8.5

pretty bad
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
3,667 miles

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problem #3

Apr 142006

Town Car 8-cyl

  • miles
Auto door locks after locking all doors do not unlock rear doors after stopping and exiting car. One must manually unlock them. In a emergency one not familiar would be trapped in car.

- Berkeley, IL, USA

problem #2

Dec 302003

Town Car 8-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 11,000 miles
Upon starting and putting vehicle into drive, the automatic door locks engaged and locked all 4 doors. Upon stopping and putting vehicle into park automatic doors locked, only unlocked front doors. Rear doors had to be unlocked manually by the driver.

- Mesa, AZ, USA

problem #1

May 142002

Town Car

  • miles
The driver side door swings open at intermittent and unpredicatble times and fails to close.

- Boynton Beach, FL, USA