1995 LINCOLN TOWN CAR — Complaint #602238
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NHTSA Complaint about SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM filed November 7, 2006
NHTSA complaint #602238 (ODI reference 10170162) concerns a 1995 LINCOLN TOWN CAR and was filed on November 7, 2006. The owner reports the failure occurred on June 8, 2006. The report was geocoded to Illinois based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as suspension:rear:springs:air suspension system, 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: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. 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 suspension:rear:springs:air suspension system 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 1995 LINCOLN TOWN CAR shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
1995 LINCOLN TOWN CAR AIR SPRING REAR SUSPENSION, IDLER AND PITMAN ARM WERE ALL REPLACED BEFORE RECALL NOTICE WAS ISSUED. *TS THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE'S CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, WHICH HAD BEEN SERVICED PREVIOUSLY, HAD ILLUMINATED AGAIN. THE REPLACEMENT PARTS HAD A 12 MONTH 12000 MILE WARRANTY. THE DEALER CHARGED THE CONSUMER FOR THE ENGINE SERVICE ALTHOUGH ALL THEY DID WAS ADD 1/2 QUART OF ANTIFREEZE IN THE RADIATOR. THE DEALER REFUSED TO HONOR THE WARRANTY. THE SHIFT LAMP WAS INOPERATIVE. THE DEALER REMOVED THE CLUSTER AND REPLACED THE SHIFT BULB. THE HORN SOUNDED WEAK. THE TECH RECOMMENDED THAT THE CONSUMER REPLACE BOTH HORNS. THERE WAS A LOT OF PLAY IN THE STEERING WHEEL. THE TECH RECOMMENDED THAT THE LOWER BALL JOINTS BE REPLACED. THE HEATER BLEW OUT COLD AIR. THE DEALER REPLACED THE BLEND DOOR ACTUATOR. *NM THE CONSUMER STATED EVERY MORNING, THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE JUMPED STARTED. THE DEALER STATED THE LIGH
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 602238 |
| ODI Number | 10170162 |
| Date Filed | November 7, 2006 |
| Failure Date | June 8, 2006 |
| VIN | 1LNLM81W1SY |
Similar SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM Complaints for 1995 LINCOLN TOWN CAR
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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