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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2007 Lincoln Town Car Recalls

The 2007 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 2007 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

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
84

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
19

1 fires

NHTSA crash test
★★★★★

frontal crash, no overall star before 2011

On a 2007 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 2007 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 2005–2006, 2008–2011 Town Car, 2 other models

14V704000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Steering

Campaign
13V385000
Reported
August 29, 2013
Vehicles affected
up to 355,000
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Same campaign
also 2005–2006, 2008–2011 Town Car, 2 other models

13V385000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Suspension: front: hub

Campaign
07V270000
Reported
June 26, 2007
Vehicles affected
up to 8,800
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Same campaign
also 2 other models

07V270000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2007 Lincoln Town Car complaints by year

NHTSA has received 84 owner complaints about the 2007 Lincoln Town Car, the newest on July 18, 2025. Of these, 19 describe a crash (23%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 13 injuries.

In complaints about the 2007 Lincoln Town Car, the component group named most often is the vehicle speed control (38%), followed by the steering (21%) and the air bags (14%).

2 of the 2007 Lincoln Town Car's 3 recalls also concern the steering.

Where 2007 Lincoln Town Car owners gave the mileage (63 complaints), the median was 60,000 miles.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Vehicle Speed Control32
  • Steering18
  • Air Bags12
  • Structure8
  • Service Brakes, Hydraulic7
  • Service Brakes6

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2007 Lincoln Town Car received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20074
200810
20094
20109
20113
20122
20139
20148
201510
20164
20174
20182
20194
20202
20211
20223
20233
20241
20251

Complaints about the 2007 Lincoln Town Car peaked in 2008, when NHTSA received 10. 32% arrived between 2006 and 2010, the model year's first years on the road.

Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2007 vehicles, the 2007 Lincoln Town Car drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Lincoln Town Car year in the same window: 8th highest of the 8 ranked years.

That makes 2007 one of the three best-measured Lincoln Town Car years.

Lincoln Town Car years to avoid →

NHTSA crash-test stars

  • Overall: none before 2011
  • Frontal: 5/5
  • Side: 5/5

The 84 complaints about the 2007 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 2007 Lincoln models

Newest record on this page: July 18, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted