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2004 Lincoln Town Car Problems and Recalls
Owners filed 83 complaints with NHTSA about the 2004 Lincoln Town Car, most often about the speed control (23% of complaints, typically around 3,500 miles). It is 7th of 12 Town Car model years by number of complaints.
Most common 2004 Lincoln Town Car problems
Speed control
19 complaints · 23%Half of these problems showed up before 3,500 miles. Parts named most often: cruise control, accelerator pedal.
The vehicle surged and bucked when the brakes were applied. The consumer had to put the vehicle in neutral for it to idle normally. The vehicle was taken to the dealer several times but they were unable to duplicate the problem. When the consumer attempted to apply the brakes the vehicle continued to accelerate. After…
Dt: the consumer states that 2004 Lincoln Town Car was having a problem with the cruise control not holding speed when descending a hill. The cruise control will hold the speed when on flat ground and when going up a hill. This has been a problem for the consumer for about seven months. The consumer had not noticed…
Steering
14 complaints · 17%Half of these problems showed up before 79,000 miles.
The contact owns a 2004 Lincoln Town Car. The contact stated that while driving approximately 15 MPH , the power steering assist suddenly malfunctioned and made it very difficult to turn the steering wheel. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the lower intermediate steering shaft needed to be…
The contact owns a 2004 Lincoln Town Car. The contact stated that while coming to a stop at 10 MPH, they tried to steer out of the way of an oncoming vehicle that had veered out of it's lane. While attempting to steer away, the vehicle steered the opposite direction into a ditch. The problem had recurred two times.…
Body and structure
11 complaints · 13%Half of these problems showed up before 93,500 miles. Parts named most often: body.
Interior door handles dislodge from door panel mechanism rendering the inside door handle inoperative. This can trap people inside of car. No way to open door from the inside.
The interior door lock within the panel broke off on the drivers side & the clips broke off on the passengers side. Per Lincoln we will need to replace the whole panel. They no longer make the panel nor can we find it at anywhere else. Lincoln offered two sites to try and locate however they do not have this part…
Brakes
10 complaints · 12%Half of these problems showed up before 1,500 miles. Parts named most often: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip, pedals and linkages.
Dt: contact states: her brakes have failed 4 times on her car. No lights came on to warn her before this happened. The pedal went down to the floor. This happened 3 times in one day, on 6-1-05 day and another time 3 weeks late on 6-24-05. The dealer could not find the problem. The dealer drove the car 600 miles and…
When gas pedal was tapped to pull up into a parking space vehicle accelerated at a high speed. When this occurred brake pedal was depressed to slow and stop the vehicle, but it locked up and failed. This resulted in vehicle going over an embankment, down a 5 foot hill, and crashing into a tree. Prior to this incident…
Wheels and tires
9 complaints · 11%Half of these problems showed up before 81,000 miles. Parts named most often: sidewall, rim.
The contact owns a 2004 Lincoln Town Car. The contact stated while driving 50 MPH, the windshield wiper failed and detached from the vehicle. The contact also noticed the front driver side wheel was missing two lug nuts. The vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate…
2004 Lincoln Town Car purchased new from dealer with defective wheel bearings. When we purchased the car it had loud cabin noise, the dealer informed US that the outside noise was caused by the rear window and a specialist was brought in two days later to align the window. Cabin noise continued until the bearings gave…
Electrical
8 complaints · 10%Half of these problems showed up before 105,000 miles. Parts named most often: 12v/24v/48v battery.
Driving slowly on a suburban street at twilight the headlights and dashboard lights went out. The same thing occurred a three times week later on the interstate at 65 MPH about 10 p.m. The automatic delayed headlight off setting no longer functions. The lights can be turned on in the manual position.apparently, the…
Fire started in the front of the car without any known reasons. Vehicle was serviced regularly and no problems were noted during the service two weeks before the fire. A thorough full service was done in may 200y as well.
Engine
5 complaints · 6%Parts named most often: engine.
Dt: while driving about 65 MPH the engine began to hesitate and finally stalled. Consumer inspected under the engine and smelled smoke. An individual stopped along the side of road where consumer was and noted he was from aaa. He took out the air filter which had smoldered and was slightly smoking. He poured water on…
Dt: the engine died/stalled. The first time it occurred was on september 15, 2005. The vehicle was towed to a dealership. They changed the fuel pump. It happened again on october 3. The contact was able to restart it, but it died again. He was able to restart it and slowly got it to the dealership. They replaced two…
Lights
4 complaints · 5%Driving slowly on a suburban street at twilight the headlights and dashboard lights went out. The same thing occurred a three times week later on the interstate at 65 MPH about 10 p.m. The automatic delayed headlight off setting no longer functions. The lights can be turned on in the manual position.apparently, the…
Lighting control module same part number as ford recall for marquis of same year, why isn't town cars included from same period. Possible link to left information display in dash has begun flickering, numbers phase out and eventually after a period of time, entire display disappears losing speed, odometer, warning…
Complaints are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. One complaint can name several components, so shares add up to more than 100%.
2004 Lincoln Town Car recalls
NHTSA lists no recalls for this model year.
Recall repairs are free at any franchised dealer. Enter your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls to see which recalls are still open on your car.
NHTSA defect investigations
Spark plug ejection from cylinder head
Summary
On september 6, 2005, odi received a petition requesting that the agency investigate allegations of engine spark plug ejection in certain model year 1997 through 2004 ford vehicles with triton v-8 and v-10 engines.odi received a total of 474 non-duplicative complaints on the subject vehicles where the complainant, or the dealer repairing the vehicle, reported that a spark plug detached from the cylinder and/or ejected from the engine.as of december 8, 2005, odi is not aware of any allegations where the alleged defect resulted in a loss of vehicle control, a crash, an injury, or a fatality in any of the 10,319,810 subject vehicles.in addition, odi is aware of only two incidents where the vehi
Questions about the 2004 Lincoln Town Car
- What are the most common problems with the 2004 Lincoln Town Car?
- By NHTSA owner complaints: speed control (19 complaints, typically around 3,500 miles); steering (14 complaints, typically around 79,000 miles); body and structure (11 complaints, typically around 93,500 miles).
- How many recalls does the 2004 Lincoln Town Car have?
- NHTSA lists no recalls for the 2004 Lincoln Town Car. Check your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls in case one is issued later.
- Is the 2004 a bad year for the Lincoln Town Car?
- It is 7th of 12 Town Car model years by number of complaints, with 83 complaints. Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many cars were sold, so popular years collect more of them, and the newest years have had less time to.