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Willie
Willie
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Disconnect the + cable overnight and see if the battery is healthy the next day. It could be you just need a new battery.
Mike
This will also happen when I take my car thru a carwash.
After 10 or 15 minutes when it stops raining all of a sudden the ac is blowing cool air again.
This happens all the time when it rains. Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
nsarafia
Wondered if there are other ways to produce a better ride quality in the 2004? When I bought the
2004 assumed there was too much air in the tires but that and the dealer provided alignment have not corrected the problem. What other diagnostics can be done to find and correct this problem?
All suggestions and owner comments appreciated.
2) Look at wear pattern on tires. Even ?
3) Check shocks -- bounce on each corner, pumping up & down & release... Should be same all around, Usually no more than 1 1/2 up and down after release.
4) problem with power steering?
5) Try dropping tire pressure by 5 and recheck ride. Could be related to replacement tires.
6) any pulling to side with accelerating or breaking?
7) air suspension?
8) How many actual miles? Carfax history - wrecks?
Car Fax came back fine with no accidents reported and two previous owners, actual score was 92 which I am told is very good.
Was at the dealership today. In that my 2005 car was still there we took a ride in both cars and compared the ride. The 2005 is a bit more floaty but not jittery
as the 2004 Ultimate is. the tires were at 32 front and 35 back and I put them back to 35, front and back as I had them on the 05 model. The service department did a diagnostic check to see if there were any stored error codes and did a reset and suggested this might help in that the adaptive feature might
adapt to my driving habits. Also mentioned that the transmission fluid might
not have been changed at 30,000 miles (car now has 43,000 miles on it).
The tires are near new and look to be the same tire that was on the car when new, white wall Michelins. This might need another check. The shocks were previously checked when I first mentioned the ride quality and were said to be okay.
I am to drive for a week or so and get back to the service department for followup. Looks like the makings of a detective mystery in that there is no substantive clue as to what the problem is. Any follow up suggestions appreciated and will pass along to the dealership on subsequent visits.
Many thanks for the input and suggestions.
Use that as a hard limit.
Do NOT use a higher cold temp pressure than the Max on the tire.... Over pressure can cause internal separation of tires.
Higher pressure will cause harsher ride and change handling.
Uneven pressure can cause pulling to one side or another.
I may ask the dealer ship to recheck that the tires re the right ones for this car but I believe they are.
For those familiar with this model and year they are really attractive looking cars, have great power for the size of the engine and in the case of my 05 Signature limited was very comfortable riding. I will be back in touch with the dealership this week and try to move the process towards resolution. I am most appreciative of all the interest and replies I've received here to date.
and yes I did check to see if the air suspension is on and yes it is, I tried switching it off and back on just see if it would make a difference, no difference.
I will drive it a while longer and than again contact the dealership. I am begining to think that I may have just traded a car with a better tuned overall drivetrain even though it had 10,000 miles more on it and less equipment but will have to wait a little longer to see.
Thanks,
Jack
Thanks
turning the switch on and off worked. It has refilled and the suspension is working fine.
Jack
Appearance is not everything and the failure to absorb bumps as the 05 Signature Limited did was an insurmountable issue. I had some options such as taking the car to another Ford service department or replacing shocks myself. I had an extended service contract on this vehicle, I was told that if items such as the transmission or other sealed parts of the car were opened and no problems found I would have to pay the labor for the work.
What I did learn from this experience was that buying a car after a 30 minute test drive is a very bad idea. I had been lucky in that I did that with the 05 and owned it for six years with no problems of any kind. The biggest obstacle was that the dealership said that the ride quality was within the normal range for this vehicle. Prudence is always wise when buying any vehicle, I would welcome any comments that could help me be a more prudent buyer in the future. I am now waiting for a refund on the extend service warranty less the short time and cancellation fee.
I wish to thank all those members of this forum that offered their assistance in trying to resolve this problem. Still think Lincoln Town Car is a great vehicle and think Ford made a mistake in discontinuing the model.