Lincoln seat belts problems
Across all Lincoln models in NHTSA's complaint database, 285 complaints involve seat belts. The Town Car accounts for the largest share (35%). The single worst model year is the 2006 Town Car with 35 seat belts complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 285 about seat belts, all Lincoln models
- Most affected
- Town Car 35% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 72,000 miles 125 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 32 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which Lincoln models
| Model | Complaints | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Town Car | 101 | 35% |
| Continental | 58 | 20% |
| Navigator | 48 | 17% |
| MKZ | 31 | 11% |
| MKX | 8 | 3% |
| MKZ Hybrid | 7 | 3% |
| Nautilus | 7 | 3% |
| LS | 6 | 2% |
| Aviator | 4 | 1% |
| Corsair | 3 | 1% |
Worst model years for seat belts
- 2006 Lincoln Town Car35 complaints
- 1990 Lincoln Continental27 complaints
- 2019 Lincoln Navigator25 complaints
- 1996 Lincoln Town Car16 complaints
- 2013 Lincoln MKZ12 complaints
Seat belts complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 32 |
| 1991 | 15 |
| 1992 | 4 |
| 1993 | 4 |
| 1994 | 5 |
| 1995 | 6 |
| 1996 | 18 |
| 1997 | 5 |
| 1998 | 7 |
| 1999 | 3 |
| 2000 | 12 |
| 2001 | 11 |
| 2002 | 5 |
| 2003 | 2 |
| 2004 | 3 |
| 2005 | 11 |
| 2006 | 35 |
| 2007 | 6 |
| 2008 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2010 | 3 |
| 2011 | 5 |
| 2012 | 3 |
| 2013 | 16 |
| 2014 | 4 |
| 2015 | 11 |
| 2016 | 7 |
| 2017 | 4 |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | 30 |
| 2020 | 5 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 |
Among the 125 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 72,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.