NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Lincoln Town Car Recalls
The 2006 Lincoln Town Car has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 5, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Lincoln Town Car. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 143
- Crashes reported
- 12
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 Lincoln Town Car, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2006 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 2005, 2007–2011 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 2005, 2007–2011 Town Car, 2 other models
2006 Lincoln Town Car complaints by year
NHTSA has received 143 owner complaints about the 2006 Lincoln Town Car, the newest on November 20, 2024. Of these, 12 describe a crash (8%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 7 injuries.
In complaints about the 2006 Lincoln Town Car, the component group named most often is the air bags (41%), followed by the seat belts (24%) and the vehicle speed control (18%).
None of the 2006 Lincoln Town Car's 2 recalls concerns the air bags.
Where 2006 Lincoln Town Car owners gave the mileage (120 complaints), the median was 62,757 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags58
- Seat Belts35
- Vehicle Speed Control26
- Steering13
- Service Brakes12
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic9
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 11 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 12 | |
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 11 | |
| 2013 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 36 | |
| 2015 | 15 | |
| 2016 | 10 | |
| 2017 | 9 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2006 Lincoln Town Car peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 36. 17% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Lincoln Town Car drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Lincoln Town Car year in the same window: 7th highest of the 8 ranked years.
That makes 2006 one of the three best-measured Lincoln Town Car years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 143 complaints about the 2006 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 2006 Lincoln models
Newest record on this page: November 20, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted