Bentley Continental
The Bentley Continental appears on NHTSA's register for model years 1980 to 2018: 6 recall campaigns (22 model-year entries) and 0 consumer complaints.
No complaints for this line are in the NHTSA file.
Recall campaigns peaked in 1995 with 2; Within Bentley, this line ranks 7 of 19 by total complaints.
Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.
Model years
| Model year | Recalls | Complaints | vs line average | Units in campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 Bentley Continental NHTSA record | 1 | 0 | — | 14 |
| 1981 Bentley Continental NHTSA record | 1 | 0 | — | 14 |
| 1982 Bentley Continental NHTSA record | 1 | 0 | — | 14 |
| 1983 Bentley Continental NHTSA record | 1 | 0 | — | 14 |
| 1984 Bentley Continental NHTSA record | 1 | 0 | — | 14 |
| 1985 Bentley Continental NHTSA record | 1 | 0 | — | 14 |
| 1986 Bentley Continental NHTSA record | 1 | 0 | — | 14 |
| 1987 Bentley Continental NHTSA record | 1 | 0 | — | 14 |
| 1992 Bentley Continental NHTSA record | 1 | 0 | — | 1,202 |
| 1993 Bentley Continental NHTSA record | 1 | 0 | — | 1,202 |
| 1994 Bentley Continental | 2 | 0 | — | 2,823 |
| 1995 Bentley Continental | 3 | 0 | — | 2,915 |
| 1996 Bentley Continental | 2 | 0 | — | 2,823 |
| 1997 Bentley Continental | 2 | 0 | — | 1,631 |
| 1998 Bentley Continental NHTSA record | 1 | 0 | — | 1,621 |
| 2017 Bentley Continental NHTSA record | 1 | 0 | — | 229 |
| 2018 Bentley Continental NHTSA record | 1 | 0 | — | 229 |
"vs line average" is the model year's complaints as a share of the line's average per model year (100% = average). A campaign covering several model years counts once per year. Model years with one campaign and fewer than 25 complaints are listed but have no page of their own; the NHTSA link opens the agency's record.
Components most reported
Per 1,000 component mentions across all Bentley Continental complaints (0 mentions).
Campaigns by year reported
Complaints by year received
Other Bentley model lines
- Continental Flying Spur 18 recalls · 8 complaints
- Bentayga 30 recalls · 7 complaints
- Continental GT 28 recalls · 2 complaints
- Continental GT Cabrio 20 recalls · 2 complaints
- Azure 20 recalls · 1 complaints
- Arnage LWB 7 recalls · 1 complaints
- Continental 22 recalls · 0 complaints
- Mulsanne 16 recalls · 0 complaints
- Brooklands 15 recalls · 0 complaints
- Turbo R 15 recalls · 0 complaints
- Arnage 11 recalls · 0 complaints
- Arnage R 11 recalls · 0 complaints
- Arnage T 11 recalls · 0 complaints
- Continental R 11 recalls · 0 complaints
- Flying Spur 11 recalls · 0 complaints
- Arnage Limousine 10 recalls · 0 complaints
- Arnage RL 10 recalls · 0 complaints
- Turbo RL 10 recalls · 0 complaints
- Brooklands LWB 6 recalls · 0 complaints
Questions and answers
Which Bentley Continental model years have the most recalls?
1995 (3), 1994 (2), 1996 (2). Across model years 1980–2018 there are 6 distinct campaigns.
Which Bentley Continental model year has the most complaints?
No complaints for this line are in the NHTSA file.
What do owners of the Bentley Continental complain about?
No complaints for this line are in the NHTSA file.
Where does this data come from?
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation recall and complaint flat files, public domain, dated 29 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019.
Provenance
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation recall, complaint and investigation flat files, public domain, dated 29 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019. Model names are as NHTSA records them; variants such as "Accord" and "Accord Hybrid" are separate lines. See the methodology.