1988 Lincoln Continental

Safety Score
60
Average
Recalls
6
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars

Recalls (6)

Date NHTSA ID Component Units Completion
1989-04-04 89V057000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS 5 Details
1988-07-22 88V118000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING 28,000 Details
1988-07-19 88V114000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD 26,000 Details
1988-06-27 88V101000 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT 22,893 Details
1988-03-11 88V030000 SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS 8,848 Details
1988-03-08 88V027000 SEAT BELTS 4,500 Details

Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)

Date Component Crash Injuries Summary
2002-04-16 SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM No 0 FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, ALMOST ALL LINCOLN'S WITH THIS AIR SUSPENSION HAS EXPERIENCED COSTLY REPAIRS.*AK
2002-03-15 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH No 0 INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHT WILL NOT COME ON UNTIL CONSUMER PUSHES ON THROTTLE SWITCH. DEALER CONTACTED. FEEL FREE TO PROVI…
2002-03-15 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 TRANSMISSION ONLY OPERATE IN REVERSE, ALL FORWARD GEAR SARE INOPERATIVE. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURT…
2002-03-15 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE No 0 ONGOING PROBLEM WITH ENGINE STALLING WHILE IN REVERSE OR INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT MULTIPLE SPEED. DEALER CONTACT…
2000-08-25 STEERING:LINKAGES No 0 THE MOUNTS BETWEEN THE BODY AND SUBFRAME BELIEVED TO BE CALLED THE BODY INSULATORS WHICH HOLD THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSI…
2000-05-01 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS No 0 FUEL LINE FROM GAS TANK TO ENGINE IS LEAKING AT RIGHT DOOR PILLAR UNDRBODY. INSPECTION REVEALS THE GAS LINE TO BE PLAST…
2000-01-14 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION No 0 CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE HAD AN IGNITION PROBLEM THAT CAUSED VEHICLE TO STALL, DEALER REPLACED THE IGNITION MODULE, CONS…
1999-11-05 WHEELS Yes 0 WHEEL FELL OFF CAUSING VEHICLE DAMAGE. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT) *MJS
1999-06-20 SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM No 0 REAR AIR SHOCKS FAILED. YH
1998-10-12 STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS No 0 CONSUMER COMPLAINED OF RECALL REPAIR CONCERNING NHTSA RECALL # 93V -06 FAILURE. THE BODY MOUNTS AT THE REAR CORNERS O…
1998-07-03 STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS No 0 RETAINING PLATES ON BODY MOUNTS RUSTED THROUGH CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOSE CONTROL DUE TO FAILURE, RECALL ON COMPONENT …
1998-06-11 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE No 0 ENGINE CHECK LIGHT KEPT COMING ON. TOOK BACK TO BE USED. DEALER REPLACED ALTERNATOR. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS, LATER. TOO…
1998-05-11 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION No 0 THE IGNITION SWITCH WIRES MELTED WHICH ALMOST CAUSED A FIRE. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. *AK
1998-04-17 STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS No 0 SUBFRAME BUSHINGS FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 93V-106, CONSUMER RQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. NLM
1998-04-05 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL Yes 0 DURING FRONTAL IMPACT AT 10 MPH, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, AND DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK, CA…
1998-03-11 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH No 0 DIGITAL DASH WITH INDICATORS CANNOT BE READ IN DAYLIGHT. DEALER CONTACTED AND WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. STATED IT WAS A…
1998-02-11 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL No 0 CONSUMER PUTS VEHICLE IN DRIVE AND VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE. *AK
1998-01-24 STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS No 0 SUBFRAME ASSEMBLY FELL OFF, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL, AND EXTENSIVE VEHICLE DAMAGE PRIOR TO RECAL NOTICE 98536.…
1997-11-26 STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS No 0 THE BODY MOUNTS WHICH SUPPORT THE ENGINE AND THE TRANSMISION BECAME DETACHED DUE TO CORROSION, CAUSING THE ENGINE AND T…
1997-10-27 SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM No 0 CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE WAS AT THE DEALER FOR REPAIR , WHILE ON THE ALIGNMENT RACK , THE FRONT AIR SUSPENSION ASSE…
