Owner-reported complaints naming the visibility system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming windshields, glass, wipers, defrosters and mirrors. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1990 Lincoln Town Car submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 13 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
THIS CAR IS ABOUT A PIECE OF JUNK. PAINT IS ALMOST GONE, 3 OF 4 POWER WINDOWS DONT WORK, WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR HAS QUIT TWICE, REAR SUSPENSION FAILED, RADIO NON-FUNCTIONAL, MESSAGE CENTER SAYS THAT IT IS -76 DEGREES AT MOST TIMES WITH 400 MILES UNTIL EMPTY (NOT TRUE). *AK
HOOD LATCH ASSEMBLY - ON CHRISTMAS DAY HOOD FLEW UP INTO THE WINDSHIELD CAUSING THE WINDSHIELD TO GET SMASHED, THE HOOD WAS COMPLETELY BENT IN HALF, AND DAMAGED WAS DONE TO THE ROOF. MY FAMILY AND I WERE TERRIFIED AND I WAS VERY HAPPY THAT MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING. IF HE DIDN'T DRIVE I AM SURE THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A FATAL CAR ACCIDENT. AS THIS HAPPENED, CAR SWERVED INTO LANE TO LEFT AND WE WERE SIDE-SWIPED BY A VAN. THE VAN DID NOT STOP, NO ONE STOPPED. WE WERE THERE FOR QUITE AWHILE BUT NO POLICE CAME. WE JUST WANTED TO GET HOME. OTHER OBVIOUS DAMAGE WAS THE DRIVERS FRONT END. TOOK TO SALVAGE YARD BECAUSE WE WERE NOT AWARE OF THE SAFETY RECALL AND THAT IT WAS NOT DONE ON THIS CAR. THIS CAR HAD NO COLLISION ON IT BECAUSE IT WAS "OLDER" DID FINALLY REPORT TO INSURANCE JUST TO HAVE ON RECORD. IF WE KNEW ABOUT THE RECALL ON THIS I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN DRIVING MY 2 & 4 YEAR OLD SONS IN THIS "SAFE" CAR. I WOULD HAVE DONE DIRECTLY TO DEALER IF I KNEW ABOUT RECALL. HAVE TRIED GOING THROUGH DEALER RECENTLY AND CALLING LINCOLN'S 800# TO SPEAK WITH THEIR CONSUMER AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT. NO ONE IS CLAIMING ANY KIND OF RESPONSIBILITY AND YET IN MY MIND WE WERE ALMOST KILLED. I NEVER RECEIVED A LETTER ABOUT THE RECALL. ONLY THE PREVIOUS OWNERS APPARANTLY RECEIVED ONE. I'M SURE LINCOLN WOULD PAY ATTENTION IF SOMEONE WAS KILLED DUE TO A SAFETY RECALL. HOW CAN I GET LINCOLN TO MAKE MY CAR SAFE AND REIMBURSE ME FOR MONEY I DID PAY OUT DUE TO THIS OCCURRENCE -- THEY WON'T EVEN LOOK AT THE PART OF THE CAR THAT WAS RECALLED BECAUSE I HAD GONE TO A SALVAGE YARD TO HAVE HOOD REPLACED, WINDSHIELD REPLACED AND FRONT END DRIVERS HEADLIGHT REPLACED. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPERS CUT ON AND OFF ERRATICLY DURING RAIN STORMS. LINCOLN CUTOMER SERVICE HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK *JB
THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. THE WINDOW GOES UP AND GETS STUCK. THE TRUCK LID IS FAILING. CLAIMS THAT CALLED WRONG AGENCY. WANTED TO CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER. *AK
ALL POWER ACCESSORIES, SUCH AS POWER LOCKS/ WINDOWS, AND TRUNK RELEASE STOPPED WORKING . ALSO FRONT POWER BRAKE ND CALIPERS LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
FRONT BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS WERE WARPED FOR UNKNOWN REASON. DEALER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS IS VERY COMMON FOR THIS VEHICLE, AND BOTH ROTORS AND PADS NEED TO BE REPLACED. *AK WINDSHIELD WIPERS MALFUNCTIONED. *YH
FAILURE ON THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR, THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR HAS BEEN REPLACED ON TWO OCCASIONS. *AK
SOMETIMES WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, SMELLED ELECTRIAL WIRES BURNING, WINDOWS WOULD LOCK UP, AIR CONDITIONER WOULD STOP, ALSO THE KEY CANNOT BE REMOVED FROM IGNITION SWITCH, ELECTRICAL WIRES SEEMED TO SHORT OUT.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE IN THE IGNITION SWITCH, A TERRIBLE NOISE WAS HEARD AND CONSUMER FEELS THIS WAS DUE TO THE SWITCH ENGAGED WHILE THE MOTOR WAS RUNNING. *SLC
DEFROSTER IS NOT CLEARING THE WINDSHIELD, AND OTHER WINDOWS IN VEHICLE. *AK
HAD TO REPLACE THE SYSTEMS WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR. TT
STEERING GEAR BOX FAILED. *SD
VEHICLES REAR DOOR ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT IS CAUSING THE METAL IN THE CAR TO FAIL/BREAK AND CAUSING THE DOOR NOT TO CLOSE PROPERLY. TT
IN HEAVY RAIN THE WIPERS DO NOT MOVE FAST ENOUGH TO CLEAR THE RAIN OFF THE WINDOW. TT
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.
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