Lincoln Town CAR vs Toyota Tacoma

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	Toyota Tacoma
Complaints on file	4,329	10,741
Model years covered	1977–2011	1995–2026
Worst model year	1996	2007
Best model year	2010	2026
Crashes reported	404	927
Fires reported	512	133
Injuries reported	232	444
Deaths reported	8	23
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Body & Structure
Share of complaints involving harm	26.7%	14.2%

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%

Toyota Tacoma by year

214 321 148 358 303 274 504 443 479 545 871 977 676 558 613 347 231 406 169 134 143 417 319 281 304 126 116 79 73 191 110 11

95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 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

Body & Structure 2,215 20.6%

Suspension 1,579 14.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 950 8.8%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 781 7.3%

Other & Unspecified 719 6.7%

Brakes 673 6.3%

Engine & Cooling 603 5.6%

Airbags 562 5.2%