Lincoln Continental Complaints

1,673 consumer complaints on file.

#830244November 5, 1998
SUSPENSION:REAR
STRUT IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE BROKE OFF, ALMOST CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#700337November 5, 1998
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE SEAT BELT LATCH REPLACED OR REPAIRED
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#829995November 3, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHEN VEHICLE'S RUNNING HOT, WOULD START TO MAKE NOISES. WATER WOULD COME OUT OF TAIL PIPE. MECHANIC SAID HEAD GASKETS HAD BLOWN & HAD A CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK. *AK *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#700226October 30, 1998
SUSPENSION:REAR
THE AIR RIDE SUSPENSION WILL DEFLATE CAUSING LACK OF CONTROL AT ALL SPEEDS. BOTH THE FRONT AND REAR OF VEHICLE ALMOST SIT ON TOP OF THE TIRES MAKING STEERING DIFICULT. THIS PROBLEM IS COVERED IN THE OWNERS MANUAL SO ITS SOMTHING FORD KNOWS THEY NEED TO FIX. PLEASE HELP GET THIS FIXED ON A RECALL ITS NOT THE FIRST LINCOLN I HAVE HAD THAT HAS DONE THIS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#829795October 29, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH A BLOWN HEAD GASKET; CONSUMER HAS LEARNED OF A MANUFACTURER'S RECAL DONE ON THE 1994 VEHICLE WITH THE SAME ENGINE. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#542260October 27, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKET STARTING TO FAIL CAUSING EXHAUST TO SMELL SWEET FROM COOLANT LEAKING INTO EXHAUST, RECALL ON HEAD GASKET HOWEVER VEHICLE DENIED DUE TO VIN #.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#829484October 26, 1998
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 25 MPH WHEN SAW SOME SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, AND THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE AND OPEN THE HOOD AND THE SMOKE WAS COMING OUT. THE CONSUMER CLOSED THE HOOD AND CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#829336October 22, 1998
SUSPENSION:REAR
CONSUMER EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE REAR SUSPENSION; VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED/DIAGNOSED AND INSPECTED. HOWEVER, IT APPEARS REAR END CANNOT BE CORRECTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#781475October 20, 1998
SUSPENSION:FRONT
VEHICLE CANNOT BE PROPERLY ALIGNED, CAUSING EXCESS FRONT TIRE WEAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#541958October 15, 1998
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
VEHICLE ACCELERATION WHILE APPLYING BRAKES ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#828884October 13, 1998
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
CONSUMER COMPLAINED OF RECALL REPAIR CONCERNING NHTSA RECALL # 93V -06 FAILURE. THE BODY MOUNTS AT THE REAR CORNERS OF THE SUB-FRAME, WHICH SUPPORT THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION, MAY BECOME DETACHED DUE TO CORROSION OF THE SUBFRAME MOUNT RETAINNING PLATE. THIS WOULD ALLOW REAR CORNERS OF SUB-FRAME TO DROP. DEALER REFUSED TO CORRECT RECALL FAILURE BECAUSE VEHICLE OUT OF WARRANTY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#828727October 8, 1998
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
DIGITAL DASH WITH INDICATORS CANNOT BE READ IN DAYLIGHT. DEALER CONTACTED AND WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. STATED IT WAS A DESIGN DEFECT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#828690October 7, 1998
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
CENTER BRAKE LIGHT MALFUNCTIONED. THE HEAT OF THE LAMP IN THE BRAKE MELTED THE PLASTIC CONTAINER, CAUSING, IT TO FALL UNTO THE BULB AND DESTROYED THE BULB. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#780689October 4, 1998
SUSPENSION:REAR:SHOCK ABSORBER
SENSOR ON REAR AIR RIDE SUSPENSION SYSTEM APPARENTLY FAILED, CALLING FOR INCREASED PRESSURE. THE AIR SHOCKS PUMPED UNTIL THEY EXPLODED, PRODUCING A VERY HAZARDOUS SITUATION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#828480October 2, 1998
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY EXPERIENCING UNUSUAL ACCELERATION AT A STOP POSITION WITH BRAKES APPLIED. VEHICLE WOULD JUMP INTO MOTION; CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE GEAR TO NEUTRAL IN ORDER TO GET VEHICLE TO STOP. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFOMED CONSUMER THAT PROBLEM CANNOT BE DUPLICATED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#828349September 29, 1998
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
VEHICLE HAS A SMELL OF RAW GASOLINE. SOMETIMES WHEN CONSUMER DRIVES THE VEHICLE. THIS HAS MADE HIM AND WIFE SICK. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#541794September 29, 1998
SUSPENSION
AIR RID SUSPENTION FAILURE, RIDE CONTROL
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#828233September 25, 1998
SEAT BELTS
HAD RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE (#97I003000) IN MAY. CONTACTED DEALER. INFORMED NO PARTS AVAILABLE. WILL BE NOTIFIED WHEN PARTS COME IN. SO FAR NOTHING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#828193September 24, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING WHILE DRIVING. LEARNED LATER THAT HEAD GASKET WAS BROKEN.DEALER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER RECALL, AND REFUSED TO REPAIR UNLESS COST GOES TO CONSUMER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#828144September 23, 1998
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:INTERIOR
REARVIEW MIRROR IS DISTORTED. THE DRIVER CANNOT LOOK THROUGH THE MIRROR. THE DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. A NEW MIRROR HAS BEEN ORDERED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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