Ownership Cost for 2008 Lincoln Town Car (Signature Limited)
Estimated: $43162 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$2377
$1141
$998
$903
$808
$6227
Insurance
$1676
$1735
$1795
$1858
$1923
$8987
Fuel
$2108
$2171
$2247
$2337
$2442
$11305
Maintenance
$2763
$1900
$1091
$1045
$2291
$9090
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$737
$737
$737
$737
$737
$1092
Total Ownership Costs
$10639
$8169
$7537
$7630
$9188
$43162
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: Gasoline
Make: LINCOLN
Manufacturer: FORD MOTOR COMPANY OF CANADA, LTD.
Manufacturer Id: 977
Model: Town Car
Model Year: 2008
Plant City: Talbotville
Plant Company Name: St. Thomas
Plant Country: Canada
Plant State: Ontario
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: Signature Limited
TPMS: Direct
Valve Train Design: Single Overhead Cam (SOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK
ABS BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT ONE OF THE CONNECTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED ON EACH WHEEL AND ONE ON THE MASTER CYLINDER.*AK
2008
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 LINCOLN TOWN CAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AT A SLOW SPEED, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE AND REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WERE TOO CLOSE WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THE SAME FAILURE WITH THE 2004 LINCOLN TOWNCAR HE PREVIOUSLY OWNED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP BUT THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO ASSIGNED HIM A CASE NUMBER AND STATED THAT SOMEONE WOULD CONTACT HIM. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 8,300. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 6,500. UPDATED 1/19/2010 *CN THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE PROBLEM COULD BE CORRECTED BY USING AN AFTERMARKET PEDAL. UPDATED 03/25/11