Ownership Cost for 1988 Lincoln Town Car (Base 4dr Sedan)
Estimated: $43663 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$2511
$1205
$1055
$954
$854
$6579
Insurance
$1451
$1502
$1554
$1609
$1665
$7781
Fuel
$1902
$1960
$2028
$2109
$2204
$10203
Maintenance
$2763
$2912
$1608
$1876
$2291
$11450
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$805
$805
$805
$805
$805
$1193
Total Ownership Costs
$10410
$8808
$7659
$8040
$8745
$43663
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 4948.893328
Displacement CI: 302
Displacement L: 5.0
Doors: 4
Engine Configuration: V-Shaped
Engine Cylinders: 8
Engine HP: 150
Engine H P_to: 160
Engine KW: 111.8550
Engine Manufacturer: Ford
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: LINCOLN
Manufacturer: FORD MOTOR COMPANY, USA
Manufacturer Id: 976
Model: Town Car
Model Year: 1988
Other Engine Info: Electronic Fuel Injection
Plant City: Wixom
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Michigan
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: Base / Executive
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1994
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE DRIVING, THE LEFT REAR TIRE HAD TREAD SEPARATION, ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. TIRE SIZE 215715, NOT ORGINAL TIRE. DOT #P21570R15. *AK *SCC
1988
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
FUEL SYSTEM: ELECTRIC RELAY TO FUEL PUMP FAILED 6/21/02--CAR HAD TO BE TOWED FOR REPAIR POWER WINDOWS: DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW MOTOR FAILED. WAS REPLACED IN FALL 2000 BY DEALER IN SEATTLE: "OLYMPIC LINCOLN MERCURY." PRESENTLY, SAME MOTOR FAILING AGAIN. ALSO, REAR PASSENGER WINDOW GEARS HAVE STRIPPED OUT--WINDOW MUST BE MANUALLY PULLED UP IF MISTAKENLY OPENED SUDDEN STALLING (APRIL 2002 TO PRESENT): HAD TO FIND ON INTERNET THAT "DISTRIBUTOR MODULE" WAS OVERHEATING AND CAUSING CAR TO STALL (ALL POWER LOST: NO STEERING, ONE PUSH ON BRAKES--I WAS ENDANGERED) NOTICE FROM FORD, THOUGHT THEY KNOW THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING AND FATALITIES HAD BEEN REPORTED. (THERE WAS A SERVICE BULLETIN TO REPAIR SHOPS ABOUT IT, BUT NOT TO CONSUMERS.) I WAS STRANDED 3 TIMES, HAVING TO ABANDON THE CAR, THEN HAVE IT TOWED TWICE FOR REPAIRS. NEW "MODULE" SEEMED TO HAVE RESOLVED ISSUE--READ ON. OCT 15, 2002: CAR QUIT SUDDENLY, AT IDLE, WHEN STOPPED IN TURN LANE, WAITING TO TURN ACROSS DANGEROUS HIGHWAY. WOULD NOT START--HAD TO BE TOWED. NOV 27/02: ELECTRICAL ISSUES NIGHTLY DRAINING 1 WEEK OLD BATTERY. CAR HAS BEEN GONE OVER BY ELECTRICAL SPECIALIST, ANOTHER REPAIR SHOP, ALSO THE LOCAL FORD AGENCY--"NO CODES," BUT PROBLEM PERSISTS. CAR DEAD AGAIN TODAY AFTER RETURNING FROM REPAIR SHOP YESTERDAY. WHAT TO DO? WHAT TO DO? CAR HAS 115,000 MILES AND HAS BEEN EXCELLENTLY MAINTAINED. EXCELLENTLY!