Owner-reported complaints naming the visibility system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming windshields, glass, wipers, defrosters and mirrors. 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. 9 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 TRAVELING HEATER WOULD NOT WORK. ALSO, NOTICE WHITE SMOKE FROM TAIL PIPE. TECHNICIAN STATED HEAD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK THE BLOWN UP GASKET CAUSED THE ENGINE TO FAILE AND THE MANUFACTURER IS UNWILLING TO ISSUE RECALL. *YH
POWER WINDOWS ON THIS VEHICLE HAVE COME OFF TRACK, CAUSING THE WINDOWS TO ROLL UP AT AN ANGLE, CONSUMER HAS TO PULL THE WINDOW WITH HAND UNTIL TRACK CATCHES UP TO THE WINDOW TO HOLD IT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT RETURN TO ORIGINAL POSITION. THIS WOULD HAPPEN WHEN WIPERS ARE BEING TURNED OFF. WOULD NEED TO HAVE WIPER MOTOR REPLACED. *AK
RADIO ANTENNA GEAR BROKE, ANTENNA REPLACED.
WIPER BLADES FAIL TO RETURN TO THEIR ORIGINAL POSITION WHEN NOT IN USE, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY.
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, WENT TO LOWER DRIVER/PASSENGER SIDE WINDOWS, BOTH WINDOWS DROPPED OR WOULD NOT GO DOWN OR UP; TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS; DEALER DID NOT REPAIR PROBLEM. *AK
MOTOR MOUNTS REPLACED.
ENGINE REPLACED.
WINDSHIELD WIPER STICKS, REDUCING VISIBILITY.
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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