1992 LINCOLN TOWN CAR Electrical Systemignition Problems

PARKED CAR. ATTEMPTED TO START CAR AND THE DASH BOARD LIGHTS LIT AS NORMAL, BUT THE STARTER DID NOT START. AFTER MANY ATTEMPTS CAR MOTOR TURNED OVER BUT BECAUSE I LET OFF STARTING TOO SOON CAR DID NOT START AND PROBLEM RESUMED. BATTERY GOOD. STARTER GOOD. FUSES GOOD. IGNITION SWITCH GOOD. THIS IS THE SECOND 1992 TOWN CAR IN WHICH THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED. BOTH CARS HAVE OVER 100,000 MILES. *NM

DRIVING 40MPH WHEN VEHICLE STALLED OUT WITHOUT ANY WARNING. TOWED TO DEALER & NOTHING WAS FOUND BY MECHANIC. VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED BY MECHANIC. STALLED A SECOND TIME & WAS ABLE TO RESTART AFTER 30 MINUTES. THIS WOULD HAPPENED AT LEAST 3-4 TIMES SINCE AT THE DEALER. STALLING PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. HAD REPAIRS DONE ON VEHICLE & HAS NOT STALLED SINCE THEN.*AK.*ET

SOMETIMES WHEN STARTING CAR WILL NOT START, CONSUMER SAYS IT'S NOT THE STARTER. BUT, FEELS THAT IT MAY BE AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. CONSUMER HAD TO BE TOWED ON ONE OCASION BECAUSE CAR WOULD NOT START. *AK

CAR WAS PARKED UNATTENDED AND CAUGHT FIRE; STEERING WHEEL HAD BEEN REPLACED BY AUTHORIZED SERVICE CENTER AND I DON'T BELIEVE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH WAS INSTALLED BACK IN THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE CRUISE CONTROL NEVER WORKED AFTER THEY REPLACED THE STEERING WHEEL. I NEED INFORMATION ON POSSIBLE CONCEALMENT OF THE DEFECT BY FORD IN REGARDS TO THE IGNITION SWITCH OR ANY OTHER DEFECT. A NEIGHBOR'S 1995 TOWN CAR ALSO CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PARKED REFERENCED IN EA02-025

1992 LINCOLN TOWNCAR IGNITED WHILE PARKED INSIDE GARAGE. FIRE SO INTENSE THAT IT DESTROYED VEHICLE, HOME AND ALL CONTENTS. ALSO, THREE RESIDENTS OF THE HOME HAVE SUSTAINED INJURIES. *AK REFERENCED IN EA02-025

ON 18 AUGUST. 1997, CONSUMER PARKED VEHICLE ON PARKING LOT EN ROUTE TO AIRPORT. ON 21 AUGUST 1997, WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED THAT VEHICLE BURNED. ; HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, AND INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION OF THE FIRE. SHOWED THAT THE FIRE WAS DUE TO SHORT CIRCUIT IN IGNITION WIRING. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK REFERENCED IN EA02-025

STEERING WHEEL SHAFT IGNITION LOCK, DOES NOT RETURN TO NEUTURAL POSITION AFTER THE START OPERATION, THUS CAUSING JUMPING OR ARCING ELECTRICITY AND A MISFIRING OF THE ENGINE. THE KEY MUST BE ROTATED BAC TO THE DRIVE POSITION IN ORDER TO STOP PREIGNITION. A FIX WAS TRIED BY INSTALLING A NEW LOCK, BUT THAT FAILED AS THE RETURN SPRING IS NOT PART OF THE LOCK MECHANISM.

ELECTRICAL: DROVE CAR 8 HOURS FROM ATLANTA, PARKED CAR IN GARAGE. TWO HOURS LATER, SMELLED SMOKE, AND THE CAR WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES AND GARAGE WAS ON FIRE. CAR WAS TOTALED. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. *AK REFERENCED IN EA02-025

WHEN CAR IS OFF THERE IS NOISE IN THE ELECTRICAL IGNITION AND CAR WOULD BE OFF . PLEASE DESCRIBE .*AK

INTERMITTENT STALLING. *AK