1992 LINCOLN TOWN CAR Engine And Engine Coolingenginegasoline Problems

WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE WOULD STALL. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

TLY AND FORD CAN'T SEEM TO FIND THE PROBLEM. WE HAVE CONTACTED LINCOLN AND THEY DO NOT SEEM TO CARE. THEY BASICALLY SAID IT IS OUR PROBLEM. IT HAS STALLED ON A STRAIGHT ROAD AS WELL AS IN TRAFFIC. IT IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AND NO ONE SEEMS TO CARE.*AK

ENGINE WOULD STALL IN SUMMER. NO MATTER WHERE CONSUMER WAS ENGINE WOULD STILL STALL. CONTACTED DEALER ,AND THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG.*AK ON VERY HOT DAYS, AFTER DRIVING FOR ABOUT AN HOUR, VEHICLE STALLS, IT WILL ONLY RESTART AFTER IT HAS COOLED DOWN, DEALER HAS REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP AND THE MAF SENSOR, VEHICLE STILL CONTINUES TO STALL, FOR 2 YEARS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS ILLUMINATED AND THE DEALER HAS DONE NOTHING TO CORRECT IT. *SLC

CAR STALLS ON HIGHWAY. DEALERS TRIES TO FIX BUT CANNOT LOCATE PROBLEM. SOUNDS LIKE SAME PROBLEM AS IN CALIFORNIA.

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ENGINE WILL COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE RESULTED IN FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF THE VEHICLE. NLM

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH SHUTTING OFF AT HIGHWAY SPEED EVERY 400 MILES. VARIOUS WORK WAS PERFORMED BY AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, BUT PROBLEM WAS REOCCURRING. DEALER CONTACTED, CANNOT FIND SOURCE OF PROBLEM. *AK *ML

AFTER PARKING VEHICLE IN DRIVEWAY, 15 MINUTES LATER, VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE DUE TO POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE. ALSO,THE DRIVEWAY AND THE HOUSE WERE DAMAGED DUE TO THE FIRE. FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT FIRE OUT. MAMUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK THE CONSUMER FOUND WHERE THERE WAS A RECALL (99V124) REGARDING THE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH, THE RECALL STATES THAT THE SWITCH COULD SHORT IN THE ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT AND RESULT IN A FIRE. *SLC REFERENCED IN RQ01-002

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, TRAVELLING AT 65MPH ALL OF SUDDEN & WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE SHUT OFF. HAD TO WAIT FOR FIVE TO TEN MINUTES IN ORDER FOR VEHICLE TO START BACK UP. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

DUE TO A DEFECTIVE TEMPERATURE SENSOR VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT WARNING WHICH ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

ENGINE EXPLODED AND RESULTED IN FIRE. *MJS

WHEN THE TEMPERATURE IS 98 DEGREES OR ABOVE AND WHILE TRAVELING 100 MILES OR MORE, VEHICLE DOES NOT TAKE GAS. IT STALLS, AND WILL NOT RUN UNTIL IT COOLS OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS CHECKED BY A DEALERSHIP. DEALER COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHILE PARKED. DEALER HAD VEHICLE A COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE FIRE. *AK REFERENCED IN EA02-025

CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE FRONT RIGHT PASSENGER'S SIDE. VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED WHEN VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AROUND THE FIREWALL AREA. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITHOUT ENGINE RUNNING VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. FIRE WAS VERY HOT AND SEEMED TO FEED ON BRAKE FLUID. MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER HAD EXPLODED AND WAS BLOWN 20 FEET AWAY. THE BATTERY AND ELECTRICAL WIRING WERE CONSUMED INCLUDING INSULATION. PLASTIC AIR DUCTS AND ALUMINUM FAN BLADES WERE BURNED. *AK REFERENCED IN EA02-025

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE SPEED AND STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT. THEN THE VEHICLE JUST COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

DURING HOT WEATHER VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY. CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE REASON WHY THIS IS HAPPENING. *AK

VEHICLE FIRE DUE TO POSSIBLE MECHANICAL OR ELECTRICAL FAILURE WITHIN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT RESULTING IN DESTRUCTION OF VEHICLE AND HOME OF CONSUMER. MJS

POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE RESULTING IN VEHICLE FIRE. MJS

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR AN HOUR A FIRE STARTED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. OWNERS SON SMELLED SMOKE, OWNER SAW FIRE COMING FROM AROUND DRIVERS SIDE FRONT WHEEL. *AK REFERENCED IN EA02-025

WHILE PARKED FOR AN HOUR FIRE STARTED ON LEFT SIDE OF ENGINE, OWNER SAW FIRE COMING FROM AROUND THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT WHEEL. *AK REFERENCED IN EA02-025

POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE RESULTED IN FIRE.

APPROX. 30 MINUTES AFTER BEING PARKED, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHICH ORIGINATED IN THE ENGINE. REFERENCED IN EA02-025

VEHICLE FIRE DUE TO POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE.

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN PARKED AND THE ENGINE OFF A FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AREA ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK REFERENCED IN EA02-025

POSSIBLE ENGINE FIRE.

VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR ABOUT 30-45 MIN NOTICED THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH HOOD MOSTLY ON THE LEFT DRIVER SIDE ,FIRE DEPARTMENT CANNOT DETERMINE WHERE FIRE BEGAN. *AK REFERENCED IN EA02-025

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF, HAPPEN SEVERAL DIFFERENT TIMES, REPLACE BATTERY, CRAMSHAFT AND OTHER THING TRIED.

ENGINE FIRE.

WHILE PARKED THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE LOCAL FIRE INSPECTOR STATED THAT THE FIRE STARTED ON THE DRIVER SIDE NEAR THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WHERE THE AIR SUSPENSION COMPRESSOR IS LOCATED, THE COMPRESSOR WAS REPLACED, HOWEVER CONSUMER CONTINUED TO GET CHECK AIR SUSPENSION WARNINGS ON THE DASHBOARD INDICATOR PANEL, CONSUMER FEELS THE COMPRESSOR IT ITS SUPPORTING RELAYS AND FUSIBLE LINKS COULD HAVE POSSIBLY CAUSED FIRE. *SLC REFERENCED IN EA02-025

CAR ENGINE 4.6 L V8 EXPLODED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. CAR WAS PARKED FOR OVER 3 HOURS AND WAS NOT RUNNING WHEN INCIDENT OCCURRED. REFERENCED IN EA02-025

VEHICLE WAS IN THE PARK AND OFF POSITION FOR OVER 24 HOURS WHEN THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE ON OR ABOUT THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL DRIVER'S SIDE, VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS YET TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. *AK REFERENCED IN EA02-025

PARKED CAR IN APARKING LOT AND SOME 15 MINUTES, THEREAFTER, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHICH ORIGINATED IN THE ENGINE. *AK REFERENCED IN EA02-025

ENGINE SHUTS DOWN WHEN CRUISING AT HIGHWAY SPEED 50-65 MPH WITH NO WARNING.

THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. SOURCE UNKNOWN BUT BELIEVED TO BE OIL RELATED.*AK

CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. KEY WAS NOT IN THE IGNITION. *AK

CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. KEY WAS NOT IN THE IGNITION. *AK REFERENCED IN EA02-025