There are 7 stored owner reports matching the lighting leading-label group for the 2000 Lincoln Town Car in our NHTSA-sourced dataset. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
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Loaded 7 of 7 matching reports.
Open the full vehicle complaint log (all categories)LIGHT CONTOL MODULE DEFECTIVE AND CAUSES LIGHTS TO TURN OFF WHEN DRIVING. THIS HAPPENS EVEN WHEN IGNITION IS OFF, EXTERIOR LIGHTS FLASH ON AND OFF, DRAINING THE BATTERY.. FORD SAYS IT IS A BAD LCM. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS
WHILE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH CONSUMER TURNED ON CRUISE CONTROL, WAS GETTING READY TO EXIT AND PUT ON BRAKES TO CUT OFF SPEED CONTROL, VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN, AND THEN ACCELERATED BACK TO 60 MPH. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID SWITCH WAS BAD THAT WORKED WITH BRAKES. THIS SWITCH ALSO KNOCKED OUT REAR BRAKE LIGHTS. *AK THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS HAD FAILED TO ALERT THE DRIVER. *YH
TRUNK LIGHT FAILED TO GO OFF WHEN CONSUMER PLACED CLOTHES IN TRUNK. CONSUMER MAINTAINED THAT LIGHT COULD HAVE BEEN ON WHOLE TIME, BUT HAD NO WAY OF KNOWING THAT. CONSUMER PROCEEDED DOWN THE ROAD AND SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING. PULLED INTO DEALER, GO OUT OF VEHICLE, AND NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER VEHICLE. DEALER POPPED UP TRUNK, AND FIRE JUMPED RIGHT IN THEIR FACES. DEALER REACHED UNDER TRUNK AND PULLED OUT A BULB. TOLD CONSUMER THAT THIS WAS THE CAUSE OF FIRE. CONSUMER FELT THAT TRUNK LIGHT WAS POOR DESIGNED. *AK FORD MOTOR COMPANY REPLACED THIS VEHICLE WITH A 2001 MODEL
BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH GOES ON/OFF WHEN STEPPING ON THE PEDAL ALL THE WAY.
THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE DEALERSHIP THREE DIFFERENT TIMES DUE TO THE BRAKE LIGHT GOING OUT. THE DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED FUSES, WIRES AND BRAKE SWITCH. THE REPAIRS THAT WERE PERFORMED WAS NOT AN ACTUAL FIX WITH FAILURE STILL REOCCURING. THE OWNER IS CONCERNED THAT SHE WILL BE REAR ENDED DUE TO BRAKE LIGHTS GOING OUT WITH NO WARNING. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. MR
WHEN ENGAGED, THE TURN SIGNALS CLICKED AS IF THEY WERE FUNCTIONING, BUT LIGHTS DID NOT ILLUMINATE. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE TURN SIGNAL MODULE FAILED. *AK THE LCM MODULE WAS REPLACED. *SCC *JB
I HAVE 7 VEHICLES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. ALSO NURMURIOUS OTHER COMPANIES HAVE SAME PROBLEM. WHY IS THERE NOT A SAFETY RECALL ON THIS??? ENCLOSED ARE PICTURES IF CAPIBLE OF EMAILING. NO SAFETY DEFECTS INCLUDED. *AK
Complaints are unverified consumer reports submitted to NHTSA. A high complaint count may reflect vehicle popularity, not defect severity. Data sourced from NHTSA public records.
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Vehicle import recorded: Apr 28, 2026. This is the stored import date, not confirmation that every source was successfully refreshed.