Owner-reported complaints naming the airbag system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the air-bag system — deployment behaviour, inflators, sensors and warning lights. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1993 Lincoln Town Car submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 11 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
WHEN THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AT A LOW SPEED, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, WHICH RESULTED IN THE CONSUMER REAR ENDING ANOTHER MOTORIST. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AND CONSEQUENTLY THE AIR BAG BROKE THE PASSENGER'S ARM. *AK *JB
WHILE COMING OUT OF A PARKING LOT DRIVER'S FRONTAL AIR BAG INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
OUR PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED DURING A WRECK WHICH CRUSHED MY THUMB ON MY RIGHT HAND, AS WELL AS MY RING FINGER ON RIGHT HAND. THESE REQUIRED SURGERY TO CORRECT. HAND STILL DISABLED WITH FINGER THAT WON'T BEND. DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE INJURED BY THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG WITH BURNS/ABRASIONS TO OUR KNEES (WEARING SHORTS AT THE TIME) . SINCE THAT TIME I (PASSENGER) HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH KNEE WHERE AIRBAG IMPACTED. DRIVER HAD SEVERE BURN/ABRASIONS TO HIS RIGHT ARM FROM WRIST TO ELBOW. THE AIRBAGS WERE TOO VIOLENT UPON BEING DEPLOYED.*AK
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL LEFT SIDE COLLISION AT 32-35 MPH IN WHICH DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. HOWEVER, PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID DEPLOY. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
AIR BAG LIGHT IS FLASHING ON THE DASHBOARD. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER INDICATED THAT THE AIR BAG IS NOT WORKING, IN EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT AIR BAG WOULD NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
WHILE EXITING A PARKING LOT A DRUNK DRIVER HIT THE VEHICLE FROM BEHIND IN A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, CONSUMER HIT A DEER IN THE ROAD, CAUSING THE AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY, RESULTING IN CONSUMER RECEIVING BURNS TO THE FACE AREA. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
AIR BAGS: DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40MPH WHEN DEER JUMPED OUT IN FRONT OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE HIT DEER AND THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED ,THE DRIVERS AIR BAG NEVER DEPLOYED. *AK
OTHER: AIR BAG CLOCK SPRING FAILED.
CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND DRIVER SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. TT
THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED AND BROKE THE PASSENGERS NOSE, AND CAUSED BRUISING AND BURNS. TT TWO PEOPLE INJURED IN ACCIDENT, CONSUMER STRUCK A DEER, AIRBAGS DEPLOYED CAUSING INJURIES. *SLC
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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