Volkswagen ID.4 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	Volkswagen ID.4	Lincoln Town CAR
Complaints on file	1,779	4,329
Model years covered	2021–2025	1977–2011
Worst model year	2023	1996
Best model year	2025	2010
Crashes reported	256	404
Fires reported	21	512
Injuries reported	93	232
Deaths reported	0	8
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	20.8%	26.7%

Volkswagen ID.4 by year

557 243 840 88 51

21 22 23 24 25

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

What breaks

Electrical System 496 27.9%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 325 18.3%

Other & Unspecified 225 12.6%

Body & Structure 119 6.7%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 118 6.6%

Brakes 98 5.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 65 3.7%

Fuel & Propulsion 61 3.4%

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%