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1999 Lincoln Town Car electrical system problems

13 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the electrical system on the 1999 Lincoln Town Car9% of all complaints for this model year.

13
Electrical System complaints
9%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
1 / 4
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Takata recall: steering wheel has smoked before lightly, interior lights have stayed on,steering wheel has done a 360 turn,corrosion on the side panel and panel(chrome) has fallen off. I'm not sure how late a recall time frame is but my car happens to be very old now so I'm wondering if this is the…

    filed Jun 20, 2019

  • 1999 lincoln town car with 71,932 miles suddenly and without any warning caught fire ten minutes after being parked in an attached garage. This incident caused the home to become structurally damaged due to fire. Vehicle was purchased as second owner in 2003 until present time. No recalls notices…

    filed Jan 17, 2014

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.