2004 Lincoln Town CAR

Typical pattern

17.3% of complaints about the 2004 Lincoln Town CAR came in the first year, which is unremarkable for a 2004 vehicle — around the middle of the 236 model-years on record. The median complaint arrives at 6.4 yr in service. The most-reported system is speed control (19 complaints), typically at 1.5 yr or about 3,500 miles.

Complaints: 98
Median age at failure: 6.4 yr
Median mileage: 66,000 n=77
Crash / fire / tow: 25.5% of reports
Safety recalls: 0

In owners’ own words

Speed control 228 mi 7 mo in service crash / fire / tow

WHILE DRIVING AT 5 MPH AND TURNING TO THE LEFT VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. CONSUMER TAPPED THE BRAKES AND ENGINE SPEED INCREASED EVEN MORE. AS A RESULT, DRIVER LOSS CONTROL AND VEHICLE WENT AIRBORNE, LANDING ON THE BUILDING WALL. *AK

Speed control 500 mi 7 mo in service crash / fire / tow

THE HEIGHT OF THE BRAKE PEDAL IS ADJUSTABLE. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS LOW, THE BRAKE PEDAL AND ACCELERATOR PEDAL CAN BE DEPRESSED AT THE SAME TIME. THE HAS HAPPENED TWICE. AS A RESULT THE CONSUMER GRAZED A TREE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER CALLED THE CONSUMER TO RAISE THE BRAKE PEDAL OF THE VEHICLE. *AK *NM

Speed control 605 mi 9 mo in service

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL VEHICLE ACCELERATED. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND DROVE IT HOME. CONSUMER WILL CONTACT THE DEALER IN THE NEAR FUTURE. *AK *NM

Other Town CAR model years

How to read this

This is what owners reported, not a reliability rating. People file with NHTSA about alarming failures, not routine ones, and complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold.
Failure ages come from the incident date on each complaint, populated on about 83% of records. Mileage is shown where reported — NHTSA’s 2021 system change cut mileage capture to roughly 15%, so it thins out sharply after MY2020.
Every rank compares this vehicle only against others of the same model year. A 2025 car has not had time to accumulate five-year failures, so comparing early-failure share across years is meaningless.
Fourteen make-months distorted by media storms and mass recalls — Toyota in February 2010 ran 11× normal volume across 33 models — are excluded.
Recalls are manufacturer actions and authoritative; complaints are not. A recall listed here may already have been performed on any individual car. Check a specific VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

2004 Lincoln Town CAR

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

In owners’ own words

Other Town CAR model years

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