NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Lincoln Town Car Recalls
The 2005 Lincoln Town Car has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 5, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Lincoln Town Car. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 119
- Crashes reported
- 17
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 Lincoln Town Car, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2005 Lincoln Town Car
Steering: rack and pinion: pinion shaft
- Campaign
- 14V704000
- Reported
- November 5, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 36,888
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2011 Town Car, 2 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 13V385000
- Reported
- August 29, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 355,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2011 Town Car, 2 other models
Electrical system: 12v/24v/48v battery: cables
- Campaign
- 05V518000
- Reported
- November 9, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 98,836
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
2005 Lincoln Town Car complaints by year
NHTSA has received 119 owner complaints about the 2005 Lincoln Town Car, the newest on April 8, 2023. Of these, 17 describe a crash (14%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 18 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2005 Lincoln Town Car, the component group named most often is the vehicle speed control (29%), followed by the air bags (18%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (13%).
None of the 2005 Lincoln Town Car's 3 recalls concerns the vehicle speed control.
Where 2005 Lincoln Town Car owners gave the mileage (97 complaints), the median was 65,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Vehicle Speed Control34
- Air Bags22
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic15
- Seat Belts11
- Service Brakes9
- Electrical System8
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 11 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 8 | |
| 2007 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 9 | |
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 9 | |
| 2011 | 6 | |
| 2012 | 6 | |
| 2013 | 7 | |
| 2014 | 14 | |
| 2015 | 10 | |
| 2016 | 11 | |
| 2017 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 7 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Lincoln Town Car peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 14. 26% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Lincoln Town Car drew 1.1× the complaints of the median Lincoln Town Car year in the same window: 4th highest of the 8 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 119 complaints about the 2005 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 2005 Lincoln models
Newest record on this page: April 8, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted