When the consumer applied the brakes at a low speed, the pedal went to the floor, which resulted in the consumer rear ending another motorist. The air bags deployed and consequently the air bag broke the passenger's arm. *ak
1993 Lincoln Town Car airbags problems
11 complaints (6% of all complaints for this car). 9 crashes reported.
- owner complaints
- 11
- of this car's complaints
- 6%
- crashes
- 9
- recalls
- 0
Which part fails
- Frontal8
- Side/window1
At what mileage
Complaints by mileage at the time of the problem.
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Lincoln Town Car airbags problems in other years
Specific symptoms reported on the 1993 Lincoln Town Car airbags
Phrases found in the owners' own descriptions, so one complaint can mention several symptoms.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
What 1993 Lincoln Town Car owners say
Most recent owner complaints, unedited.
While coming out of a parking lot driver's frontal air bag inadvertently deployed. Dealer and manufacturer were not notified at this time. Feel free to provide any further information.
Our passenger side airbag deployed during a wreck which crushed my thumb on my right hand, as well as my ring finger on right hand. These required surgery to correct. Hand still disabled with finger that won't bend. Driver and passenger were injured by the passenger side airbag with burns/abrasions to our knees (wearing shorts at the time) . Since that time I (passenger) have had trouble with knee where airbag impacted. Driver had severe burn/abrasions to his right arm from wrist to elbow. The airbags were too violent upon being deployed.
Vehicle was involved in a frontal left side collision at 32-35 MPH in which driver's side air bag did not deploy. However, passenger's side air bag did deploy. Manufacturer notified. Feel free to provide any further details on this matter.
Air bag light is flashing on the dashboard. Consumer contacted the dealer, dealer indicated that the air bag is not working, in event of an accident air bag would not deploy. Please provide any further details.
While exiting a parking lot a drunk driver hit the vehicle from behind in a high rate of speed, causing an accident. The air bags did not deploy.
While driving at 55 MPH, consumer hit a deer in the road, causing the air bags to deploy, resulting in consumer receiving burns to the face area. Please provide further details.
Air bags: driving approximately 40mph when deer jumped out in front of vehicle. Vehicle hit deer and the passenger's side air bag deployed ,the drivers air bag never deployed.
Other: air bag clock spring failed.
Consumer was in an accident and driver side air bags did not deploy. Tt
Questions about the 1993 Lincoln Town Car airbags
Does the 1993 Lincoln Town Car have airbags problems?
Owners have filed 11 complaints about the airbags of the 1993 Lincoln Town Car, 6% of all its complaints.
At what mileage do 1993 Lincoln Town Car airbags problems start?
Not enough complaints include the mileage to tell.
Was there a recall on the 1993 Lincoln Town Car airbags?
There is no recall for this problem on this model year.
What year does the Lincoln Town Car have bad airbags?
The Lincoln Town Car model years with the most airbags complaints are 2006 (58 complaints), 2001 (54 complaints) and 1999 (29 complaints).
Other 1993 Lincoln Town Car problems
Electrical 43Acceleration 37Brakes 25Transmission 19Engine 17Steering 11Suspension 11Fuel system 7Visibility 5Lights 4Seats 4Body 3Locks 3Tires 3Seat belts 2Wheels 2
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