Front Suspension Upper Ball Joint Problems of Lincoln Town Car

1998 Lincoln Town Car made a grinding sound underneath. Consumer stated that the vehicle had to be towed to a dealer. He stated that he saw a front ball joint dragging on the ground. The consumer stated the ball joints did not have any grease fittings. The consumer had all of the ball joints replaced. The consumer discovered a recall regarding the ball joints. However, no one informed him there was a problem.

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The contact owns a 1997 Lincoln Town Car. While driving 30 mph, the lower ball joint failed. The contact spoke in detail regarding the control arm. The vehicle was towed to his private mechanic and it was determined that the control arm was the cause of failure. The purchase date was unknown. The current and failure mileages were 153,000. The upper ball joints, lower control arm bushings and right lower control arm were all replaced. The mechanic also noted the rear main seal and transmission front pump seal was starting to leak. Update 09/11/07.

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: the contact stated a squeeking sound was heard coming from the front right wheel. The contact treated the wheel with wd-40 and the sound went away. Also, while driving 10 mph in a parking lot, the right front wheel fell off. The vehicle was towed to a service dealer, who determined that the upper and lower ball joints had failed and were replaced as well as steering gear. The manufacturer was not alerted. Updated 12/18/06.

Contact stated the front driver's side wheel fell off on 8-5-05. It sounded like a flat tire and the front end was dragging. The tires were a few years old. He called Ford and asked about a recall and they told him no there had not been any recalls. It was determined that the upper and lower ball joints had failed.

Ball joints corroded, resulting in abnormal wear. Because of the defect described in the steering linkage:arm:pitman recall 96v135000, but this vehicle was not covered due to VIN. The ballm joints were replaced by the dealership.

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While driving, a loud noise was heard from the front of the vehicle. The driver noticed that the noise level has increased enormously louder upon acceleration. The mechanic informed the driver that both driver, and passenger side upper and lower ball joints needed to be replaced due to corrosion. The failure caused the front end of the vehicle collapsed to the ground. The manufacturer refused to honor recall 98v322000.

While pulling inside of a parking lot passenger side wheel collapsed . Consumer was unable to move the vehicle. Had the vehicle towed to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic determined that the both upper and lower ball joints needed to be replaced.

While backing out of the driveway at 2 mph, the front driver's side tie rod snapped. The left front tie rod fell to the ground. The tie had rusted and pitted. Both tie rods were replaced and the upper joint was found bad.

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While driving 25 mph, the front driver's side wheel fell off. The driver was able to pull to the side of the road and call a towing truck to have the vehicle towed to a dealership. The consumer replaced the upper and lower ball joints.

The tie rod failed again after two previous replacements. Also, the ball joints were replaced twice. While going over a speed bump, one could hear the tie rod touching the ground.