Safety Score
82
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1997 Lincoln Continental.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-01-17 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | SHORTLY AFTER START, 200M, ENGINE STILL COLD , I SMELL SMOKE,,STOPTED IMMEDIATLY PASSING BRIDGE, SMOKE STILL, MORE INTE… |
| 2018-10-03 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 0 | TAKATA RECALL. I WAS DRIVING 35MPH GOING DOWN MAIN ROAD IN AN OFFICE PARK. OTHER VEHICLE FAILED TO YIELD RIGHT OF WAY A… |
| 2012-02-16 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL. THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD ABNORMA… |
| 2011-09-10 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 40,000 MILES AND HA… |
| 2008-02-21 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | MY CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD AND HAD TO BE JUNKED. *TR |
| 2007-04-04 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL. THE CONTACT NOTICED THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT. THE VEHICLE … |
| 2006-12-09 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | TL*- THEE CONTACT HAS A 1997 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH BOTH TRACTION C… |
| 2005-09-01 | VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:INTERIOR | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE REAR VIEW MIRROR FAILED TO DIM AUTOMATICALLY. THE MIRROR IS SUPPOSED TO PREVENT GLARE FRO… |
| 2005-06-27 | VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | No | 0 | DT: THE WINDOWS IN THE VEHICLE WILL NOT ROLL DOWN. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE IS AT DEALER NOW, AND… |
| 2004-12-17 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT WHICH CAUSED FUMES TO FILL UP THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THIS CAUSED TH… |
| 2004-12-14 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | COMPLAINT AGAINST MOTOR CRAFT REPLACEMENT PARTS. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE RECEIVED DEFECTIVE PARTS FROM MOTOR CRA… |
| 2004-11-26 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | BRAKE LINES WERE SO CORRODED THAT THEY FAILED, LEAVING ME WITHOUT BRAKES. MY MECHANIC CONTACTED FORD TO GET REPLACEMEN… |
| 2004-09-24 | VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES | No | 0 | REARVIEW MIRROR WAS DARK AND CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO SEE. MIRROR HAD AN AUTOMATIC DIMMER PROCESS IN WHICH THE MATERIA… |
| 2004-07-15 | INTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | THE INSIDE LIGHTS OF MY 1997 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL WHICH WAS PURCHASED ON FEB. 28, 1997, STARTED COMING ON WHILE WE WERE … |
| 2004-01-31 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER STATED THAT AN INTERNAL BREAK OF METAL IN THE TRANSMISSIO… |
| 2003-12-30 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING A NOISE CAME FROM THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN. ALSO, VEHICLE HAD TO BE STARTED SEVERAL T… |
| 2003-12-13 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE DEALERSHIP SERVICED THE VEHICLE AND REPLACED THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIO… |
| 2003-12-12 | STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | WHEN TURNING THERE'S A GROANING NOISE. LEFT OUTER TIE ROD SEIZED TO A LUBRICATION ISSUE. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE BOTH… |
| 2003-10-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | INTERMITTENT PROBLEM: AUTOMATIC DRIVER SEAT DOES NOT RESPOND WHEN DOOR IS CLOSED. DOME LIGHT WILL NOT GO OFF AND DOOR… |
| 2003-07-09 | VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:INTERIOR | No | 0 | THE 1997 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL'S REVIEW MIRROR HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES NOW. IT IS JULY, 2003, AND THE $400.00 MIRR… |
| 2003-06-20 | VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES | No | 0 | REAR VIEW MIRROR IS PEELING AND BECOMES INOPERABLE, OBSTRUCTING THE DRIVER'S VIEW. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK |
| 2003-06-03 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | No | 0 | MY 1997 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL WAS DAMAGED IN A MINOR ACCIDENT. THE REPAIRS REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF THE FRONT HEADLAMPS. B… |
| 2003-02-03 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM SELF-ACTIVATES. |
| 2003-01-26 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER | No | 0 | BRAKE FAILURE. PH |
