Lincoln Continental Complaints (2000)

63 consumer complaints on file.

#10165064August 9, 2006
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 3 MPH IN A DRIVEWAY THE PASSENGER SIDE SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE ARM. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10158382May 17, 2006
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
LTR FM (PA) REPORTING COIL SPRING BROKE IN HIS MODEL YEAR 2000 FORD LINCOLN CONTINENTAL DEFECTIVE VEHICLE. *TS *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10156006April 24, 2006
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX. 10 MPH I HEARD A LOUD BANG ON THE MORNING OF 4-24-06. I CAME TO A STOP THINKING I HAD HIT SOMETHING IN THE ROAD. I LOOKED AROUND THE BACK OF THE CAR AND NOTICED PART OF THE COIL SPRING ON THE GROUND. I KNEW EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS BECAUSE THE PASSENGER SIDE BROKE ON 4-6-06. IF AT EITHER TIME I WOULD HAVE BEEN DRIVING AT ANY SUBSTANTIAL SPEED IT COULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10154731April 6, 2006
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PUTTING AIR IN THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE, IT WAS NOTICED, THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS HAD BROKEN AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. ALTHOUGH THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED, NO APPOINTMENT FOR INSPECTION WAS MADE. UPDATED 5/2/2006 - *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10150071February 13, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
RECENTLY PURCHASED THIS CAR(2000 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL) USED, ME AND A FRIEND DECIDED TO GO TO THE BEACH, ON THE WAY, ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 45-65 MPH WHILE THE ACCELERATOR WAS CONSTANT THE GEAR SHIFTING BECAME SPORADIC/SHUDDERING BETWEEN THE GEARS, ALMOST EVERY SINGLE TIME AFTER THE SHUDDER STOPPED THE RPM ON THE TACHOMETER WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY DROP AND SPEED WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY DROP AS WELL AND EVEN WHEN APPLYING FULL ACCELERATION TO THE PEDAL THE CAR ACTED AS IF IT WERE IN NEUTRAL BUT THE ENGINE WAS NOT REVVING UP EITHER, IF THIS HAPPENED WHILE TRYING TO SWITCH LANES ON THE HIGHWAY IN TRAFFIC WITH A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN SPEED AND CONTROL OVER THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE AN ACCIDENT COULD HAVE OCCURRED. SEVERAL SERVICE BULLETINS ON THE NHTSA WEB SITE INDICATE THIS SIMILAR DEFECTS IN THE TRANSMISSION FOR THIS VEHICLE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10146079December 26, 2005
STEERING:COLUMN, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
COMPLETED A TURN USING THE SIGNAL LIGHT(UNKNOWN IF RELATED) AND SMOKE EMITTED FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. A ODOR OF BURNING WIRING INSULATION WAS DETECTED AT THE SAME TIME. DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE AND NO CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS TAKEN. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10125334August 12, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
DT: CONTACT STATES THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. DEALER REPAIRED THE PROBLEM NUMEROUS TIMES, BUT AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME BACK ON. *AK SMOKE EMMITTED FORM THE VEHICLE'S STEERING COLUMN AT THE FLASHER SWITCH. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10114030March 13, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
THE SPRING ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE BROKE, CAUSING THE BROKEN END TO CATCH THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE RIPPING THE ENTIRE SIDE AND INHIBITING STEERING. HAD THIS HAPPENED AT ANY SPEED WHILE DRIVING AN TERRIBLE ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED. THERE WAS NO PRIOR INCIDENT WHICH COULD HAVE LED TO THE SPRING BREAKING AND THERE IS NO OBVIOUS SUPERFICIAL DEFECT IN THE SPRING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10091703September 9, 2004
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER
CONSUMER RECEIVED BURNS FROM THE HEATER LOCATED IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK INCIDENT OCCURRED DURING A ROAD TRIP FROM MILWAUKEE TO NEW YORK. INITIALLY, CONSUMER JUST WANTED HIS HOSPITAL BILLS PAID AND THE SEAT REPAIRED/REPLACED. FORD DENIED THE CLAIM ON THE BASIS THAT THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO VERIFY A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. CONSUMER THEN TOOK HIS CLAIM TO SMALL CLAIMS COURT. *PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10065573April 5, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE MECHANIC INDICATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10070738January 15, 2004
