1995 Lincoln Continental Electrical system Problems

“I bought the car on 08/28/2010 and only drove it that day. Since it was a saturday and they closed early, I had to wait until monday to contact them. On monday, a rep from the dealership told me that they sold the car to me from someone who didn't have a dealership or title for the car and he was using their dealership to sell and to retrieve the title once the sell was final. The car was ok when I left the dealership, but after a couple hours it died on me while I was driving almost causing a accident. On the dash it keep saying, check charging system . …”

“The contact owns a 1995 Lincoln Continental. The contact was told that recall #96v009000 did not apply to this vehicle since the vehicle was more than 10 years old. The contact stated the failures as mentioned in the recall. The contact owned the vehicle in 1998 when the recall notice was issued and has experienced the failure since 1995. The contact reported the failure to the local mercury dealer at that time, and the recall was not honored. The contact requested that the recall be honored due to the safety recall notice. The consumer stated the dash gives off a poor illumination. …”

“Consumer states that there is an a electrical connector to ride control mechanism, that is exposed to weather conditions. Ice or snow can get into the mechanisum and disable it,making vehicle difficult to drive or control. Nlm”

“Right after turning the vehicle off a fire started under the hood area. Vehicle was totalled in the fire. The fire was put out by the fire department. Fire seemed to have started in the fuel recovery system. Please provide any further information.”