1979 Lincoln Continental: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1979 Lincoln Continental. The newest campaign is 79V117000. NHTSA received the report on 15 May 1979. The NHTSA record gives the component Service Brakes, Hydraulic / Pedals and Linkages. NHTSA has 2 complaints on file for this model year.
The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.
This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.
Remedy of the newest campaign, 79V117000, in the NHTSA record
Dealer will replace the suspect brake retaining pin.
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 .
Since the last update
No tracked figure of this page changed in a data update. What the log tracks
Recall campaigns
2 campaigns, newest first. 89,000 units in total.
79V117000Received . 82,000 units.
Service Brakes, Hydraulic / Pedals and Linkages
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
The involved vehicles were produced with brake push-rod to brake pedal retaining pins which were not heat-treated as specified. This could allow the brake pedal to become disengaged from the push-rod.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealer will replace the suspect brake retaining pin.
Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
78V256000Received . 7,000 units.
Power Train / Automatic Transmission
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
The involved vehicles were equipped with automatic transmissions in which the parking pawl was not heat-treated. During normal vehicle operation, a parking pawl that has not been heat-treated could become deformed or worn to the point that the transmission will not lock in "park". As a result, the vehicle could roll free if the driver does not set the parking brake when parking or leaving vehicle unattended.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealer will inspect and, if necessary, replace the parking pawl with one that has been heat-treated.
Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY.
The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Complaints by component
2 complaints, 2 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.
| Component | Mentions |
|---|---|
| Power Train | 2 |
- Complaints that report a crash
- 0
- Complaints that report a fire
- 0
- Injuries in the complaints
- 0
- Deaths in the complaints
- 0
- Date of the newest complaint
- 20 Oct 1999
These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.
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.
Investigations
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.
Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.
Other model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
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.
- NHTSA page of the 1979 Lincoln ContinentalThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 1979 Lincoln Continental: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/lincoln/continental/1979/. 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
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 29 Mar 2018
- First complaint in the file
- 1 Jan 1995
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- FORD MOTOR COMPANY
The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1979 Lincoln Continental?
- 89,000 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
- How many recall campaigns does the Lincoln Continental have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 46 recall campaigns for the Lincoln Continental, model years 1969 to 2020. 2 of them name the 1979 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 1979 Lincoln Continental name most often?
- Power Train: 2 of 2 component mentions.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1979 Lincoln Continental open?
- The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.