Lincoln Continental Complaints

1,673 consumer complaints on file.

#856611February 9, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHEN TRAVELING CONSUMER NOTICED THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED ALSO STEAM AND WATER ENTERED THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER NOTED THE HEAD GASKET BLEW. PARTS WAS REPLACED, CONSUMER NOTE PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#550835February 9, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKET FAILED AT LOW MILEAGE, SIMILAR VEHICLES WERE RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT NOT THE CONSUMERS. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#550725February 4, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM
THE SUSPENSION AIR RIDE SYSTEM FAILED REPEATEDLY. YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#856244February 4, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
VEHICLE WOULD START UP INTERMITTENTLY. NOTICED A LOSS OF FUEL WHILE DRIVING. CHECKED RELAY, AND TRACED IT BACK TO THE GAS TANK. THERE WAS AN EXPOSED WIRE IN THE GAS TANK. IF WIRES CAME LOOSE, IT COULD START A FIRE. CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER SAID THIS WAS A NORMAL FEATURE IN ALL VEHICLES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#856133February 3, 2000
WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
WHILE TRAVELING THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL FELL OFF WITHOUT INDICAITON. PLEASE PROVIDE FUTHER INFORMATON. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#856159February 3, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE HEAD GASKETS CRACKED, CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK ONTO THE ENGINE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855856February 1, 2000
AIR BAGS
WHILE TRAVELING NOTICED AIR BAG INDICATION LIGHT ON. AFTER TRAVELING FOR A WHILE NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE STERRING WHEEL. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#718001January 28, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED WHEN I BOUGHT THE LINCOLN IN 1995, WITH 47,746 MILES. ANOTHER TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED IN FEB. OF 1997 WITH 68,982 MILES ON THE CAR. THE FORD MOTOR CO. SAID THE ONE YR. WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. THE CAR NOW HAS 94,000 MILES AND BEGINS TO SOUND AS IF ANOTHER TRANSMISSION IS NEEDED. DO YOU SMELL A RAT? *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#550587January 27, 2000
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR
OUTSIDE LEFT REARVIEW MIRROR HAS DISCOLORED (YELLOWISH COLOR), DUE TO NON-GLARE FEATURE. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855597January 27, 2000
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
WHILE TRAVELING NOTICED AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT ON. ALSO, NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855414January 24, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT WHICH MAY CAUSE VEHICLE TO STALL UNEXPECTEDLY AND MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. DEALER REPLACED THE GASKET AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. *AK DUE TO GASKET FAILURE ANTIFREEZE LEAKED INTO CYLINDERS CAUSING ROUGH IDLE. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717688January 21, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
BLOWN HEAD GASKET, TALK TO 5 DIFFERENT REPAIR SHOPS ALL SAID TYPICAL OF THE 3.8L V6, THE MAN WHO SOLD ME THE VEHICLE KNOW THEIR WAS SOME PROBLEM ,HE DROPPED THE PRICE FROM $5995 TO $3950.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717645January 20, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, AIR BAGS, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
REPAIRS PAST 8 MONTHS: HEAD GASKET, REAR BRAKES, POWER STEERING SYSTEM, REAR AIR BAGS, SPEED SENSOR (3X), TO NAME A FEW. PENDING REPAIRS: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM (DASH), REAR DOOR ACTUATOR, CHIPPING BUMPER PAINT, TRANSMISSION SLUGGISH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717406January 16, 2000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:HIGH/LOW BEAM DIMMER SWITCH
LIGHT SWITCH REPLACED BY DEALER ON RECALL 98V009000 AT APPROX 45,000MILES. THE REPLACEMENT FAILED AGAIN AT 91,000. THE REPLACEMENT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE FIXED A BREAKER PROBLEM, BUT IT DIDNOT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#550350January 11, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ENGINE BECAME NOISY AND FAILED AFTER RECALL REPAIR OF A FAULTY HEAD GASKET WAS REPAIRED. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854878January 11, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM, STEERING:RACK AND PINION
VEHICLE LEANED TO THE LEFT DUE TO THE AIR SPRING SYSTEM FAILING. OWNER HAD JUST HAD RACK AND PINION REPLACED. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE AIR SPRING SYSTEM, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS IN SUSPENSION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717155January 10, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUTON A METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED VEHICLE. IT WAS A COSTLY REPAIR. SO I ASKED THE SERVICE MANAGER IF THIS WAS A PROBLEM THAT HAD OCCURRED IN OTHER '93 LINCOLNS, AND HE STATED THAT, WHILE IT WAS UNFORTUNATE, IT SEEMED TO BE UNIQUE TO MY CAR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#550268January 7, 2000
WHEELS
WHEEL FELL OFF CAUSING VEHICLE DAMAGE. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT) *MJS
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#558612January 3, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE HEAD GASKET FAILED, FORD RECALLED 1994 AND UP MODEL BUT NOT 1993 EVENTHOUGH IT HAS THE EXACT SAME ENGINE. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716737January 2, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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