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Lincoln wipers, windshield & visibility problems

Across all Lincoln models in NHTSA's complaint database, 704 complaints involve wipers, windshield & visibility. The Town Car accounts for the largest share (26%). The single worst model year is the 1998 Mark Viii with 29 wipers, windshield & visibility complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
704 about wipers, windshield & visibility, all Lincoln models
Most affected
Town Car 26% of these complaints
Typical mileage
56,000 miles 252 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
11 and 8

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Lincoln models

ModelComplaintsShare
Town Car18026%
Continental11316%
Navigator9514%
Mark Viii7210%
LS517%
Aviator456%
MKX325%
MKT243%
MKZ172%
Nautilus132%

Worst model years for wipers, windshield & visibility

  1. 1998 Lincoln Mark Viii29 complaints
  2. 1991 Lincoln Town Car23 complaints
  3. 1997 Lincoln Mark Viii22 complaints
  4. 1999 Lincoln Town Car21 complaints
  5. 2000 Lincoln LS20 complaints

Wipers, windshield & visibility complaints by model year

Lincoln wipers, windshield & visibility complaints by model year 0 33 65 1990: 26 '90 1991: 43 1992: 18 1993: 30 '93 1994: 24 1995: 20 1996: 27 '96 1997: 55 1998: 65 1999: 33 '99 2000: 50 2001: 42 2002: 11 '02 2003: 25 2004: 18 2005: 14 '05 2006: 7 2007: 12 2008: 7 '08 2009: 5 2010: 11 2011: 5 '11 2012: 3 2013: 17 2014: 20 '14 2015: 16 2016: 11 2017: 12 '17 2018: 6 2019: 9 2020: 14 '20 2021: 14 2022: 14 2023: 2 '23 2024: 8 2025: 9 2026: 1 '26
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
199026
199143
199218
199330
199424
199520
199627
199755
199865
199933
200050
200142
200211
200325
200418
200514
20067
200712
20087
20095
201011
20115
20123
201317
201420
201516
201611
201712
20186
20199
202014
202114
202214
20232
20248
20259
20261

Among the 252 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 56,000 miles.

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