Lincoln Continental Complaints (1993)

121 consumer complaints on file.

#10715402May 8, 2015
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED APPROXIMATELY SIX OR SEVEN TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN MARCH OF 2015 FROM A PRIVATE OWNER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 164,000.
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10467977July 27, 2012
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER COMPLETING A LEFT HAND TURN, THE VEHICLE DIDN'T STRAIGHTENED WHICH FORCED THE CONTACT TO SWERVE IN THE OTHER DIRECTION/ THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSIS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE REAR MOUNT BOLTS ON THE SUB-FRAME NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 98V323000 (STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS). THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 270,000. UPDATED 08/23/12*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER NEVER PERFORMED ANY RECALL REPAIRS ON THE VEHICLE AFTER HAVIING THE VEHICLE EXAMINED BY HIS SON-IN-LAW.
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10104509December 26, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
THE CAR WAS PURCHASED FROM FAMILY ON NOVEMBER 5, 2004, AND THE FAILURE OCCURED LESS THAN TWO MONTHS LATER ON DECEMBER 22, 2004. THE CAR HAS BEEN DRIVEN BY US LESS THAN 1,000 MILES AND CURRENT MILEAGE IS ONLY 29,900 AS THE CAR WAS OWNED BY MY HUSBAND'S GRANDMOTHER. THE CAR IS IN PRISTINE CONDITION AND WAS TOWED TO WITT LINCOLN-MERCURY DEALERSHIP ON DECEMBER 23, 2004. WE WERE NOTIFIED THE EVENING OF THE 23RD THAT THE HEAD GASKET APPEARED TO BE BLOWN AND ON CHRISTMAS EVE THAT THE INITIAL REPAIR ESTIMATE WAS $1,485 MINIMUM, WHICH INCLUDES 11 HOURS OF LABOR AT $85. MY 1990 TOYOTA CELICA HAS 260K+ MILES, MY HUSBAND'S 1984 CHEVROLET CAMARO HAS 280K+ MILES. IT IS AMAZING THAT FORD BUILDS CARS THAT REQUIRE MAJOR REPAIRS AFTER LESS THAN 30,000 MILES!!! THEY SHOULD BE SHUT DOWN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10103636December 13, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
WHILE DRIVING HEADLIGHTS GO OFF. CONSUMER MENTIONED A RECALL, HOWEVER, NONE WAS FOUND. RECALL FOR 108 HEADLIGHT MANUAL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067204April 15, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN
ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT. SIMULTANEOUSLY, WHILE DRIVING TEMPERATURE GAUGE FLUCTUATED, AND ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THEN, VEHICLE STALLED. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT HEATING SYSTEM WAS INOPERATIVE. RECALL 97V019000 ON ENGINE COOLING FAN WAS ISSUED, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10069682January 15, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
I DID NOT GET A RECALL FOR THE 1986-1993 FOR THE BRAKE ROTOR HUB CORROSION PROBLEM. I DID RECEIVE AND REPAIRED THE SUBFRAME MOUNT(93V-106.001) THE ROTOR HUB IS A CONTINUING PROBLEM AS I HAVE PAID TO HAVE THIS REPLACED ONCE AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A FORD AUTHORIZED REPAIR FACILITY LOOK AT THIS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10070108January 15, 2004
SUSPENSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, POWER TRAIN
WE HAVE HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS WHERE WOULD YOU START. THE REAR AIR BAGS EXPLODED SHORTLY AFTER WE BOUGHT IT. WE HAVE HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, COOLENT LEAKS, AND BELT PROBLEMS. ONE TRIP TO OKLAHOMA COST A TRANSMISSION, AND THE NEXT TRIP, THE HEAD GASKETS ON THE ENGINE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10070249January 15, 2004
SUSPENSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
ENGINE (3.8L V6) BLEW HEAD GASKET FIRST TIME AT ~60,000 MILES. DEALER REPAIRED. THIRTEEN MONTHS LATER, ~72,000 MILES, HEAD GASKET BLEW AGAIN. DIFFERENT DEALER REPAIRED, (ANOTHER $1,600 WITH NO HELP FROM MANUFACTURER OR PREVIOUS REPAIRING DEALER). NOW WITH ~126,000 MILES ON VEHICLE, HEAD GASKET MAY HAVE BLOWN AGAIN. ALL THREE MOTOR MOUNTS AND HARMONIC STABILIZER WERE REPLACED (ALL MOUNTS WERE LEAKING OR CRACKED).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023992June 13, 2003
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM
AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM GOES BAD WHICH CAUSES THE REAR END TO DRAG. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10015697April 21, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED, AND SMOKE EMITTED FROM THE TAILPIPE, COOLANT LEAKED DUE TO BLOWN HEAD GASKET. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. MR *PH *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10016213April 19, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
POWER STEERING FAILURE, MOTOR MOUNT FAILURE, HEAD GASKET LEAK AND THE TRANSMISSION SEALS LEAK. CAR HAS 75000 MILES. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#765759August 16, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THIS CAR HAS BEEN METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED AND HAD ALL REGULAR MAINTENANCE. WE ARE CONCERNED THAT THE HEAD GASKET PROBLEM IS THE SAME AS THE ONE IN THE 1994 RECALL AND THAT THIS SHOULD APPLY TO OUR CAR AS WELL. WE ARE ALSO CONCERNED AFTER READING MANY REPORTS OF MULTIPLE HEAD GASKET FAILURES ON THE SAME CAR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8003194January 30, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THERE IS CRYSTALIZED COOLANT NEXT TO HEAD GASKET, INDICATING THAT THERE IS A LEAK. GASKETS HAVE NOT BLOWN. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8002391January 17, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING 65-70 MPH VEHICLE WAS OVER HEATING. PULLED VEHICLE OVER AND CHECKED UNDER HOOD. NOTICED COOLANT WAS LOW AND REPLACED IT. PROBLEM REAPPEARED AGAIN. TOOK VEHICLE TO A TECHNICIAN. INFORMED OWNER HEAD GASKETS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#756913January 16, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ON 01/12/02 I WAS DRIVING 130 MILES EAST OF LOS ANGELES,I NOTICED THAT THE CAR WAS RUNNING BELOW NORMAL ON THE TEMPERATURE, TEN MINUTES LATER I HEAR A BEEPING SOUND FROM THE DASH AND NOTICED THE CAR WAS RUNNIG HOT. AFTER HAVING IT TOWED BACK TO TORRANCE, CA. THE MECHANIC TELLS THAT I HAVE A BLOWN HEAD GASKET AND THAT IT,S PRETTY COMMON ON THE FORD 3.8 SIX CYLINDER ENGINES.I CALLED FORD AND THEY TOLD ME THAT MY 1993 CONTINENTAL HAD NO RECALLS ON MY ENGINE. BUT IT'S NOT THE MODLE OF THE CAR BUT THE DEFECTIVE ENGINE AND THEY NEVER NOTIFIED ME ABOUT THE POSSIBLE PROBLEM.AFTER GOING ON THE INTER-NET I'VE FOUND A LOT OF FORD MODELS OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM OF A BLOWN HEAD GASKET.I THINK FORD SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON ALL OF THESE ENGINES. THANK YOU MR. GARY STUART. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8001235December 31, 2001
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
LOWER SUBFRAME MOUNT PLATE BROKE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8001164December 28, 2001
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
INTERMITTENTLY HEADLIGHTS GO OUT FOR BRIEF INTERVALS. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON MAKE AND MODEL. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLES WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#897926October 18, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER REPORTED TO DEALER ON DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKETS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTATCED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751797September 6, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
THE DESCRIBED VEHICLE EVIDENTLY HAD A WATER PUMP GO OUT. THE VEHICLE GAUGE NEVER INDICATED VEHICLE WAS HOT, SO THERE WAS NO WARNING WHEN THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND QUIT RUNNING. WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH ON INTERSTATE 70, WE LOST BRAKING AND STEERING CAPACITY AND WERE FORTUNATE NOT TO HAVE TO BRAKE OR MANEUVER AGGRESIVELY. THERE WERE 4 PERSONS IN THE VEHICLE WHO CAN ATTEST THAT THE WARNING SYSTEM DID NOT WORK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#561488June 6, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PREMATURE HEAD GASKET FAILURE AT 40,217 MILES WHICH REQUIRES COMPLETE ENGINE REPLACEMENT, CONSUMER REQUESTS THAT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY WHICH COVERED HEAD GASKETS THAT WERE DEFECTIVE FOR THE 1994-1995 MODELS INCLUDE THE 1993 MODEL AS WELL. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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