2000 Lincoln Continental: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the 2000 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 53 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.
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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Since the last update
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Recall campaigns
3 campaigns, newest first. 1,151,765 units in total.
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.
01V258000Received . 1,083,000 units.
Visibility / Windshield Wiper/Washer / Motor
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Vehicle description: passenger cars, sport utility vehicles, and light and medium duty pickup trucks. A switch located in the plastic cover of the wiper motor gear case could malfunction and overheat, potentially resulting in loss of intermittent wiper function, loss of wiper park function, complete loss of wiper function, or ignition of the plastic cover material. Switch malfunction is most likely to occur when the intermittent setting of the wipers is being used, or when snow or ice obstructs the blades from returning to the "parked" position at the bottom of the windshield. These vehicles were built at the following assembly plants: atlanta plant from 2/11/00 through 7/31/00; chicago plant from 2/14/00 through 8/4/00; kansas city plant from 2/26/00 to 9/4/00; kentucky truck plant from 2/18/00 to 8/31/00; michigan truck plant from 2/23/00 through 8/3/00; norfolk plant from 2/21/00 through 7/27/00; wayne stamping and assembly plant from 2/25/00 through 8/15/00; and wixom plant from 2/15/00 through 8/8/00.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
Loss of visibility while driving increases the risk of a crash.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will inspect the date code on the wiper motor. Motors built with the suspect time frame will have the wiper motor gear case cover replaced. Owner notification began august 20, 2001. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact ford at 1-866-436-7332.
Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Manufacturer campaign number 01S24. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
99V250000Received . 25,306 units.
Seat Belts / Front / Anchorage
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. The seat belt retractor may have a pin shaft in the switchable elr/alr mechanism that is incorrectly formed. In some circumstances, the switching mechanism could become nonfunctional, preventing the seat belt webbing from being extracted from the retractor. It is also possible that malfunction of the mechanism could prevent the belt from being switched into the alr mode. The elr mechanism is not affected by this condition.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
If the mechanism malfunctions and does not allow the webbing to be extracted, the lap and shoulder belt could not be worn by a vehicle occupant. In the event that the mechanism does not allow the alr mode to be engaged, the operator may be unable to properly install a child seat in that seating position.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will inspect the lap and shoulder belt assemblies. Assemblies with julian date codes of 200 through 223 are suspect and will be replaced.
Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Manufacturer campaign number 99S26. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
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
53 complaints, 96 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.
- 2000 Lincoln Continental
- All 2000 vehicles
| Component | 2000 Continental | All 2000 vehicles | Continental, all years | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Bags | 156.3 | 53.7 | 37.6 | 15 |
| Visibility | 125 | 42.2 | 48.3 | 12 |
| Suspension | 114.6 | 79.7 | 118 | 11 |
| Electrical System | 93.8 | 95.2 | 99.6 | 9 |
| Power Train | 83.3 | 87.5 | 72.3 | 8 |
| Tires | 72.9 | 53.2 | 16.2 | 7 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 62.5 | 120 | 87.6 | 6 |
| Equipment | 52.1 | 19.5 | 36.3 | 5 |
| Steering | 41.7 | 45 | 59.9 | 4 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 41.7 | 128.9 | 191.5 | 4 |
The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 19.
- Complaints that report a crash
- 5
- Complaints that report a fire
- 1
- Injuries in the complaints
- 6
- Deaths in the complaints
- 0
- Date of the newest complaint
- 17 Aug 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.
Investigations
| Number | Type | Subject | Component | Opened | Closed | Campaign |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EA01012 | Engineering analysis | INADVERTENT SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT | Air Bags / Side/Window | 27 Apr 2001 | 15 Apr 2003 | 03V144000 |
| PE00042 | Preliminary evaluation | INADVERTENT SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT | Air Bags / Side/Window | 16 Oct 2000 | 27 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.
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 2000 Lincoln ContinentalThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 2000 Lincoln Continental: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/lincoln/continental/2000/. 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 2000 Lincoln Continental?
- 1,151,765 units in 3 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. 3 of them name the 2000 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 2000 Lincoln Continental name most often?
- Air Bags: 15 of 96 component mentions, or 156.3 per 1,000. For all 2000 vehicles the figure is 53.7 per 1,000.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2000 Lincoln Continental open?
- No. Each of the 2 investigations that name this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.