1991 Lincoln Town CAR Vehicle speed control Problems

“Approaching a traffic light realized I had no accelerator pedal. Engine was running and I had brakes, I pulled the car off the road and it started to smoke, then flames. My wonderful Lincoln was totaled. There was no indication that there was any problem. No lights went on the car never stalled. The fire department said they felt the line was burning, and I lost the accelerator because it was already on fire and burned through. I checked the recalls for 1991 lincolns and there was a recall for fuel lines, but not for my VIN number. Therefore we never received a recall.”

“Vehicle experienced sudden acceleration, causing a three-car crash, at speeds exceeding 80-85 MPH. While attemping to shift to park, to shut off vehicle, it caught in reverse and continued to accelerate backwards, crashing into three more vehicles. Both airbag's experienced no deployment. Vehicle was totalled. Please provide any further information.”

“Consumer shifted vehicle into park from drive, when it suddenly acclerated to a high speed, consumer pressed the brake pedal, however vehicle would not stop, vehicle crashed into a bank, both the driver and passenger sustained injuries, the driver sustained facial injuries due to the deployment of the air bag.”

“While driving at 65 MPH the vehicle accelerated on its own. Consumer applied the brakes, and the vehicle kept accelerating. Consumer put the vehicle into neutural, and the vehicle kept going. Then put the vehicle into reverse and the vehicle slowed down and then came to a stop.”

“When stepping on brake to disengage the cruise control, driving (65) MPH, the vehicle slowed down, but the cruise control would not disengage. This system reengaged once the driver took foot off brake pedal. The switch on the steering wheel had to be used to disengage system.”