Seats Related Problems of the 1996 Lincoln Town Car

Table 1 shows two common seats related problems of the 1996 Lincoln Town Car.

Table 1. Seats related problems of Lincoln Town Car

Problem Category	Number of Problems
Front Seat Power Adjust problems	1
Front Seat Recliner problems	1

Front Seat Power Adjust problem #1

While vehicle was parked in the driveway about 14 hours, horn started blowing. When owner went to examine the problem, flames were coming from the front windows. Fire was put out by the fire department. Fire marshall stated that the fire appeared to have started in the driver's seat. The vehicle was totalled. Please provide any further information. Referenced in ea02-025.

Front Seat Recliner problem #2

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.

Seats related problems in other Lincoln Town Car model year vehicles:

Switch Make:

Switch Model:

★ Safety Ratings of Town Car Cars

✿ Fuel Economy of Town Car Vehicles

☘ Town Car Service Bulletins

⚑ Town Car Safety Recalls

☤ Town Car Defect Investigations