Lincoln Continental Complaints

1,673 consumer complaints on file.

#858102March 7, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
WHEN CONSUMER IS SITTING AT A TRAFFIC STOP WITH FOOT ON THE BRAKE, AND CAR WILL SUDDENLY ACCELLERATE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#719796March 7, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
INSTRUMENT CLUSTER DEFECTIVE-PARTS ON MANUFACTURER BACK ORDER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#551028March 6, 2000
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
THE DEFECTIVE HOOD LATCH FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE CAUSING IT TO FLY UP SMASHING THE WINDSHIELD WHILE DRIVING. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#858048March 6, 2000
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED LOSS OF COOLANT. TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, AND WAS INFORMED OF A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. ALSO, AIR CONDITIONING DOES NOT WORK. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#719664March 4, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HAD HEAD GASKET REPAIRED ON ENGINE THAT FORD MOTROR COMPANY KNOWS HAS BEEN DEFECTIVE SINCE ENGINES INCEPTION. REPAIRS OVER $2100.00. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#719665March 4, 2000
SUSPENSION, AIR BAGS
CONSTANT THUMPING NOISE FROM FRONT AND REAR SUSPENSION [ LIKE SHOCKS BOTTOMING] DEALER SAYS NOTHING WRONG. AIR BAG RIDE SYSTEM CONSTANTLY AT LOWEST POINT CAR CAN REST AFTER SITTING MORE THAN ONE HOUR. TAKES 4 OR 5 MINUTES TO REINFLATE AGAIN DEALER SAYS NOTHING WRONG. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#719672March 4, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#551192March 2, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM
POWER BRAKE BOOSTER FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO PERFORM POORLY. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#719440February 29, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ON FRIDAY FEBRUARY 25, 2000 FORD ISSUED A PRESS RELEASE FOR OWNERS OF 1994 LINCOLN CONTINENTIALS, 1995 FORD WINDSTARS, AND 1994-1995 FORD TAURUSES AND MERCURY SABLES. OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES WHOSE HEAD GASKETS FAILED DURING A NEW WARRANTY PERIOD OF 7 YEARS AND 100,000 WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR A REFUND OF THEIR REPAIR BILLS. I HAD EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MY 1993 LINCOLN CONTINENTIAL BUT FOR SOME REASON THIS MODEL WAS NOT INCLUDED. WHAT FACTORS DETERMINED WHO WAS ELIGIBLE FOR THIS REFUND? I HAVE CONTACTED FORD CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE AND AGAIN THEY REFUSE TO EXPLAIN WHY I AM NOT ELIGIBLE EVEN THOUGH I HAVE THE SAME ENGINE AND THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. THEY CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE THAT "CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY" WHICH IS TOTALLY FALSE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#551099February 28, 2000
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM
REAR AIR SHOCKS FAILED. YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#857450February 23, 2000
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM
AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM LEAKED, CAUSING REAR END TO GO DOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PART WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL, AND REPAIRS WOULD BE AT CONSUMER'S COST. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#719148February 23, 2000
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY, SUSPENSION:FRONT
TIE ROD ENDS REPLACED, FRONT END REALIGNED, STEERING MAKING NOISE AND DEALER CLAIMED THAT STEERING RACK NEEDS REPLACED TO COST $500.00, DEALER CLAIMED REPAIRS NOT SUBJECT TO WARRANTLY NOR RECALL. UPON RESEARCH, I FIND THAT LINCOLN HAS ISSUED SERVICE BULLETINS FOR BOTH DEFECTS. I PAID FOR THE WORK TO REPLACE THE TIE ROD ENDS AND HAVE NOT HAVE HAD THE STEERING WORK DONE AS I THINK IT SHOULD BE LINCOLN'S RESPONSIBILITY. THESE FAILURES WERE AT LOW MILES 51,408 AND BECAUSE OF THE SERVICE BULLETINS, LINCOLN IS AWARE OF THESE PROBLEMS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#551025February 22, 2000
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
WHEN TURNING ON THE HEATER TO DEFROST WINDSHIELD THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED FROM THE HEAT. *MJS
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
#719102February 22, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
