Lincoln Zephyr

Owners filed 241 complaints across 8 model years of the Lincoln Zephyr. The 2006 drew the most (229).

Model years8
Complaints241
Recalls27
Fires1
Deaths0

Which Lincoln Zephyr years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Lincoln Zephyr model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Lincoln Zephyr model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20120
3———Do not drive
20111
3——Air BagsDo not drive
20100
4———Do not drive
20090
4———Do not drive
20087
4——Air BagsDo not drive
20073
4——Air BagsDo not drive
2006229
519Air BagsDo not drive
20031
0——Power Train › Automatic TransmissionRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.