Lincoln Continental: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 46 recall campaigns for the Lincoln Continental, model years 1969 to 2020. NHTSA has 1,495 complaints on file for this model line. 24 of the 32 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
- 19691
- 19741
- 19752
- 19771
- 19780
- 19792
- 19810
- 19821
- 19832
- 19842
- 19852
- 19865
- 19871
- 19889
- 19894
- 19903
- 19913
- 19923
- 19934
- 19945
- 19951
- 19962
- 19971
- 19981
- 19992
- 20003
- 20011
- 20020
- 20174
- 20182
- 20193
- 20202
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Lincoln Continental | 2 | 0 | 0% | 477,277 |
| 2019 Lincoln Continental | 3 | 0 | 0% | 504,886 |
| 2018 Lincoln Continental | 2 | 0 | 0% | 304,649 |
| 2017 Lincoln Continental | 4 | 0 | 0% | 334,007 |
| 2002 Lincoln Continental NHTSA page | 0 | 24 | 51% | |
| 2001 Lincoln Continental | 1 | 26 | 56% | 1,083,000 |
| 2000 Lincoln Continental | 3 | 53 | 113% | 1,151,765 |
| 1999 Lincoln Continental | 2 | 38 | 81% | 45,959 |
| 1998 Lincoln Continental | 1 | 65 | 139% | 571,800 |
| 1997 Lincoln Continental | 1 | 92 | 197% | 40,000 |
| 1996 Lincoln Continental | 2 | 48 | 103% | 380,000 |
| 1995 Lincoln Continental | 1 | 70 | 150% | 40,000 |
| 1994 Lincoln Continental | 5 | 185 | 396% | 3,493,400 |
| 1993 Lincoln Continental | 4 | 119 | 255% | 3,490,900 |
| 1992 Lincoln Continental | 3 | 125 | 268% | 2,984,900 |
| 1991 Lincoln Continental | 3 | 203 | 435% | 3,234,700 |
| 1990 Lincoln Continental | 3 | 158 | 338% | 3,085,400 |
| 1989 Lincoln Continental | 4 | 158 | 338% | 3,086,150 |
| 1988 Lincoln Continental | 9 | 84 | 180% | 4,722,246 |
| 1987 Lincoln Continental NHTSA page | 1 | 9 | 19% | 3,600,000 |
| 1986 Lincoln Continental | 5 | 8 | 17% | 3,674,147 |
| 1985 Lincoln Continental | 2 | 15 | 32% | 57,200 |
| 1984 Lincoln Continental | 2 | 6 | 13% | 530,495 |
| 1983 Lincoln Continental | 2 | 2 | 4% | 134,162 |
| 1982 Lincoln Continental NHTSA page | 1 | 1 | 2% | 15,988 |
| 1981 Lincoln Continental NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 2% | |
| 1979 Lincoln Continental | 2 | 2 | 4% | 89,000 |
| 1978 Lincoln Continental NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 2% | |
| 1977 Lincoln Continental NHTSA page | 1 | 1 | 2% | 9,000 |
| 1975 Lincoln Continental | 2 | 1 | 2% | 2,132 |
| 1974 Lincoln Continental NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 127,208 |
| 1969 Lincoln Continental NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 12,985 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
2,339 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 191.5 | 448 |
| Suspension | 118 | 276 |
| Electrical System | 99.6 | 233 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 87.6 | 205 |
| Power Train | 72.3 | 169 |
| Steering | 59.9 | 140 |
| Structure | 52.2 | 122 |
| Visibility | 48.3 | 113 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 44.5 | 104 |
| Seat Belts | 42.8 | 100 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Town Car47 campaigns
- Mark Viii3 campaigns
- LS3 campaigns
- Navigator68 campaigns
- Aviator51 campaigns
- Mark VII9 campaigns
- Lincoln11 campaigns
- MKX23 campaigns
- MKS11 campaigns
- Mark LT4 campaigns
- MKZ32 campaigns
- Zephyr5 campaigns
- Blackwood3 campaigns
- Mark V7 campaigns
- MKT14 campaigns
- Mark IV11 campaigns
- Mark VI7 campaigns
- Corsair36 campaigns
- Nautilus23 campaigns
- MKC14 campaigns
- Corsair Phev2 campaigns
- Nautilus Hybrid2 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Lincoln Continental: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/lincoln/continental/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 29 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 29 Mar 2018
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- FORD MOTOR COMPANY
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Lincoln Continental model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 1988 with 9, 1994 with 5, 1986 with 5. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Lincoln Continental model year has the most complaints?
- The 1991 model year, with 203 of the 1,495 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Lincoln Continental name?
- Engine and Engine Cooling: 191.5 per 1,000 component mentions. Suspension: 118 per 1,000 component mentions. Electrical System: 99.6 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Lincoln Continental?
- 23 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.