Chrysler 300C vs Lincoln Town CAR

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Chrysler 300C	Lincoln Town CAR
Complaints on file	1,763	4,329
Model years covered	2005–2017	1977–2011
Worst model year	2005	1996
Best model year	2014	2010
Crashes reported	40	404
Fires reported	25	512
Injuries reported	23	232
Deaths reported	0	8
Most complained-about part	Fuel & Propulsion	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	5%	26.7%

Chrysler 300C by year

412 991 140 36 22 14 36 17 44 14 18 13 6

05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Fuel & Propulsion 504 28.6%

Engine & Cooling 405 23.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 212 12.0%

Electrical System 172 9.8%

Airbags 89 5.0%

Other & Unspecified 83 4.7%

Steering 74 4.2%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 39 2.2%

Lincoln Town CAR by year

2 1 1 1 4 6 19 24 54 40 123 97 267 278 312 226 212 241 316 395 194 203 147 207 71 242 99 161 207 114 31 6 17 11

77 78 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Electrical System 558 12.9%

Engine & Cooling 520 12.0%

Brakes 504 11.6%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 469 10.8%

Suspension 334 7.7%

Airbags 329 7.6%

Steering 240 5.5%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 186 4.3%