Lincoln Town CAR vs Chrysler Pacifica

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	Lincoln Town CAR	Chrysler Pacifica
Complaints on file	4,329	10,659
Model years covered	1977–2011	2003–2026
Worst model year	1996	2018
Best model year	2010	2024
Crashes reported	404	336
Fires reported	512	141
Injuries reported	232	179
Deaths reported	8	6
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	26.7%	6.2%

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%

Chrysler Pacifica by year

1 1,332 1,802 1,056 481 155 6 2,354 1,353 471 259 672 350 244 68 39 16

03 04 05 06 07 08 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 2,402 22.5%

Electrical System 1,426 13.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,423 13.4%

Body & Structure 1,092 10.2%

Steering 725 6.8%

Other & Unspecified 723 6.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 640 6.0%

Suspension 493 4.6%