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Vehicle Speed Control
07/17/2003
1995 LINCOLN TOWN CAR WITH RECALL ON SPEED CONTROL SWITCH. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE UNDER THE HOOD IN 2003 WHICH KILLED HIS FATHER. FORD SENT HIS DECEASED FATHER A RECALL IN 2007 FOR THIS ISSUE. *KB
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Service Brakes, Hydraulic, vehicle Speed Control
06/26/2008
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. THE CONTACT'S MOTHER ATTEMPTED TO PLACE THE VEHICLE INTO REVERSE AND HEARD A POPPING NOISE. THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED BACKWARDS, ALTHOUGH HER FOOT WAS DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE EVENTUALLY STOPPED AFTER CRASHING INTO A GUARDRAIL AND THREE PEOPLE. THE POLICE IMPOUNDED AND INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, BUT FOUND NO FAILURE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. A STATE FARM REPRESENTATIVE INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND GAVE THE CONTACT'S MOTHER A TICKET FOR CARELESS DRIVING. HER MOTHER CONTINUED TO STRESS THAT HER FOOT WAS DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL THE ENTIRE TIME. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 127,000.
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Engine And Engine Cooling
01/01/1901
1995 LINCOLN TOWN CAR KEEPS HEATING UP. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE CAR IS HEATING UP VERY BADLY. HE STATES THAT THE DEALER CAN'T GET HIM IN UNTIL NEXT THURSDAY. HE SAYS HE IS SCARED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. *KB
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Engine And Engine Cooling
01/04/2008
TL*THE CONTACT OWNED A 1995 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. AFTER THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN DRIVEN FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES AND THEN PARKED, IT CAUGHT FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 107,000.
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Vehicle Speed Control
08/15/2007
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A FORD RECALL FOR THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL IN AUGUST OF 2007. IN MARCH OF 2008, SHE RECEIVED ANOTHER LETTER STATING THAT THE PART WOULD BE UNAVAILABLE FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF MONTHS. THERE HAD BEEN NO FAILURE TO DATE. THE PURCHASE DATE AND RECALL NUMBER WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 150,000.
