1994 Lincoln Continental complaints

WAS NOT NOTIFIED BY MANFACTURER OF GASKET PROBLEM; HAD TO REPLACE; 3500 MI LATER ENGINE HAS FAILED-VALVES/BEARING(?) *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS FAILED CAUSING ENGINE TO STOP RUNNING. FAILURE WAS IMMEDIATE IN NATURE AND GAVE NO PRIOR WARNING OF EXISTING PROBLEM. WE HAVE LEARNED THROUGH RESEARCH FORD IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM ON THE 3.8L ENGINES. *AK

A/C COMPRESSOR SEIZED. NLM

VEHICLE DECELERATES WHILE TRAVELING CAUSING DRIVER TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF COMPLETELY. HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WILL START, BUT WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE / FORWARD. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. *YC

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

THIS CONDITION HAS BEEN A ON GOING PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR AND ENGINE FORD HAS ISSUED A NOTICE TO OWNERS THAT THEY WILL FIX ALL CARS THAT FAIL WITHIN SIX YEARS OR 75000 MILES THIS CAR IS OVER THE SIX YEAR PROID BY THREE MONTH AND FORD WILL NOT HELP IN THE REPAIRS WHICH I WAS QUOTED A PRICE $1200.00 FOR REPAIR THE ENGINE I BET THIS CONDOCTION HAS COST THOUSAND ON LINCOLN OWNERS A LOT OF MONEY ,IT A SHAME THAT THE COMSUMER HAS TO PAY FOR FORDS MISTAKE OF USING FALTY HEAD GASKETS. *AK

HAVE TAKEN THIS CAR TO 2 DIFFERENT DEALERS FOR REPAIRS, TO NO AVAIL. MOTOR KNOCKS DRASTICALLY, ENGINE LEAKS WHEN PARKED ON SLIGHT DOWNHILL SLOPE, NEW SHOCKS/STRUTS SQUEAK TERRIBLY, LOUD THUNKING NOISE IN REAR END WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS. GAS MILEAGE VERY ERATIC, REAR HIGH MOUNT BRAKE ASSEMBLY MELTED. HELP!

IT IS PROOF THAT THE 3.8L ENGINE HAS A MANUFACTURES DEFECT TO HEAD GASKETS AT THE TIME THE HEAD GASKET LET GO THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC VISABILITY WAS ZERO THE OUTCOME COULD BE LOSS OF LIFE IF CAR CRASHED INTO A POLE THE STEAM THAT CAME OUT OF THE EXAHUST WAS SO GREAT.ALSO CAR CAN STALL AND LOSS OF CONTROL IS ALSO A FACTOR. IT IS A KNOWN DEFECT AND RECALL OF THERE PRODUCT WHOULD BE IN THE BEST INTREST OF SAFTY

PURCHASED CAR AT USED CAR SALE THROUGH COMPANY CREDIT UNION IN APRIL OF 1999. THE CAR HAD JUST OVER 50,000 MILES. CALLED LINCOLN CONTINENTAL AND THEY HAD NO SERVICE RECORD ON THE CAR. TRACKED DOWN FORMER OWNER AND HE ADVISED THAT HE HAD NO MAJOR PROBLEMS. TWO WEEKS AFTER PURCHASE HAD A CIRCUIT REPLACED. THE BLOWN CIRCUIT EFFECTED THE SPEEDOMETER AND CAUSE THE ENGINE TO REV UP AND DOWN DEPENDING ON WHAT THE BROKEN SPEEDOMETER REFLECTED. IN AUGUST THE ALTERNATOR FAILED AND HAD REPLACED BY LINCOLN SERVICE CENTER. DRIVING HOME FROM SERVICE CENTER THE REAR SUSPENSION FAILED. THE SERVICE CENTER REFUSED TO REPAIR SAYING THAT THE HYDRAULIC SUSPENSION WAS PROBLEMATIC FOR THIS MODEL. THREE WEEKS LATER THE HEADGASKETS BLEW AFTER A LESS THAN 15 MILE DRIVE (TO CHURCH). *AK

THERE ARE VAPOR/ODORS COMING FROM THE PASSENGER'S SIDE COMPARTMENT, WHICH MAY BE AIR CONDITIONING VAPORS. BUT, DEALER OR MANUFACTURERCAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE. *AK

WHIL EDRIVING ON ROAD TURNED ON A/C AND GAS FUMES FILLED THE COMPARTMENT. SMELLED GAS FUMES ALL THE TIME. CONTACTED THE DEALER , AND H ECOULDN'T FIND THE CAUSE. THEY REPLACED PLASTIC TUBING IN THE FUEL LINE. THIS HAS HAPPENED A SECOND TIME. CONTACTED DEALER AGAIN, AND WAS NOT ABLE TO ASSIST. *AK

