1994 Lincoln Continental complaints

AIR SHOCKS WONT STAY INFLATED. HAS COST CONSUMERS THOUSANDS TO REPLACE. *AK

HEADLIGHTS WILL ALL THE SUDDEN GO OFF, THEN COME BACK ON, DOES THIS CONTINUOUSLY AND INTERMITTENTLY. THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THIS EVER SINCE WE HAVE OWNED THE CAR. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT BY OTHER MOTORIST AND HAVE HAD MOTORIST FLASH THEIR LIGHTS. ALSO, I HAVE NEARLY RUN OFF THE ROAD WHEN I WAS DRIVING DOWN A DARK ROAD. I CONTACTED NHSTA BY TELEPHONE ON MONDAY 4/30/2001.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY HEADLIGHTS WILL SHORT OUT, RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITY. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK ALSO, ANTILOCK BRAKES LOCKUP PERIODICALLY. *YH

ON 4/12/01 I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHILE TRAVELING ON I-75N AT APPROXIMATELY 55-60 MPH IN THE CENTER LANE. TRAFFIC BEING HEAVY IN ALL LANES.. ANOTHER VEHICLE GOING NORTH IN THE RIGHT HAND LANE AT A SLOWER SPEED PULLED OVER INTO MY LANE WITHOUT WARNING. I WAS UNABLE TO AVOID COLLISION WITH THIS VEHECLE. AS A RESULT OF THE IMPACT MY DRIVERSIDE AIRBAG PARTIALLY DEPLOYED FROM THE STEERING WHEEL BUT DIDN'T FULLY INFLATE.ON IMPACT TO THE LEFT REAR AND SIDE PANEL OF THE OTHER VEHICLE INVOLVED. AS A RESULT OF THIS FAILURE EVEN THOUGH I WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT I WAS THROWN FORWAED ONTO THE STEERING WHEEL. I FEEL THAT BECAUSE THIS AIRBAG DIDN'T INFLATE ALTHOUGH IT WAS TRIGGERED BY THE SENSERS TO DEPLOY, CAUSED ME TO RECEIVE MY INJURIES. HAVE REPORTED THIS TO THE FORD MOTER CONSUMER DIVISION TO WHICH THEIR REPLY WAS I WOULD HAVE TO GET MY INSURANCE COMPANY TO LITIGATE ANY COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES. AFTER TALKING WITH THEM, AND AFTER THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL FORMALLY RECORDED EVERYTHING! INCLUDING TAKING PHOTOGRAPH OF THE COLLISION AND ALSO THE FAILED AIRBAG! I FIND MYSELF POSSIBLY LOSING THE SIGHT OF AN EYE AS A RESULT OF TRUAMA TO THE HEAD THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF THIS AIRBAG HAD FULLY DEPLOYED. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH IS THE FACT THAT THE PASSENGER AIRBAG FULLY DEPLOYED AND INFLATED ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK OF THE PASSENGER FRONT SEAT. PLEASE ADVISE ME OF MY RIGHTS TO ANY LIABILITY REGARDING THE FAILURE OF THIS AIRBAG . WHAT RECOURSE CAN I TAKE AND WHO CAN YOU ADVISE I CONTACT A

WHEN CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE SHE WAS INFORMED THAT HEAD GASKET AND FRONT TIMING CASE WERE LEAKING. ALSO, BRAKE /PADS AND SHOES/ MACHINE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. CONSUMER RECEIVED A LETTER REGARDING SERVICE PROGRAM 98M01, PREMATURE HEAD GASKET FAILURE. ONLY EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM AFTER THIS PROGRAM'S EXPIRATION DATE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

CONSUMER WAS ADVISED THAT THERE WAS A POSSIBILE HEAD GASKET FAILURE, VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF TROUBLE, HOWEVER ON A SEPARATE OCCASSION, CONSUMER WAS ON HER WAY TO DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGHLY, JUST AS SHE WAS TURNING INTO DEALERSHIP THE OVERHEATING WARNING BEGAN TO SOUND, UPON INSPECTION THERE WAS A HEAD GASKET FAILURE CAUSING COOLANT BEING IN THE CYLINDERS AND THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN. *JB

