1991 Lincoln Continental complaints

THE CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH POWER STEERING. WHILE DRIVING HEARD A POP, POWER STEERING WENT OUT, AND VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO PUT THE FIRE OUT. THE MANUFACTURER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. *AK

WAS DRVING VEHICLE ABOUT 35MPH, HIT A TREE HEAD ON, DEAD CENTER. THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR & PAVEMENT DRY. THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. IT RESULTED IN A FATALITY. *AK

I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE SEAT BELT LATCH REPLACED OR REPAIRED

WHEN VEHICLE'S RUNNING HOT, WOULD START TO MAKE NOISES. WATER WOULD COME OUT OF TAIL PIPE. MECHANIC SAID HEAD GASKETS HAD BLOWN & HAD A CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK. *AK *NLM

CONSUMER EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE REAR SUSPENSION; VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED/DIAGNOSED AND INSPECTED. HOWEVER, IT APPEARS REAR END CANNOT BE CORRECTED. *AK

BRAKES LOCKED UP AND WERE SMOKING. VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE AND HAD TO BE TOWED. REPAIR SERVICE COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG AND VEHICLE WORKING FINE.

BRAKE PEDAL SOMETIMES DOES NOT FULLY RETURN CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO DRAG. PLACING FOOT UNDER THE PEDAL AND LIFTING IT IS THE ONLY WAY TO CORRECT. THIS IS CAUSED BY FAILING POWER BRAKE BOOSTERS.

ENGINE SHUDDERS/VIBRATES INTERMITTENTLY AT SPEEDS FROM 45 TO 65 MPH.

THERE IS A REAL STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE. DEALER IS LOOKING AT VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER STATED THAT CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY, AND WOULD NOT BEABLE TO DO ANYTHING FOR THE CONSUMER. *AK

FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WON'T ENGAGE. THINKS VEHICLE SHOULD BE RECALLED.

HEAD GASKET FAILED.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT JUST STOPPED, AND IT WAS PUT INTO GEAR AND NOTHING HAPPENED, DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND AWARE OF A DEFECT IN CAR. THREE TIMES IN THREE MONTHS THE CAR HAS BEEN IN FOR SERVICE OF TRANSMISSION, CHIPS OF METAL WAS FOUND IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID, TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

CONSUMERS WIFE WAS PULLING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY WHEN SHE NOTICED FLAMES SHOOTING FROM UNDERNEATH THE DASH (CENTER AREA). DEALER & MFR. WERE NOTIFIED AND UNWILLING TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY. *SLC

AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE, IT CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARMENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE'S PROBLEMS STARTED THE DAY AFTER CONSUMER BOUGHT THE CAR. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND CONSUMER CORRECTED THE FOLLOWING: OIL CHANGE, BELT, SPEEDING BALANCE, TIRES WERE CHECKED, ALL AT CONSUMERS COSTS. VEHICLE IS STILL SHAKING, AND VIBRATING WHEN DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35-45 MPH. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AGAIN, AND CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. ALSO TOLD CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS A 15-DAY WARRANTY THAT WAS EXPIRED. CONSUMER WAS UNAWARE OF THE 15-DAY WARRANTY. *AK

VEHICLE FIRE. CAUSE UNDETERMINED.

REAR MOTOR MOUNTS BROKE CAUSING FRONT WHEELS TO LOCK UP, INJURING CONSUMER'S BACK AND NECK.

FRONT PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILS TO LOCK. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE RESTRAINT BUCKLE . *AK

AIR SUSPENSION HAS RUPTURED, ALLOWING VEHICLE TO GET LOWER TO THE GROUND. WHEN DRIVEN RIDING OVER BUMPY ROAD THE CONTROL FOR STEERING IS INHIBITED. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

MOTOR MOUNTS FAILED CAUSING ENGINE TO DROP ONTO THE FRONT WHEELS.

TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS.

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 5 MPH THE AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM WENT OUT. AFTER THE SUSPENSION WENT, THE LEVEL RIDE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

RECALL 93V106002; THE DEALERSHIP IS CHARGING MR. NICOLETTI FOR HE RECALL WORK BECAUSE THEY SAY THAT THE VEHICLE WASN'T BROUGHT IN ON A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME. *AK

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE (#97V025000). CALLED DEALER FOR APPOINTMENT & TOOK VEHICLE IN TO SERVICE DEPARTMENT. WAS SUPPOSED TO DO RECALL. DROVE VEHICLE HOME & CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER. WAS INFORMED THE PROBLEM WAS THE EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGER VALVE). WAS NOT SATISFIED W/RECALL. *AK PROBLEM WAS TAKEN CARE OF BY DEALERSHIP. *SLC

DRIVING 50MPH WHEN THE AIR SHOCKS BLEW OUT & VEHICLE DROPPED ON TIRES. 1ST TIME 2 FRONT AIR SHOCKS BLEW & HAD PUMP REPLACED. DUE TO LOUD NOISE, 2ND TIME REAR AIR SHOCKS BLEW. *AK

THUMPING NOISE IN FRONT END FROM DAY ONE. SEVERAL MECHANICS FOUND NO TRANSMISSION RELATED PROBLEMS. TRANSMISSION DEVELOPED LEAK AT 82,000 MILES; FLUID AND FILTER WERE REPLACED. COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 86,000 MILES.