LEFT WHEEL SEAL TO THE TRANSMISSION HAS A LEAKAGE. ALSO, ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT WHICH CAUSED OIL TO LEAK ONTO THE ENGINE, AND RADIATOR TO LEAK ANTI-FREEZE. IN ADDITION, DRIVER'S SIDE LEFT WINDOW FELL DOWN INSIDE THE DOOR THIS WAS THE FOURTH TIME THAT CINSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO SHOP FOR REPAIRS. *AK

GASKET WHICH HOLD THE WINDSHIELD IN PLACE HAS GONE BAD, CAUSING THE WINDSHIELD TO MOVE. CONSUMER HAS YET TO CONTACT THE DEALER. *AK THE FAILURE OF WINDSHIELD GASKET WAS DUE TO FACTORY DEFECT. *YH

ENGINE GASKET BLEW. FORD SAYS IT'S NOT THEIR PROBLEM, MBP INSURANCE SAYS IT'S NOT THEIR PROBLEM. LINCOLN DEALER SAYS THEY WON'T LOOK AT IT UNTIL WE AGREE TO PAY FOR THEM TO TEAR THE ENGINE DOWN. MINIMUM OF $700.00.

WHEN DRIVING OR PARKING AUTOMATIC AIR SHOCK STRUTS LOSE AIR, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO DROP CLOSE TO HITTING THE GROUND. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE REAR AIR SUSPENSION BLEW OUT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO BOUNCE, ALLOWING THE CAR TO MOVE UP AND DOWN. DEALER REPLACED REAR AIR SUSPENSION. *AK

WHILE PULLING OUT ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE ON THE SIDE, AND DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK

WE WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF A SERVICE BULLETIN #94-24-7 WHICH WARNED OF THIS PROBLEM - SHOULD THIS HAVE BEEN COVERED UNDER WARRANTY ?

RIGHT FRONT MOTOR MOUNT BUSTED. ALSO, AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED WORKING/ ENGINE RAISED UP 8 INCHES, AND STEERING WHEEL WOULD STICK. *AK HEAD GASKET BLOWN AND REPLACED. *YH

THE HEAD GASKET WENT CAUSING THE ENGINE TO FAIL. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A DESIGN FAILURE IN FORD'S 3.8L ENGINE. THIS FAILURE IS KNOWN TO FORD AND THEY REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

VEHICLE IS OVERHEATING DUE ENGINE HEAD GASKET THAT BLOWING OUT. *AK

ENGINE BLEW,PROBABLY DUE TO HEAD GASKET FAILURE. HEAD GASKET HAD BEEN REPLACED AT RECALL 8 MONTHS PRIOR TO ENGINE FAILURE. HAD CAR IN TO DEALER FOR COOLANT LEAK, JUST 300MI BEFORE ENGINE FAILURE.NEITHER DEALER OR FORD WOULD TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILY FOR ENGINE FAILURE

THIS FAILURE DETECTED SIMILAR WORK IN THIS AREA, PRIOR TO MY OWNERSHIP. IS THIS A LEMON RESOLD AFTER HEAD GASKET/TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE AS A FORD PROGRAM CAR? THE MILEAGE OF BEARING REPLACEMENT IS VERY, VERY LOW. WE PURCHASED THIS CAR WITH 31K SO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WERE HIDDEN FROM US.

