THE IGNITION SWITCH COULD EXPERIENCE AN INTERNAL SHORT CIRCUIT.
RiskTHIS CONDITION COULD CAUSE OVERHEATING, SMOKE, AND POSSIBLY FIRE IN THE STEERING COLUMN AREA OF THE VEHICLE.
FixDEALERS WILL REPLACE THE IGNITION SWITCH.
Year · Make · Model
1988 Lincoln Town CAR
What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.
5
Open recalls
99
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
27
Service bulletins
Consumer complaints
99 filed8
Crashes
31
Fires
10
Injuries reported
3
Fatalities reported
What people complain about
- Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH20
- Vehicle Speed Control14
- Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission8
- Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION5
- TIRES:TREAD/BELT4
- Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT Underhood4
- Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE4
- Electrical System3
Recalls
5 campaignsVEHICLE DESCRIPTION: LIMOUSINES BUILT BY EMPIRE COACH. VEHICLE ALTERERS LABEL MAY BE MISSING OR INCOMPLETE.
RiskVEHICLES DO NOT COMPLY WITH PART 567.
FixADD COMPLIANCE LABEL.
SAFETY BELTS (TYPE 1 LAP BELTS) FOR REAR FACING SEATS WERE NOT INSTALLED.
RiskLACK OF RESTRAINTS COULD CONTRIBUTE TO OTHERWISE PREVENTABLE INJURY AND WOULD NOT COMPLY WITH FMVSS 209 AND 210.
FixINSTALL SAFETY BELTS FOR REAR FACING SEATS.
SPRING LOCK FUEL LINE COUPLING MAY NOT BE PROPERLY ENGAGED.
RiskCOUPLING COULD DISENGAGE DUE TO FUEL PRESSURE,VIBRATION, AND ENGINE MOVEMENTS; THIS WOULD CAUSE LOSS OF FUEL WHICH, INPRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE, CREATES A FIRE RISK.
FixINSTALL RETAINER CLIPS OVER THE COUPLINGS TO PREVENT COUPLING SEPARATION AND FUEL LEAKAGE.
FUEL RAILS MAY BE BENT SO THAT NO. 5 INJECTOR CUPS ARE OUT OF DESIGN POSITION.
RiskBENT FUEL RAIL COULD CAUSE A FUEL LEAK, WHICH INPRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE COULD RESULT IN AN ENGINE FIRE.
FixREPLACE FUEL RAIL ASSEMBLIES AS NECESSARY.
NHTSA investigations
2 actionsSUDDEN ACCELERATION
FUEL FILLER PIPE SPURTING