The contact owns a 1994 Lincoln Town Car equipped with Goodyear Tires, Tire line: Assurance Comfortred Tread Touring, Tire size: 215/70/R15 DOT: PJ343912 and PJ340214. The contact stated that all four tires were showing signs of cracked sidewalls and treads. The contact stated that the failure was discovered while cleaning the tires. The contact stated that the tires were purchased new from Walmart on 10/31/2014. The tires were not taken to an independent mechanic or dealer for diagnosis or repairs. The manufacturer Goodyear was notified of the failure and informed the contact that the tires were too old as there was a 6-year warranty on cracking. There was no assistance offered. The tire failure mileage was unknown. The approximate vehicle mileage was 200,000.
1994 Lincoln Town Car: tire blowout or tread separation
6 of the 155 complaints about the 1994 Lincoln Town Car describe tire blowout or tread separation.
- owner complaints
- 6
- of this car's complaints
- 4%
- recalls
- 0
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What owners say
While driving, the left rear tire had tread separation, almost lost control of vehicle. Tire size 215715, not orginal tire. Dot #p21570r15. *ak
When driving at 35 MPH, there is a washboard shudder effect with transmission which causes steering wheel to vibrate. *ak consumer states the cause of the vibration was due to a faulty transmission electronic module. Consumer states that 2 michelin tires experienced blowouts due to tread separations from the steelbelts, 2 of the other tires had steel wires that came through the sides of the crown areas, the other tire developed holes which allowed the tire to leak air, michelin steelbelt radials, xw4 m and s 97s, p215/70r15, dot number htc7585x044. Consumer states the replacement tires were firestone, p215/70r15, 97s dot number hym3mia338, of these tires 2 of them experienced tread separations from the steelbelts and blewout.
Cooper, futura plus, p215/70r16, dot unknown, replacement equipment with 24000 miles on a 1994, lincoln town car, while driving 70 MPH right rear tire had tread separation. No injuries.*ak
While traveling approximately 68 MPH in a 1994, lincoln, town car left-rear firestone tire, size: p215/70r15, dot: unknown experienced tread separation. There were approximately 15,000 miles on the tires, and they were not original equipment. *ak dot number hym3f28018.
While driving, consumer heard a noise and started to feel vibration, right rear firestone ftz0c experienced tread separation and caused damage to the vehicle.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1994 Lincoln Town Car tire blowout
Is tire blowout or tread separation a common problem on the 1994 Lincoln Town Car?
6 of 155 owner complaints about the 1994 Lincoln Town Car (4%) mention tire blowout or tread separation. The model year with the most reports is 1994.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1994 Lincoln Town Car?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
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