# 2015 Lincoln Town Car - Ran me over!

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-lincoln-town-car-ran-me-over/146697>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** lincoln\
**Created:** [August 14, 2019, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-lincoln-town-car-ran-me-over/146697 "2019-08-14T12:27:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![BarbaraCramerArmah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/958977/32.png) [@BarbaraCramerArmah](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BarbaraCramerArmah)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-lincoln-town-car-ran-me-over/146697/1 "2019-08-14T12:27:12Z")

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My towncar rolled backwards while in park and ran over me! How could that happen? It definitely was in park.

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**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 1:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-lincoln-town-car-ran-me-over/146697/2 "2019-08-14T13:00:23Z")

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1: The shift lever is in park but the transmission isn’t

2 : The park pawl broke.

3 : Broken u-joint, differential, or axle shaft

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**Author:** ![tcmichnorth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tcmichnorth/32/25126_2.png) [@tcmichnorth](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tcmichnorth)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 1:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2015-lincoln-town-car-ran-me-over/146697/3 "2019-08-14T13:27:52Z")

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Or shift cable/linkage broke/out of adjustment.