1999 LINCOLN TOWN CAR — Complaint #671603
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NHTSA Complaint about SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT filed May 29, 2008
NHTSA complaint #671603 (ODI reference 10229182) concerns a 1999 LINCOLN TOWN CAR and was filed on May 29, 2008. The owner reports the failure occurred on April 4, 2007. The vehicle had 101,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Maryland based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as suspension:front:control arm:lower ball joint, 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:front:control arm:lower ball joint 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 1999 LINCOLN TOWN CAR shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BACK OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, THE CONTACT TURNED THE WHEEL AND THE VEHICLE JERKED AND STOPPED MOVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC SHOP TO HAVE THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE CONTROL ARM REPAIRED. THROUGH ONLINE RESEARCH, HE DISCOVERED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 98V322000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT), WHICH WAS SIMILAR TO THE FAILURE HE EXPERIENCED. THE DEALER STATED THAT HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 114,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 101,000. UPDATED 6/16/08 *CN UPDATED
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 671603 |
| ODI Number | 10229182 |
| Date Filed | May 29, 2008 |
| Failure Date | April 4, 2007 |
| VIN | 1LNHM83W4XY |
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See attached document for complaint.
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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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