Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1989 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
89
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
29
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

89 filed
7
Crashes
38
Fires
15
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    20
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    11
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    10
  • Electrical SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
    4
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE Assembly
    4
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    4
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER Dash
    4
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
    4

Recalls

5 campaigns
96V071000·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION1996-04-25

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.

90V133000·EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS1990-07-27

TIRE PLACARD MAY CONTAIN INCORRECT GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT RATINGS AND TIRE INFORMATION.

RiskLIMOUSINES WOULD NOT COMPLY WITH FMVSS 110 AND CONSUMERMIGHT UNKNOWINGLY OVERLOAD THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF PLACARD MISINFORMATION.

FixINSTALL REVISED TIRE PLACARDS.

90V134000·EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS1990-07-27

GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT RATINGS AND TIRE INFORMATION MAY BE INCORRECT ON LABELS.

RiskVEHICLES WOULD NOT COMPLY WITH 49 CFR PART 567.

FixINSTALL REVISED CERTIFICATION LABELS.

90V093000·EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS1990-05-09

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: LIMOUSINES BUILT BY EMPIRE COACH. VEHICLE ALTERERS LABEL MAY BE MISSING OR INCOMPLETE.

RiskVEHICLES DO NOT COMPLY WITH PART 567.

FixADD COMPLIANCE LABEL.

90V050000·SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE1990-03-06

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.

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