2005 Lincoln Town Car
Safety record from NHTSA: recalls, owner complaints, investigations and service bulletins.
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Recalls
3 recalls name the 2005 Lincoln Town Car. Newest first.
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain model year 2005-2011 Ford Crown Victoria, 2005-2011 Mercury Grand Marquis vehicles manufactured March 23, 2004, to August 30, 2011, and 2005-2011 Lincoln Town Car vehicles manufactured March 8, 2004, to August 30, 2011, and on which the upper intermediate shaft was serviced during the course of safety recall…
Risk and remedy
Risk
Improper servicing of the upper intermediate shaft could cause the shaft to separate, which can then result in a loss of steering control, and increasing the risk of a crash.
Remedy
Ford will notify the owners of vehicles whose repair records reflect that the upper intermediate steering shaft was repaired during the course of the prior recall 13V-385. Dealers will inspect and replace the upper immediate shaft if necessary free of charge. The recall began November 17, 2014. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 14S25.
Ford is recalling certain model year 2005-2011 Ford Crown Victoria (including Crown Victoria Police Interceptors), Mercury Grand Marquis, and Lincoln Town Car vehicles. The affected vehicles are currently registered or were originally sold in Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts…
Risk and remedy
Risk
If the lower bearing separates, the vehicle may experience a loss of steering, increasing the risk of a crash.
Remedy
Ford will notify owners and dealers will replace the lower intermediate shaft, free of charge. The upper intermediate shaft and steering column lower bearing will be inspected to identify any damage that may have occurred as a result of lower intermediate shaft corrosion, and repaired or replaced as necessary. If the steering column lower bearing has separated, a retainer clip will be installed. The recall began on October 23, 2013. Owners may contact Ford at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's recall number is 13S08.
On certain passenger vehicles, the battery cable includes a fusible link that may contact and subsequently chafe on a #2 cross member attaching bolt.
Risk and remedy
Risk
This condition may result in heat damage and could lead to a fire.
Remedy
Dealers will inspect the fusible link and position it away from the cross member bolt. if the fusible link has already chafed and copper wires have been exposed, the fusible link will be replaced. the recall began on november 18, 2005. owners may contact ford at 1-800-392-3673, or lincoln/mercury at 1-800-521-4140.
Owner complaints
119 complaints17 involved a crash2 involved a fire18 injuries1 deaths
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Latest complaints
- Electrical system · Forward collision avoidance › Warnings · Steering
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- Visibility/wiper
The contact owns a 2005 Lincoln Town Car. The contact stated that the windshield wipers became inoperable. There were no warning lights illuminated. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was contacted. The failure mileage was approximately…
The contact owns a 2005 Lincoln Town Car. The contact stated that the windshield wipers became inoperable. There were no warning lights illuminated. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 92,000. The consumer stated wipers are only turned on when raining, back warning only works when backing up, and unsure when the air bag light came on.
- Engine · Power train · Vehicle speed control
While accelerating approximate @ 30 mph, vehicle speed increased without assistance nearly plummeting into a body of water at a curve... exit 77 on I-95S MD. The car could not handled the curve at that rate of speed. Town Car had to be thrown into neutral and hard press brake pedal in order to…
While accelerating approximate @ 30 mph, vehicle speed increased without assistance nearly plummeting into a body of water at a curve... exit 77 on I-95S MD. The car could not handled the curve at that rate of speed. Town Car had to be thrown into neutral and hard press brake pedal in order to stop. Safety issue could have been major accident or my death. I do not desire to reproduce a dangerous scenario with an accelerating vehicle. Dealership and private mechanic refused to reproduce incident. Zero warning lamps and nothing in computer to determine a problem/fix.
- Vehicle speed control
2005 lincoln towncar. Consumer writes in regards to faulty accelerator which resulted in a auto accident. *Ld *js
- Service brakes
TL* the contact owns a 2005 lincoln town car. The contact called in regards to having a brake failure. The contact stated while approaching a red light and depressing the brake pedal, the vehicle failed to stop causing the vehicle to hit a truck and the curb. The vehicle was able to stop after…
TL* the contact owns a 2005 lincoln town car. The contact called in regards to having a brake failure. The contact stated while approaching a red light and depressing the brake pedal, the vehicle failed to stop causing the vehicle to hit a truck and the curb. The vehicle was able to stop after depressing the brake pedal multiple times. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact stated that no air bags deployed. A police report was filed. The contact stated no injury were sustained. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic for body damage estimate and repairs. The contact stated a local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle had not been diagnosed or repaired as of yet. The vehicle was not deemed a total loss. The manufacturer was contacted, case was filed, and referred to contact nhtsa. The failure mileage was approximately 126,000.
