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1987 Lincoln Mark Vii Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest May 6, 2000
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since May 7, 1996

What this page shows

Our database holds 7 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1987 Lincoln Mark Vii. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–7 of 7

Suspension
Filed May 6, 2000
Crash reportedFire reported4 injuries reported2 deaths reported

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID
722338
Incident
May 25, 1990
Electrical
Filed Jul 20, 1998

IGNITION SWITCH BURNED CAUSING OTHER ELECTRICAL FAILURES AS WELL AS BRAKE LOSS RESULTING IN CONSUMER HITTING CURB.

NHTSA ID
538000
Incident
Jun 22, 1998
Engine
Filed Feb 25, 1997
Fire reported

WHILE PARKED IN SECURE PARKING LOT APPROXIMATELY 3 HOURS; OWNER NOTIFIED BY BUILDING SECURITY VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE, ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE, CAUSE UNKOWN, EXTINGUISHED BY FIRE DEPARTMENT, VEHICLE TOTALED. *AK

NHTSA ID
809395
Incident
Feb 7, 1997
Transmission
Filed Feb 17, 1997
1 injury reported

FAILURE OF A "SNAP TOGETHER" PLASTIC BUSHING, WHICH CONNECTS THE SHIFT SELECTOR CABLE TO THE TRANSMISSION BELLCRANK, CAUSED VEHICLE TO LURCH BACKWARDS. THE OWNER WAS KNOCKED DOWN AND FOOT WAS RUN OVER BY VEHICLE AS A RESULT.

NHTSA ID
546754
Incident
Feb 20, 1995
Steering
Filed Dec 20, 1996

RIGHT TIE-ROD DROPPED.

NHTSA ID
513151
Driver assistanceElectricalTransmission
Filed Oct 30, 1996
Crash reported

STARTED CAR, RELEASED EMERGENCY BRAKE, PUT CAR INTO GEAR AND THE CAR ACCELERATED AND HIT A WALL, NOJURY . *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE TOP OF THE GEAR SELECTOR CAME OFF WHILE TRYING TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL. THE ORIGINAL COMPUTER WAS REPLACED IN JUNE OF 1994 DUE TO HARD STARTING AND ROUGH IDLE. *SLC

NHTSA ID
804311
Incident
Oct 15, 1996
Engine
Filed May 7, 1996
Fire reported

ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE.

NHTSA ID
509532
Incident
Mar 20, 1995

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

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