2005 Lincoln Town CAR
Complaints about this year name times far more often than the model's other years — 20% of them, about 4× the usual rate of 5%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 119 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 20 |
| Involving a crash | 17 |
| Involving a fire | 2 |
| Recalls | 3 |
| EPA combined | 19 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- bag light — 8% of complaints, 21× usual
- nothing — 8% of complaints, 21× usual
- said — 8% of complaints, 21× usual
What owners wrote
AIR BAG LIGHT FLASHES 3 TIMES 5 TIMES AND THEN STAYS ON. NO ACCIDENTS 28000 ACTUAL MILES.
AIR BAG LIGHT ON, GIVING CODE 34 THEN REMAINS ILLUMINATED. DEALER SAID SEAT BELT TENSIONERS ON BOTH SIDE NEED TO BE CHANGED @ A COST OF $1,500 . THEY ALSO ADVISE SERIOUS INJURY CAN OCCUR IN AN EVENT OF AN IMPACT .
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 14V704000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
- 13V385000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
- 05V518000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
How this was worked out
Every year of the Lincoln Town CAR was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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