Lincoln Continental Complaints (1994)

190 consumer complaints on file.

#877829January 10, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKETS HAVE BLOWNOUT. FORD HAS EXTENDED WARRANTY ON VEHICLE; HOWEVER, VEHICLE EXCEEDS 7 YEAR LIMIT. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#877930January 10, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
A PISTON CRACKED WITHIN TRANSMISSION, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK COMPUTER FAILED WHILE REPAIRING TRANSMISSION. ALSO, THE HEAD GASKET BLEW UP AT 50000 MILES. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#558916January 5, 2001
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM
REAR AIR SHOCK ASSEMBLY SYSTEM IS CAUSING BACK END OF VEHICLE TO SAG. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#738374December 27, 2000
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#738067December 20, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#558109December 12, 2000
STRUCTURE
THE WELDED WASHER TO THE FRAME FOR THE STRUT BAR MOUNTING FAILED. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#737577December 9, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AFTER STOP TRANSMISSION GOES INTO NEUTRAL NOT BACK INTO DRIVE FORDS PISTON FAILURE IS COMMON. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#737493December 7, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HAD RECENT HEADGASKET FAILURE, REPORTED TO LINCOLN, AFTER REPEAT CONVERSATIONS CORRECTED PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#735411October 29, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE HEAD GASKET BLEW. WHEN I HAD IT TOWED I WAS INFORMED THAT THERE HAD BEEN A WARRANTY EXTENSION ON IT. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THEY TOLD ME THE WARRANTY EXTENTION HAD EXPIRED ON 10/01/00. I DID NOT GET A NOTICE OF THE WARRANTY EXTENTION. I HAD TO PAY $1800 TO GET THE CAR REPAIRED. I TALKED TO A CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE AT FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALER AND BOTH SAID THAT I COULD NOT BE REIMBURSED FOR THE REPAIRS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#871546September 26, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE STARTED AND HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT. VEHICLE WAS RECALLED #98M01KITBB, AND MOTOR MOUNTS WERE REPLACED. ALSO, VEHICLE HAD PROBLEM WITH GOING INTO GEAR. GEAR SHIFT GOT STUCK, IT WAS HARD, AND IT PULLED. THERE WAS NO SPEED. FLUIDS WON'T STAY IN VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869488September 5, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
GEARS WILL STICK IN DRIVE UNTIL DRIVER TURNS KEY OFF AND WAITS A FEW MINUTES, AND THEN CUT BACK ON. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#867723August 14, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY
AFTER A TUNE UP AND COMPLETE CHECK CONSUMER DROVE ABOUT 250 MILES AND ANTI-FREEZE STARTED BOILING IN THE OVERFLOW CONTAINER, AND A WARNING BELL STARTED TO RING. CONSUMER PULLED INTO A GAS STATION, AND ALL THE ANTI-FREEZE RAN OUT. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. DEALER HAD TO REPLACE RADIATOR BECAUSE CONSUMER COULD NOT MAKE IT BACK WITH OUT IT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#727427August 9, 2000
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
AT RANDOM TIMES DURING ANY TRIP IN THE VEHICLE, THE OIL LEVEL GAUGE WILL DROP AND WARNING BELLS WILL TOLL. UPON REPEATED TRIPS TO THE DEALER, THE PROBLEM PERSISTS YET THE ACTUAL OIL LEVEL ALWAYS REMAINS NORMAL. UPON COMPLETE CHANCE, IT WAS FOUND THAT A FIRM TAP ON THE DASHBOARD DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE RIGHTMOST EDGE OF THE STEERING WHEEL WILL CAUSE THE GAUGE TO READ CORRECTLY AGAIN. THE PROBLEM OCCURS WITH UTTER RANDOMNESS BUT WITH FAR TOO MUCH PERSISTANCE FOR THE DEALER NOT TO BE ABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#726546August 3, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WITHOUT PREVIOUS SYMPTOMS OR WARNING SIGNS, ON A FULLY MAINTAINED VEHICHLE, THE FACTORY TRANSMISSION REQUIRES A COMPLETE REBUILD. I DISCOVERED THAT OF THE 152 TSB'S ISSUED FOR THIS VEHICLE MODEL/YEAR, 51 ARE REGARDING PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRANSMISSION. