Three problems related to door latch have been reported for the 2002 Lincoln Town Car. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2002 Lincoln Town Car based on all problems reported for the 2002 Town Car.
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.
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.
The driver side door swings open at intermittent and unpredicatble times and fails to close.
| Door Latch problems | |
| Latches/locks/linkage problems |