Lincoln Continental Complaints (1991)

203 consumer complaints on file.

#858434March 13, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 55 MPH, NOTICED SMOKE FROM TAIL PIPE. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER OF A BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#551275March 9, 2000
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
A/C COMPRESSOR FAILED. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#551028March 6, 2000
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
THE DEFECTIVE HOOD LATCH FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE CAUSING IT TO FLY UP SMASHING THE WINDSHIELD WHILE DRIVING. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#551192March 2, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM
POWER BRAKE BOOSTER FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO PERFORM POORLY. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#857450February 23, 2000
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM
AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM LEAKED, CAUSING REAR END TO GO DOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PART WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL, AND REPAIRS WOULD BE AT CONSUMER'S COST. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#551025February 22, 2000
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
WHEN TURNING ON THE HEATER TO DEFROST WINDSHIELD THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED FROM THE HEAT. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#718957February 19, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
SHORTLY AFTER COMPLETE TRANSMISSION, MOTOR MOUNTS, AND POWER STEERING REPLACED,THE ENGINE HEAD GASKETS FAILED, ONCE AGAIN CONTRBUTING TO A POTENTIAL ACCIDENT. WHILE RTURNING HOME FROM BABTSITTING MY GRANDDAUGHTER I WAS ALARMED BY DRIVERS GOING THE OPPOSITE WAY BEEPING AT ME. ONE FINALLY ROLLED DOWN HIS WINDOW AND YELLED THAT I WAS SMOKING SO BADLY I WAS BLOCKING EVERYONES VIEW. I LOOKED BACK TO SEE A DENSE CLOUD OF STEAM COVERING BOTH LANES OF TRAFFIC BEHIND ME. CARS WERE AT A STANDSTILL UNTIL THE STEAM DISSIPATED. I PULLED OVER AND SHUT DOWN. WATER WAS POURING OUT OF ONE OF THE DUAL EXHAUST PIPES. A MOTORIST STOPPED AND OFFERED A LIFT BUT I WAS ONLY A FEW BLOCKS FROM HOME. HE WENT ON TO TELL ME HIS SISTER HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN TO HER WINDSTAR MINIVAN ON A TRIP TO MAINE AND THE CAR WAS ONLY 45 THOUSAND MILES OLD. HE SAID IT WAS DEFINITELY MY HEAD GASKET, WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE CORRECT. HE ALSO SAID THAT THE FORD 3.8 LITER ENGINE IS A DEFECTIVE DISASTER ESPECIALLY WHEN USED WITH FRONT WHEEL DRIVE. WITH RESPECT TO THE UNDERDASH ELECTRICAL PROBLEM IT WAS A DISTRACTING WARNING CHIME AND OIL PRESSURE INDICATOR WHICH WOULD BEEP WITHOUT PROPER CAUSE ON AN INTERMITTANT BASIS. OIL PRESSURE WAS INDEED OKAY AND THE SENDING UNIT WAS REPLACED TO NO AVAIL. ONLY WHEN AN ENTIRE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WAS REPLACED DID THIS LONGSTANDING DISTRACTION GO AWAY. MY SON-IN-LAW IN OCTOBER OF '99 TOOK OUT THE ORIGINAL CLUSTER WHICH HAD THE ODOMETER READING OF 64740 ORIGINAL MILES AND REPLACED IT WITH ONE FROM AN AUTO WRECKING YARD WHICH WAS POSSIBLY FROM AN EARLIER YEAR CAR. THE REPLACEMENT MODULE READ 131200 MILES. IN FEBRUARY OF 2000 I GAVE THE CAR TO MY DAUGTER AND SON-IN-LAW. THE TITLE HAS BEEN ANOTATED WITH THE NEW ODOMETER READING AS "NOT THE ACTUAL MILEAGE". THIS FAULTY CHIME / GAUGE IS ALSO A COMMON DEFECT IN THESE CARS I AM TOLD. IT CAN BE A DANGEROUS THING WHEN IT OCCURS WITHOUT WARNING (NO PUN INTENDED) .
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
#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
#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
#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
#854256December 21, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING ORIGINAL ENGINE HEAD GASKETS BLEW. WERE BLOWING SMOKE & LEAKING FLUID. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & MECHANIC REPLACED ENGINE. HEAD GASKETS BLEW ON THE 2ND ENGINE ALSO & ENGINE WAS REPLACED ONCE AGAIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854058December 15, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 50 MPH THE VEHICLE DECREASED IN SPEED, WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. VEHICLE ALSO CONTINUED TO JERK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#549902December 9, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKET FAILURE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO RUN ROUGH AND LOOSE COOLANT. YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#715413November 29, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714958November 18, 1999
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, SUSPENSION:FRONT, STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS, STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS, STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:SUPPORT DEVICE/STRUT, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
THE HYDRAULIC SHOCKS, FRONT AND BACK ALL BEFORE 110,000 MILES. (ABOUT $2000 TO FIX) THE AIR CONDITIONER. THE DCL LIGHT KEEPS GOING OFF. THE OIL LIGHT KEEPS GOING OFF. NO OIL IS NEEDED. THE FRONT END SHAKES VERY BADLY. THE REAR SUB MOUNTS HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE HEADLINER IN THE CAR IS DISENTERGRATING. THE TRUNK MOTOR WAS REPLACED AND IS DYING AGAIN. THE RADIO IS DEAD. MANY THINGS ARE WRONG WITH THIS VEHICLE. IT WAS ORIGINALLY FROM PENN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#851246October 20, 1999
SUSPENSION:FRONT, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY CAR SHAKES OR VIBRATES VERY BADLY, AND THE ENGINE CHECKLIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME. ALSO, THERE IS AN ODOR THAT IS COMING THROUGH THE VENTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#713478October 18, 1999
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHEN I BOUGHT CAR, I NOTICED 2 AREAS (EACH ABOUT 4 IN. DIAMETER) OF SLIGHT PAINT DEGRADATION ON ROOF AT REAR. NOW, 2 YEARS LATER, SIZE OF DEGRADED AREAS HAS INCREASED TO 2X ORIGINAL SIZE, PAINT HAS CHALKED CONSIDERABLY AND DAMAGE IS MOVING DOWN THROUGH LAYERS TO BASE. ALSO HAVE NOTICED SAME PAINT TROUBLE STARTING TO OCCUR ON FRONT ROOF STRUTS (WHERE WINDSHIELD IS). I AM INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT IF OTHER OWNERS HAVE/ARE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR TROUBLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#713480October 18, 1999
AIR BAGS
AIR BAG WARNING LAMP CONSTANTLY FLASHES. IT FLASHES SIX TIMES, PAUSES THEN GOES THRU SAME PATTERN. SHOP MANUAL INDICATES THERE IS A FAULT WITH DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG (DIAGNOSIS OF FAILED COMPONENT(S)IS DETAILED STEP-BY-STEP PROCEDURE). MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS IS NOT A SINGULAR PROBLEM BUT IS SYMPTOMATIC OF THIS MAKE, MODEL & YEAR OF VEHICLE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A RECALL ISSUED FOR THIS CHRONIC PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849898October 5, 1999
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM
FRONT AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM EXPLODED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, CAUSING THE FRONT END TO DROP DOWN ON THE FRONT TIRES, THERE WAS NO WAY TO STEER VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THIS DEFECT. LINCOLN HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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