Safety Score
87
Safe
Recalls
1
Complaints
47
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-01-23 | 96V009000 |
EXTERIOR LIGHTING | 40,000 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-10-10 | VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:INTERIOR | No | 0 | AUTOMOBILE DIMMING REARVIEW MIRROR IS NOT CLEAR,MELTING EFFECT.*AK |
| 2003-02-03 | SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | DEFECTIVE AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM IN LINCOLN CONTINENTAL RESULTS IN EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE DRIVING. BLOWN AIR BAG… |
| 2002-10-15 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY THE AIR SUSPENSION WENT OUT THE VEHICLE AIR SHOCKS AND THE VEHICLE IN UNABLE TO STEER. … |
| 2002-07-28 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | HEADLIGHTS AND INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER HAV… |
| 2002-07-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM IS DEFECTIVE. THE V… |
| 2002-06-20 | VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES | No | 0 | I HAVE CONTACTED LINCOLN ABOUT THE PAINT AND MIRRORS AND THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THE MIRROR IS ON THE DRIV… |
| 2002-05-22 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | CONSUMER IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION AT 30-40 MPH. *TT |
| 2001-12-01 | WHEELS | No | 0 | WHEEL PRESURE SENSORS IN TWO TIRES BROKE APART AND DESTROYED TWO TIRE FROM THE INSIDE. I ALSO NEED TO GET PROBLEM CORR… |
| 2001-11-06 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AND UPON DEPRESSING ACCELERATOR PEDAL IT WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD, CAUSING UNWANTED ACCELERATION.… |
| 2001-11-01 | EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC. | No | 0 | WHEN HEADLAMPS ARE IN USE RADIO SWITCHES STATIONS WITHOUT BEING TOUCHED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FUR… |
| 2001-07-25 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | BRAKES PULSATE AND THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON. WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THEY FADE OUT AND COME BACK IN. CONSUMER HIT BR… |
| 2001-06-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | No | 0 | AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES OF DRIVING DASHLIGHTS AND GAUGES STOPPED WORKING. SHORTLY THEREAFTER SHE RESTARTED VEHICLE, AND … |
| 2001-06-01 | VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES | No | 0 | BOTH MIRRORS ARE DISCOLORED AND DISTORTED, PRESENTING A SAFETY HAZARD. *AK |
| 2001-05-10 | VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE | No | 0 | POWER WINDOWS/ REAR DEFROSTER AND HORN WERN'T WORKING CAUSED BY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THE MLP SENSOR WAS REPLACED, HELP… |
| 2001-02-15 | VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR | No | 0 | INSIDE REARVIEW AUTOMATIC DAY/NIGHT MIRROR IN MY 1996 CONTINENTAL HAS STOPPED DIMMING. THERE IS A SPOT APPROXIMATELY IN… |
| 2000-12-18 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK |
| 2000-10-31 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | FORF SPEC. SERV. MESSAGE # 08873 STATES DO NOT FIX THIS CONDITION. NO SAFETY DEFEC TMENTIONED. *AK |
| 2000-10-15 | VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES | No | 0 | MY CAR WAS FACTORY EQUIPPED WITH A DONNELLY ELECTRONICS ELECTROCHROMIC INSIDE REARVIEW MIRROR. THIS MIRROR DARKENS WHEN… |
| 2000-06-09 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | SUB FRAME BOLTS BROKE CAUSING FAULTY FRONT SUSPENSION. NLM |
| 2000-06-02 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE SUSPENSION SYSTEM OF THIS VEHICLE. HOWEVER, THAT WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. IT … |
| 1999-12-09 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | Yes | 0 | WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO HAVE A FRONTAL IMPACT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE,… |
| 1999-10-10 | SUSPENSION:FRONT | No | 0 | NONE |
