Consumer Complaint Detail

LINCOLN / TOWN CAR / 2002

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 003221838 Incident Date: Mar, 13 2003
Consumer's City: SACRAMENTO Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: TOWN CAR Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Air bags:frontal
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: 1LNHM81W52Y Date added to File: May, 16 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 14 2003 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: May, 28 2002
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: While driving at 45 mph the vehicle was involved in a frontal collision. the front air bags failed to deploy and as a result the passenger sustained a painful bruise over the left anterior rib cage. there was sufficient frontal impact but the driver believes the air bag failure may be due to the positioning of the air bag sensor. *ak *scc *nlm