Ownership Cost for 2006 Lincoln Town Car (Signature)
Estimated: $40981 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$2222
$1066
$933
$844
$755
$5820
Insurance
$1600
$1656
$1714
$1774
$1836
$8580
Fuel
$1857
$1913
$1980
$2059
$2152
$9961
Maintenance
$2763
$2009
$1104
$1014
$2291
$9181
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$661
$661
$661
$661
$661
$978
Total Ownership Costs
$10080
$7858
$7125
$7170
$8747
$40981
Air Bag Loc Curtain: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Side: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 4600.0
Displacement CI: 280.70922283576
Displacement L: 4.6
Doors: 4
Engine Configuration: V-Shaped
Engine Cylinders: 8
Engine HP: 239
Engine KW: 178.2223
Fuel Type Primary: Flexible Fuel Vehicle (FFV)
Make: LINCOLN
Manufacturer: FORD MOTOR COMPANY, USA
Manufacturer Id: 976
Model: Town Car
Model Year: 2006
Plant City: Wixom
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Michigan
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: Signature
Valve Train Design: Single Overhead Cam (SOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2003
WHEELS
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE AND HEARD A ROARING SOUND COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC AND THEY STATED THAT THE WHEEL BEARINGS, WHEELS, AND AXLE SHAFTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT WAS GIVEN A COPY OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V328000 (SUSPENSION:REAR), WHICH HE TOOK TO THE FORD DEALER, BUT WAS INFORMED THAT HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 40,700 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,600.
2006
AIR BAGS
THE PASSIVE RESTRAINT INDICATOR LIGHT (SHOWS AN AIRBAG AND SEATBELT), ALSO CALLED SEATBELT RETRACTOR, CAME ON AND REMAINED ON WITH AN AUDIBLE ALARM (5 BEEPS, 5 TIMES) REPEATING EVERY 30 MINUTES. THE PROBLEM DIAGNOSIS WAS FOR THE RIGHT FRONT SEAT BELT PRETENSIONER (PASSENGER SIDE). A LINCOLN DEALER SERVICE EMPLOYEE SAID THE AIRBAG WILL NOT WORK WITH THIS PROBLEM. AT ANOTHER LINCOLN DEALERSHIP I WAS TOLD MANY 2006 TOWNCARS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT ON THE DRIVER? SIDE, MINE IS ON THE PASSENGER. THE PROBLEM STARTED AROUND 114,000 MILES, MY CAR IS NOW ABOUT 117,000 MILES. AND I WAS NOT INVOLVED IN A CRASH. A FORD EMPLOYEE TOLD ME LAST YEAR?S SUPPLIER WENT OUT OF BUSINESS, SO THEY HAD TO CHANGE THE MANUFACTURER FOR THE NEW PART. THE PRICE WENT FROM $150.00 FOR THE PRETENSIONER TO $360.00 FOR THE KIT (FROM THE NEW MANUFACTURER), THE ONLY THING YOU CAN GET TO FIX THE PROBLEM, EVEN THOUGH YOU DON?T NEED A NEW SEAT BELT, BUCKLE, ETC?. BECAUSE OF THE ADDITIONAL INSTALLATION COSTS ($200.00 TO $330.00), MANY PEOPLE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE FIX. IN MY SITUATION, NEITHER LINCOLN, NOR FORD WERE ABLE TO GET MY PART. IT IS NOT BECAUSE MY PART WAS THE WRONG NUMBER, IT IS BECAUSE THE PART IN THE BOX WAS THE WRONG PART. WE ARE SUPPOSED TO GET NUMBER FIVE, I BELIEVE, TOMORROW, 5/15/12. *JS