be responsible for if it cannot be stopped.

Unintended acceleration. It happened about 6 times in 4000 miles. Transmission overhaul one time, next time dealer could not find any thing wrong,however it happened two days later and I will bring it back to dealer for the third time about the same problem. Whoever experiences this difficulty don't accept anyone telling you the accelerator was being pushed or the carpet was sticking. I have driven probably more than a million miles I know unintended acceleration. Period.

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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.

After hearing c. The recent sudden acceleration with Toyota vehicles, I am prompted to write you again regarding the sudden acceleration with my 2002 Lincoln towncar. While attempting to drive up my driveway, and park in my garage, traveling c. 5 mph, the car suddenly sounded as if were revving and lurched forward. The agent sent from my insurance company, recorded 35 feet of skid marks. Brakes did not work and my vehicle and I crashed into my den. I did report this incident to Ford and to you at the time. My cousin, in illinois, had the same make and year automobile, and had the incident occur three times. It is a frightening occurrence and one feels totally helpless. What can be done to eliminate this from our driving experience?.

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I was stopping at a stop sign, with my foot on the brake when the car suddenly accelerated to 2,500 rpms. I was able to stop the car with the brake and avoid hitting the car in front of me, but even after stopping the car it was still running at 2,500 rpms for another couple of seconds before then returning to idle at 500rpm. This happened two more times that day and it's very scary to say the least. Each time it happened I was braking the car (luckily) and was able to brake harder and stop the car. After stopping the car the engine was still racing for a few seconds.

2003 Lincoln Town Car with unexpected acceleration. Consumer states that she found a service bulletin with the same problem and she would like more information. ***** the consumer stated an accident occurred as a result of the unwanted acceleration.

I started the car and when I put it into reverse it suddenly accelerated and hit a number of objects including a small tree. I was finally able to turn the car off.

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.

After shifting the gear into drive the vehicle suddenly and unexpectedly accelerated forward. The consumer had to apply the brakes hard, shift the gear into neutral and turn off the ignition switch. The dealer was not notified at this time.

While idling the vehicle suddenly accelerated. The vehicle has had four cases of sudden acceleration. The vehicle was taken to the dealer after each occurrence but they indicated that nothing was wrong with the brakes. The consumer believes that the problem is not related to the brakes. One accident resulted on $7000. In damage.

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2004 Lincoln towncar has had four cases of sudden unintended acceleration. Have taken auto to dealer on first three occasions. They say brakes are ok. Sudden acceleration in my opinion is not related to brakes. I've already had one accident. Cost $7000.