1986 Lincoln Town Car

Safety Score
83
Safe
Recalls
2
Complaints
49
NCAP Stars

Recalls (2)

Date NHTSA ID Component Units Completion
1987-09-04 87V139000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS 3,600,000 Details
1985-10-07 85V123000 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT 790 Details

Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)

Date Component Crash Injuries Summary
2008-01-10 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION Yes 2 CAR WAS PARKED WITH TRANSMISSION SELECTOR IN PARK POSITION WITH NO KEY IN THE IGNITION. THE CAR JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND …
2004-11-05 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD No 0 WHEN THE KEY WAS TURNED IN THE IGNITION THERE WAS A CRACKING NOISE FOLLOWED BY SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. WHEN T…
2003-07-03 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE No 0 PAINT PEELING, EMISSIONS BAD.
2002-04-17 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC No 0 WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WAS LURCHING, THEN CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE TIRES. DEALER DETERMINED THAT RIGHT FR…
2001-02-26 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY No 0 STRAPS THAT HOLD FUEL TANK IN PLACE HAVE BEEN RUBBING ON TANK, FUEL TANK IS LEAKING DUE TO THAT. *AK THE TANK NEEDS R…
2000-07-27 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD No 0 CAR BURST INTO FLAMES. *AK
1999-09-06 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 NO SUMMARY
1998-08-06 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING No 0 WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE STEERING COLUMN. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TOTALLED. *AK
1998-07-12 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR No 0 ORIGINAL ALTERNATOR REPLACED ON 11-23-96, NEW ALTERNATOR SHORTED OUT RESULTING IN FIRE.
1997-07-07 WHEELS No 0 LEFT REAR WHEEL CAME OFF WHILE DRIVING.
1997-05-12 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING No 0 WHILE PARKED AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE WIRING CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE IN THE ALTERNATOR.*AK *JB
1997-01-09 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT No 0 WHEN SHIFT SELECTOR IS PUT IN DRIVE IT READS OVERDRIVE/OVERDRIVE READS NEUTRAL.
1996-08-20 SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR No 0 DRIVER'S SIDE LAP/SHOULDER BELT WOULD NOT RELEASE, AND COULD NOT GET THE PERSON OUT, HAD TO CUT THE SEAT BELT.*AK
1996-08-09 STRUCTURE:BODY No 0 WHILE DRIVING THE ROOF FLEW OFF. *AK
1996-08-07 WHEELS Yes 1 RIGHT REAR WHEEL SHEARED OFF, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT. (NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE REPORT)
1996-07-19 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION No 0 WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE ENGINE SHUTS DOWN, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL. *AK
1996-07-15 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH No 0 ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH, CAUSING THE WIRING HARNESS TO BURN. *AK
1996-06-19 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH No 0 AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH, CAUSED THE STEERING COLUMN TO CATCH ON FIRE AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE. PL…
1996-05-23 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH No 0 IGNITION SWITCH HEATS UP THE KEY FROM WARM TO VERY HOT. *SD
1996-04-29 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH No 0 IGNITION SWITCH FIRE. *SD
1996-04-16 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH No 0 IGNITION SWITCH FIRE. *SD
1996-04-13 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH No 0 IGNITION SWITCH SHORTED OUT, CAUSING FIRE INI STEERING COLUMN. *DSH
1996-04-09 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL No 0 THE ENGINE SURGES WITHOUT WARNING AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
1995-08-10 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH No 0 ELECTRICAL SHORT OR SHOCK IN THE IGNITION SWITCH, CAUSING THE STEERING COLUMN TO BURN. *AK
1995-08-07 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH Yes 0 FOUR YEAR OLD MANAGED TO GET INTO VEHICLE, TOUCHED GEAR BOX CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLL FORWARD; WENT THRU FENCE, HIT HOUSE…
1995-08-03 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION No 0 FIRE IN THE DASHBOARD AREA WHILE PARKED AT THE DEALER, POSSIBLE DUE TO IGNITION SHORT. *AK
1995-07-06 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE No 0 VEHICLE FIRE. *DH
1995-07-01 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION No 0 IGNITION FIRE. *SD
1995-06-11 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH No 0 WHILE DRIVING, SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN, 5 TO 10 SECONDS LATER, FLAMES WERE COMING UNDER STEERING WHEE…
1995-06-08 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH No 0 IGNITION SWITCH FIRE, ELECTRICAL WIRES AROUND STEERING WHEEL CAUGHT FIRE. TT
1995-05-01 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH No 0 EXPERIENCED FIRE IN FRONT DASH. PLEASE GIVE MORE DETAILS. *AK
1995-04-05 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH No 0 DROVE OUT OF PARKING LOT, ABOUT 1 TO 3 MINUTES LATER, SMOKE POURED OUT OF STEERING COLUMN, AROUND GEAR SHIFT LEVER; MIN…
1995-02-14 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH No 0 NOTICE D SMOKE COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN IN THE DASH BOARD AREA, RESULTING IN FIRE TOTALLING THE VEHICLE. TT
1995-02-11 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY No 0 GAS TANK LEAKS DUE TO STRAPS BETWEEN GAS TANKS RUBBING, CAUSING HOLES IN TANKS. (OTHER VEHICLE ON 481139) *SKD
1995-01-13 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL Yes 0 WHEN ENGAGING INTO GEAR, THERE WAS A SUDDEN UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION OF THE VEHICLE. TT
1994-05-14 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION No 0 IGNITION FIRE. *AK
1994-04-02 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 MY CAR BEGAN HAVING A PROBLEM WITH SURGING (FEELING LIKE SOMEONE IS REPEATEDLY MASHING ON AND THEN LETTING UP ON THE AC…
1994-01-15 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH No 1 IGNITION SWITCH SHORTED, CAUSING FIRE/INJURY. *DH
1993-08-12 STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR No 0 THE STAINLESS STEEL TRIM ON THE DOORS ARE SHARP AND THE OWNER HAD HER FINGER AMPUTATED OF THE DOOR. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *…
1993-01-01 STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR No 0 STEERING COLUMN CAUGHT FIRE PRIOR TO RECALL.
1992-01-01 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH No 0 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FIRE IN THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE AROUND THE STEERING WHEEL, SPECIFICALLY IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. …
1990-06-09 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH No 0 ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE, UNDER THE HOOD, VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN GARAGE AND COMPLETELY BURNED, CAUSING THE HOUSE TO CAT…
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH No 0 CAR WAS DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY THREE MINUTES A LITTLE SMOKE STARTED TO COME FROM AROUND THE STEERING, RESULTING IN VEHICL…
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION No 0 CONSUMER STARTED THE CAR AND SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE INGNITION. PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE No 0 THE IGNITION SWITCH IS TEMPERAMENTAL AND THE VEHICLE IS STALLING. *SLC
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD No 0 WHILE PARKED AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE WIRING HARNESS, CAUSED THE VEHICLE WIRES UNDER THE HOOD TO CATCH ON FIRE. PL…
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH No 0 WHILE DRIVING, NOTICED BURNING SMELL AND SMOKE COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN AND DASH, DUE TO FRONT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WIR…
STRUCTURE:BODY No 0 WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND THE ROOF CAME OFF .*AK
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL No 0 STARTED CAR AFTER IT HAD SET FOR THREE DAY, PUT IT IN REVERSE, TOUCHED GAS PEDAL TO BACK UP AND SUDDENLY THE CAR SHOT B…