Owner-reported complaints naming the driver-assistance system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1990 Lincoln Continental submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 14 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
WHILE DRIVING UNDER 40 MPH ACCELERATOR WILL GO DOWN TO FLOOR, AND ENGINE WILL INCREASE. BRAKES WILL NOT WORK. CONSUMER HAS TO TURN OFF TIGNITION SWITCH. AFTER A WHILE WILL START, AND WORK AS NORMAL.*AK
THE VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING SUDDEN ACCELERATION, THE VEHICLE WAS ONCE IN REVERSE AND TWICE IT ACCELERATED FROM 55 MPH TO 90 MPH, THE DEALER IS UNABLE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *SLC
WHEN DRIVING GAS PEDAL WOULD STICK INTERMITTENTLY. CONTACTED DEALER, AND HE INDICATED THAT IT WAS NOT A WARRANTY PROBLEM, BUT RATHER THE FLOOR MAT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY FOR A FEW YEARS. THEY REPLACED THROTTLE BEARINGS. *AK *ML
THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES UNEXPECTEDLY. DEALER HAS INSPECTED AND REPAIRED THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES. *AK
GAS PEDAL STUCK WHILE DRIVING AND WHEN PRESSED DOWN FOR FULL POWER. WHEN THE KEY IS TURNED OFF IT WILL UNSTICK. DEALER CONTACTED AND IS AWARE OF PROBLEM, BUT CANNOT REMEDY. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
WHEN STARTING VEHICLE ENGINE WILL REV UP TO FULL THROTTLE OR SUDDENLY ACCELERATE CAUSING A POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD. *AK
WHEN DRIVING AT 50 MPH THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED BY ITSELF WHICH LEFT CONSUMER'S BRAKES REAL HARD. BRAKES WOULDN'T GO IN, AND VEHICLE WAS RUNNING BY ITSELF. *AK
WHILE DRIVING TOOK FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR FOOT AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE AND SPEED OUT OF CONTROL. *AK
OWNER HAS POWER TRAIN PROBLEMS. VEHICLE WILL SOMETIMES TAKES OFF LIKE A ROCKET AND THAT DEALER STATED THAT THERE IS A FAULTY CYLINDER IN THE POWER TRAIN HOUSING THAT CAUSES THIS PROBLEM. O WNER IS VERY CONCERNED FOR HIS SAFETY. *AK
ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE/ACCIDENT. *SD
WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND DID NOT STOP UNTIL OWNER TURNED IGNITION OFF. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM ACTIVATES ON ITS OWN AND FAILS TO DISENGAGE. TT
GAS PEDAL WAS STUCK, DEALER REPLACED THROTTLE ASSEMBLY. TT *JB
VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, CAUSING ACCIDENT. *AW
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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