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 2000 record →
SINCE JULY 26, 2000, WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AND HITTING ANY TYPE OF BUMP, VIBRATION COMES UP THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL. PITMAN ARM HAS PLAYED AND HAS MOVEMENT UP AND DOWN. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM. DEALERSHIP HAD NO SOLUTION FOR PROBLEM. *AK THE DRIVER SAYS HE FEELS UNSAFE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE WITH SWAY BAR OR STABLIZER BAR REMOVED. *YH
AFTER DRIVING FOR A WHILE PARKED VEHICLE. THEN, WITHOUT A WARNING VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHERE THE SAFETY SERVICE WAS PERFORMED THE WEEK BEFORE. *AK
OWNERS MANUAL STATES ALL LINCOLN TOWN CARS CONTAIN FRONT RIGHT AND LEFT SIDE AIR BAG, HOWEVER CONSUMERS VEHICLE IS A TOWN CAR LIMO AND IS NOT INCLUDED WITH THIS FEATURE, MANUAL IS NOT ACCURATE AND SHOULD BE CHANGED APPROPRIATELY. YH
PART OF INSTRUMENT PANEL WILL LIGHT UP ONLY WHEN HEADLIGHTS ARE ON, AND THE OTHER PART WILL LIGHT UP ONLY WHEN TURNING ON IGINTION, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SEE GAUGES. *AK
SUNLIGHT CAUSES A REFLECTION OF THE DEFROST VENTS ONTO THE WINDSHIELD, THE IMAGES ARE AT EYE LEVEL AND BECOME VERY DISTRACTING AS THE VEHICLE MOVES AND CAUSES POOR VISIBILITY.
WHILE TRAVELING 15 MPH DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT INDICATION. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATON. *AK
THE SPACE USED TO PUSH ON THE HORN IS TOO HARD, AND ALSO TOO SMALL TO APPLY QUICKLY ENOUGH. DEALER SAYS IT'S THE DESIGN. *AK
BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH GOES ON/OFF WHEN STEPPING ON THE PEDAL ALL THE WAY.
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.
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