Vehicle report

1986 LINCOLN TOWN CAR

Reported problems

50 complaints · median 143000 miles
ComponentReports
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH12
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH7
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION5
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD3
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL3
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE2
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING2
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY2
STRUCTURE:BODY2
UNKNOWN OR OTHER2
WHEELS2
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR1
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE1
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE1
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION1
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT1
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH1
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR1
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC1
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS1
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR1
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR1
TIRES1

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Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.

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