1997-09-24 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE No 0 WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT SUDDENLY STOPS. DEALER TRIED TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. *AK IT IS HARD TO START. *YD
1997-08-20 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP No 0 ABS: POWER BRAKES WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, NEARLY CAUSING A CRASH, ONLY MANUAL RESERVE BRAKES WORKED. *AK
1996-12-11 STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS No 0 THE POWER STEERING SUPPORT BRACKET BROKE, CAUSING THE IDLER PULLEY TO FALL INTO THE ENGINE. *AK
1996-11-15 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH No 0 IGNITION SWITCH SHORTED OUT, CAUSING STALLING.
1996-10-27 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS No 0 WHILE DRIVING DOWN STREET ATTEMPTED TO APPLY BRAKES AND THERE WERE NONE, THE VEHICLE HAD NO POWER OF ELECTRICAL CURREN…
1996-10-22 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH No 0 THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED CAUSING, ENGINE TO STOP RUNNING.
1996-09-14 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP Yes 0 ANTILOCK BRAKE FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT.
1996-08-26 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST No 0 IGNITION SWITCH OVERHEATS, SENDS TOO MUCH CURRENT, SUBJECT TO SHORT, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER BRAKES. *AK
1996-08-21 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS No 0 BRAKE FAILURE. *AK
1996-07-24 STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS No 0 THE SUBFRAME BUSHINGS RUSTED AND FELL OUT OF THE CAR, ALSO RACK AND PINION ROD BROKE, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING. *AK
1996-06-17 STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR No 0 DRIVER'S SIDE INNER DOOR HANDLE SPRING BROKE, CAUSING DOOR TO OPEN WHEN WINDOW IS OPEN. *SD
1996-05-16 SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM No 0 AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM REPAIRS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHICH CAUSED ALIGNMENT PROBLEMS.
1996-04-24 TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE No 0 SPARE TIRE BLEW OUT IN TRUNK CAUSING DAMAGE TO TRUNK AND CONTENTS OF TRUNK. *DSH
1996-04-02 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH No 0 ELECTRICAL SHORT OR SHOCK IN THE IGNITION SWITCH, CAUSING THE STEERING COLUMN AND THE WIRING HARNESS TO BURN. *AK
1996-03-13 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING No 0 THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED UNDER PREVIOUS OWNER.NOW THE RECALL PART DOES NOT WORK AND THEY WILL NOT REPAIR IT. *AK *JB
1996-02-12 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH No 0 IGNITION SWITCH FAILED, CAUSING SEVERAL RELAYS TO MELT/FAIL. *DSH
1996-02-11 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH No 0 IGNITION SWITCH SHORTED OUT WHILE DRIVING, BURNING, LIKE ODOR; REPLACED IGNITION SWITCH CONNECTOR AND WIRING. *AK
1996-01-29 EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER No 0 A/C CLUTCH AND BEARING FAULTY, CAUSING VIBRATION IN AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR. *SD
1996-01-29 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH No 0 IGNITION SWITCH REPLACED. *SD
1996-01-08 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH No 0 IGNITION SWITCH FIRE. *SD
1995-12-06 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL Yes 0 STARTING THE VEHICLE IN PARK, VEHICLE WENT INTO AN OPEN POSITION, WENT INTO REVERSE VEHICLE WENT OF CONTROL, IMPACT 6:0…
1995-10-30 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS No 0 THE POWER BRAKES FAIL BY APPLYING THE BRAKES AND THEY DO NOT STOP THE CAR. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
1995-09-15 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE No 0 HEAD GASKET FAILED. *AK
1995-09-05 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER No 0 BRAKES MASTER CYLINDER FAILED. *DSH
1995-09-01 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP Yes 0 ABS, BRAKE FAILURE REPLACED THE BRAKE SYSTEMS, IMPACT 12:00, SPEED 3 MPH, EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE , PEDAL WENT TO TH…
1995-08-01 SEATS No 0 DRIVERS SEAT FRAME CRACKED, MAKING SEAT UNSTABLE. *DSH
1995-07-25 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH No 0 WHILE DRIVING, SMELT BURNING WIRES, TURNED OFF IGNITION, VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART, TOTALLY DEAD; IGNITION SWITCH BURNE…
1995-07-21 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION No 0 IGNITION SWITCH WIRING SHORTED OUT PRIOR TO RECALL, CAUSING FAILURE OF DIGITAL DASH, ANTILOCK BRAKES/A/C, RECALL REPAIR…
1995-06-18 SUSPENSION:FRONT No 0 BOLT AND WASHER FELL THROUGH FRONT SUSPENSION CAUSING POWER STEERING TO COLLAPSE. TT
1995-03-01 POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINT No 0 CV BOOT REPLACED.