{"vehicle":{"id":"1986_lincoln_town-car","year":1986,"make":"Lincoln","model":"Town Car"},"may_apply":true,"as_of":{"us":"2026-10-19","ca":"2026-10-19"},"recalls":[{"source":"nhtsa","country":"us","campaign":"90V093000","date":"1990-05-09","manufacturer":"EMPIRE COACH COMPANY","component":"EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS","summary":"VEHICLE DESCRIPTION:  LIMOUSINES BUILT BY EMPIRE COACH.   VEHICLE ALTERERS LABEL MAY BE MISSING OR INCOMPLETE.","mfr_campaign":null,"units":544,"do_not_drive":false,"park_outside":false,"notification":null,"match":"exact","models":["TOWN CAR"],"built_from":null,"built_to":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/nhtsa/90V093000"},{"source":"nhtsa","country":"us","campaign":"90V050000","date":"1990-03-06","manufacturer":"ROYALE LIMOUSINE MFRS.","component":"SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE","summary":"SAFETY BELTS (TYPE 1 LAP BELTS) FOR REAR FACING SEATS WERE NOT INSTALLED.","mfr_campaign":null,"units":223,"do_not_drive":false,"park_outside":false,"notification":null,"match":"exact","models":["TOWN CAR"],"built_from":null,"built_to":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/nhtsa/90V050000"},{"source":"tc","country":"ca","campaign":"1987098","date":"1987-09-09","manufacturer":null,"component":"Fuel System","summary":"ON VEHICLES WITH EFI OR CFI, THE SPRING-LOCK FUEL LINE COUPLING USED TO CONNECT THE FUEL SUPPLY AND RETURN LINES TO THE EFI FUEL RAILS OR TO THE CFI THROTTLE BODIES AS WELL AS OTHER FUEL LINE CONNECTIONS NEAR THE DASH PANELS ON SOME VEHICLES, COULD DISENGAGE DURING VEHICLE USE. SHOULD THIS OCCUR, LOSS OF FUEL WILL RESULT, PROVIDING THE POTENTIAL FOR A VEHICLE FIRE.  CORRECTION: COUPLING RETAINER CLIPS WILL BE INSTALLED ON AFFECTED VEHICLES. NOTE: ESCORT VEHICLES ARE EQUIPPED WITH EFI AND CFI. LYNX VEHICLES ARE EQUIPPED WITH CFI ONLY.\nEFI - ELECTRONIC FUEL INJECTION\nCFI - CENTRAL FUEL INJECTION","mfr_campaign":"87S36","units":295731,"do_not_drive":null,"park_outside":null,"notification":"Safety TC","match":"exact","models":["TOWN CAR"],"built_from":null,"built_to":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/tc/1987098"},{"source":"nhtsa","country":"us","campaign":"87V139000","date":"1987-09-04","manufacturer":"FORD MOTOR COMPANY","component":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS","summary":"SPRING LOCK FUEL LINE COUPLING MAY NOT BE PROPERLY ENGAGED.","mfr_campaign":null,"units":3600000,"do_not_drive":false,"park_outside":false,"notification":null,"match":"exact","models":["TOWN CAR"],"built_from":"1985-07-01","built_to":"1987-08-01","url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/nhtsa/87V139000"},{"source":"tc","country":"ca","campaign":"1985112","date":"1985-10-17","manufacturer":null,"component":null,"summary":"VEHICLES WERE PRODUCED WITH INCORRECT BOLTS IN THE TRANSMISSION LINKAGE ADJUSTMENT MECHANISMS. WITH AN INCORRECT BOLT,THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT LINKAGE ROD MAY NOT BE ADEQUATELY RETAINED.THIS COULD CAUSE THE SHIFT SELECTOR TO NOT PROPERLY CONTROL GEAR SELECTION.AS A RESULT,THE TRANSMISSION COULD BE IN A FORWARD OR REVERSE GEAR WHEN THE SELECTOR LEVER IS MOVED TO A POSITION ASSOCIATED WITH ANOTHER FUNCTION,OR THE PARKING PAWL MAY NOT ENGAGE WHEN THE SHIFT LEVER IS MOVED TO THE PARK POSITION.","mfr_campaign":"S5N","units":57,"do_not_drive":null,"park_outside":null,"notification":"Safety Mfr","match":"exact","models":["TOWN CAR"],"built_from":null,"built_to":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/tc/1985112"},{"source":"nhtsa","country":"us","campaign":"85V123000","date":"1985-10-07","manufacturer":"FORD MOTOR COMPANY","component":"POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT","summary":"INCORRECT BOLTS WERE USED IN THE TRANSMISSION LINKAGE     ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM.                                                                                                                                             CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: THE TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFT SELECTOR LEVER ON THE         STEERING COLUMN WOULD BE ON THE WRONG TRANSMISSION FUNCTION. SHOULD THIS OCCUR,  THE DRIVER WOULD FIND THEIR CAR IN A GEAR OTHER THAN THE ONE INDICATED BY SHIFT  LEVER INDICATOR. THIS COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF THE CAR IS LEFT UNATTENDED.","mfr_campaign":null,"units":790,"do_not_drive":false,"park_outside":false,"notification":null,"match":"exact","models":["TOWN CAR"],"built_from":"1985-08-01","built_to":"1985-09-01","url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/nhtsa/85V123000"},{"source":"tc","country":"ca","campaign":"1985107","date":"1985-09-24","manufacturer":null,"component":null,"summary":"THE FUEL INJECTION THROTTLE BODIES MAY HAVE A CASTING FLASH ON THE FACE OF THE THROTTLE BODY BORES. IF THIS CONDITION EXISTS, A PIECE OF FLASH MAY BREAK LOOSE AND MIGHT BECOME LODGED BETWEEN THE THROTTLE PLATE AND BORE, PREVENTING THE THROTTLE FROM RETURNING TO THE IDLE POSITION.                          .","mfr_campaign":"S5L","units":51,"do_not_drive":null,"park_outside":null,"notification":null,"match":"exact","models":["TOWN CAR"],"built_from":null,"built_to":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/tc/1985107"}],"lookup":{"nhtsa":"https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls","tc":"https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng","maker":null},"attribution":["Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada."]}