| 1999-01-14 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH | Yes | 0 | VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND SUDDENLY JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND ROLLED FOWARD INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. CONSUMER WAS NOT IN VEHICLE.… |
| 1998-12-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | STEERING WHEEL MADE A LOUD NOISE WHEN A HARD RIGHT TURN WAS MADE. STEERING WAS THEN STIFF FOR A FEW SECONDS. STEERING… |
| 1998-02-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | WHILE STOPPING AT STOP LIGHT THE ENGINE WOULD STALL WITH OUT INDICATIONS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK |
| 1998-01-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT | No | 0 | THE GEAR SHIFT WILL NOT SHIFT. IT WILL SLIDE UP AND DOWN INTERMITTENLY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING AND WILL NOT MOVE. THE D… |
| 1997-02-06 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | WHEN PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT RETRACTOR IS FULLY EXTENDED THEN RETRACTED BACK TO ORIGINAL POSITION & LOCKS, PERSON CANNOT … |
| 1996-12-30 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE FAILED TO START. |
| 1996-12-30 | STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION) | No | 0 | CLOCK SPRING BROKE, RESULTING IN STEERING FAILURE. *AK |
| 1996-11-22 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:SHOCK ABSORBER | No | 0 | FRONT STRUT FAILED. |
| 1996-10-19 | SUSPENSION:FRONT | No | 0 | FRONT SUSPENSION COLLAPSED . |
| 1996-09-01 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST | No | 0 | POWER SEATS FAILED. |
| 1996-09-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID | No | 0 | PROBLEM WITH TRUNK. |
| 1996-08-31 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD | No | 0 | FILM COVERS THE WINDSHIELD WHENEVER THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE USED. |
| 1996-06-15 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP | No | 0 | WHEN IT RAINS THE POWER STEERING DOES NOT WORK IN THE CAR. *AK DEALER REPLACED SERPINTINE BELT.*JB |
| 1996-06-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WHEN STOPPED WITH TRANSMISSION IN PARK, WITH FOOT ON BRAKE, VEHICLE WILL MOVE BY ITSELF AND WITH ENGINE NOT RUNNING. … |
| 1996-01-10 | SUSPENSION:FRONT | No | 0 | SUSPENSION FAILURE. |
| 1985-10-12 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | LOW BEAM HEAD LIGHT ON DRIVER'S SIDE WENT OUT. *TR |
| — | INTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | EVERYTIME CONSUMER STARTS VEHICLE INSTRUMENT LIGHTS WILL NOT COME ON FOR ABOUT 7-10 MINUTES DEPENDING HOW COLD WEATH… |
| — | SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT | No | 0 | THE STRUT ON THE SUSPENSION HAS STRESS CRACKS. DEALER DID NOTHING.*AK |
| — | EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER | No | 0 | CONSUMER TOOK CAR TO THE DEALER WHERE PURCHASED COMPLAINING ABOUT AN ODOR EMMITING FROM THE AIR CONDITIONING SMELLING L… |
| — | SUSPENSION:FRONT | No | 0 | VEHICLE CANNOT BE PROPERLY ALIGNED, CAUSING EXCESS FRONT TIRE WEAR. |
| — | VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES | No | 0 | THE REAR VIEW MIRROR AND SIDE VIEW MIRROR CONTAINED FILM WHICH RESULTED IN POOR VISIBILITY.*JB |
| — | SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | VEHICLE LEANED TO THE LEFT DUE TO THE AIR SPRING SYSTEM FAILING. OWNER HAD JUST HAD RACK AND PINION REPLACED. DEALER H… |
| — | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 1 | WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ON HIGHWAY VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, CAUSING OWNER TO LOSE CONTROL WHILE ENTERING ANOTHER LAN… |
| — | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | CONSUMER CALLED TO SET AN APPOINTMENT AT BOB DUSSEAU LINCOLN MERCURY OVER TWO MONTHS AGO, DEALER SAID THAT HE WOULD CA… |
| — | SUSPENSION:FRONT | No | 0 | FRONT ALIGNMENT: CONSTANTLY WEARS OUT FRONT TIRES (ON INNER TREAD);HAVE TAKEN BACK TO DEALERSHIP FOR ALIGNMENT ON THREE… |