Consumer Complaint Detail

LINCOLN / TOWN CAR / 1998

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004292953 Incident Date: Jul, 10 2004
Consumer's City: MARLBOROUGH Consumer's State: MA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: TOWN CAR Model Year: 1998
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Service brakes, hydraulic:antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: 1LNFM82W6WY Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 11 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Accident 7/11/04 wife rear ended a dodge dorango and totaled her lincoln town car. she didn't see thr car stop in front of her quick enough when applying the brakes the car went in a nice straight line but did not have good braking . i found this to be true when driving this car myself . now we have to pay the price of increased ins. and a bad mark . my wife has never had an accident but there is no room for this in the ins. world even though the car had a engineering problem as so recorded by mycarstats.com and others.this car and ford products were ===improved=== in 1999 or 2000 but of course there is no problem.