Lincoln Town Car
Owners filed 2,992 complaints across 22 model years of the Lincoln Town Car. The 1997 drew the most (314); the 2009 the fewest (5).
Model years22
Complaints2,992
Recalls100
Fires315
Deaths4
Every Lincoln Town Car model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 3 | — | 2 | Steering | Routine | |
| 2010 | 13 | 3 | 1 | — | Steering | Routine | |
| 2009 | 5 | 3 | — | — | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine | |
| 2008 | 20 | 3 | — | 7 | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine | |
| 2007 | 84 | 3 | 1 | 19 | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine | |
| 2006 | 143 | 2 | 1 | 12 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2005 | 119 | 3 | 2 | 17 | Vehicle Speed Control | Fatalities reported | |
| 2004 | 83 | 0 | 3 | 18 | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine | |
| 2003 | 201 | 1 | — | 14 | Suspension › Rear | Above average | |
| 2002 | 65 | 1 | 1 | 14 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2001 | 161 | 6 | 4 | 21 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2000 | 108 | 9 | 8 | 11 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 1999 | 148 | 6 | 7 | 18 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 1998 | 154 | 8 | 7 | 7 | Exterior Lighting › Headlights | Routine | |
| 1997 | 314 | 8 | 6 | 10 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe | Above average | |
| 1996 | 259 | 10 | 11 | 9 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe | Above average | |
| 1995 | 165 | 9 | 10 | 16 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Fatalities reported | |
| 1994 | 155 | 5 | 26 | 15 | Vehicle Speed Control | High concern | |
| 1993 | 176 | 4 | 56 | 13 | Vehicle Speed Control | High concern | |
| 1992 | 249 | 4 | 93 | 11 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | Fatalities reported | |
| 1991 | 155 | 5 | 14 | 20 | Latches/Locks/Linkages › Hood › Latch | Routine | |
| 1990 | 209 | 4 | 64 | 22 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | High concern |
Which Lincoln Town Car years should you avoid?
On raw complaint volume the 1997 is the weakest year on record, with 314 complaints concentrated in the engine and engine cooling › exhaust system › manifold/header/muffler/tail pipe. It carries 8 recalls.
Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.