WE PURCHASED CAR AS A COMPANY PROGRAM AND FOUND THINGS WRONG AT THAT TIME WHICH INDICATED CAR HAD BEEN IN SOME SORT OF ACCIDENT WHICH WE WERE NOT INFORMED OF TILL WE DISCOVERED THINGS LATER, SUCH AS INSIDE OF BACK RIM BENT, PIECES OF GLASS INSIDE BACK PAKAGE TRAY, RUBBER BUMPER MISSING ON 2 LEFT DOORS, AND AIR BAG WARNING WIRES UNHOOKED INSIDE STEERING WHEEL. AT 35000 MILES THE HEAD GASKET BLEW ON MOTOR(COVERED BY WARRANTY) THEN RIGHT AFTER WARRANTY RAN OUT AT 50000 MILES WE HAD 2 MASS AIR SENSORS FAIL, THEN THE IDLE CONTROL AND AT 56000 MILES FOUND LOW KNOCK IN ENGINE AND WHEN OPENED FOUND MANY WORN AND BAD PARTS IN ENGINE TO THE POINT WE HAD TO PUT NEW ENGINE IN CAR AT OUR OWN EXPENSE. DEALERS OR FORD MOTOR CO. WOULD NOT PAY ANY. CAR HAD ALWAYS BEEN SERVICED AT 2000 MILES SINCE WE'VE HAD IT AND DIDN'T USE ANY OIL. WE BELIEVE THIS FAILURE UNCALLED FOR AT THIS MILEAGE WITH THIS HIGH PRICED OF A CAR. THE LOCAL DEALER SHIP HAD 4 CARS IN THEIR SHOP AT THE SAME TIME WITH THIS 3.8 V6 ENGINE BEING REPLACED. ALSO FOUND A FORD VAN IN THE COMMUNITY AT A DIFERANT DEALER WITH SAME MOTOR OUT AT JUST UNDER 50000 MILE. SEEMS TO ME WITH THE CARE WE GAVE CAR AND THE DAMAGE FOUND TO THE CRANKSHAFT. PISTONS AND CAMSHAFT OF OUR ENGINE, THESE ENGINES MUST BE FAULTY FROM START.

WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILED, WHEN USING TILT WHEEL THEY HAVE FAILED ALSO. MJS

ONE OF THE BULBS IN THE HIGH MOUNTED REAR BRAKE LIGHTS WENT OUT. THE PLASTIC SOCKET HAD BURNED AND MELTED AROUND THE BULB. DEALER NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WOULD LOWER AND THE RAISE ITSELF. DELERSHIP HAS BEEN CONTACTED PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

AIR SENSOR, IDLE SENSOR AND ENGINE COMPUTER REPLACED. MJS

THE DOOR LOCKS WOULD NOT ALWAYS AUTOMATICALLY LOCK WHEN THE CAR WAS PUT INTO DRIVE WHEN I PURCHASED IT. I TOOK IT BACK IN SEVERAL TIMES AND HAD IT CHECKED BUT THEY COULD NEVER REPAIR THE PROBLEM. NOW THE DOORS WILL NOT LOCK AT ALL UNLESS IT IS DONE MANUALLY. THE REMOTE AND KEYLESS ENTRY WILL NOT WORK EITHER. THE AUTOMATIC LEVELING SYSTEM MAKES AN AWFUL WHIRRING NOISE NOW THAT THE DEALER SAYS IS NORMAL. IT WASN'T NORMAL WHEN THE CAR WAS NEW BECAUSE IT DID NOT MAKE THAT NOISE. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING ANTI-FREEZE WHICH COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. FORD HAS A EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR 75,000 OR 6 YEARS. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET PREMATURELY BLEW, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO MALFUNCTION. ALSO, TRANSMISSION HAS EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS. CAUSE UNKNOWN, PLEASE GIVE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE WORKING INTERMITTENTLY, AND THE CONSUMER TURNED ON THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS. *AK

ALUMINUM WHEEL FAULTY CAUSING TIRES TO LEAK.

NOT INFORMED OF PRE-EXISTING DEFICIENCY WITH HEAD GASKETS WHICH RESULTED IN CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF ENGINE

STRONG, RAW GAS ODOR INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF CAR WHEN GAS TANK IS NEAR EMPTY (5 GALLONS OR LESS). ODOR DOES NOT OCCUR EVERYTIME GAS TANK IS CLOSE TO EMPTY, AND NEVER OCCURS WHEN TANK IS FULL. HAVE TAKEN THE CAR INTO DEALERSHIP TWICE, THEY CAN SMELL THE GAS AGREE THERE IS A PROBLEM, BUT THEY CANNOT LOCATE THE PROBLEM. DOESN'T SEEM TO MATTER IF THE CAR IS HEATED FROM DRIVING OR A COLD ENGINE, ODOR WILL OCCUR. *AK

THE LEFT FRONT END (ONLY NOTICE WHEN IDILING) RAISES UP ABOUT 1 OR 1 INCHES, WAITS A FEW SECONDS AND DOES IT THE SECOND TIME, THE SOMETIMES WILL DROP BACK DOWN. IT ALSO FEELS LIKE THE TIRE IS BOUNCING. *AK

TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR RECALL #98S36 AND WAS INFORMED THAT RIGHT FRONT AND RIGHT REAR MOTOR MOUNTS WERE DEFECTIVE AND WOULD REQUIRE REPLACEMENT AT $341.00. I ONLY HAVE 87,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE AND FEEL THAT IS LOW MILEAGE FOR A MOTOR MOUNT TO FAIL. *AK

CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTIONED DUE TO THE "OFF" BUTTON NOT WORK PROPERLY, AND CAUSING VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK

REVIEW OF YOUR HOTLINE INDICATES THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER HEAD GASKET PROBLEMS OF WHICH I HAD NOT BEEN MADE AWARE. THERE WAS NO WARNING. THERE WAS NO OVERHEATING. COST OF REPAIR $5300.00

WHILE TRAVELING THE ENGINE IDLES WITHOUT INDICATIONS.PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF RECALL COMPONENT PRIOR TO NOTICE, AFTER RECALL WORK PERFORMED FAILURES CONTINUED, IDLE PROBLEMS. (RECALL CAMPAIGN # 97S65)

VEHICLE DOES NOT IMMEDIATELY RESPOND WHEN GAS PEDAL IS DEPRESSED. THEN, AFTER HESITATION, IT WILL LUNGE FORWARD. DEALER CONTACTED, AND WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. STATED NO RECALL LISTED, AND PROBLEM CANNOT BE REMEDIED. PROBLEMS STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHEN THE CAR COMES TO A STOP, IT LUNGES UPWARD/FORWARD ABOUT 3 TO 4 TIMES. ALSO, IT FEELS LIKE THE FRONT LEFT SIDE AXLE IS BOUNCING AROUND. AK

HEAD GASKET FAILED.

PREVIOSULY REPORTED "NHTSA VEHICLE OWNER'S QUESTIONAIRE REFERENCE NUMBER 806372 DATED 12/16/1996. ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS AT APPROX, 20,00 MILES (10/28/96) AND APPROX. 55,000 MILES(10/9/98) THE BRAKES ON THE SUBJECT VEHICLE(1994 LINCOLN CONTINTIAL) HAVE FAILED. IN BOTH INSTANCES THE FAILURE OCCURED AT LOW SPEED AFTER HAVING SAT FOR A SHORT PEERIOD OF TIME WITH THE ARE IDLING AND THE FOOT BRAKE DEPRESSED, THAN RELEASED WITH THE CAR SLOWLY MOVING FORWARD(APPROX. 1 TO 2 MPH). UPON DEPRESSING THE FOOT BRAKE TO STOP THE PEDAL DEPRESSED ALL THE WAY TO FLOORBOARD WITH NO BRAKING AVAILABLE RESULTING IN MINOR ACCIDENTS TO NEARBY VEHICLES. IN ALL INSTANCES THERE HAS BEEN NO BRAKE FLUID LOSS NOR HAVE ANY BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS BEEN ON. AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT(10/28/96) AND THREE MONTHS OF INVESTIGATION FORD MOTOR COMPANY REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER AND VALVE BLOCK. THE BRAKING SYSTEM WORKED FINE UNTIL THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT(10/9/98). IN BOTH INSTANCES THE BRAKES(BRAKING ACTION) HAD RESTORED ITSELF BY THE TIME MECHANICS AT NEWMAN LINCOLN-MERCURY STARTED AN INVESTIGATIION OF THE PROBLEM(USUALLY EARLY THE NEXT MORNING...NOTE THAT IN BOTH INSTANCES THE BRAKE LOSS OCCURRED IN THE EARLY EVENING AFTER THE GARAGE WAS CLOSED). TO DATE(12/31/98) FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND DEALER HAVE DETERMINED THAT THEY CAN FIND NO PROBLEM AND HAVE ASKED THAT I RETURN THE VEHICLE TO SERVICE WITHOUT AND ROOT CAUSE DETERMINED NOR ANY CORRECTIVE ACTION TAKEN. AT THIS POINT I'M RESISTING RETURNING THE CAR TO SERVICE

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE LOSING TWO QUARTS OF ANTI-FREEZE A MONTH, AND NO SIGN OF LEAKING COULD BE FOUND. DEALER NOTIFIED & INSPECTED THE VEHCLE, AND INFORMED T COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE BRAKES WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO BUMP INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE BEFORE STOPPING. THE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR THE BRAKESTO BE REPAIRED, AND THE DEALER COULDN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY WHEN HEADLIGHTS WENT COMPLETELY OUT-. THEY CAME BACK ON A COUPLE MINUTES LATER, BUT CONSUMER WAS DRIVING IN THE DARK FOR MINUTE. *AK

CENTER BRAKE LIGHT MALFUNCTIONED. THE HEAT OF THE LAMP IN THE BRAKE MELTED THE PLASTIC CONTAINER, CAUSING, IT TO FALL UNTO THE BULB AND DESTROYED THE BULB. *AK