1990 Lincoln Town Car problems
Owners have filed 267 complaints with NHTSA about the 1990 Lincoln Town Car. Electrical system is the most reported problem area, at 28% of complaints. After that come engine (12%) and latches & locks (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 267 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 28% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 30 and 75
- Injuries and deaths
- 16 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 30 complaints mention a crash; 75 complaints mention a fire; 16 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 97% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1990 ranks 11th most-complained-about out of 19 model years of the Lincoln Town Car with enough data (74 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 4 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Dt: consumer had a 1990 lincoln town car which caught on fire. When consumer came home he parked the vehicle in the garage, went inside and ate, then a neighbor pounded at door to let him know his house was on fire. The police, fire department, fire marshal and insurance adjusters came out and couldn't find the reason the vehicle caught on fire. Vehicle burned with such intensity that pieces left were charred and nothing remained. A few firemen were taken to the hospital due to the fire.
Town car stopped at red light, started on green, another vehicle ran red light & smashed front of town car, driver & passenger air bags did not deploy.
Drivers airbag did not deploy when vehicle was hit head on, during accident sensor was knock out of place and the light came on. Tt
Consumer parked the vehicle in the garage and it caught on fire, and in minutes was engulfed in flames. Consumer contacted the fire department. The vehicle burned completely. The fire department noted that the fire started under the hood.......... Consume rclaimed fire appeared to be due to mechanical failure in car , possibly brakes.
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.