- Air bags
Air bag light flashes 3 times 5 times and then stays on. No accidents 28000 actual miles.
- Air bags
Air bag light was on for a year but now its off but have 25 beeps everytime I start car and every 20 minutes after. Found it was ab n airbag issue
- Air bags
"Takata recall." I noticed a few weeks ago that my airbag light IS on. I have 28000 actual miles on the 2005 lincoln town car that has always been garaged. I have not had a recall on the airbag light and I would like for you to check it out and let me know of any recalls on the airbags.
- Steering
Became hard to steer while driving. Like loss of power steering to it into be checked it IS the intermediate steering. Almost lost control. I was told it was recalled for same reason. I checked it was recalled but says 0 unrepaired . But says some was not repaired correctly I have less than 95,000 miles on this vehicle. What can be done for this vehicle. This happened while driving down a road with out noticed
- Service brakes
TL* the contact owns a 2005 lincoln town car. While attempting to stop the vehicle, the brake pedal was depressed and the vehicle inadvertently accelerated. The vehicle came to a stop at an extended distance. On another occasion, the brake pedal was depressed and the contact struck a guardrail in…
TL* the contact owns a 2005 lincoln town car. While attempting to stop the vehicle, the brake pedal was depressed and the vehicle inadvertently accelerated. The vehicle came to a stop at an extended distance. On another occasion, the brake pedal was depressed and the contact struck a guardrail in order to avoid crashing into another vehicle. There were no injuries. A police report was not filed. The vehicle was taken to gateway ford lincoln nissan (located at 1055 w andrew johnson hwy, greeneville, tn 37745, (423) 639-5151) to be diagnosed, but the mechanic was unable to retrieve a fault code or duplicate the failure. The contact stated that the failure was intermittent. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The approximate failure mileage was 93,000.
- Air bags · Seat belts
Air bag light on, giving code 34 then remains illuminated. Dealer said seat belt tensioners on both side need to be changed @ a cost of $1,500 . they also advise serious injury can occur in an event of an impact .
- Exterior lighting
Low beams head lights cuts off without warning while driving all the time
- Steering
TL* the contact owns a 2005 lincoln town car. While driving various speeds, the steering wheel became stiff and difficult to turn without warning. It became difficult for the contact to maneuver the vehicle. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was…
TL* the contact owns a 2005 lincoln town car. While driving various speeds, the steering wheel became stiff and difficult to turn without warning. It became difficult for the contact to maneuver the vehicle. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 125,000. *Tt consumer stated steering IS very hard and stiff. *Jb
- Steering
Tight steering/repaired by dealer 7/31/2017( recall # 13s08)...tight steering again 8/1/2018 was told by mechanic( non-dealer) was steering pump, turned out to be upper intermittent steering shaft, I believe when the lower was replaced it would have made sense to replace the upper as well, looking for reimbursement for at least part $310.10 to be paid to mechanic @ joes auto mall /new bedford ma
- Vehicle speed control
The car was being driven in a parking lot at 5-10 miles/hour. It rapidly accelerated and was stopped only after both feet on brake and emergency brake used. The skid marks are 32' long. There were many witnesses because it was in a church parking lot at the end of sunday service.
- Air bags
TL* the contact owns a 2005 lincoln town car. The contact stated that the air bag warning indicator remained illuminated, which was a safety concern. The vehicle was not included in any manufacturer recalls or tsbs for the air bags. An independent mechanic inspected the vehicle, but had not…
TL* the contact owns a 2005 lincoln town car. The contact stated that the air bag warning indicator remained illuminated, which was a safety concern. The vehicle was not included in any manufacturer recalls or tsbs for the air bags. An independent mechanic inspected the vehicle, but had not determined the cause of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The dealer and manufacturer were not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 115,000.
- Seat belts
Air bag light on. Dealer computer indicates driver side seat belt needs replacing. please advise.
- Air bags
Passenger side air bag. Broken wire between air bag and computer.