VEHICLE OVERHEATED, AND STALLED. ALSO, THERE WAS AN ANTIFREEZE SMELL. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID IT WAS HEAD GASKET. THEY REFUSED TO FIX IT BECAUSE IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. *AK

THE REAR AIR SHOCK ABSORBER ASSEMBLY SYSTEM FAILED PREMATURELY. NLM

VEHIOCLE STALLS AT ANY SPEED INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER CANNOT FIND CAUSE. *AK THE VEHICLE HAD STALLED DUE TO IGNITION MODULE AND STARTER FAILURE. A SOLNOID FAILURE ALSO CAUSED THE VERHICE TO STALL. *YH

WITH INVESTIGATION SEEMS TO BE COMMON PROBLEM, CAN BE DANGEROUS COULD COAST INTO INTERSECTION AND BE UNABLE TO MOVE. WITH PRACTICE CAN BE OVERCOME BY REVING ENGINE WHILE COMING TO A STOP. WHY NO RECALL WAS MADE WHEN FORD KNEW ABOUT THE PROBLEM STILL A MYSTERY. *AK

HEAD GASKETS HAVE BLOWNOUT. FORD HAS EXTENDED WARRANTY ON VEHICLE; HOWEVER, VEHICLE EXCEEDS 7 YEAR LIMIT. *AK *SLC

A PISTON CRACKED WITHIN TRANSMISSION, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK COMPUTER FAILED WHILE REPAIRING TRANSMISSION. ALSO, THE HEAD GASKET BLEW UP AT 50000 MILES. *YH

REAR AIR SHOCK ASSEMBLY SYSTEM IS CAUSING BACK END OF VEHICLE TO SAG. *SLC

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

THE WELDED WASHER TO THE FRAME FOR THE STRUT BAR MOUNTING FAILED. *SLC

AFTER STOP TRANSMISSION GOES INTO NEUTRAL NOT BACK INTO DRIVE FORDS PISTON FAILURE IS COMMON. *AK

HAD RECENT HEADGASKET FAILURE, REPORTED TO LINCOLN, AFTER REPEAT CONVERSATIONS CORRECTED PROBLEM. *AK

THE HEAD GASKET BLEW. WHEN I HAD IT TOWED I WAS INFORMED THAT THERE HAD BEEN A WARRANTY EXTENSION ON IT. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THEY TOLD ME THE WARRANTY EXTENTION HAD EXPIRED ON 10/01/00. I DID NOT GET A NOTICE OF THE WARRANTY EXTENTION. I HAD TO PAY $1800 TO GET THE CAR REPAIRED. I TALKED TO A CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE AT FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALER AND BOTH SAID THAT I COULD NOT BE REIMBURSED FOR THE REPAIRS.

VEHICLE STARTED AND HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT. VEHICLE WAS RECALLED #98M01KITBB, AND MOTOR MOUNTS WERE REPLACED. ALSO, VEHICLE HAD PROBLEM WITH GOING INTO GEAR. GEAR SHIFT GOT STUCK, IT WAS HARD, AND IT PULLED. THERE WAS NO SPEED. FLUIDS WON'T STAY IN VEHICLE. *AK

GEARS WILL STICK IN DRIVE UNTIL DRIVER TURNS KEY OFF AND WAITS A FEW MINUTES, AND THEN CUT BACK ON. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

AFTER A TUNE UP AND COMPLETE CHECK CONSUMER DROVE ABOUT 250 MILES AND ANTI-FREEZE STARTED BOILING IN THE OVERFLOW CONTAINER, AND A WARNING BELL STARTED TO RING. CONSUMER PULLED INTO A GAS STATION, AND ALL THE ANTI-FREEZE RAN OUT. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. DEALER HAD TO REPLACE RADIATOR BECAUSE CONSUMER COULD NOT MAKE IT BACK WITH OUT IT. *AK

AT RANDOM TIMES DURING ANY TRIP IN THE VEHICLE, THE OIL LEVEL GAUGE WILL DROP AND WARNING BELLS WILL TOLL. UPON REPEATED TRIPS TO THE DEALER, THE PROBLEM PERSISTS YET THE ACTUAL OIL LEVEL ALWAYS REMAINS NORMAL. UPON COMPLETE CHANCE, IT WAS FOUND THAT A FIRM TAP ON THE DASHBOARD DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE RIGHTMOST EDGE OF THE STEERING WHEEL WILL CAUSE THE GAUGE TO READ CORRECTLY AGAIN. THE PROBLEM OCCURS WITH UTTER RANDOMNESS BUT WITH FAR TOO MUCH PERSISTANCE FOR THE DEALER NOT TO BE ABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM.

