AFTER BEING PARKED IN PARKING LOT - ENGINE TURNED OFF, NO RADIO PLAYING, ETC. WE STARTED THE VEHICLE UP, BACKED UP, BRAKED, PUT IN DRIVE AND ACCELERATED AT WHICH TIME THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL. BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP THE CAR. THE CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE FASTER AND FASTER. WE RAN OVER A COUPLE OF ISLANDS, PULLED FIRE HYDRANT OUT OF THE GROUND, RAN INTO A WALL, VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AND IT SEARED FROM THE WALL, ACCELERATING FASTER WE KNOCKED 6 PARKED CARS OUT OF THE WAY LIKE THEY WERE BOXES ALL THE WHILE BRAKING TO NO AVAIL VEHICLE CONTINUING TO ACCELERATE FASTER HEADED ACROSS THE PARKING LOT TOWARD A CHAIN LINK FENCE WE THREW THE GEAR SHIFT INTO PARK ABOUT THE SAME TIME WE HIT THE FENCE. THE VEHICLE BALKED AND CAME TO STOP IN ABOUT 50 FEET IN AN ADJACENT PARKING LOT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE RIPPING ABOUT 50 FEET OF THE FENCE WITH IT. FRONT END DEMOLISHED, RADIATOR STEAMING, ENGINE STILL RUNNING, RIPPED UNDERCARRIAGE FLATTENED TIRES FROM RIMS. TOTALED THE CAR. AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. ONLY INJURIES WERE BRUISES AND SPRAINS AND EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS. PRAISE GOD. 2 ADULTS AND 3 CHILDREN WERE IN THE CAR. I KNOW THE CAR MALFUNCTIONED AND LINCOLN HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO THE PUBLIC TO INVESTIGATE, DETERMINE CAUSE & CORRECT. LOOK AT THE INSURANCE REPORT INVESTIGATIVE REPORT. THEY TELL ME IT COST TOO MUCH TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE SINCE THERE WERE NO SEVERE INJURIES, .THERE ARE MANY SIMILAR INCIDENTS ON THE INTERNET AND SOME N