2006 Lincoln Town CAR
Complaints about this year name seat belt far more often than the model's other years — 22% of them, about 13× the usual rate of 1.8%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 143 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 20 |
| Involving a crash | 12 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 2 |
| EPA combined | 18 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- light — 38% of complaints, 3× usual
- bag warning — 14% of complaints, 35× usual
- air bag — 26% of complaints, 5× usual
What owners wrote
THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THE SEAT BELT SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE [VIN] WAS CONTACTED NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,000…
WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT SEAT BELT RETRACTION SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE [VIN] WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE…
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.
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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