SEAT BUCKLE FAILED TO LOCK.

OWNER STATES THAT BODY MOUNTS ARE DEFECTIVE AND THAT PROBLEM REALTES TO RECALL NO.93V106002 FOR BODY MOUNTS. OWNER PURCHASED VEHICLE USED AND WAS TOLD THAT RECALL WORK HAD BEEN PREFORMED ON VEHICLE, BUT PROBLEM REMAINS. *AK

RECALL #97V025 THROTTLE CONTROL: RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE IN APRIL, MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO TAKE VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIR. TOOK VEHICEL IN AND THEY DID NOT HAVE THE PARTS. SAID TO CALL NEXT WEEK. HAVE CALLED EVERY WEEK SINCE AND THEY STILL DON'T HAVE THE PARTS. *AK THE DEALER WAS KEEPING THE VEHICLE WITHOUT DOING ANY REPAIR CAUSING THE CONSUMER INCONVENIENCE. *YH

ENGINE COOLING FAN: SITTING AT DRIVETHROUGH WINDOW AT MCDONALDS WHEN THE LADY AT THE WINDOW SAID TO DRIVER THAT VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. FIRE WAS COMING FROM BOTH VENTS BY THE WINDSHIELD. GOT OUT OF VEHICLE, GRANDSON THREW SAND ON VEHICLE TO PUT THE FIRE OUT. *AK

RECALL # 97V025000, OWNER CALLED DEALER 4 OR 5 TIMES SINCE APRIL OF 97. DEALER HAS NOT RECEIVED PARTS FROM MANUFACTURE.

AFTER RECALL CORRECTED, VEHICLE START VIBRATING, MOTOR MOUNT FAILED, PUT ON WRONG PART.

DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM OUTSIDE DUE TO FAULTY HANDLE ASSEMBLY.

HEARD LOUD CLUNKING NOISE WHILE MAKING LEFT TURN, DIFFICULT STEERING VEHICLE, ACORDING TO DEALER, RACK/PINION NEEDED REPLACING, REAR SUBFRAME MOUNTS RUSTED/CORROSION, NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL #93V106002.*AK CONSUMER STATED REAR SWAY BAR BROKE, AND AIR BAG SENSOR WAS REPLACED.*JB

THE REAR VIEW MIRROR DESIGNED TO DROP FROM WINDSHIELD IN AN ACCIDENT TO AVOID RISK OF INJURY, HOWEVER MIRROR SOMETIMES DROPS DOWN WHEN NO ACCIDENT HAS OCCURED, THUS HANGS IN DRIVERS FACE.

LOUD BANG FOLLOWED BY VEHICLE JERKIG FORWARD AND SWERVING OUT OF CONTROL.

THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO DISENGAGE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH FAILED. SCC

WHILE PARKING SHAFT IN STEERING RACK BROKE, VEHICLE LOST CONTROL, RIGHT WHEEL POPPED OUT, RACK AND PINION REPLACED. *AK

HEAD GASKET FAILED.

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION: FORWARD CLUTCH PISTON CRACKED.,VEHICLE SHIFTS OUT OF GEAR WHEN APPROACHING A STOP. *AK

BRAKES LOCKING UP CAUSING BRAKE COMPONENTS AND WHEELS TO OVERHEAT.

OIL LEAKS.

ABS FAILURE; UPON START UP ABS LIGHT FLASHES, AS SHOULD, BUT, WHEN LIGHT GOES OFF, EXPERIENCES INTERMITTENT BRAKE LOCK UP, WHEN ABS LIGHT REAPPEARS AND STAYS ON VEHICLE CAN BE DRIVEN, PEDAL PULSATES, MUST PUT FOOT UNDER PEDAL, THEN PUMP UP BRAKES.*AK

ABS FAILURE; UPON STARTING UP ABS LIGHT FLASHES, WHEN PLACED INTO DRIVE POSITION, EXPERIENCED. INTERMITTENT ABS LOCK UP, AND REAPPEARENCE OF ABS LIGHT CONTINUOUS, PEDAL PULSATION, ALSO, MUST PLACE FOOT UNDER PEDAL, THEN PUMP UP BRAKES. *AK

ALTERNATOR FIRE.

SLOWED TO A STOP SIGN WHEN ENTIRE SEAT BELT UNIT DETACHED FROM FLOOR/ANCHORAGE WHILE USING A CHILD SAFETY SEAT. *AK

STEERING WHEEL MISALIGNED.

IGNITION SWITCH OVERHEATED RESULTING IN FIRE.

PAINT ON MOLDING OF INSIDE DOOR BECOMES POWDERY WHICH STICKS TO CHILDRENS HANDS, POSING POSSIBLE HEALTH HAZARD IF THEIR HANDS ARE PUT IN THEIR MOUTHS.

TRANSMISSION FAILED.