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS MUST BE REPLACED: TORQUE CONVERTER, PLANTETARY GEAR SYSTEM, LUBRICATING PUMP, 4 SOLENOID VALVES, FORWARD CLUTCH PISTON, BANDS, SEALS, EXTERNAL SPEED SENSOR, GASKETS, MISC. PARTS AS REQUIRED. ONLY THE TRANSIMISSION HOUSING IS SALVAGABLE. THE MECHANIC INFORMED US THAT IT "LOOKS LIKE A BOMB WENT OFF" INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION. THERE ARE OBVIOUS DESIGN FLAWS IN THIS PRODUCT. 1993 WAS APPARANTLY THE FIRST YEAR THIS RELEASE OF THIS TRANSMISSION WAS USED AND SUBSEQUENT YEARS WERE SUPPOSED THE HAVE REPAIRED THE DESIGN ERRORS INHERENT IN THE SYSTEM. MY CAR WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A STEEL FORWARD CLUTCH PISTON TO CORRECT A PREVIOUS MODELS PROBLEMS, BUT IT HAS, IN FACT, AN ALUMINUM PISTON. MY RESEARCH HAS FOUND A TREND OF SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRANSMISSION IN LINCOLNS AS WELL AS OTHER FORD PRODUCTS THAT THIS UNIT IS PLACED IN. SPECIFICALLY, THIS IS THE AXOD-E TRANSMISSION. MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE, IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, AND ONLY THE GRACE OF GOD ALLOWED HIM TO CROSS SEVERAL LANES OF TRAFFIC, AND GET TO THE EMERGENCY SHOULDER WHEN HE LOST ALL USE OF THE TRANSMISSION, WITHOUT PREVIOUS WARNING OR SYMPTOMS OF PROBLEMS. AS THERE HAVE BEEN 4 SAFETY RECALLS AND 3 GENERAL RECALLS ON THIS VEHICLE YEAR/MAKE/MODEL, IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THERE ARE BASIS DESIGN FLAWS IN THE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#9001723August 1, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
IN APRIL 2000 AT POULSON, NJ ENGINE DEVELOPED A NOISE LIKE TAPPETS OR LIFTER CLANING. WE HAD THE CAR DROVE TO PAGE, AZ (100 MILES) TO THE FORD LINCOLN DEALERSHIP, THEIR INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE CONFIRMED THE ROD WAS LOOSE. THE ENGINE WAS RUNINED, NO ENGINE WERE AVAILABLE TO REPLACE OUR ENGINE. THE REASON GIVE WAS BECAUSE OF THE "HEAD GASKET FAILURES".
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#865783July 20, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
VEHICLE WAS PARK ON THE OUTSIDE OF CONSUMER'S HOUSE, AND HE HAD JUST GOTTEN OUT OF VEHICLE. A FEW MINUTES LATER, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALL OUT. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE FUEL INJECTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#864837July 6, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD A KNOCKING AND TICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT DUE TO A ROD WITHIN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHICH BROKE DESTROYING THE ENTIRE ENGINE. ENGINE WAS RUINED BECAUSE OF HEAD GASKET FAILURE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER STATES THE ENGINE NEED REPLACING. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#724686June 28, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE..*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#724687June 28, 2000
SUSPENSION:REAR
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#723853June 10, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
CONTACTED FORD MOTOR CO 6 10 2000 ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, THEY SAID THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT EVEN THOUGH THEY SAY THAT A RECALL WAS NOT SENT OUT TO ALL OWNERS OF THIS CAR. I AM THE SECOND OWNER AND HE WAS NOT CONTACTED EITHER. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE SAME RECOURSE THAT ALL OTHER OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE HAD! NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN RECAL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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