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Lincoln electrical problems

Owners have filed 1,945 complaints with NHTSA about the electrical system on Lincoln vehicles — 100% of everything reported about the brand, across 24 models. The model that accounts for most of them is the Lincoln Town CAR, worst in 1992.

These are raw counts. A model that sold in millions appears near the top for that reason alone — the grade never compares one model with another.

1,945

Complaints

100%

Share of all Lincoln complaints

44

Crashes

419

Fires

Which Lincoln models have the most electrical problems

Town CAR 558 28.7%

Worst in 1992

Continental 260 13.4%

Worst in 1988

Navigator 203 10.4%

Worst in 2003

MKX 177 9.1%

Worst in 2011

MKZ 122 6.3%

Worst in 2013

LS 104 5.3%

Worst in 2000

Aviator 88 4.5%

Worst in 2020

MKC 69 3.5%

Worst in 2015

MKS 55 2.8%

Worst in 2013

Corsair 47 2.4%

Worst in 2020

Nautilus 46 2.4%

Worst in 2019

Mark Viii 43 2.2%

Worst in 1993

MKT 28 1.4%

Worst in 2014

Lincoln 27 1.4%

Worst in 2000

Mark VII 26 1.3%

Worst in 1988

Worst Lincoln model years for electrical problems

Vehicle Complaints Share of that year Median miles Grade
1992 Lincoln Town CAR 83 27% 73,000 F
1990 Lincoln Town CAR 74 28% 88,500 F
1988 Lincoln Continental 47 32% — F
1988 Lincoln Town CAR 45 37% 115,000 F
1989 Lincoln Town CAR 45 46% 76,000 F
1993 Lincoln Town CAR 44 19% 96,000 F
2011 Lincoln MKX 41 21% 79,000 C
2020 Lincoln Aviator 39 23% 2,600 C
1989 Lincoln Continental 33 13% — F
1986 Lincoln Town CAR 32 59% 168,000 F
2019 Lincoln Nautilus 31 23% 6,000 C
2013 Lincoln MKX 30 15% 40,000 B
1991 Lincoln Continental 28 7% — F
2016 Lincoln MKX 27 12% 14,500 F
1994 Lincoln Continental 26 9% 25,701 B
2013 Lincoln MKS 25 14% 65,700 D
2000 Lincoln LS 24 5% 64,272 C
2003 Lincoln Navigator 23 13% 55,000 D
2015 Lincoln MKC 23 14% 35,000 B
1990 Lincoln Continental 22 9% — F

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