Lincoln Continental Complaints (1994)

190 consumer complaints on file.

#835170February 23, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
WHILE TRAVELING THE ENGINE IDLES WITHOUT INDICATIONS.PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#530349February 11, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF RECALL COMPONENT PRIOR TO NOTICE, AFTER RECALL WORK PERFORMED FAILURES CONTINUED, IDLE PROBLEMS. (RECALL CAMPAIGN # 97S65)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#834614February 8, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
VEHICLE DOES NOT IMMEDIATELY RESPOND WHEN GAS PEDAL IS DEPRESSED. THEN, AFTER HESITATION, IT WILL LUNGE FORWARD. DEALER CONTACTED, AND WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. STATED NO RECALL LISTED, AND PROBLEM CANNOT BE REMEDIED. PROBLEMS STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#703042February 8, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
WHEN THE CAR COMES TO A STOP, IT LUNGES UPWARD/FORWARD ABOUT 3 TO 4 TIMES. ALSO, IT FEELS LIKE THE FRONT LEFT SIDE AXLE IS BOUNCING AROUND. AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#543567January 28, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS, SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM
HEAD GASKET FAILED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#701788January 1, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
PREVIOSULY REPORTED "NHTSA VEHICLE OWNER'S QUESTIONAIRE REFERENCE NUMBER 806372 DATED 12/16/1996. ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS AT APPROX, 20,00 MILES (10/28/96) AND APPROX. 55,000 MILES(10/9/98) THE BRAKES ON THE SUBJECT VEHICLE(1994 LINCOLN CONTINTIAL) HAVE FAILED. IN BOTH INSTANCES THE FAILURE OCCURED AT LOW SPEED AFTER HAVING SAT FOR A SHORT PEERIOD OF TIME WITH THE ARE IDLING AND THE FOOT BRAKE DEPRESSED, THAN RELEASED WITH THE CAR SLOWLY MOVING FORWARD(APPROX. 1 TO 2 MPH). UPON DEPRESSING THE FOOT BRAKE TO STOP THE PEDAL DEPRESSED ALL THE WAY TO FLOORBOARD WITH NO BRAKING AVAILABLE RESULTING IN MINOR ACCIDENTS TO NEARBY VEHICLES. IN ALL INSTANCES THERE HAS BEEN NO BRAKE FLUID LOSS NOR HAVE ANY BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS BEEN ON. AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT(10/28/96) AND THREE MONTHS OF INVESTIGATION FORD MOTOR COMPANY REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER AND VALVE BLOCK. THE BRAKING SYSTEM WORKED FINE UNTIL THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT(10/9/98). IN BOTH INSTANCES THE BRAKES(BRAKING ACTION) HAD RESTORED ITSELF BY THE TIME MECHANICS AT NEWMAN LINCOLN-MERCURY STARTED AN INVESTIGATIION OF THE PROBLEM(USUALLY EARLY THE NEXT MORNING...NOTE THAT IN BOTH INSTANCES THE BRAKE LOSS OCCURRED IN THE EARLY EVENING AFTER THE GARAGE WAS CLOSED). TO DATE(12/31/98) FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND DEALER HAVE DETERMINED THAT THEY CAN FIND NO PROBLEM AND HAVE ASKED THAT I RETURN THE VEHICLE TO SERVICE WITHOUT AND ROOT CAUSE DETERMINED NOR ANY CORRECTIVE ACTION TAKEN. AT THIS POINT I'M RESISTING RETURNING THE CAR TO SERVICE UNTIL THE ROOT CAUSE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED. THE CAR CURRENT IS COVERED UNDER A FROD MOTOR COMPANY EXTENDED SERVICE PLAN(EXTRACARE) UNTIL 86,000 MILES OR 3/29/2001. CURRENTLY THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT'S DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES DEALERS AND REPAIRERS DIVISION IS INVESTIGATING WHY FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND/OR NEWMAN LINCOLN-MERCURY HAVE NOT PERFORMED REPAIRS TO CORRECT THE BRAKE FAILURE PROBLEM. TO DATE THE CAR IS STILL AT DEALER AND NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#831921December 7, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ONGOING PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE LOSING TWO QUARTS OF ANTI-FREEZE A MONTH, AND NO SIGN OF LEAKING COULD BE FOUND. DEALER NOTIFIED & INSPECTED THE VEHCLE, AND INFORMED T COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#831523December 1, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE BRAKES WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO BUMP INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE BEFORE STOPPING. THE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR THE BRAKESTO BE REPAIRED, AND THE DEALER COULDN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#830875November 16, 1998
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY WHEN HEADLIGHTS WENT COMPLETELY OUT-. THEY CAME BACK ON A COUPLE MINUTES LATER, BUT CONSUMER WAS DRIVING IN THE DARK FOR MINUTE. *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
#540875September 12, 1998
WHEELS
REAR WHEEL CAME OFF OF VEHICLE, HITTING OTHER VEHICLE. (OHIO STATE POLICE REPORT).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#827714September 9, 1998
POWER TRAIN
WHILE TRAVELING AT NORMAL SPEED ODOMETER WAS READING INCORRECT SPEED. CONSUMER HAS CONTIACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#540640September 7, 1998
SUSPENSION:REAR, SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM, SUSPENSION:REAR:SHOCK ABSORBER, SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY
REAR SUSPENSION FAILED, VEHICLE SAGS. ALSO, REAR AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM/SHOCK ABSORERS AND REAR LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY FAILED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#827592September 3, 1998
INTERIOR LIGHTING
INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS KEEP GOING OUT. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND CONDITION STILL UNABLE TO BE RESOLVED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#825905July 27, 1998
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BACK UP LIGHTS
HAD NOTICED REAR HIGH MOUNTED STOP LAMP HAD BLOWN. THE AREA SURROUNDING SOCKET HAD MELTED. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#825539July 17, 1998
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE (98V009000). CALLED DEALER. INFORMED NO PARTS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. WOULD CALL OWNER WHEN PARTS FOR HEADLIGHTS CIRCUIT BREAKER BECOME AVAILABLE. AS OF YET, HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#537253June 30, 1998
TIRES:BEAD
FIRESTONE TIRE BEADS FAILED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#536951June 19, 1998
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
INSIDE/OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#535287May 12, 1998
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER
FUEL ODOR AND FUMES WITHIN VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#822818April 27, 1998
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
WHEN DRIVING AT LEAST 30MPH THE HOOD OPENS UP. HAS HAPPENED 8 TO 9 TIMES. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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