- Vehicle speed control
07/24/217 driving on hwy. 55 north. Selected cruise control on nothing increased speed to 70 mph reselected speed control(cruise control) nothing again. Repeated several times, nothing. When I got home checked fuses #25 under dash. And fuse F13 in engine compartment neither was burnt replaced…
07/24/217 driving on hwy. 55 north. Selected cruise control on nothing increased speed to 70 mph reselected speed control(cruise control) nothing again. Repeated several times, nothing. When I got home checked fuses #25 under dash. And fuse F13 in engine compartment neither was burnt replaced with new fuses. Checked recall 3 recalls open on 2005 town cars. 1 on speed control disconnect deactivation sw. Could cause to short out, seems likely. 07V336000
- Air bags
TL* the contact owns a 2005 lincoln town car. The contact stated that the air bag warning indicator was continuously illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the passenger side seat belt pretensioner failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired.…
TL* the contact owns a 2005 lincoln town car. The contact stated that the air bag warning indicator was continuously illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the passenger side seat belt pretensioner failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vin was invalid. The failure mileage was approximately 100,000. updated 05/10/17*lj *as
- Electronic stability control (esc) · Unknown or other · Vehicle speed control
I was parking at applebees when the car bolted and slammed in the wall. I tried to put it in park but went in reverse also at hgh speed. Finally I was able to brake and go to park. I'm concerned. I did not have my foot on the acceleator. I would like someone to check my car out.
- Air bags
Air bag light stays on.
- Engine
While in motion vehicle engine accelerates on its own. Not a driver error problem. This extremely dangerous engine revving has occurred several times when driving in the city and slowing down approaching an intersection. Can control the engine revving up by placing transmission on neutral…
While in motion vehicle engine accelerates on its own. Not a driver error problem. This extremely dangerous engine revving has occurred several times when driving in the city and slowing down approaching an intersection. Can control the engine revving up by placing transmission on neutral, stopping car turn ignition to off. Restart engine and engine behaves properly. Took car to dealer 0N 9/22/16. Dealer kept car to attempt duplicating problem. Car returned car to me on 10/20/16. Dealer says no problem detected. This acceleration problem has happened numerous times going back to shortly after I purchased the new car. I bought the car in good faith. I now believe that the dealer and lincoln sold me a defective product. Too dangerous to drive with passengers and safety for other persons. This problem has occurred probably about 20 times and reported several times to no avail.
- Air bags · Electrical system · Seat belts
Takata recall; again why IS my car deleted from the list of cars with the same year? IS there safety more important than my family? Ford intentionally installed a cheaper version of airbag inflator, knowing there was a problem. When IS this democratic government going to go after these companies…
Takata recall; again why IS my car deleted from the list of cars with the same year? IS there safety more important than my family? Ford intentionally installed a cheaper version of airbag inflator, knowing there was a problem. When IS this democratic government going to go after these companies who violate the law? my 2005 dodge truck also IS under a recall for the same thing, but there are no parts available to fix it...we want action and now< quit telling us the consumer lies< like we"ll get back to you in (2) business days.this IS all B.S.....A8.
- Air bags · Electrical system · Seat belts
Our car has not been recalled by ford or nhtsa. Numerous requests over the last (2) years have not returned a response. Why IS cars from the same year being considered and not ours? IS their safety more important than ours? Why are we being ignored by the establishment? this IS outright…
Our car has not been recalled by ford or nhtsa. Numerous requests over the last (2) years have not returned a response. Why IS cars from the same year being considered and not ours? IS their safety more important than ours? Why are we being ignored by the establishment? this IS outright discrimination..... We have spent $1200. For the passenger airbag inflator, only to find out we need the driver side inflator also for it to work. Where are the parts? why hasn't foqrd made these parts available? they have neglected our safety..... We can not even carry our grand children in our vehicle because of this . where's the justice in this? this same situation applies for my 2005 dodge RAM pickup, again no parts available. why don't you just replace them with takata-inflator, like we have now, if it lasts (10) more years,at least we'll be safe...does anyone in washington do their jobs anymore? maybe it's time for new leadership, and not the democratic do nothing party...you have had (8) years, for heavens sake , get moving....
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.
- 10205037Inpected or repaired under 13R01 - Requests for recall service action under 13S08
- 10183773For 2005-2012 Crown Victoria, 2005-2011 Grand Marquis and Town Car vehicles, Regional Program 13R01 applies to vehicles not registered in corrosion states and not included in Safety Recall 13S08, where operation in high corrosion areas for an extended period may lead to corrosion in the lower intermediate steering shaft swing link. This may result in a compressed upper intermediate steering shaft and separation from the steering column, which can result in a loss of steering control. Vehicles covered under 13R01 that were inspected or repaired without replacement of the lower intermediate shaft, and have relocated to high corrosion areas, may experience subsequent corrosion of the lower intermediate steering shaft swing link.
- 10177863This article supersedes TSB 19-2026 to update the vehicle model years affected. Some 2000 and newer Ford/Lincoln/Mercury vehicles equipped with aluminum body panels may exhibit corrosion concerns appearing as bubbled and/or peeling paint with or without accompanying white dust. Panel replacement is recommended.
