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2008 Lincoln TOWN CAR Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	788723
Internal NHTSA #	10329225
Manufacurer	FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Brand	LINCOLN
Model	TOWN CAR
Model Year	2008
File date	29/06/09
Component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	We had a sudden unintended acceleration of our car. We were traveling west on the new york state thruway (i-90) towards niagara falls. As we exited into a rest area, suddenly the engine raced as if the gas pedal were floored. The driver pressed on the brake very very hard, and the car almost stopped, moving forward slowly. The driver then shifted into neutral, and the engine slowedand we stopped--about 50 feet beyond where the sudden unintended acceleration started. We turned the engine off, and examined the floormat--it was not in a position to press the gas pedal. We checked under the hood, and did not find anything that seemed related to causing the sudden unintended acceleration. We later checked if the driver could press the gas and brake pedals at the same time, but on our car they are so far apart that this is not possible. We think it is possible that this occurrence was due to inadequate shielding, and inadequate programming, of the gas pedal computer which sends signals to the acceleration system. At the time of the incident, we had a gps, cell phones, and game machines in operation, and the rest area we were pulling into had wifi. Thus, the acceleration system computer was receiving many signals from "noise." if they came in a certain sequence, it would cause an sua, unless the car had adequate coding to prevent that occurrence. The fix for this would be to either hard wire the gas pedal, or to put adequate programming to prevent stray signals from being accepted. We would like to see one of these fixes implemented.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	4200
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	SYRACUSE, NY
VIN pattern	2LNHM82W48XXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	10
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2008 Lincoln TOWN CAR Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2008 Lincoln TOWN CAR Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects

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