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1990 Lincoln Town Car latches & locks problems

Owners reported latches & locks problems in 22 complaints for the 1990 Lincoln Town Car, 8% of the complaints on file. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
22 8% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
4 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 4 crashes, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Hood latch failed, causing hood to open and obstruct drivers vision, causing accident. (new jersey state police report) *dsh

March 1996 CrashInjury

On february 1, 2003, kimberly love was driving a 1990 lincoln town car with faye love(passenger). While driving east on interstate 26 in columbia, sc at 60 miles per hour, the hood flew up, shattering the windshield. The hood was bent and the front window shattered. The latch is broken also. The driver and passenger were shaken but able to pull to safety.

Reported at 160,000 miles, February 2003

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