WITHOUT PREVIOUS SYMPTOMS OR WARNING SIGNS, ON A FULLY MAINTAINED VEHICHLE, THE FACTORY TRANSMISSION REQUIRES A COMPLETE REBUILD. I DISCOVERED THAT OF THE 152 TSB'S ISSUED FOR THIS VEHICLE MODEL/YEAR, 51 ARE REGARDING PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRANSMISSION. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS MUST BE REPLACED: TORQUE CONVERTER, PLANTETARY GEAR SYSTEM, LUBRICATING PUMP, 4 SOLENOID VALVES, FORWARD CLUTCH PISTON, BANDS, SEALS, EXTERNAL SPEED SENSOR, GASKETS, MISC. PARTS AS REQUIRED. ONLY THE TRANSIMISSION HOUSING IS SALVAGABLE. THE MECHANIC INFORMED US THAT IT "LOOKS LIKE A BOMB WENT OFF" INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION. THERE ARE OBVIOUS DESIGN FLAWS IN THIS PRODUCT. 1993 WAS APPARANTLY THE FIRST YEAR THIS RELEASE OF THIS TRANSMISSION WAS USED AND SUBSEQUENT YEARS WERE SUPPOSED THE HAVE REPAIRED THE DESIGN ERRORS INHERENT IN THE SYSTEM. MY CAR WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A STEEL FORWARD CLUTCH PISTON TO CORRECT A PREVIOUS MODELS PROBLEMS, BUT IT HAS, IN FACT, AN ALUMINUM PISTON. MY RESEARCH HAS FOUND A TREND OF SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRANSMISSION IN LINCOLNS AS WELL AS OTHER FORD PRODUCTS THAT THIS UNIT IS PLACED IN. SPECIFICALLY, THIS IS THE AXOD-E TRANSMISSION. MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE, IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, AND ONLY THE GRACE OF GOD ALLOWED HIM TO CROSS SEVERAL LANES OF TRAFFIC, AND GET TO THE EMERGENCY SHOULDER WHEN HE LOST ALL USE OF THE TRANSMISSION, WITHOUT PREVIOUS WARNING OR SYMPTOMS OF PROBLEMS. AS THERE HAVE BEEN 4 SAFETY RECALLS AND 3 GENERAL RECALLS ON THIS VEHICLE YEAR/MAKE/MODEL, IT IS

IN APRIL 2000 AT POULSON, NJ ENGINE DEVELOPED A NOISE LIKE TAPPETS OR LIFTER CLANING. WE HAD THE CAR DROVE TO PAGE, AZ (100 MILES) TO THE FORD LINCOLN DEALERSHIP, THEIR INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE CONFIRMED THE ROD WAS LOOSE. THE ENGINE WAS RUNINED, NO ENGINE WERE AVAILABLE TO REPLACE OUR ENGINE. THE REASON GIVE WAS BECAUSE OF THE "HEAD GASKET FAILURES".

VEHICLE WAS PARK ON THE OUTSIDE OF CONSUMER'S HOUSE, AND HE HAD JUST GOTTEN OUT OF VEHICLE. A FEW MINUTES LATER, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALL OUT. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE FUEL INJECTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD A KNOCKING AND TICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT DUE TO A ROD WITHIN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHICH BROKE DESTROYING THE ENTIRE ENGINE. ENGINE WAS RUINED BECAUSE OF HEAD GASKET FAILURE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER STATES THE ENGINE NEED REPLACING. *AK *ML

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE..*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

CONTACTED FORD MOTOR CO 6 10 2000 ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, THEY SAID THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT EVEN THOUGH THEY SAY THAT A RECALL WAS NOT SENT OUT TO ALL OWNERS OF THIS CAR. I AM THE SECOND OWNER AND HE WAS NOT CONTACTED EITHER. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE SAME RECOURSE THAT ALL OTHER OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE HAD! NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN RECAL.

