WEAK DESIGN OF BUMPER CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE DURING COLLISION. *AW
1991 Lincoln Town Car complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1991 record →
REAR SIDE DOOR WINDOW ON RIGHT FELL DOWN INTO THE DOOR. TT
THE REAR SUSPENSION BOUNCES UNCONTROLABLY FROM SIDE TO SIDE. TT
SUDDEN ACCELERATION, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT. *SKD
HOOD LATCH FAILED, CAUSING HOOD TO FLY UP. *SKD
Reading these
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Full record for the 1991 Lincoln Town Car → · Every Town Car year → · How the figures are calculated →