- 10156863Some 2000 and newer Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles equipped with aluminum body panels may exhibit corrosion concerns appearing as bubbled and/or peeling paint with or without accompanying white dust. Panel replacement is recommended. Follow the Service Procedure steps to correct the condition
- 10155551Some 2000 and newer Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles equipped with aluminum body panels may exhibit corrosion concerns appearing as bubbled and/or peeling paint with or without accompanying white dust. Panel replacement is recommended. Follow the Service Procedure steps to correct the condition
- 10109070The Powertrain Control/Emissions Diagnosis (PC/ED) manual has been revised for diagnosing electronic throttle bodies (ETBs). The ETC_ACT and ETC_DSD PIDs should not used to diagnose possible ETB concerns. The IDS has a limited refresh rate when reading these PIDs and cannot display quickly enough to validate a concern. The PCM automatically monitors these inputs more accurately and will set diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) when appropriate. Using these PIDs for diagnostics will lead to inaccurate results and improper ETB replacements. If a concern is intermittent and no DTCs are present, refer to historical DTCs and the PC/ED, Section 3 No DTCs Present Index chart for further information.
- 10054924Ford: the lower intermediate steering shaft, has corrosion of swing link joints, combined with collapsed upper intermediate steering shaft, resulting in steering column separation and loss of steering control. Model 2005-2011 crown victoria, grand marquis, town car. Updated 04/23/14 updated 07/10/15 updated 7/15/15
- 10054006Ford: swing link joints on lower intermediate steering shaft, has corrosion, and combined with collapsed upper intermediate steering shaft, on some vehicles, causes steering column to separate, leading to steering control loss. Model 2005-2011 crown victoria, grand marquis, town car.
- 10045340Ford/lincoln/mercury: if battery was disconnected or dead, vehicles/trucks may experience hard starts and engine idle rpm fluctuation and exhibit diagnostic trouble codes (dtcs) p0505, p0506, p2111 and p2112.
- 10032224Ford: engine cooling fan control relay part availability.
- 10029205Ford/mercury/lincoln: vehicles may exhibit one or more of the following symptoms: drive away hesitation, loss of rpm on deceleration, difficulty starting, and/or idle rpm less than desired. The F53 motorhome chassis IS included.
- 10023943Some 1997-2008 vehicles equipped with a 4.6L 2V, 5.4L 2V, or 6.8L 2V engine--spark plug thread repair procedure--not covered under new vehicle limited warranty. This includes F-53 motorhome chassis. Updated 2/23/10.
- 10022299Parking aid system IS inoperative - dtc c1983.
- 10020702Parking aid system inoperative - dtc c1983.
- 10020077Catalytic converter brick rattle or buzzing noise.
- 10019374Malfunction indicator lamp on with diagnostic trouble codes p0305, p0316, p0171, and/or p0174 after extended idle.
- 10018968Parking aid system inoperative.
- 10018949Auto release parking brake system difficult to set.
- 10018745Wds cop kit diagnostic tip - coil on plug (cop) ignition systems - engine misfire or rough running.
- 10018074Customer satisfaction program 05b31 - information only. A possibility that during a high speed / high energy rear collision, certain components have an increased risk of puncturing the fuel tank on vehicles with limo prep package limo package upgrade kit offering. Supplement #1. Updated supplement #2.
- 10016803High effort to activate horn - vehicles built before 5/6/2005. Oasis.
- 10014697High effort to activate horn.
- 10014310Weld bonding procedure.
- 10014276Numerous anti-lock brake (ABS) wheel speed sensor (wss) diagnostic trouble codes (dtc's) c1145, c1155, c1175, c1296, c1297, c1298, c1299 and c1222.
- 10014138Safety belt retraction speed.
- 10014100Limited slip axle chatter, shudder, binding sensation, or vibration during low speed turning maneuvers.
- 10014086General (pcm) power train control module programming procedures.
- 10014062Rear window defroster grid/integral antenna diagnosis and repair - terminal tab repair.
- 10013420Pinpoint test error for front wheel speed sensors - workshop annual update.
- 10013369General power train control module (pcm) programming procedures.
- 10013321Am/fm and cellular phone reception interference - service tip.
- 10012964Am fm and cellular phone reception interference .
- 10012954Safety belt web stop button service.
- 10012947Maf diagnostic service tip - vehicles equipped with egr system module (esm).
- 10012937Delayed reverse engagement.
- 10011162Engine misfire or running - coil on plug (cop) ignition systems - wds cop kit diagnostic tips. To include various 2005 models. * ar this article 04161 supersedes tsb 03-14-04.
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