MY ENGINE DIED! CHECKED THE INTERNET. MANY OTHERS HAVE SAME PROBLEM. NO WARNING. TAKE CARE OF VEHICLE AND ITS DIES FOR NO REASON OTHER THAN FAULTY HEADGASKETS. LISTED AS A NOTIFICATION TO OWNERS, NOT A RECALL. DUH!! MY FAMILY IS SUFFERING DUE TO A FORD ERROR. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. THE COOLANT SEEPED THRU THE HEADGASKETS INTO THE OIL AND TOTALLY RUINED MY ENGINE AND I CANT EVEN HAVE THE BREAKDOWN I DESERVE TO HAVE. FORD NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR ALL THESE INNOCENT BUYERS WHO TRUSTED THE NAME LINCOLN. PLEASE...DO SOMETHING TO HELP MY FAMILY. I HAVE CHILDREN AND FOSTER CHILD AND DAY CARE KIDS...I NEEDED MY CAR. I TOOK CARE OF IT, BUT IT DIDNT TAKE CARE OF ME. IT WAS SERVICED RELIGOUSLY. IT WAS BABIED. MY CAR IS AT GORDIE BOUCHE LINCOLN MERCURY WAITING FOR ME TO FIND $3,500.00 TO PUT A NEW ENGINE IN IT. ANYONE WANT TO TAKE OUT A LOAN ON A 94. MESS. AND NOT MY FAULT. AND NOT AN ACT OF GOD EITHER. AN ACT OF HUMAN NEGLIGENCE AT WIXOM PLANT, JOB 1, SO THE RECALL NOTIFICATION 98M01 READS. I FEEL LIKE A VICTIM AND I DONT LIKE THAT FEELING. PLEASE ADVISE. I PLAN TO CALL DATELINE AFTER YOU SEND ME MORE INFO AND MORE COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS ONE!! D. OGDEN, MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER, WHO BELIEVES IN INTEGRITY AND HONORABILITY, EVEN FOR FORD MOTOR COMPANY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#718957February 19, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
SHORTLY AFTER COMPLETE TRANSMISSION, MOTOR MOUNTS, AND POWER STEERING REPLACED,THE ENGINE HEAD GASKETS FAILED, ONCE AGAIN CONTRBUTING TO A POTENTIAL ACCIDENT. WHILE RTURNING HOME FROM BABTSITTING MY GRANDDAUGHTER I WAS ALARMED BY DRIVERS GOING THE OPPOSITE WAY BEEPING AT ME. ONE FINALLY ROLLED DOWN HIS WINDOW AND YELLED THAT I WAS SMOKING SO BADLY I WAS BLOCKING EVERYONES VIEW. I LOOKED BACK TO SEE A DENSE CLOUD OF STEAM COVERING BOTH LANES OF TRAFFIC BEHIND ME. CARS WERE AT A STANDSTILL UNTIL THE STEAM DISSIPATED. I PULLED OVER AND SHUT DOWN. WATER WAS POURING OUT OF ONE OF THE DUAL EXHAUST PIPES. A MOTORIST STOPPED AND OFFERED A LIFT BUT I WAS ONLY A FEW BLOCKS FROM HOME. HE WENT ON TO TELL ME HIS SISTER HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN TO HER WINDSTAR MINIVAN ON A TRIP TO MAINE AND THE CAR WAS ONLY 45 THOUSAND MILES OLD. HE SAID IT WAS DEFINITELY MY HEAD GASKET, WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE CORRECT. HE ALSO SAID THAT THE FORD 3.8 LITER ENGINE IS A DEFECTIVE DISASTER ESPECIALLY WHEN USED WITH FRONT WHEEL DRIVE. WITH RESPECT TO THE UNDERDASH ELECTRICAL PROBLEM IT WAS A DISTRACTING WARNING CHIME AND OIL PRESSURE INDICATOR WHICH WOULD BEEP WITHOUT PROPER CAUSE ON AN INTERMITTANT BASIS. OIL PRESSURE WAS INDEED OKAY AND THE SENDING UNIT WAS REPLACED TO NO AVAIL. ONLY WHEN AN ENTIRE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WAS REPLACED DID THIS LONGSTANDING DISTRACTION GO AWAY. MY SON-IN-LAW IN OCTOBER OF '99 TOOK OUT THE ORIGINAL CLUSTER WHICH HAD THE ODOMETER READING OF 64740 ORIGINAL MILES AND REPLACED IT WITH ONE FROM AN AUTO WRECKING YARD WHICH WAS POSSIBLY FROM AN EARLIER YEAR CAR. THE REPLACEMENT MODULE READ 131200 MILES. IN FEBRUARY OF 2000 I GAVE THE CAR TO MY DAUGTER AND SON-IN-LAW. THE TITLE HAS BEEN ANOTATED WITH THE NEW ODOMETER READING AS "NOT THE ACTUAL MILEAGE". THIS FAULTY CHIME / GAUGE IS ALSO A COMMON DEFECT IN THESE CARS I AM TOLD. IT CAN BE A DANGEROUS THING WHEN IT OCCURS WITHOUT WARNING (NO PUN INTENDED) .
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#857190February 18, 2000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
RECALL 98V009000, HEADLIGHTS MALFUNCTIONED WHILE IN USE, CAUSING VISUAL DIFFICULTY AND MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. DEALER REPAIRRED THE RECALL, BUT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. IN COLD WEATHER THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#856927February 15, 2000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
DRIVER'S SHOULDER BELT DOES NOT PROPERLY RETURN INTO THE RETRACTING MECHANISM DUE TO A MALFUNCTION WITH THE RETRACTING TENSIONER. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT A SLOW OR NO RETURN OCCURS. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#718649February 12, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
AT 40,217 MILES ON MY 1993 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL MY " ENGINE CHECK LIGHT" COME ON. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK MY CAR IN FOR SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THAT I HAD BLOWN A HEAD GASKET AND HAD TO REPLACE MY 3.8L ENGINE. I CONTACTED FORD TO FIND OUT WHAT COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ENGINE FAILURE AT ONLY 40,000 MILES. TO DATE, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A SATISFACTORY ANSWER, ONLY A LOT OF SYMPATHETIC WORDS AND "I AM SORRY MR. BLAIR WE WILL NOT TELL YOU ABOUT THE COMPLAINTS AND PERFORMANCE OF THIS ENGINE AND SINCE YOUR CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY WE CONSIDER THIS MATTER CLOSED." ON SEARCHING THE INTERNET TO FIND OUT HOW I CAN RESOLVE MY COMPLAINT I HAVE FOUND THAT OTHER FORD CUSTOMERS HAVE HAD SIMILAR PREMATURE 3.8L ENGINE FAILURES. CAN YOU HELP ME RESOLVE MY CONCERNS WITH FORD? WHAT IS THE PROCESS ON ORGANIZING A POSSIBLE CLASS ACTION SUIT ?*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#718567February 10, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKET FAILED ON 11/5/94 TOWED TO BLOUNT STRANGE LINCOLN MERCURY. SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE CHUCK CUNNINGHAM ADVISED WAS UNUSUAL INCIDENT AND RARELY SEE THESE FAILURES. ADVISED I WOULD HAVE TO PAY $1500.00 DOLLARS OR MORE TO GET THIS FIXED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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