| 2002-12-12 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | 4.6 LITRE V8 ENGINE OF MY 1997 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL HAVING 58,600 MILES FAILED, AND HAD TO BE COMPLETELY REPLACED COSTIN… |
| 2002-10-14 | EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER | No | 0 | THE HEATER STAYS ON COLD SO WE CAN'T USE THE DEFROSTER AND IT HAS BECOME A SAFETY ISSUE. DT |
| 2002-10-08 | VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:INTERIOR | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES THAT THE 2 MAP LIGHT LOCATED INSIDE OFF THE INTERIOR REAR VIEW MIRROR, SHORTED OUT,CAUSING THE MIRROR… |
| 2002-06-24 | STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE | No | 0 | ANTI THEFT ALARM WOULD ACTIVATE ON ITS OWN - WHILE PARKED IN GARAGE AT SHOPPING CENTERS, IN THE DRIVEWAY. THIS WAS REP… |
| 2002-05-15 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK |
| 2002-02-13 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING, NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. DRIVER PULLED OVER/ POPPED HOOD, AND SAW WIRES BURNING. DRIV… |
| 2001-09-10 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | ENGINE STALLS DURING DRIVING. STALLING OCCURRED 2 TIMES; 1ST WHEN LEAVING A PARKING SPACE IN A PARKING LOT, 2ND WHILE … |
| 2001-07-05 | TIRES | No | 0 | CONSUMER HAD FOUND BIG BUBBLES ON SIDE OF TIRES. FIRST, ON RIGHT REAR TIRE, AND CURRENTLY WAS HAPPENING ON OTH… |
| 2001-07-01 | VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:INTERIOR | No | 0 | LIQUID FILLED REAR VIEW MIRROR HAS BECOME SO DISTORTED YOU CANNOT SEE OUT OF IT. |
| 2001-06-26 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES | No | 0 | WHILE PULLING INTO GARAGE AND WHEN COMING TO A STOP VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE WITH NO PRIOR WARNING. CONTACTED DEALER… |
| 2001-05-01 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 30-35 MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT IT HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DEPLOYED BUT DIDN'T IN… |
| 2001-03-31 | VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:INTERIOR | No | 0 | THE REAR VIEW MIRROR BECAME CLOUDED, WHICH CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THE PROBLEM MAY BE CAUSED B… |
| 2001-02-20 | VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES | No | 0 | ORIGINAL MIRROR WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER, WHEN THE REPLACEMENT MIRROR FAILED ONE YEAR AND ONE MONTH LATER THE DEALER … |
| 2001-01-08 | STEERING | No | 0 | WHEN CONSUMER TURNS VEHICLE POWER STEERING GOES, AND HE WOULD HAVE TO TURN VEHICLE OFF TO RESTART FOR STEERING TO GO … |
| 2000-10-01 | SUSPENSION:REAR | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK |
| 2000-09-24 | VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:INTERIOR | No | 0 | POOR VISIBILITY WITH REAR VIEW MIRROR. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED OF COST TO CONSUMER IF REPLACEMENT WAS REQUESTED.… |
| 2000-07-31 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | 3.86 LITER ENGINE , 6 CYLINDER, HEAD GASKET HAS BLOWN OUT, POSSIBLY CAUSING OTHER RELATED DAMAGE. *AK |
| 2000-06-27 | TIRES | No | 0 | TIRE WENT TO PIECES (MICHELIN XW4 RADIAL), WHEN LIFTED WITH THE JACK THE JACK WAS WEAK AND BENT, EXAMINATION OF THE TIR… |
| 2000-06-15 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | No | 0 | REPEAT FAILURES, REPAIRED 08/30/2000, MORE FAILURES, REPAIRED 10/21/2000, MORE FAILURES. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED IN… |
| 2000-05-26 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | THIS IS A SAFTEY ISSUSE THE CAR DIES WHILE IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING. THIS IS AT LEAST THE18TH TIME. FORD CLAIMS THEY C… |
| 2000-05-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | GEAR IN BACK OF LEFT FRONT TIRE CRACKED - ERRATIC ACTIVATION OF ANTI LOCK BRAKING *AK |
| 2000-05-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN SHOP A TOTAL OF 8 TIMES TO DATE WITH THE SAME SYMPTOM. MOTOR SPINS, WON'T CRANK. SERVICE HAS REPL… |
| 2000-01-01 | VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM | No | 0 | A MUSKY ODOR WAS COMING THROUGH VENTILATION SYSTEM WITHIN MINUTES AFTER STARTING VEHICLE. VEHICLE BEEN INTO DEALER S… |
| 1999-11-26 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | NONE |
| 1999-10-23 | SUSPENSION:FRONT | No | 0 | THERE IS A TSB #BC3422972301 ITEM#SB051461 RELATING TO MY PROBLEM. I HAVENT READ THE ENTIRE COPY BECASE I HAVENT ONE TO… |
| 1999-10-16 | TIRES | Yes | 4 | I AM ON MY 5TH SET OF TIRES IN 58000 MILES. DEALER REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING AND WILL NOT HAVE FACTORY REP. SEE CAR EVEN … |