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY VEHICLE STARTED VIBRATING INTERNALLY WHEN I REACH 70 MILES PER HOUR. IF FEELS AS THOUGH THE SEAT HAS VIBRATOR IN IT. SIMILAR TO THE FEEL OF A VIBRATING PAGER. THIS HAPPENS DURING ACCELERATION. I DO NOT FEEL ANYTHING AT 60MPH. WHEN I REACH 70 I CAN FEEL IT THE SEAT AND GAS PEDAL. THE VIBRATION CONTINUES UNITL I REACH 85MPH. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE DIFFERENTIAL AND HAS TRIED A NUMBER OF THINGS. THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD REPLACE THE REAR END BECAUSE THE GEARS THAT THEY WERE GETTING WOULD NOT HELP AND WOULD PROBABLY CAUSE MORE VIBRATION. THEY HAD A FORD ENGINEER COME IN DRIVE THE VEHICLE. HIS RESPONCE THE THE VEHICLE WAS VIBRATING WITHIN ACCEPTABLE LIMITS. I ASKED WHAT THOSE LIMITS WERE AND HE SAID THAT LIMIT HE DETERMINED WHEN HE DROVE THE VEHICLE. I LEFT THE DEALERSHIP ON THAT COMMENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10052475January 6, 2004
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS, SUSPENSION:FRONT, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:INTERIOR, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
BOTH REAR WINDOWS HAVE FAILED AND NOW DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW HAS ISSUES. FRONT BRAKES HAD BE REPLACED AND NOW GRIND WHEN STOPPING AT HIGH SPEED. REAR VIEW MIRROR HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO ELECTRICAL FALURE. BOTH OUTER TYE ROD ENDS HAD TO BE REPLACED AFTER RUINING BOTH FRONT TIRES AND ALINEMENT WAS NOT COVERED BY EXTENDED WARRENTY. THE CARS RIDE AND HANDLING IS POOR AND THE INTERIOUR NOISE LEVEL IS HIGH FOR A LUXERY CAR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10037843August 28, 2003
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:COLUMN SHIFT ASSEMBLY
CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO TAKE THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE SHIFT PARKING GEAR, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BE NON DRIVABLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10037873August 27, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, AIR BAGS
WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED. THE TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN TAKEN OUT SEVERAL TIME TO FIND THE PROBLEM. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED IN REVERSE. THE DEALER DID FIND THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT WAS DENIED. *PH. ALSO THE CLOCK SPRING WAS REPLACED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10011467June 27, 2003
STRUCTURE
THE INSTRUMENT PANEL COULD NOT BE SEEN BY THE DRIVER BECAUSE OF THE SUNS REFLECTION ON THE DASHBOARD. PH *NLM THE CONSUMER NOTIFIED THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES IN A LETTER ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO READ THE SPEEDOMETER IN THE SUN LIGHT. SINCE OCTOBER 2002 THEY HAVE 3669 MILES ON THE SPEEDOMETER. THE CONSUMER FEELS UNSAFE IN DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND FORD NEEDS TO LET THE CONSUMERS KNOW THAT THIS PROBLEM CAN'T BE FIXED BEFORE SERIOUS DAMAGES OCCURS. *CB THE CONSUMER WAS REQUIRED TO WEAR SUNGLASSES THAT WILL SHIELD HIS EYES FROM GLARE, SO WHEN HE WORE THEM HE AS UNABLE TO READ THE SPEEDOMETER. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10024373June 18, 2003
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 40MPH ON THE HIGHWAY HEARD A THUMPING AND VIBRATING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR. LEFT FRONT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE WHEEL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10017543April 24, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, SUSPENSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, VISIBILITY, STEERING, AIR BAGS
WHEN THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME HARD, AND CONSEQUENTLY THE CONSUMER HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. *JB THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT WHICH HAPPENED WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE ENGINE HAD RUN ROUGH, THE DRIVER WINDOW HAS BECOME INOPERATIVE, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS LEFT TOO MANY STREAKS, THE LEFT REAR WINDOW HAD BECOME INOPERATIVE, THE REAR BRAKES WOULD GRIND WHEN APPLIED AT 50 MPH, THE STEERING FELT LOOSE AT 30 MPH AND THE CONSUMER HAD TO CONSTANTLY ADJUST, THE BRAKES WOULD NOT WORK AT TIMES(2 ACCIDENTS OCCURRED AS A RESULT), AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. *SCC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10015700April 11, 2003
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER
THE HEATED SEAT CAUGHT ON FIRE. *JB SCC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10011433March 26, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS, SUSPENSION, AIR BAGS, STRUCTURE, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
THE MOON ROOF WAS REPLACED BECAUSE THE MOTOR DID NOT WORK, THE AIR BAGS WERE REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES, AND THE LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE CONSUMER, THE HORN DID NOT WORK, THERE WAS A CHIMING NOISE EVERY 30 MINUTES, AND ALSO THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED TWICE, THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW WAS OFF TRACK, THE SPEAKERS DID NOT WORK, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED WHEN A STOP WAS MADE. *AK *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10009956March 5, 2003
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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