2000 Lincoln Town Car problems
Owners have filed 147 complaints with NHTSA about the 2000 Lincoln Town Car. Electrical system is the most reported problem area, at 14% of complaints. After that come air bags (12%) and engine (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 147 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 14% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 18 and 10
- Injuries and deaths
- 19 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 65,000 miles 55 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 | 3 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 13 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 10 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 10 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 4 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 7 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 4 |
What the data shows
Among the 55 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 65,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 18 complaints mention a crash; 10 complaints mention a fire; 19 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 86% 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 2000 ranks 12th most-complained-about out of 19 model years of the Lincoln Town Car with enough data (72 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 8 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.
Brake failure. First time I was able to stop. My husband next drove the car and could not find any fault with brakes. The car was driven to new orleans with no other problems except it had a tendency to hydroplane during a heavy rain. Several days later he was preparing to make a left turn at an intersection. The brakes failed to hold and he bumped the car ahead which hit another which hit another. No injuries but damage to two of the vehicles.
Tl* the contact was a passenger of a 2000 lincoln town car. While driving approximately 5 MPH, the vehicle suddenly accelerated. The driver applied the brakes but the vehicle would not stop and crashed into a tree. The driver of the vehicle sustained bruises. The front passenger sustained a concussion and the rear passenger sustained a broken jaw. The vehicle was towed to an auto shop where it was deemed as destroyed. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 60,000.
While driving at 45 MPH vehicle experienced brake failure, which resulted in an accident, and none of the air bags deployed.
No indication or warning prior to incident. Within 2 mi of driving, battery light came on, electrical issues began (radio/dome lights, etc), then smoke billowing from under hood. Immediately pulled over, turned off ignition, and entire front end was on fire.