My 1993 Lincoln Town Car has a problem that causes the engine to die. I think it is an electrical problem.
At first I noticed that three lights on the dash would sometimes flash. They are the left turn signal light, right turn signal light, and high beam light (blue light). It’s always these three lights simultaneously, never just one or some of them. Sometimes the Check Engine light comes on at the same time they come on. As far as I can tell the lights outside the car do not flash, it is only on the dashboard instrument panel. At one point I thought this occurred randomly, but then it seemed to me that it was affected by the engine revs, the lights flashing on when the engine revved high, then dropped. I had the battery and alternator replaced, but this did not fix the problem.
For a while this problem did not seem to affect the engine. Then it began to occur more frequently and the engine seemed like it wanted to die when the lights flashed (hesitating, losing engine power). Sometimes the engine would die, but could then be restarted right away. Finally it got to the point where the engine would die while driving and would not start. When this happens the tail lights outside the car come on, and just stay on steadily, never turning off unless you unplug the battery. At the same time, when you turn the ignition switch, the starter does come on, and you can hear it turning over the engine but the engine will not start. Then if you unplug the battery and wait a while, the engine will start and the tail lights outside will turn off normally. But the engine will just die again, sometimes right away, sometimes after a while, and the problem cycle repeats itself.
So does this sound familiar to anybody?
At first I noticed that three lights on the dash would sometimes flash. They are the left turn signal light, right turn signal light, and high beam light (blue light). It’s always these three lights simultaneously, never just one or some of them. Sometimes the Check Engine light comes on at the same time they come on. As far as I can tell the lights outside the car do not flash, it is only on the dashboard instrument panel. At one point I thought this occurred randomly, but then it seemed to me that it was affected by the engine revs, the lights flashing on when the engine revved high, then dropped. I had the battery and alternator replaced, but this did not fix the problem.
For a while this problem did not seem to affect the engine. Then it began to occur more frequently and the engine seemed like it wanted to die when the lights flashed (hesitating, losing engine power). Sometimes the engine would die, but could then be restarted right away. Finally it got to the point where the engine would die while driving and would not start. When this happens the tail lights outside the car come on, and just stay on steadily, never turning off unless you unplug the battery. At the same time, when you turn the ignition switch, the starter does come on, and you can hear it turning over the engine but the engine will not start. Then if you unplug the battery and wait a while, the engine will start and the tail lights outside will turn off normally. But the engine will just die again, sometimes right away, sometimes after a while, and the problem cycle repeats itself.
So does this sound familiar to anybody?
