NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Lincoln Town Car Recalls
The 2000 Lincoln Town Car has 9 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 8, 2001.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Lincoln Town Car. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 9
- Owner complaints
- 108
- Crashes reported
- 11
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
8 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2000 Lincoln Town Car, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
9 recalls on the 2000 Lincoln Town Car
Visibility: windshield wiper/washer: motor
- Campaign
- 01V258000
- Reported
- August 8, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,083,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001 Town Car, 14 other models
Tires
- Campaign
- 00V356000
- Reported
- December 12, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 10,000
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 109, bias-ply tires
- Same campaign
- also 2001 Town Car
Seat belts: front
- Campaign
- 00V364000
- Reported
- November 13, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 34
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 209, seat belt assemblies
- Same campaign
- only the 2000 Lincoln Town Car
Seat belts: rear/other
- Campaign
- 00V368000
- Reported
- November 9, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 170
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 209, seat belt assemblies
- Same campaign
- only the 2000 Lincoln Town Car
Seat belts
- Campaign
- 00V228001
- Reported
- August 18, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 144,435
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 209, seat belt assemblies
- Same campaign
- also 9 other models
Equipment: mechanical: integrated jack/leveler/stabilizer
- Campaign
- 00V200000
- Reported
- July 18, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 875,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Seat belts: front: anchorage
- Campaign
- 00V157001
- Reported
- June 12, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,167
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 209, seat belt assemblies
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Seat belts: front: anchorage
- Campaign
- 00V157002
- Reported
- June 12, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,129
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 209, seat belt assemblies
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 15E082000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 Town Car, 2 other models
2000 Lincoln Town Car complaints by year
NHTSA has received 108 owner complaints about the 2000 Lincoln Town Car, the newest on January 16, 2024. Of these, 11 describe a crash (10%) and 8 a fire; owners reported 12 injuries.
In complaints about the 2000 Lincoln Town Car, the component group named most often is the electrical system (17%), followed by the air bags (16%) and the engine and engine cooling (11%).
None of the 2000 Lincoln Town Car's 9 recalls concerns the electrical system.
Where 2000 Lincoln Town Car owners gave the mileage (42 complaints), the median was 66,300 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System18
- Air Bags17
- Engine And Engine Cooling12
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic10
- Suspension10
- Vehicle Speed Control9
Complaints received, by year
| 1998 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 12 | |
| 2001 | 21 | |
| 2002 | 12 | |
| 2003 | 18 | |
| 2004 | 6 | |
| 2005 | 9 | |
| 2006 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2000 Lincoln Town Car peaked in 2001, when NHTSA received 21. 58% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2000 vehicles, the 2000 Lincoln Town Car drew 1.3× the complaints of the median Lincoln Town Car year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 8 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
The 108 complaints about the 2000 Lincoln Town Car are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Lincoln Town Car by model year
Other 2000 Lincoln models
Newest record on this page: January 16, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted