1992 Lincoln Town Car problems
Owners have filed 312 complaints with NHTSA about the 1992 Lincoln Town Car. Electrical system is the most reported problem area, at 27% of complaints. After that come engine (16%) and cruise control (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 312 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 27% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 11 and 109
- Injuries and deaths
- 14 and 1
- Typical mileage
- 96,000 miles 31 complaints with mileage
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%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 2 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 5 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 8 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 5 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 4 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 5 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 31 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 96,000 miles. For electrical system specifically, the median reported mileage is about 73,000 miles (12 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 11 complaints mention a crash; 109 complaints mention a fire; 14 injuries reported; 1 death 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 1992 ranks 6th most-complained-about out of 19 model years of the Lincoln Town Car with enough data (95 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.
Car engine 4.6 l v8 exploded and caught on fire. Car was parked for over 3 hours and was not running when incident occurred. Referenced in ea02-025
1992 lincoln towncar ignited while parked inside garage. Fire so intense that it destroyed vehicle, home and all contents. Also, three residents of the home have sustained injuries. Referenced in ea02-025
Airbag prematurely deployed causing loss of vehicle control and frontend collision at least than 50MPH. Please describe details. Tt
Tl*the contact owns a 1992 lincoln town car. The contact received a recall notice in september of 2007 for the vehicle speed cruise control switch. At that time, she did not take the vehicle to the dealer to have the switch deactivated or repaired. The vehicle caught fire and the wiring harness was destroyed. The dealer stated that the only thing they could do was deactivate the switch. The recall number was unavailable. The current and failure mileages were 100,000. Updated 11/15/07
Tl* the contact owns a 1992 lincoln town car. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to start. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was contacted. The failure mileage was 75,000.