2008 Lincoln Town Car problems
Owners have filed 31 complaints with NHTSA about the 2008 Lincoln Town Car. Brakes is the most reported problem area, at 16% of complaints. After that come cruise control (16%) and electrical system (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 31 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 16% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 9 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 2 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 47,000 miles 21 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 | 4 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 4 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 4 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 4 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 4 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 21 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 47,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 9 complaints mention a crash; 2 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 88% 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 2008 ranks 19th most-complained-about out of 19 model years of the Lincoln Town Car with enough data (10 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 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 2008 lincoln town car. The driver placed the vehicle into park and turned off the ignition. She extended her legs out of the door and prepared to exit the vehicle when it suddenly rolled backwards into the street. The vehicle crashed into a parked vehicle. The failure occurred without warning. The driver sustained leg injuries. The front driver's side door was damaged. The police was called to the scene. The vehicle was towed to a body shop. The cause of the failure has not been determined.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 lincoln town car. While approaching traffic in a lane, the brake pedal was applied and was slow to respond. The contact applied force and the brake pedal traveled to the floor. As a result, the contact crashed into the preceding vehicle. The driver sustained minor whiplash that did not require medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was able to be driven to the contact's residence and parked.
2008 lincoln town car. Consumer states when the brake pedal is depressed, the gas pedal is also depressed *tgw the consumer stated instead of stopping, he hit a stop sign.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 lincoln town car. The contact stated that while driving 65 MPH, the vehicle suddenly accelerated. The contact shifted the vehicle into park to stop the acceleration. The vehicle did not stop and crashed through a barrier. The contact was not injured during the crash. The vehicle was destroyed. The contact did not call the manufacturer and the vehicle was not inspected to determine the cause of the failure. The failure mileage was 61,000. The VIN was not available.
This vehicle has suddenly violently accelerated on four different occasions during the last eleven months. The first incident occurred after tapping the brake pedal at a very slow speed and resulted in the car crashing into a barrier at a filling station in upstate new york. Subsequent episodes were halted by turning the ignition switch off while attempting to stop the car with the service brakes. There seems to be few common threads among the incidents.