SUDDEN FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION. CAME TO A STOP (20 MILES INTO A 250 MILE TRIP) AND THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE IN ANY FORWARD GEAR UNLESS I FIRST PUT IT IN REVERSE. THIS HAPPENED AT EVERY STOP. I WAS AFRAID TO STOP AT THE TOLL BOOTHS ON THE ILLINOIS TOLLWAY SO USED THE I-PASS LANE. I MANAGED TO GET TO MY DAUGHTER`S HOUSE IN BOLINGBROOK, WHERE THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. *AK

HEAD GASKETS BLOWN, TOWED TO LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY AND TOLD NEEDS NEW ENGINE WOULD NOT JUST REPLACE HEADGASKER, CALLED DULANEY MOTORS AND THEY SAID ONLY HEADGASKET NEEDS REPAIR SO I AUTHORIZED. IN MAY 2000 TEMPERATURE/OIL GAUGE WOULD BECOME VERY ERRATIC AND ENGINE WARNING BUZZER WOULD SOUND. RETURNED CAR TO DULANEY WHICH THEY KEPT FOR ALMOST A WEEK AND REPORTED NOTHING WRONG, TOOK CAR TO FOX LINC/MERC DEALERAND THEY DIAGNOSED EXCESSIVE ENGINE BEARING WEAR AND ENGINE MUST BE REPLACED. AM WITHOUT A CAR WAITING FOR DULANEY TO ASSESS THE ENGINE PROBLEM.THEY HAVE STATED THEY WILL NOT REPAIR THE ENGINE UNLESS I PAY FOR IT. SO BEWARE, VERIFY THE ENGINE DOES NOT NEED REPLACING WHEN THE HEADGASKET BLOWS. *AK

WHEN DRIVING BETWEEN 5-10 MPH AND COMING OUT A PARKING LOT STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. ALSO, RECALL 98V323000/ MANUFACTURER'S 98S36/ SUBFRAME CORROSION WAS ISSUED. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CONSUMERS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED LOW OIL PRESSURE DUE TO EXCESSIVE BEARING WEAR. NLM

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED UPPER RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS WHEN USING AIR CONDITIONER. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT NOTHING WAS FOUND. *AK

HEAD GASKET WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED TO 75000 MILES AND LATER TO 100000 MILES. IT SHOULD BE EXTENDED FURTHER. *AK

RECEIVED A LIST OF MANUFACTURER'S RECALLS THAT WERE NOT DONE BEFORE PURCHASE OR RESALE OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT HIS RECOURSE IS IN THIS MATTER. ONE OF THE RECALLS INVOLVED REAR SUBFRAME MOUNTS. *AK

THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD TWO ENGINES, TWO TRANSMISSIONS, TWO SETS OF MOTOR MOUNTS, BEEN IN NUMEROUS TIMES FOR REPAIRS TO THE WINDOW ON THE DRIVER SIDE. THE HEAD GASKETS BLEW CAUSING ENGINE FAILURE WITHOUT WARNING. WE SPENT OVER $20,000.00 IN 1999 FOR REPAIRS. WE PAID FOR A RADIATOR THAT WAS NOT DEFECTIVE AT ALL, (JUST FOUND THIS OUT LAST WEEK), A WATER PUMP AND A VALVE BODY AFTER A TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. THE 1994 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL WAS A "REAL LEMON" AND MORE SHOULD BE DONE TO PROTECT CONSUMERS AGAINST HAVING TO PAY FOR THESE VEHICELS AND THEN HAVING TO PAY TO REBUILD THEM.

