Seat Belts › Front › Retractor
Filed Jul 24, 1996NC
ALL SEAT BELTS EXCEPT DRIVER'S RETRACTS UPON MOVING BACKWARDS.
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1996 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 1996 record →
Electrical System › Ignition
Filed Jul 8, 1996VA
WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE CUTS OFF/STALLS. *AK VEHICLE HAS STALLED AFTER ENGINE LIGHT HAS ILLUMINATED, DEALER INSTALLED OCTANE BOOSTER AND VEHICLE RAN FINE FOR A WHILE AND THEN STALLED AGAIN, CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HAS RAN FINE SINCE, HOWEVER SHE HAS NOT DONE ANY MOUNTAIN DRIVING AND THIS IS WHEN IT STALLED. *SLC
Electrical System › Wiring › Fuses and Circuit Breakers
Filed Jul 1, 1996TX
ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT SHORTED OUT AND CAUSED FUEL PUMP TO STOP. ALL POWER TO THE ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENT. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Filed Jun 24, 1996NY
NO KNOWLEDGE OF RECALL AND NO PARTS. AFTER GETTING AN APPOINTMENT TO BRING VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE OF RECALL 96V070000. *AK *JB
Seat Belts › Rear/Other
Filed Mar 5, 1996TN
THE REAR SEAT BELTS ARE TOO SHORT TO FIT AN AVERAGE ADULT. BECAUSE THEY ARE SO SHORT, THEY ARE CHOKING THE PASSENGERS THAT USE THEM. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
Electrical System › Horn
Filed Jan 22, 1996NJ
FAILURE OF THE HORN, HORN DOES NOT WORK IN COLD WEATHER. TT
Electrical System › Horn
Filed Jan 5, 1996MI
MATERIAL COVERING HORN BUTTONS TOO FIRM, CAUSING DIFFICULTY DEPRESSING HORN IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. *SD
Electrical System › Horn
Filed Dec 20, 1995OH
HORN/AIRBAG PACKING GETS HARD IN COLD WEATHER, LEAVING HORN INOPERATIVE. *SD
Structure › Body
Filed Nov 8, 1995TX
LUBE AND REPOSITION GAS TANK AND EXHAUST HANGERS, REMOVE REAR WHEEL TO GET TO FRAME AREA, FINALLY FIX SHIMMY LEFT SIDE BODY GROMMET, BODY TOO CLOSE TO FRAME. BODY WAS RESTED ON FUEL LINES, REMOVED BODY MOUNT BUSHINGS, RETORQUED BODY MOUNT BOLT.*JB
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