Lincoln Continental Complaints

1,673 consumer complaints on file.

#868127August 18, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
3.86 LITER ENGINE , 6 CYLINDER, HEAD GASKET HAS BLOWN OUT, POSSIBLY CAUSING OTHER RELATED DAMAGE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#867907August 16, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM), AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 70MPH & AUTOMATIC TRACTION KICKED IN. VEHICLE STARTED SLIDING ACROSS THE ROAD & HIT A TREE. AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. MANUFACTURER STATED TO THE DEALER & CONSUMER GET A LAWYER. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
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
#727443August 10, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:HYDRAULIC
POWER BOOSTER ASSEMBLY HAS A HIGH FAILURE RATE AND IS A TROUBLESOME SYSTEM PARTS NEEDED FOR REPAIRES ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE WICH IS STRANGE FOR A 11 YEAR OLD VEHICLE CONSIDERING THE HIGH PROBLEM RATE OF THIS BRAKE SYSTEM. THE BRAKE BOOSTER OPERATES INTERMITENTLY. SINCE I AM A MECHANIC WORKING FOR FORD I SEE THIS PROBLEM OFTEN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#727499August 10, 2000
AIR BAGS
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#727503August 10, 2000
AIR BAGS
IT HAS BEEN 2 WEEKS DEALER WORKING HARD TO RESOLVE MFGR. DOES NOT RESPOND. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
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
#726967August 8, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT
THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THIS CAR BECAUSE EVERY LINCOLN HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. NO AFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#727027August 8, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, SUSPENSION:REAR, SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM
1991 LINCOLN CONTINENTALS ARE REPORTED BY ALL REPAIR SHOPS IN THIS AREA TO HAVE KNOWN HEAD GASKET PROBLEMS ALONG WITH REAR STRUT AND AIR SUSPENSION PROBLEMS. MANY PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR SHIRTS AND FORD HAS DONE NOTHING TO HANDLE THIS PROBLEM. THEY HAVE RECALLED 1994 LINCOLN CONTINENTALS BUT HAVE NOT ADDRESSED ANY EARLIER YEARS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#726709August 5, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THE 3.8 L V-6 ENGINE SHOULD BE RECALLED -REPRESENTS POTENTIAL CATASTROPHIC FAILURE AT HIGH SPEED -IS KNOWN DEFECTIVE DESIGN. *AK
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
#726405August 2, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
LATELY I HAVE BEEN GETTING A THUMP EVERY TIME I SHIFT INTO GEAR SO I TOOK THE CAR TO A MECHANIC. HE TOLD ME THAT THE PROBLEM WAS WAS THE MOTOR MOUNTS. I CHECKED AND FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS A SAFETY RECALL. I CALLED THE FORD SERVICE CENTER AT TEL. 1-800-392-3673 AND TALKED TO SOMEONE NAMED CHRITOPHER AT THE LINCOLN DIVISION. I GAVE HIM ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE MOTOR MOUNTS AND THE SAFETY-RECALL. HE TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A 6 YEAR LIMIT OR 60,000 LIMIT ON THAT SAFETY-RECALL AND THAT I WAS NOT ELIGIBLE TO HAVE THE WORK DONE ON THE MOTOR MOUNTS, UNLESS I PAID FOR IT. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR FIXING THIS PROBLEM SINCE IT IS CLEARLY A DEFECT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF THE AUTOMOBILE. *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
#726219July 30, 2000
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
CAR'S AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCK SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING. SOMEWHERE INSIDE ONE OF THE DOORS OR IN A CONTROL PANEL, THIS ITEM IS MALFUNCTIONING-INDICATING THAT ONE OF THE DOORS IS OPEN. WHEN THE DOOR IS OPEN THE CAR WILL NOT LOCK. I HAVE DRIVEN THIS CAR WITH CHILDREN IN THE BACK SEAT AND CANNOT LOCK THE DOORS. IN ADDITION, ANOTHER PROBLEM OCCURS BECAUSE ALL INTERIOR LIGHTS REMAIN ON BECAUSE THIS "DOOR OPEN" SIGNAL IS ON. THIS CONSTANT PROBLEM HAS CAUSED ME TO LOSE 1 FORD BATTERY IN 3 MONTHS AND THE ONE IN THE CAR NOW IS WEAK. I WAS TOLD (WHEN THE CAR WAS UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY) THAT THE DEALER COULD NOT TRACE THE PROBLEM. WHEN CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY I WAS TOLD THAT DEALER COULD TRY TO FIX WITH A $600 PART THAT MAY WORK. SURELY THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE FIRST--ONE THAT HAS BEEN PUSHED ASIDE BY THE DEALER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#553179July 25, 2000
TIRES, EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:ACCESSORY SCISSOR/SCREW/BOTTLE JACK/LIFT
TIRE WENT TO PIECES (MICHELIN XW4 RADIAL), WHEN LIFTED WITH THE JACK THE JACK WAS WEAK AND BENT, EXAMINATION OF THE TIRES SHOWED THAT ONE OTHER TIRE WAS ABOUT TO FAIL WITH THE METAL ROD EXPOSED IN THE INSIDE. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#865875July 24, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
ALTERNATER WENT OUT 6 TIMES, AND CONSUMER CAN HEAR CHIMES. THEN, LIGHTS COME ON THE DASH BOARD, AND EVERYTHING GOES DEAD. CONSUMER HAS ALWAYS HEARD A CHIMING NOISE, INDICATING THAT ALTERNATER HAD CHARGING PROBLEMS.*AK
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
#865607July 18, 2000
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
JUST RETURN FROM SHOPPING PULLED UP INTO THE DRIVEWAY, WENT INSIDE THE HOUSE, ALL OF A SUDDEN AIRBAG ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DEPLOYED. CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER INDICATED THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. CHECKED AIR VAC SYSTEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#865609July 18, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SEVERAL ENGINE PROBLEMS, ENGINE HAS BEEN REPLACED 2 TIMES, HEAD GASKET BLEW AT 53419 MILES AND AGAIN AT 68564 MILES, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, ENGINE OVERHEATED, ANTIFREEZE WAS IN TAILPIPE AND OIL IN RADIATOR, MOTOR MOUNTS BROKE 11/95 WITH 28005 MILES. CONSUMER STATED IT WAS NOISY WHILE TURNING STEERING WHEEL, DEALER REPLACED TIE ROD END. AIR CONDITIONER WAS INOPERABLE DUE TO MANIFOLD SET AND ACCUMULATER RUSTED THROUGH. TAPE PLAYER ATE TAPES. WIPERS WOULD NOT PARK, DEALER REPLACED WIPER MOTOR AND WIRE HARNESS. DEALER REPLACED HEADLIGHT SWITCH AND TERMINAL. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#865631July 18, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM
ONGOING PROBLEM WITH AIR SUSPENSION. HAD TO REPLACE TWO AIR SUSPENSION SHOCKS DUE TO FAILURE. REPAIRS MADE AT AN INDEPENDENT SHO.P. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PARTS WERE NOT COVER UNDER WARRANTY, NOR RECALL. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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