1980 Lincoln Town Car
Safety record from NHTSA: recalls, owner complaints, investigations and service bulletins.
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Owner complaints
1 complaints
Latest complaints
- Electrical system
Dt: the vehicle was being driven at 35 mph when it stalled. the vehicle eventually stopped and lost steering and brakes. this has happened 4 times. the vehicle usually stalls at lower speeds about 35 mph. no warning lights illuminated before failure, only after the incident occurred. the…
Dt: the vehicle was being driven at 35 mph when it stalled. the vehicle eventually stopped and lost steering and brakes. this has happened 4 times. the vehicle usually stalls at lower speeds about 35 mph. no warning lights illuminated before failure, only after the incident occurred. the vehicle IS regularly serviced. No other problems with vehicle. Due to this problem vehicle IS not driven. Problem began about a year ago.*ak *sb
Defect investigations
NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened these reviews into vehicles including this one.
- Parking brake failure
Summary:the spring under investigation causes the latching pawl toengage the teeth of the ratchet whereby the parking brake IS retainedin the applied position.if the spring fails, the pedal follows theoperators foot back up into the released position.ford states that it issued the bulletin in order to inform…
Summary:the spring under investigation causes the latching pawl toengage the teeth of the ratchet whereby the parking brake IS retainedin the applied position.if the spring fails, the pedal follows theoperators foot back up into the released position.ford states that it issued the bulletin in order to inform dealersthat the spring was newly available as a separate part.previously,it was necessary to replace the entire parking brake control assembly inorder to obtain a new spring.since the failure of the spring will not cause the parking brake tosuddenly and unexpectedly release and since there IS adequate warningof the failure, no safety defect trend was found.===
Service bulletins
Technical service bulletins and other communications the manufacturer sent dealers about this vehicle. Ask a dealer for the full document by its number.
- 623988Information regarding transmission fluid usage charts. *Slc
- 601238Information on a new transmission fluid usage chart.
- 51945Fluid- transmission fluid usage charts.
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