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Lincoln suspension problems

Across all Lincoln models in NHTSA's complaint database, 1,176 complaints involve suspension. The Town Car accounts for the largest share (28%). The single worst model year is the 2000 LS with 133 suspension complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
1,176 about suspension, all Lincoln models
Most affected
Town Car 28% of these complaints
Typical mileage
88,000 miles 609 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
48 and 4

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Lincoln models

ModelComplaintsShare
Town Car33028%
LS28925%
Continental24121%
Navigator16414%
Mark Viii282%
MKX232%
Aviator192%
MKT182%
MKZ151%
Lincoln121%

Worst model years for suspension

  1. 2000 Lincoln LS133 complaints
  2. 2001 Lincoln LS119 complaints
  3. 2003 Lincoln Town Car83 complaints
  4. 1997 Lincoln Town Car59 complaints
  5. 1991 Lincoln Continental54 complaints

Suspension complaints by model year

Lincoln suspension complaints by model year 0 100 200 1990: 49 '90 1991: 63 1992: 38 1993: 30 '93 1994: 59 1995: 40 1996: 47 '96 1997: 75 1998: 64 1999: 49 '99 2000: 166 2001: 149 2002: 34 '02 2003: 136 2004: 33 2005: 17 '05 2006: 25 2007: 11 2008: 6 '08 2009: 3 2010: 4 2011: 7 '11 2012: 2 2013: 15 2014: 12 '14 2015: 6 2016: 6 2017: 4 '17 2018: 1 2019: 5 2020: 6 '20 2021: 5 2022: 3 2023: 1 '23 2024: 5
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
199049
199163
199238
199330
199459
199540
199647
199775
199864
199949
2000166
2001149
200234
2003136
200433
200517
200625
200711
20086
20093
20104
20117
20122
201315
201412
20156
20166
20174
20181
20195
20206
20215
20223
20231
20245

Among the 609 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 88,000 miles.

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