2003 Lincoln Town Car

The 2003 Lincoln Town Car posts 201 complaints, 1 recall, 4 investigations, and 83 TSBs — a sharp spike in complaints compared to the 65 logged in 2002 and the 83 in 2004, making it a clear outlier on an otherwise descending complaint curve that began after the 1997 peak of 328. Notably, this 2003 figure is more than triple the prior year and more than double the following model year, suggesting an isolated reporting or component issue concentrated in this final pre-redesign year of the third-generation Town Car. The complaint profile is heavily skewed toward suspension (67 of 201, or roughly one-third), with power train (19), vehicle speed control (17), and steering (12) trailing well behind — and the data does not specify a root cause for the suspension cluster. Recall activity is low at just one, but the 4 investigations stand out as the highest in the post-2000 stretch, paired with 14 crash-related complaints and no fire reports. Taken together, the 2003 model year is a defensible but cautious used buy: the high-volume suspension complaints warrant a pre-purchase inspection of that system specifically, and buyers should confirm any open investigations or TSBs have been addressed, but the low recall count, absence of fire complaints, and the steep drop-off in subsequent years keep it from being a deal-breaker.