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1999 Lincoln Town Car engine problems

Owners reported engine problems in 15 complaints for the 1999 Lincoln Town Car, 7% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
15 7% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
110,000 miles 14 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Engine complaints by mileage, 1999 Lincoln Town Car Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 110,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 1 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 6 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 3 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 110,000 miles
Based on 14 complaints that include mileage. 14% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
View the numbers
MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles0
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles1
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles6
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles3
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 14 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 110,000 miles, and 14% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the engine complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

While driving at 25 MPH vehicle stalls. Consumer has to come to a complete stop to start again. Consumer feels this is very dangerous. Consumer states transmission vibrates after driving and is also noisy. *slc

October 2000

Ford motor company, p.o. Box 1904, dearborn, michigan 48121, chose to not warn a segment of their full-size car owners who are "civilian" that their cars were produced with a plastic intake manifold that was failing and causing enormous coolant problems for their 4.6l v-8 engines and other component engine parts.

Reported at 157,812 miles, April 2011

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