Short Lifetime For Ignition Switch modules

[LL - NY]

My Mom's '67 Country Squire (essentially the same car as the '68 Custom) had
the same issue.
It jumped out of park one day and managed to engage reverse. My Mom
(somewhat
foolishly, in hindsight) ran after the car (the door was open, she was
opening the
garage door) and tried to jump in to stop the car. Got a black eye for her
efforts,
but did manage to stop the car.

Ford did respond with a recall about 1 month later (this was probably
several years
after the car was new) which consisted of a metallic sticker with large
print that said
essentially, "Set the parking brake and turn off the engine WHENEVER leaving
the car".
This is what the NHTSA mandated.

Kinda amazing how recalls have changed over the last 30 years.

LL - NY

On 11/29/05, urq <urq at pacbell.net> wrote:
>
> ... I didn't see any other posts in this thread ... but long ago in a
> Galaxy
> far far away (pun approaching) ... my Dad bought a 1968 Ford ... Custom
> ...
> oops, not a Galaxy, but it looked like one ... ;-)
>
> Anyway, this car had a problem where it would not start in Park, but it
> would start in neutral.  One day my Dad dug into it and he found that the
> mount for the tranny selector lockout switch was built wrong, which caused
> the switch to wear out prematurely.  I'm wondering if something similar
> might be happening here.  Have you replaced the ignition lock mechanism?
> Yes, I know, this is probably a very expensive experiment ... but the
> source
> of the premature wear may be that the column lock mechanism is built wrong
> and causing premature wear of the switch module ...
>
> Steve B
> San Jose, CA (USA)
>
>
> > Zero keys.  Plastic key fob.  Always. Good comment though, read on.
> >
> > However, driver is older, and does not have a great deal of hand
> strength.
> > I've commented that she just might be forcing it sideways was she twists
> > it. This is not a popular comment:-)
>
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