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1993 Lincoln Town Car Interior & seats Problems

Owner-reported complaints naming the interior system, filed with NHTSA

Data refreshed

Interior & seats reportsComplaints 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.
9
Latest Dec 16, 2001
Share of all reportsThis category as a share of every owner report on file for this model year. One report can name more than one component, so the categories overlap.
5%
of 176 total
Crash or fire reportedReports in this category whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. The reporter's own answer on the NHTSA form, not a verified finding.
2
Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
0

What this page shows

Reports naming seats, latches, locks, linkages and interior fittings. 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. 9 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.

Owner reports naming interior

Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed

Interior & seats
Filed Dec 16, 2001

AN EXPLOSION WAS HEARD @ 1:00AM-14 HOURS AFTER CAR WAS PARKED. CAR CONSUMED WITH FLAMES RESULTING IN TOTAL LOSS OF VEHICLE AND DAMAGE TO HOME AND SURROUNDING AREA.*AK REFERENCED IN EA02-025

NHTSA ID
755700
Interior & seats
Filed Apr 18, 2001

DASHLIGHTS ARE TURNED UP AS BRIGHT AS IT GOES, BUT CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO SEE HOW FAST HE IS DRIVING. DEALER STATED ALL 1993 MODELS ARE LIKE THAT. *AK

NHTSA ID
886236
Incident
Jun 1, 1997
Interior & seats
Filed Mar 23, 2001

WOULD BE DRIVING VEHICLE WHEN DASHBOARD WOULD GET HOT. INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS WOULD COME ON. TWO OF BUTTONS HAD MELTED. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP, AND WAS INFORMED BY THE MECHANIC READ OUT FROM DIAGNOSTIC INDICATED THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL SHORT. WOULD NEED TO REPLACE WIRING. THIS PROBLEM ONLY HAPPEN WHEN DRIVING.*AK

NHTSA ID
884011
Interior & seats
Filed Jan 31, 2001
Crash reported

HOOD CATCH CORRODED AND SEPARATED FROM HOOD, HOOD FLEW UP AND OBSCURED DRIVER'S VISION, CONSUMER STATES HOOD CATCH IS MADE OF STEEL AND HOOD IS MADE OF ALUMINUM WHICH CREATED AN ELECTROLYSIS AND CAUSED ALUMINUM TO DECOMPOSE AND THE HOOD CATCH TO SEPARATE, CAUSING THE RELEASE OF THE HOOD. *SLC

NHTSA ID
879520
Incident
Jan 3, 2001
Interior & seatsSuspension
Filed Feb 14, 2000

AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM GOES UP AND DOWN. YH

NHTSA ID
550924
Interior & seats
Filed Aug 8, 1997

WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE EVERYTHING ON THE DASH CUTS OFF, THE ODOMETER STARTS TO SPIN. THE CAR CUTS OFF. DEALER REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING. *AK

NHTSA ID
813059
Interior & seats
Filed Jan 2, 1997
Fire reported

ELECTRICAL SHORT, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE IN THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT, THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF WHEN THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK

NHTSA ID
806937
Incident
Dec 30, 1996
Interior & seats
Filed May 2, 1995

SEAT WILL SLIDE BACK AND FORTH WHEN BRAKING. TT

NHTSA ID
964646
Incident
May 2, 1995
Interior & seats
Filed Mar 27, 1995

HOOD FLEW OPEN DUE TO STRIKER IN LATCHING MECHANISM CORRODING, DAMAGE HOOD, LOST VISIBILITY. TT

NHTSA ID
962588
Incident
Mar 16, 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.

Other components reported on this vehicle

Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own

Electrical40Driver assistance37Brakes25Transmission18Engine17Suspension11Airbags11Steering11

Elsewhere on this vehicle

Data sources

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