Owner-reported complaints naming the fuel system system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1996 Lincoln Town Car submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 10 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
MY 96 LINCOLN TOWNCAR BOGS DOWN, SPUTTERS, JERKS AND MISFIRES FROM A STANDING START. ALSO MISFIRES, SPUTTERS IN PASSING GEAR WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW YOU TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE WITH CONFIDENCE. AT THIS TIME THE SOLUTION HAS NOT BEEN FOUND. *AK
CAR STALLS BOTH WHEN IDLING READY TO MOVE AND TURNING CORNERS WHERE IT LOSES POWER STEERING
WHILE DRIVING INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED AND LEAKED ANTI-FREEZE ALL OVER ENGINE. *AK *YH
VEHICLE OVERHEAEDT DUE TO A CRACK IN INTAKE MANIFOLD, CAUSING ALL THE FUEL TO RUN OUT.DEALER CONTACTED.*AK
INTAKE MANIFOLD HAS CRACKED, CAUSING ENGINE TO OVERHEAT. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON SIMILAR MAKES AND MODEL; HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED CAUSING VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. DEALER CONTACTED. NLM
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING WHEN WATER AND STEAM STARTED SHOOTING OUT ONTO WINDSHIELD. WINDOW WAS SO FOGGED UP, IT AFFECTED CONSUMER'S DRIVING ABILITY. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE WATER JACKET ON INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD SPLIT THROWING COOLANT INTO ALTERNATOR FAN AND OVER ENTIRE ENGINE CAUSING WINDOW TO FOG. *YD
IDLE AIR CONTROL AND MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL WHEN MAKING TURNS IN FRONT OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. NLM
MILEAGE IS POOR ON THE VEHICLE DUE TO FAULTY FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY. *AK
WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE CUTS OFF/STALLS. *AK VEHICLE HAS STALLED AFTER ENGINE LIGHT HAS ILLUMINATED, DEALER INSTALLED OCTANE BOOSTER AND VEHICLE RAN FINE FOR A WHILE AND THEN STALLED AGAIN, CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HAS RAN FINE SINCE, HOWEVER SHE HAS NOT DONE ANY MOUNTAIN DRIVING AND THIS IS WHEN IT STALLED. *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.
Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own
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