REAR AIR SUSPENSION BROKE. DEALER HAS REPAIRED THE VEHICLE AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. *AK *ML

I JUST RECENTLY FOUND OUT THAT MY ENGINE MAY BE COVERED UNDER SOME RECALL BY FORD. I HAVE PAID TO HAVE MY HEAD GASKETS REPLACED ON MY CAR TWICE AND CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY FORD IS DRAGGING THEIR FEET GIVEN ALL THE DATA THEY ARE AWARE OF. I HOPE MY DATA WILL SOLIDIFY SOME TYPE OF ACTION AGAINST FORD. I'VE LAID OUT OVER $4,000 TO HAVE MY CAR REPAIRED BECAUSE I LIKE THE CAR AND NOW I FIND OUT THAT FORD KNEW ABOUT THE PROBLEM. IF THERE IS ANY FURTHER DATA ABOUT THIS CONDITION, PLEASE CONTACT ME. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

MY ENGINE DIED! CHECKED THE INTERNET. MANY OTHERS HAVE SAME PROBLEM. NO WARNING. TAKE CARE OF VEHICLE AND ITS DIES FOR NO REASON OTHER THAN FAULTY HEADGASKETS. LISTED AS A NOTIFICATION TO OWNERS, NOT A RECALL. DUH!! MY FAMILY IS SUFFERING DUE TO A FORD ERROR. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. THE COOLANT SEEPED THRU THE HEADGASKETS INTO THE OIL AND TOTALLY RUINED MY ENGINE AND I CANT EVEN HAVE THE BREAKDOWN I DESERVE TO HAVE. FORD NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR ALL THESE INNOCENT BUYERS WHO TRUSTED THE NAME LINCOLN. PLEASE...DO SOMETHING TO HELP MY FAMILY. I HAVE CHILDREN AND FOSTER CHILD AND DAY CARE KIDS...I NEEDED MY CAR. I TOOK CARE OF IT, BUT IT DIDNT TAKE CARE OF ME. IT WAS SERVICED RELIGOUSLY. IT WAS BABIED. MY CAR IS AT GORDIE BOUCHE LINCOLN MERCURY WAITING FOR ME TO FIND $3,500.00 TO PUT A NEW ENGINE IN IT. ANYONE WANT TO TAKE OUT A LOAN ON A 94. MESS. AND NOT MY FAULT. AND NOT AN ACT OF GOD EITHER. AN ACT OF HUMAN NEGLIGENCE AT WIXOM PLANT, JOB 1, SO THE RECALL NOTIFICATION 98M01 READS. I FEEL LIKE A VICTIM AND I DONT LIKE THAT FEELING. PLEASE ADVISE. I PLAN TO CALL DATELINE AFTER YOU SEND ME MORE INFO AND MORE COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS ONE!! D. OGDEN, MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER, WHO BELIEVES IN INTEGRITY AND HONORABILITY, EVEN FOR FORD MOTOR COMPANY. *AK

HEAD GASKET FAILED ON 11/5/94 TOWED TO BLOUNT STRANGE LINCOLN MERCURY. SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE CHUCK CUNNINGHAM ADVISED WAS UNUSUAL INCIDENT AND RARELY SEE THESE FAILURES. ADVISED I WOULD HAVE TO PAY $1500.00 DOLLARS OR MORE TO GET THIS FIXED. *AK

WHEN TRAVELING CONSUMER NOTICED THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED ALSO STEAM AND WATER ENTERED THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER NOTED THE HEAD GASKET BLEW. PARTS WAS REPLACED, CONSUMER NOTE PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL FELL OFF WITHOUT INDICAITON. PLEASE PROVIDE FUTHER INFORMATON. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS CRACKED, CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK ONTO THE ENGINE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.

WHILE TRAVELING NOTICED AIR BAG INDICATION LIGHT ON. AFTER TRAVELING FOR A WHILE NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE STERRING WHEEL. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING NOTICED AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT ON. ALSO, NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

LIGHT SWITCH REPLACED BY DEALER ON RECALL 98V009000 AT APPROX 45,000MILES. THE REPLACEMENT FAILED AGAIN AT 91,000. THE REPLACEMENT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE FIXED A BREAKER PROBLEM, BUT IT DIDNOT. *AK

ENGINE BECAME NOISY AND FAILED AFTER RECALL REPAIR OF A FAULTY HEAD GASKET WAS REPAIRED. NLM