Lincoln Continental Complaints (1999)

42 consumer complaints on file.

#10073563May 12, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
FRONT LEFT SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE FRONT LEFT TIRE WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION MOVING ABOUT 3 MPH. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10052060December 29, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
WHILE DRIVING FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING FRACTURED. THE END OF THE SPRING PUNCTURED THE TIRE, CAUSING THE TIRE TO DEFLATE. *AK *MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10044585December 10, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. *AK VEHICLE WOULDN'T STAY RUNNING AND CONSUMER HAD TO FLOOR IT TO BACK OUT OF A PARKING SPACE. ONCE OUT, SHE HAD TO RESTART IT APPROX. FIVE TIMES TO GET TO ANOTHER PARKING SPACE. ALL THE VEHICLE POWER WENT OUT. *PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8017515August 29, 2002
SUSPENSION:REAR
VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING A "TOE ALIGNMENT" FAILURE OF THE REAR. TIRES HAD TO BE ROTATED DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR ON INSIDE TREADS. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#567098August 12, 2002
AIR BAGS:ON-OFF SWITCH ASSEMBLY
CONSUMER WAS REQUESTING TO HAVE THE AIR BAG TURNED OFF, HOWEVER THE AIR BAG SWITCH WAS NOT INSTALLED. *MJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8015480August 5, 2002
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WITH DRIVER HITTING NO DEBRIS IN ROAD OR HITTING BUMP. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8013007July 1, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING USED CRUISE CONTROL WHILE PROCEEDING DOWN HILL, AND VEHICLE ACCELERATED FASTER THAN SET SPEED. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED; HOWEVER, HAS NOT FOUND A REMEDY FOR CONSUMER'S CONCERN.*AK ON A 6 PERCENT GRADE VEHICLE WILL INCREASE SPEED 10 MPH IN THE CRUISE MODE IN LESS THAN A MILE. *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8010842May 31, 2002
POWER TRAIN
BEING COLOR BLIND CAUSES PROBLEM, DIFFICULT TO SEE SPEEDOMETER RED NEEDLE WHILE DRIVING DURING DAY TIME. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK CONSUMER REQUESTING THAT RED SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE BE CHANGED TO YELLOW. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8005553March 13, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 50 MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#564642March 12, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND QUESTIONS WHY THE BRAKES WENT OUT AND FAILED TO OPERATE, DRIVER SUFFERED INJURIES. *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#8001618January 7, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
DRIVER SHIFTED FROM PARK TO DRIVE AFTER COMING TO A STOP, IT ACCELERATED TO 20 MPH. AFTER ABOUT 100 YARDS, DRIVER WAS ABLE TO STOP VEHICLE THROUGH BRAKING AND DOWNSHIFTING.*AK CONSUMER ALSO STATED CIGARETTE LIGHTER WAS INOPERATIVE.*SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#9002488May 30, 2001
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
MY COMPLIANT IS THE HAZARD OF HALOGEN HEADLIGHTS THAT I CONSIDER TO BE A SAFETY FACTOR. I CONSIDER THE EXTREME DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STANDARD HEADLIGHTS AND THE LIGHT INTENSITY OF THE HALOGNE LIGHTS TO BE DISTRACTING IN ON COMING TRAFFIC.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743798April 10, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
BRAKE LINE RUPTURED AND THE BRAKES FAILED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883166March 15, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
BRAKES MAKE A SCREECHING NOISE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880860February 20, 2001
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 40MPH ON HIGHWAY AND A VERY LOUD NOISE CAME FROM SIDE, PASSENGER'S SIDE EAIRBAG EXPLODED. ALSO, THERE WAS SMOKE INSIDE OF VEHICLE, POWDER WAS EVERYWHERE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. *AK CONSUMER COULD NOT GET ANY HELP FROM THE MANUFACTURER DUE TO DEALER FOUND A VERY SMALL DENT UNDER THE PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THE DEPLOYMENT WAS JUSTIFIED. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#877478January 5, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT COLLISION OCCURRING DRIVER'S AIR BAG UNEXPECTEDLY DEPLOYED. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#877223January 2, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE TRAVELING 40 MPH PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED UNEXPECTEDLY. NO PRIOR WARNING BEFORE INCIDENT. NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED, THE DEALER FOUND A SMALL DENT UNDER THE CAR AND STATED THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED THE AIRBAG TO DEPLOY, DEALER REFUSED TO PAY FOR ANY OF THE DAMAGES. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#873069October 16, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHEN DRIVING SUSPENSION IS VERY HARD ON THE VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN HITTING A POTHOLE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#551069February 22, 2000
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE DRIVER CAN NOT SEE THE VISUAL IMAGE SPEEDOMETER INDICATOR AND OTHER FUNCTIONAL OPERATIONAL DIALS IN THE CLUSTER BECAUSE HE IS COLORBLIND DUE TO DESIGN. YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#841145June 25, 1999
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR AIRBAG DEPLOYED WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 5-10 MPH AND WITHOUT HITTING OR BEING HIT B ANY OBJECT WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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