Ownership Cost for 1995 Lincoln Town Car (Executive)
Estimated: $36151 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$984
$472
$413
$374
$335
$2578
Insurance
$1451
$1502
$1554
$1609
$1665
$7781
Fuel
$1857
$1913
$1980
$2059
$2152
$9961
Maintenance
$2763
$2267
$1009
$613
$2291
$8943
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$291
$291
$291
$291
$291
$431
Total Ownership Costs
$8323
$7326
$6296
$6098
$8107
$36151
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 4604.764984
Displacement CI: 281
Displacement L: 4.6
Doors: 4
Engine Configuration: V-Shaped
Engine Cylinders: 8
Engine HP: 190
Engine H P_to: 210
Engine KW: 141.6830
Engine Manufacturer: Ford
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: LINCOLN
Manufacturer: FORD MOTOR COMPANY, USA
Manufacturer Id: 976
Model: Town Car
Model Year: 1995
Other Engine Info: EFI: Electronic Fuel Injection
Plant City: Wixom
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Michigan
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: Base / Executive
Valve Train Design: Single Overhead Cam (SOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1986
WHEELS
RIGHT REAR WHEEL SHEARED OFF, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT. (NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE REPORT)
1995
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
I OWN A 1995 LINCOLN TOWN CAR WITH CRUISE CONTROL AND AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. ON JANUARY 30, 2006 I WAS RETURNING HOME FROM A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT, DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, USING CRUISE CONTROL. AS TRAFFIC CHANGED LANES, I TAPPED MY BRAKES TO MANEUVER, BUT THE CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT SHUT OFF. I USED MY BRAKES FULLY THEN, BUT STILL NO RESPONSE. I MANAGED TO MANEUVER THE CAR THROUGH TRAFFIC INTO THE BREAK DOWN LANE AND FORCE THE TRANSMISSION INTO NEUTRAL AND THE CAR BEGAN TO SLOW. IT WAS ONLY AFTER THE CAR'S SPEED DROPPED TO APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS DEACTIVATED. AS SOON AS I COULD MANEUVER OFF THE HIGHWAY, I PARKED THE CAR AND WALKED AROUND CALMING MYSELF. WHEN I GOT BACK IN THE CAR, IT WOULD START, BUT NOT GO OUT PARK. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO MY GARAGE, WHERE THEY DISCOVERED A MELTED CRUISE CONTROL SENSOR. NOW I AM TOO AFRAID OF A REPEATED INCIDENT TO USE MY CRUISE CONTROL. THIS GREATLY LIMITS MY FUNCTIONING, SINCE I HAVE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, AND IT IS PAINFUL FOR ME TO USE MY RIGHT FOOT CONSTANTLY. *NM