2005 LINCOLN TOWN CAR — Complaint #1558391
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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES filed April 16, 2019
NHTSA complaint #1558391 (ODI reference 11196694) concerns a 2005 LINCOLN TOWN CAR and was filed on April 16, 2019. The owner reports the failure occurred on April 16, 2016. The vehicle had 93,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Tennessee based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as service brakes, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: yes, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. A complaint that flags a crash, fire, or fatality is escalated on NHTSA's internal review queue and factors more heavily into any Preliminary Evaluation decision on this make and model. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same LINCOLN TOWN CAR cohort independently describe similar service brakes failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2005 LINCOLN TOWN CAR shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
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.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1558391 |
| ODI Number | 11196694 |
| Date Filed | April 16, 2019 |
| Failure Date | April 16, 2016 |
| VIN | 1LNHM81W55Y |
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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 FAIL
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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