1994 Lincoln Town Car problems
Owners have filed 212 complaints with NHTSA about the 1994 Lincoln Town Car. Brakes is the most reported problem area, at 13% of complaints. After that come engine (13%) and cruise control (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 212 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 13% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 21 and 30
- Injuries and deaths
- 28 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 111,000 miles 45 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 | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 5 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 3 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 10 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 5 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 3 |
| 200k+ miles | 10 |
What the data shows
Among the 45 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 111,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 21 complaints mention a crash; 30 complaints mention a fire; 28 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 93% 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 1994 ranks 10th most-complained-about out of 19 model years of the Lincoln Town Car with enough data (77 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 5 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.
Fuel shutoff switch activated when a driver hit back rear tail light, did not have any brakes or ower steering went across median and got hit head on traffic, consumer broke his leg trying to put on brakes, consumer states he thinks the shut off switch is a hazard, when trying to go 55 MPH the vehicle takes off like a rocket no control of vehicle at all.
Violent deployment of driver's and passenger's air bags during a minor collision, resultin gin injuries to both driver and passenger.
Vehicle hit a deer and both air bags deployed, burning bot in the front seat, driver & passenger. Once vehicle hit the deer the vehicle kept on going and the air bag was still deployed in the driver's face which caused the driver to lose the abilit to steer correctly. The air bag came out with heavy pressure and it knocked one side of the sunroof off.
My car, a 1994 lincoln town car, caught fire and burned sitting in my drive with the engine turned off. I had parked it and turned the engine off 5 1/2 hours earlier before the incident. The car was a total loss there was an explosion( I suppose it was due to one of the tires blowing out) that threw some debris from one of the parts that burned into the side of the house causing a hole in the siding on my house and the heat from the fire also buckled the vinyl siding on my house..
Tl* the contact owns a 1994 lincoln town car. While the vehicle was parked, the contact noticed an odor of burning rubber and plastic. The vehicle became engulfed with smoke and flames. The contact extinguished the fire. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The contact stated that the burned body on the hood of the vehicle was above the master cylinder. No report was filed.