Ownership Cost for 2003 Lincoln Town Car (Executive)
Estimated: $38861 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$1821
$874
$765
$692
$619
$4771
Insurance
$1471
$1523
$1576
$1631
$1688
$7889
Fuel
$1857
$1913
$1980
$2059
$2152
$9961
Maintenance
$2763
$2071
$1064
$854
$2291
$9043
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$500
$500
$500
$500
$500
$742
Total Ownership Costs
$9389
$7576
$6755
$6700
$8442
$38861
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: 235
Engine KW: 175.2395
Engine Manufacturer: Ford
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: LINCOLN
Manufacturer: FORD MOTOR COMPANY, USA
Manufacturer Id: 976
Model: Town Car
Model Year: 2003
Plant City: Wixom
Plant Company Name: Wixom
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Michigan
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: Executive
Valve Train Design: Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1994
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
WHILE DRIVING MY 1994 LINCOLN TOWN CAR AT 20-25 MPH IN HOPEWELL NJ MY DRIVERS SIDE LOWER BALL JOINT SEPARATED,CAUSING THE LOWER CONTROL ARM TO FALL TO THE GROUND AND THE WHEEL WELL TO FALL ON THE TOP SIDE OF THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE,RENDERING THE VEHICLE IMMOVABLE. THE CAR WAS THEN TOWED 42 MILES TO MY HOME ON A FLATBED TRUCK AT THE COST OF $192.00. WITH THE AID OF A NEIGHBOR (A PROFESSIONAL MECHANIC) THE BALL JOINT WAS REPLACED WITH AN AFTERMARKET PART,COST $52.00(NO LABOR COST-SELF INSTALLED).THE BROKEN BALL JOINT( I HAVE RETAINED THE BROKEN PART IN MY POSSESSION) DID NOT HAVE ANY FITTINGS FOR LUBRICATION,BUT ACCORDING TO FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE DIVISION IN DEARBORN MI( MR.PAUL LAFFIN ) MY VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF ANY SAFETY RECALL(98S37 FORD'S # ) OR 98V322000.I WAS ADVISED THAT I SHOULD TAKE MY CAR TO THE NEAREST LINCOLN DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND OR SERVICE OF THE OTHER (RIGHT SIDE) BALL JOINT. MY DRIVING TO AND FROM WORK INVOLVES 15 MILES ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY,I GUESS I WAS JUST LUCKY TO HAVE THIS FAILURE OCCUR ON A CITY STREET AT 20 MPH. I AM VERY DISSATISFIED WITH FORD,LINCOLN FOR THEIR RESPONSE TO MY ISSUE WHICH I BELIEVE IS A DEFECTIVE PART THAT THEY REFUSE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND CORRECT. EVEN IF MY CAR WAS NOT IN THE ORIGINAL RECALL, I FEEL IT IS A SIMILAR ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IN A LIKE MANNER WHEN IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION. AS FOR NHSTA I WOULD LIKE YOUR OFFICE TO LOOK INTO THE ASSEMBLY SPECS FOR ALL 1994 LINCOLN TOWN CARS TO SEE IF ALL WERE EQUIPPED WITH THIS TYPE OF (UNGREASEABLE) BALL JOINT. THANK YOU. *NM
2003
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE
1) I NOTICED A SLIGHT VIBRATION AND NOISE. 2) TOOK CAR TO A FORD DEALER WHO IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AS A PINION BEARING, BUT THEY COULDN'T GET TO A REPAIR IMMEDIATELY. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE CLOSEST AAA APPROVED GARAGE. 3) BOTH AXLE SHAFTS AND ALL AXLE BEARINGS HAVE TO BE REPLACED. *NM