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Lincoln Town Car

4 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·15E082000·2015-10-06

    Dorman Aftermarket Steering Shafts Recalled for Potential Separation Risk

    Dorman is recalling aftermarket steering shafts for 1995-2002 Ford, Mercury, and Lincoln vehicles because they may separate, causing loss of steering control.

    Product
    MERCURY — MERCURY, FORD, LINCOLN GRAND MARQUIS, CROWN VICTORIA, TOWN CAR
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·14V704000·2014-11-05

    Ford Recalls Crown Victoria, Grand Marquis, Town Car for Steering Shaft Defect

    Ford is recalling 2005-2011 Crown Victoria, Grand Marquis, and Town Car vehicles where a prior steering shaft repair may have been incorrect, risking loss of steering control.

    Product
    LINCOLN — LINCOLN, FORD, MERCURY TOWN CAR, CROWN VICTORIA, GRAND MARQUIS
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·13V385000·2013-08-29

    Ford Recalls 2005-2011 Vehicles for Steering Column Corrosion Risk

    Ford is recalling 2005-2011 Crown Victoria, Grand Marquis, and Town Car vehicles in specific states because severe corrosion can cause steering loss.

    Product
    LINCOLN — LINCOLN, MERCURY, FORD TOWN CAR, GRAND MARQUIS, CROWN VICTORIA
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2006 · airbags 55 complaints, median 72,000 mi
  • 2005 · cruise-control 27 complaints, median 73,065 mi
  • 2007 · cruise-control 23 complaints, median 36,000 mi
  • 2005 · brakes 21 complaints, median 60,000 mi

Technical service bulletins

139 manufacturer service bulletins across 7 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2011: 4.2/5 · 6 complaints · most complained-of: steering
  • 2010: 4.1/5 · 13 complaints · most complained-of: steering
  • 2009: 4.3/5 · 5 complaints
  • 2008: 4.0/5 · 20 complaints · most complained-of: brakes
  • 2007: 3.6/5 · 84 complaints · most complained-of: cruise-control

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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