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2006 Lincoln Zephyr

Complaints about this year name ford far more often than the model's other years — 31% of them, about 79× the usual rate of 0.4%.

NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.

Also unusual this year

• car — 25% of complaints, 63× usual
• failure vin — 17% of complaints, 44× usual
• confirms parts — 17% of complaints, 44× usual

What owners wrote

TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LINCOLN ZEPHYR. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V384000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE [VIN] EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIM…

THERE'S BEEN A RECALL ON THE VALVE THAT OPERATES THE BREAKS FORD SAYS IT'S UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND CAN'T GIVE ME AN ANSWER WHEN THESE PARTS WILL BE IN. NOW I SIT HERE WITH A CAR I CANNOT DRIVE.

Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.

Recalls for this year

• 21V158000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
• 19V904000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
• 17V024000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
• 16V384000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
• 14E028000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.

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How this was worked out

Every year of the Lincoln Zephyr was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.

This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.

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