Lincoln Town car Body Problems
508 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 12 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2003. Best year: 2009.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
The contact owns a 2007 Lincoln Town Car. The contact stated that while driving approximately 40 MPH, the driver pressed the accelerator pedal the vehicle experienced unintended acceleration, causing the vehicle's speed to suddenly incre...
When braking to stop there was sudden acceleration that braking could not control resulting in hitting the rear of a stopped car in front of me. This has happened in the past with no warning. It usually happens when braking, but not alw...
2005 LINCOLN TOWNCAR. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO FAULTY ACCELERATOR WHICH RESULTED IN A AUTO ACCIDENT. *LD *JS
I WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON A CITY STREET AND SUDDENLY I LOST CONTROL AND RAN INTO A POLE.
I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKES, PUT IT IN REVERSE, AND IT JUST TOOK OFF, ACROSS THE STREET, WHERE I RAN INTO 2 BUILDINGS.
WHILE DRIVING NORMALLY, THE ACCELERATOR STUCK OPEN CAUSING THE CAR TO GAIN AN EXCESS AMOUNT OF SPEED IN TRAFFIC. THE CAR WOULD NOT TURN OFF AND THE BREAKS WOULD NOT HOLD IT OR SLOW IT DOWN. IN THE END THE CAR WAS TOTALED AFTER HITTING 2...
I WAS PARKING AT APPLEBEES WHEN THE CAR BOLTED AND SLAMMED IN THE WALL. I TRIED TO PUT IT IN PARK BUT WENT IN REVERSE ALSO AT HGH SPEED. FINALLY I WAS ABLE TO BRAKE AND GO TO PARK. I'M CONCERNED. I DID NOT HAVE MY FOOT ON THE ACCELEATO...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S HEATED SEATS OVERHEATED, WHICH CAUSED THE SEATS TO BECOME UNUSABLE. THE CONTACT SMELLED SMOKE WHEN THE SEATS OVERHEATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR...
I WAS TRAVELING WEST ON 64 ON 8\13\15 . THERE WAS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC BUT I WAS EXPERIENCING NO PROBLEMS UNTIL MY CAR BEGIN TO SWERVE BACK AND FORTH AND I WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN THE LANE. WE REALIZED THAT WE MUST GET THE CA...
AS PART OF THE RECENT FORD STEERING RECALL, AN EMERGENCY INSPECTION WAS DONE ON 11/18/13 AT 69,104 AND DECLARED SAFE TO DRIVE. ON 3/18/14 DRIVING TO THE DEALER TO HAVE RECALL WORK PERFORMED, THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKED-UP SOLID AT THE TUR...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE ERRONEOUSLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF A SECOND VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE T...
PULLING INTO A SPACE IN A PARKING LOT, UPON APPLICATION OF THE FOOT BRAKE, THE CAR EXPERIENCED SUDDEN UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION, JUMPED THE CURB, AND STRUCK A TREE IN FRONT OF THE PARKING SPACE. ACCELERATION STOPPED WHEN THE CAR WAS SHIFTE...