2000 Lincoln Town CAR

Complaint history

When NHTSA received these reports. Changes in reporting alone do not establish a change in failure rates.

Problems owners report

Listed groups have at least 3 complaints. The page includes the 20 largest groups plus any additional flagged groups; some complaints are not assigned to a group.

AI groups complaints by meaning; the groups are approximate. Share ratio compares the problem’s share of this vehicle’s complaints with its share on other vehicles over the last 24 months (shown from 3 recent complaints). A 2× ratio means twice the complaint share, not twice the failure risk. Flags mark unusual shares or recent surges after an AI review of the complaint content. “First signal” does not mean the pattern has persisted continuously.How recall estimates are calculated.

Recalls

• NHTSA recall #01V258000August 8, 20011,083,000 vehicles affected

  visibility: windshield wiper/washer: motor

  Vehicle description: passenger cars, sport utility vehicles, and light and medium duty pickup trucks. A switch located in the plastic cover of the wiper motor gear case could malfunction and overheat, potentially resulting in loss of intermittent wiper function, loss of wiper park function, complete loss of wiper function, or ignition of the plastic cover material. Switch malfunction is most likely to occur when the intermittent setting of the wipers is being used, or when snow or ice obstructs the blades from returning to the "parked" position at the bottom of the windshield. These vehicles were built at the following assembly plants: atlanta plant from 2/11/00 through 7/31/00; chicago plant from 2/14/00 through 8/4/00; kansas city plant from 2/26/00 to 9/4/00; kentucky truck plant from 2/18/00 to 8/31/00; michigan truck plant from 2/23/00 through 8/3/00; norfolk plant from 2/21/00 through 7/27/00; wayne stamping and assembly plant from 2/25/00 through 8/15/00; and wixom plant from 2/15/00 through 8/8/00.

  Loss of visibility while driving increases the risk of a crash.

  Remedy

  Dealers will inspect the date code on the wiper motor. Motors built with the suspect time frame will have the wiper motor gear case cover replaced. Owner notification began august 20, 2001. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact Ford at 1-866-436-7332.

• NHTSA recall #00V356000December 12, 200010,000 vehicles affected

  tires

  Vehicle description: certain limousines stretched over 60 inches fail to comply with the requirements of FMVSS no. 109, "new pneumatic tires," and no. 110, "tire selection and rims."

  The vehicle weight could exceed the maximum load rating for the tire, increasing the risk of premature tire wear or blowout.

  Remedy

  Dealers will replace all 5 tires (including the spare tire) with michelin tires (225/70R16 107T reinforced white sidewall) with a sufficiently higher load rating. Owner notification began january 10, 2001. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact Ford at 1-800-248-0186.

• NHTSA recall #00V364000November 13, 200034 vehicles affected

  seat belts: front

  Vehicle description: certain passenger vehicles with medium graphite seat belts fail to comply with the requirements of FMVSS no. 209, "seat belt assemblies." an incorrect front center seat belt and retractor assembly may have been installed.

  In the event of a vehicle crash, the occupant may not be properly restrained.

  Remedy

  All suspect vehicles have had the seat belts inspected or replaced by Ford.

• NHTSA recall #00V368000November 9, 2000170 vehicles affected

  seat belts: rear/other

  Vehicle description: passenger vehicles with midnight black or medium parchment seat belts manufactured on july 31, 2000, fail to comply with the requirements of FMVSS no. 209, "seat belt assemblies." an incorrect driver's side rear seat belt and retractor assembly may have been installed.

  In the event of a vehicle crash, the occupant may not be properly restrained.

  Remedy

  Dealers will inspect the seat belts and replace the affected seat belt and retractor assemblies.

• NHTSA recall #00V228001August 18, 2000144,435 vehicles affected

  seat belts

  Vehicle description: passenger vehicles, light duty trucks, sport utility vehicles, and mini vans equipped with trw seat belt buckle assemblies. The buckle base of these seat belt assemblies were not properly heat treated and therefore do not pass the load bearing requirement of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 209, "seat belt assemblies."

  In the event of a vehicle crash, the occupant may not be properly restrained.

  Remedy

  Dealers will inspect the date code on certain seat belt buckles of your vehicle and replace all seat belt buckles that fall within the suspect date code range. Owner notification began october 26, 2000. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact Ford at 1-800-392-3673.

• NHTSA recall #00V200000July 18, 2000875,000 vehicles affected

  equipment: mechanical: integrated jack/leveler/stabilizer

  Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. These vehicles have jacking instructions which, if followed, could cause the vehicle operator to place the jack on a frame weld when attempting to raise a rear wheel. If the vehicle is jacked up with the jack placed on the frame weld and if the vehicle is free to roll (wheels not blocked or chocked), the jack could yield and the vehicle may drop suddenly.

  If this occurs and any portion of the operator's body is under the vehicle, the potential for personal injury exists.

  Remedy

  Owners will be provided with a revised jack instruction and stowage card and jack warning label, as well as a supplement to the owner guide.

• NHTSA recall #00V157001June 12, 20001,167 vehicles affected

  seat belts: front: anchorage

  Vehicle description: passenger vehicles using aftermarket driver's seat belt assemblies that were sold by Ford parts departments from january 1, through june 13, 2000. These seat belt assemblies fail to comply with the requirements of FMVSS no. 209, "seat belt assemblies." the equipment involved is service stock seat belt assemblies, model nos. H 9977, h 9979, t 9063, and t 9217, built by trw vehicle safety systems, inc. (trw) manufactured from june 1, 1998 through may 21, 2000. Some of these seat belt assemblies may have been installed as service replacement equipment on the vehicles involved in the recall.

  In the event of a collision, these seat belts may not restrain an occupant increasing the risk of injury.

  Remedy

  Dealers will inspect these vehicles and replace the service seat belt assemblies that were installed in these vehicles from january 1 through june 13, 2000.

• NHTSA recall #00V157002June 12, 20001,129 vehicles affected

  seat belts: front: anchorage

  Vehicle description: passenger vehicles using aftermarket front passenger side seat belt assemblies that were sold by Ford parts departments from january 1, through june 13, 2000. These seat belt assemblies fail to comply with the requirements of FMVSS no. 209, "seat belt assemblies." the equipment involved is service stock seat belt assemblies, model nos. H 9977, h 9979, t 9063, and t 9217, built by trw vehicle safety systems, inc. (trw) manufactured from june 1, 1998 through may 21, 2000. Some of these seat belt assemblies may have been installed as service replacement equipment on the vehicles involved in the recall.

  In the event of a collision, these seat belts may not restrain an occupant increasing the risk of injury.

  Remedy

  Dealers will inspect these vehicles and replace the service seat belt assemblies that were installed in these vehicles from january 1 through june 13, 2000.

Other model years

• 1986 50
• 1987 32
• 1988 99
• 1989 89
• 1990 209
• 1991 155
• 1992 249
• 1993 176
• 1994 155
• 1995 165
• 1996 259
• 1997 314
• 1998 154
• 1999 148
• 2000
• 2001 161
• 2002 65
• 2003 201
• 2004 83
• 2005 119
• 2006 143
• 2007 84