Ownership Cost for 1999 Lincoln Town Car (Executive)
Estimated: $36232 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$989
$475
$415
$376
$336
$2591
Insurance
$1451
$1502
$1554
$1609
$1665
$7781
Fuel
$1902
$1960
$2028
$2109
$2204
$10203
Maintenance
$2763
$2087
$977
$591
$2291
$8709
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$330
$330
$330
$330
$330
$490
Total Ownership Costs
$8413
$7199
$6320
$6133
$8167
$36232
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Side: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Brake System Type: Hydraulic
Displacement CC: 4600.0
Displacement CI: 280.70922283576
Displacement L: 4.6
Doors: 4
Engine Configuration: V-Shaped
Engine Cylinders: 8
Engine HP: 200
Engine H P_to: 220
Engine KW: 149.1400
Engine Manufacturer: Ford
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: LINCOLN
Manufacturer: FORD MOTOR COMPANY, USA
Manufacturer Id: 976
Model: Town Car
Model Year: 1999
Note: GVWR: 8,5001 - 9,000lbs
Other Engine Info: EFI: Electronic Fuel Injection, Romeo Engine Plant
Plant City: Wixom
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Michigan
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: Executive
Valve Train Design: Single Overhead Cam (SOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1992
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
FOR PAST 4 TO 5 YEARS, IN HOT WEATHER (CAR ENGINE NOT RUNNING HOT ON GAUGE) WHEN DRIVING FOR SOME TIME, GAS FUMES BECOME VERY VERY PERSISTANT IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT WHEN STOPPED AT STOP LIGHT, EVEN WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN. YOU CAN HEAR A BOILING SOUND FROM THE GAS TANK. WHEN PUT CAR IN THE HOME GARAGE IT IS REALLY BAD. WHEN RELEASE THE GAS CAP SLOWLY IT HAS SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE AND KEEPS RELEASING PRESSURE FOR A LONG TIME. THE GAS IS BOILING. I HAVE ASKED THE LINCOLN OF MANY OCCASIONS ABOUT THE SMELL AND HAVE HAD IT CHECKED AGAIN JUST RECENTLY AND THEY FIND NOTHING WRONG AND JUST SAY TO KEEP GAS TANK FULL IN THE SUMMER. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM AND SEEMS TO HAVE GOTTEN WORSE IN THE PAST TWO YEARS. *AK
1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HAS REQUIRED MULTIPLE REPAIRS TO INCLUDE BALL JOINT REPLACEMENT, TURNED ROTORS AND IDLER ARM REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 70000 MILES. *NM THE CRUISE WOULD NOT SHUT OFF WITHOUT A NEAR SKID AMOUNT OF BRAKING, THIS WOULD ALSO OCCUR BECAUSE THE SHIFTER WOULD NOT COME OUT OF THE PARK POSITION. *SC *JB