2007 Lincoln Town Car Speed Control & Cruise Problems

The contact owns a 2007 Lincoln Town Car. The contact stated that while driving approximately 40 MPH, the driver pressed the accelerator pedal the vehicle experienced unintended acceleration, causing the vehicle's speed to suddenly increase above 65 MPH. The driver shifted the transmission to the neutral position, but the vehicle continued to increase speed. The driver then pressed the brake pedal, causing the vehicle to spin multiple times before crashing into a ditch. During the incident, no injuries were reported. A police report was taken at the scene, and the vehicle was towed away. The cause of the failure was not determined. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and referred the contact to the NHTS Hotline. The local dealer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 140,000.

Unintended/Unexpected acceleration, even while brake pedal is pressed. Happens intermittently. Most scary time for me happened in Publix parking lot at crosswalk for pedestrians. I thought I was going to hit the pedestrians. There are two drivers for this car and has happened to both of us. Just now, [XXX] around [XXX] it happened again when the other driver was driving out of Subway parking lot near St. Johns river into right lane of 3 lanes of traffic near an intersection with a car tuning left right in front of us. Very scary and glad no collision. No, to dealer or independent service dealer question. No, to the manufacturer, police, insurance representatives or others question No, to the warning lamps, messages, or other symptoms of the problem question INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

When applying the brake to slow down on an exit ramp, the car unexpectedly accelerated despite the brake pedal being pressed hard. The driver was able to avoid a collision with a stopped vehicle in front by shifting the gear into neutral. The engine revved up for a couple a seconds, but returned to a normal rate of revolution with the gear still in neutral and the car practically stopped.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. WHEN THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD, ACCELERATED, AND ALMOST CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DIFFEE FORD LINCOLN (1681 I-40, EL RENO, OK), BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL AT LOW SPEEDS TO COME TO A STOP, THE VEHICLE INADVERTENTLY ACCELERATED. IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT HAD TO SHIFT FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL. THE CONTACT WAS UNAWARE IF ANY WARNING INDICATORS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC OR DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AS THE CONTACT WAS WAITING TO HEAR FROM A SUPERVISOR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE PREVIOUSLY OWNED A 2005 LINCOLN TOWN CAR THAT HAD THE SAME FAILURE, BUT WAS ALSO NOT DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT RESEARCHED THE FAILURE ONLINE AND DID NOT FIND ANY RECALLS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 108,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. THE CONTACT STATED AFTER SHIFTING THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED AN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION WHICH RESULTED IN A CRASH THROUGH THE PASSENGER'S GARAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP EVEN WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. 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 REPORTED THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

CAR ENGAGES IN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION AT IDLE. INTERMITTENT. APPROXIMATELY EVERY FOUR DAYS. NO IDENTIFIABLE CAUSATION. (FOOT WAS NOT ON THE ACCELERATOR AT TIME OF INCIDENT.) *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE FLOOR MAT ONLY HAD ONE HOOK THAT KEPT THE FLOOR MAT SECURED TO THE CARPET. THE FLUORINATED WOULD FREQUENTLY BECOME CAUGHT UNDER THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, WHICH THE CONTACT HAD TO CONTINUE TO RELEASE THE FLUORINATED WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED WHO STATED THE VEHICLE COULD BE REPAIRED BUT AT THE CONTACTS EXPENSE. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,270.

TL* 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 3/28/14*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

TL*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.

2007 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. CONSUMER STATES UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. *TGW 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.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 TO 45 MPH DOWN A RAMP, HE ENGAGED THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED. HE CONTINUED TO ENGAGE THE BRAKES USING BOTH FEET TO AVOID A POTENTIAL CRASH. HE WAS ABLE TO BRING SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN AND DRIVE ONTO AN EMERGENCY LANE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES REGARDING THE FAILURE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND REFERRED HIM BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE A MONITOR EQUIPPED WITH A KILL SWITCH WAS INSTALLED ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE DID NOT PERSIST AND THE MONITOR WAS REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 46,500.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ABNORMALLY AT RANDOM INTERVALS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY DRIVER ERROR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

TL*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 *CN UPDATED 06/01/10

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LINCOLN TOWN CAR SIGNATURE. ON THREE TO FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE MADE A STRANGE NOISE, BUCKED FORWARD, AND THEN ACCELERATED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT WHEN THE COILS MISFIRE, THE VEHICLE FEELS AS IF IT WILL ACCELERATE. HOWEVER, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DID ACCELERATE AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE COILS. THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER. THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY FAILURES WITH THE VEHICLE. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE FAILURE OCCURRED TWICE IN THE SAME DAY. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THEY INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND NO FAILURES. SHE WAS INFORMED BY A REPRESENTATIVE TO BRING THE VEHICLE BACK TO THEM WHILE THE FAILURE WAS OCCURRING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT TWO OTHER 2007 LINCOLN CONTINENTALS SHE OWNED HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURES. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 23,978 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 22,000.

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. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GAS PEDAL AND BRAKES WERE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER. THE CONTACT OBSERVED THAT THEY WERE TOO CLOSE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED; HOWEVER, HE DIDN'T NOTIFY THE DEALER OR THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000.

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. *TR

LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, COULD NOT REGAIN CONTROL DUE TO ACTION OF CRUISE CONTROL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WHILE HE WAS DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. HE WAS FORCED TO DEPRESS THE PEDAL AS HARD AS POSSIBLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE STOPPING DISTANCE EQUALED THE LENGTH OF TWO VEHICLES. ONE WEEK LATER, WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE, THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD AGAIN. THE CONTACT HAD TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL AS HARD AS POSSIBLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CONTACT MUST HAVE HAD HIS FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE CONTACT WILL TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER NEXT WEEK. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 7,900 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,800. UPDATED 01/11/08. *LJ UPDATED *JB