10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
4 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
3 / 0
Average Mileage:
20,250 miles

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problem #4

Mar 082005

Town Car 8-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 81,000 miles
On four separate occasions the consumer experienced a loss of braking due to four different sections of the metal brake line due to exterior corrosion. Each time the vehicle was taken to a repair shop to have the brake line replaced. The dealer was notified. The vehicle struck the rear of a utility truck due to the brake failure. The air bag did not deploy. The first failure occurred in 2001. The brake pedal had gone to the floor upon application with no braking effect on either axle. Each failure occurred by ruptured steel brake line due to external rust.

- Speedwell, VA, USA

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problem #3

Aug 232001

Town Car

  • miles
My wife, sharon M. davis, sustained a rear-end collision while waiting for a stoplight to change from red to green. This ocurred on 08/23/2001. Upon impact, air bags failed to deploy.

- Florissant, MO, USA

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problem #2

May 181998

(reported on)

Town Car

  • miles
Consumer was involved in 50 mph frontal collision in which the driver air bag did not deploy, cause unknown.

- Suitland, MD, USA

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problem #1

Jun 121996

Town Car

  • Manual transmission
  • miles
When rearended, the two front seatbacks broke and reclined on there own, also no deployment of driver's and passenger's air bags during rearend accident, resulting in injuries.

- Detroit, MI, USA

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