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Lincoln seats problems

Across all Lincoln models in NHTSA's complaint database, 250 complaints involve seats. The Town Car accounts for the largest share (32%). The single worst model year is the 1994 Town Car with 15 seats complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
250 about seats, all Lincoln models
Most affected
Town Car 32% of these complaints
Typical mileage
44,000 miles 110 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
11 and 12

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Lincoln models

ModelComplaintsShare
Town Car7932%
Navigator2912%
LS239%
MKX239%
MKZ208%
Aviator198%
Continental166%
MKS83%
MKC62%
Corsair52%

Worst model years for seats

  1. 1994 Lincoln Town Car15 complaints
  2. 1992 Lincoln Town Car12 complaints
  3. 1991 Lincoln Town Car10 complaints
  4. 2000 Lincoln LS8 complaints
  5. 2001 Lincoln Town Car7 complaints

Seats complaints by model year

Lincoln seats complaints by model year 0 8 15 1990: 4 '90 1991: 15 1992: 12 1993: 4 '93 1994: 15 1995: 3 1996: 4 '96 1997: 5 1998: 7 1999: 6 '99 2000: 14 2001: 13 2002: 2 '02 2003: 12 2004: 12 2005: 3 '05 2006: 7 2007: 15 2008: 7 '08 2009: 5 2010: 13 2011: 4 '11 2012: 2 2013: 8 2014: 3 '14 2015: 3 2016: 3 2017: 10 '17 2018: 4 2019: 5 2020: 6 '20 2021: 6 2022: 7 2023: 2 '23 2024: 3 2025: 3 2026: 3 '26
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
19904
199115
199212
19934
199415
19953
19964
19975
19987
19996
200014
200113
20022
200312
200412
20053
20067
200715
20087
20095
201013
20114
20122
20138
20143
20153
20163
201710
20184
20195
20206
20216
20227
20232
20243
20253
20263

Among the 110 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 44,000 miles.

Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.