Recall Register

1999 Lincoln Continental: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1999 Lincoln Continental. The newest campaign is 03V144000. NHTSA received the report on 9 Apr 2003. The NHTSA record gives the component Air Bags / Frontal. NHTSA has 38 complaints on file for this model year. 2 NHTSA investigations name 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, 03V144000, in the NHTSA record

Dealers will recalibrate the air bag sensors. Owner notification began march 31, 2003. Owners may contact lincoln at 1-800-521-4140.
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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.

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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 45,959 units in total.

  1. 03V144000Received . 43,459 units.

    Air Bags / Frontal

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    On certain passenger vehicles, the driver and/or passenger side air bag could deploy as a result of underbody impacts near the sensors, such as those occurring from pieces of gravel or debris thrown from the wheels while the vehicle is being operated at moderate to high speed or being accelerated.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will recalibrate the air bag sensors. Owner notification began march 31, 2003. Owners may contact lincoln at 1-800-521-4140.

    Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Manufacturer campaign number 03G01.

  2. 98V269000Received . 2,500 units.

    Fuel System, Gasoline / Delivery / Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. The fuel rail crossover hose was damaged during fuel rail assembly allowing fuel leakage.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Fuel leakage in the presence of an ignition source can result in fire.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will replace the fuel rail with a revised fuel rail assembly.

    Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

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Complaints by component

38 complaints, 42 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.

1999 Lincoln Continental: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Air Bags10
Suspension9
Vehicle Speed Control5
Service Brakes, Hydraulic4
Engine and Engine Cooling4
Exterior Lighting2
Unknown or Other2
Power Train2
Steering2
Equipment1

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 11.

Complaints that report a crash
5
Complaints that report a fire
2
Injuries in the complaints
2
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
4 Jan 2010

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.

Complaints about the 1999 Lincoln Continental, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2002, with 8 complaints.

Investigations

NHTSA investigations that name the 1999 Lincoln Continental
NumberTypeSubjectComponentOpenedClosedCampaign
EA01012Engineering analysisINADVERTENT SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENTAir Bags / Side/Window27 Apr 200115 Apr 200303V144000
PE00042Preliminary evaluationINADVERTENT SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENTAir Bags / Side/Window16 Oct 200027 Apr 2001

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.

  1. 19691
  2. 19741
  3. 19752
  4. 19771
  5. 19780
  6. 19792
  7. 19810
  8. 19821
  9. 19832
  10. 19842
  11. 19852
  12. 19865
  13. 19871
  14. 19889
  15. 19894
  16. 19903
  17. 19913
  18. 19923
  19. 19934
  20. 19945
  21. 19951
  22. 19962
  23. 19971
  24. 19981
  25. 19992
  26. 20003
  27. 20011
  28. 20020
  29. 20174
  30. 20182
  31. 20193
  32. 20202

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1999 Lincoln Continental: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/lincoln/continental/1999/. 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 1999 Lincoln Continental?
45,959 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 1999 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1999 Lincoln Continental name most often?
Air Bags: 10 of 42 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1999 Lincoln Continental open?
No. Each of the 2 investigations that name this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.