FaultScore

Worst years for a Lincoln Town CAR

Owners have filed 4,329 complaints about the Lincoln Town CAR with NHTSA across model years 1977 to 2011. More of them are about the electrical system than anything else.

Avoid

1996 Lincoln Town CAR

316 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly engine & cooling.

Cleanest on record

2010 Lincoln Town CAR

17 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Lincoln Town CAR year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2011 C 11 6 0 53,500 Steering
2010 B 17 0 3 94,000 Steering
2009 6 0 0 42,200 Engine & Cooling
2008 C 31 9 0 53,900 Brakes
2007 C 114 29 1 60,000 Acceleration & Cruise Control
2006 C 207 20 1 62,768 Airbags
2005 D 161 23 2 64,500 Acceleration & Cruise Control
2004 C 99 22 3 66,000 Acceleration & Cruise Control
2003 C 242 15 0 68,900 Suspension
2002 C 71 17 1 48,940 Airbags
2001 D 207 31 5 85,500 Airbags
2000 D 147 18 10 65,000 Electrical System
1999 D 203 24 9 90,000 Airbags
1998 C 194 7 8 84,000 Engine & Cooling
1997 D 395 14 6 91,000 Engine & Cooling
1996 D 316 15 14 92,551 Engine & Cooling
1995 D 241 17 13 103,733 Brakes
1994 D 212 21 30 111,000 Engine & Cooling
1993 D 226 17 67 100,000 Electrical System
1992 312 11 109 96,000 Electrical System
1991 278 30 17 83,100 Brakes
1990 267 30 75 100,500 Electrical System
1989 97 8 39 Electrical System
1988 123 9 38 113,500 Electrical System
1987 40 2 16 Electrical System
1986 54 4 27 Electrical System
1985 24 1 8 Electrical System
1984 19 2 9 Electrical System
1983 6 0 1 Engine & Cooling
1982 4 0 0 Engine & Cooling
1981 1 0 0 Engine & Cooling
1980 1 0 0 Electrical System
1978 1 0 0 Brakes
1977 2 2 0 Brakes

What breaks on a Lincoln Town CAR

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Electrical System 558 12.9%

Worst in 1992

Engine & Cooling 520 12.0%

Worst in 1997

Brakes 504 11.6%

Worst in 1995

Worst in 1997

Suspension 334 7.7%

Worst in 2003

Airbags 329 7.6%

Worst in 2006

Steering 240 5.5%

Worst in 1997

Worst in 1991

Worst in 2003

Body & Structure 167 3.9%

Worst in 1991

Worst in 1997

Lights 130 3.0%

Worst in 1997

Seat Belts 124 2.9%

Worst in 2006

Worst in 1990

Exactly what failed on a Lincoln Town CAR

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Gasoline 159 16.7%
Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 143 15.1%
Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe 95 10.0%
Frontal 93 9.8%
Switch 92 9.7%
Automatic Transmission 82 8.6%
Front Underhood 78 8.2%
Rear 70 7.4%
Lower Ball Joint 69 7.3%
Ignition 69 7.3%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Lincoln Town CAR, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jan 1995 peak 91 May 2026

Lincoln Town CAR problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Lincoln Town CAR

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.