1993 Lincoln Town Car problems
Owners have filed 226 complaints with NHTSA about the 1993 Lincoln Town Car. Electrical system is the most reported problem area, at 19% of complaints. After that come cruise control (16%) and brakes (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 226 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 20% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 17 and 67
- Injuries and deaths
- 19 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 100,000 miles 43 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 | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 4 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 8 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 5 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 12 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 6 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 5 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Among the 43 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 100,000 miles. For electrical system specifically, the median reported mileage is about 96,000 miles (12 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 17 complaints mention a crash; 67 complaints mention a fire; 19 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 1993 ranks 13th most-complained-about out of 19 model years of the Lincoln Town Car with enough data (70 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.
Tl*the contact owns a 1993 lincoln town car. The contact parked the vehicle in the garage and approximately fifteen minutes later, the vehicle caught fire and destroyed his home. The contact's wife suffered several burns and the contact found recall # 99v124000 (electrical system). The contact has pictures, fire reports, and police reports. The current and failure mileages were 92,000.
The airbag deployed and broke the passengers nose, and caused bruising and burns. Tt two people injured in accident, consumer struck a deer, airbags deployed causing injuries. *slc
Tl*the contact owns a 1993 lincoln town car. After parking the vehicle, the contact heard a popping noise and noticed flames shooting out from the front passenger and driver's side wheel wells. Seconds later, the entire vehicle was engulfed in flames. The fire and police department arrived and the fire was extinguished. A fire report was filed and there were no injuries. The fire marshall stated that the fire was probably caused by an electrical failure.
Tl*the contact owns a 1993 lincoln town car. The contact received a recall notice for NHTSA campaign id number 07v336000 (vehicle speed control) and immediately scheduled an appointment to have the vehicle repaired. He took the vehicle to the dealer and had the cruise control switch deactivated. The technician stated that they would notify the contact when the parts became available.