1994 Lincoln Continental Brakes Problems

THE CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED THE FOLLOWING: RECALL HEAD MOUNT , SUBFRAME, AIR BAG SUSPENSION SYSTEM, AIR SHOCK, REAR STABILIZER AND REAR SHOCK SENSORS-BOUNCING/BOBBING IN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, RIGHT REAR TIRE, LEFT REAR AIR STRUT-WAS BLOWN AND WAS DRAGGING DOWN IN BACK, A CONVERSION OF SUSPENSION WAS DONE TO CONVERT TO COIL SPRINGS AND REPLACE ALL 4 STRUTS AND HARDWARE, RECALL BRAKE & MOTOR MOUNT-BRAKE GRINDING, HEAD GASKET, AND INNER TIE ROD. (RECALL #'S 94V129000 & 97V019000) SCC

NHTSA ID

10004669

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID

746914

Incident

Dec 1, 2000

INTERMITTENTLY HEADLIGHTS WILL SHORT OUT, RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITY. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK ALSO, ANTILOCK BRAKES LOCKUP PERIODICALLY. *YH

NHTSA ID

887124

Incident

Jul 1, 2000

WHEN CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE SHE WAS INFORMED THAT HEAD GASKET AND FRONT TIMING CASE WERE LEAKING. ALSO, BRAKE /PADS AND SHOES/ MACHINE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. CONSUMER RECEIVED A LETTER REGARDING SERVICE PROGRAM 98M01, PREMATURE HEAD GASKET FAILURE. ONLY EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM AFTER THIS PROGRAM'S EXPIRATION DATE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

NHTSA ID

886737

Incident

Apr 20, 2001

A/C COMPRESSOR SEIZED. NLM

NHTSA ID

550026

Incident

Jul 1, 1998

HAVE TAKEN THIS CAR TO 2 DIFFERENT DEALERS FOR REPAIRS, TO NO AVAIL. MOTOR KNOCKS DRASTICALLY, ENGINE LEAKS WHEN PARKED ON SLIGHT DOWNHILL SLOPE, NEW SHOCKS/STRUTS SQUEAK TERRIBLY, LOUD THUNKING NOISE IN REAR END WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS. GAS MILEAGE VERY ERATIC, REAR HIGH MOUNT BRAKE ASSEMBLY MELTED. HELP!

NHTSA ID

715606

Incident

Nov 15, 1999

ONE OF THE BULBS IN THE HIGH MOUNTED REAR BRAKE LIGHTS WENT OUT. THE PLASTIC SOCKET HAD BURNED AND MELTED AROUND THE BULB. DEALER NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID

839315

Incident

May 16, 1999

PREVIOSULY REPORTED "NHTSA VEHICLE OWNER'S QUESTIONAIRE REFERENCE NUMBER 806372 DATED 12/16/1996. ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS AT APPROX, 20,00 MILES (10/28/96) AND APPROX. 55,000 MILES(10/9/98) THE BRAKES ON THE SUBJECT VEHICLE(1994 LINCOLN CONTINTIAL) HAVE FAILED. IN BOTH INSTANCES THE FAILURE OCCURED AT LOW SPEED AFTER HAVING SAT FOR A SHORT PEERIOD OF TIME WITH THE ARE IDLING AND THE FOOT BRAKE DEPRESSED, THAN RELEASED WITH THE CAR SLOWLY MOVING FORWARD(APPROX. 1 TO 2 MPH). UPON DEPRESSING THE FOOT BRAKE TO STOP THE PEDAL DEPRESSED ALL THE WAY TO FLOORBOARD WITH NO BRAKING AVAILABLE RESULTING IN MINOR ACCIDENTS TO NEARBY VEHICLES. IN ALL INSTANCES THERE HAS BEEN NO BRAKE FLUID LOSS NOR HAVE ANY BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS BEEN ON. AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT(10/28/96) AND THREE MONTHS OF INVESTIGATION FORD MOTOR COMPANY REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER AND VALVE BLOCK. THE BRAKING SYSTEM WORKED FINE UNTIL THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT(10/9/98). IN BOTH INSTANCES THE BRAKES(BRAKING ACTION) HAD RESTORED ITSELF BY THE TIME MECHANICS AT NEWMAN LINCOLN-MERCURY STARTED AN INVESTIGATIION OF THE PROBLEM(USUALLY EARLY THE NEXT MORNING...NOTE THAT IN BOTH INSTANCES THE BRAKE LOSS OCCURRED IN THE EARLY EVENING AFTER THE GARAGE WAS CLOSED). TO DATE(12/31/98) FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND DEALER HAVE DETERMINED THAT THEY CAN FIND NO PROBLEM AND HAVE ASKED THAT I RETURN THE VEHICLE TO SERVICE WITHOUT AND ROOT CAUSE DETERMINED NOR ANY CORRECTIVE ACTION TAKEN. AT THIS POINT I'M RESISTING RETURNING THE CAR TO SERVICE UNTIL THE ROOT CAUSE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED. THE CAR CURRENT IS COVERED UNDER A FROD MOTOR COMPANY EXTENDED SERVICE PLAN(EXTRACARE) UNTIL 86,000 MILES OR 3/29/2001. CURRENTLY THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT'S DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES DEALERS AND REPAIRERS DIVISION IS INVESTIGATING WHY FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND/OR NEWMAN LINCOLN-MERCURY HAVE NOT PERFORMED REPAIRS TO CORRECT THE BRAKE FAILURE PROBLEM. TO DATE THE CAR IS STILL AT DEALER AND NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE.

NHTSA ID

701788

Incident

Oct 9, 1998

WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE BRAKES WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO BUMP INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE BEFORE STOPPING. THE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR THE BRAKESTO BE REPAIRED, AND THE DEALER COULDN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA ID

831523

Incident

Oct 9, 1998

CENTER BRAKE LIGHT MALFUNCTIONED. THE HEAT OF THE LAMP IN THE BRAKE MELTED THE PLASTIC CONTAINER, CAUSING, IT TO FALL UNTO THE BULB AND DESTROYED THE BULB. *AK

NHTSA ID

828690

Incident

Sep 29, 1998

ENGINE FAILED 3 TIMES. IN ADDITION, BRAKING SYSTEM/AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM/SHOCKS/WIRING HARNESSAND AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR MALFUNCTIONED.

NHTSA ID

534775

Incident

Mar 24, 1998

BRAKE ROTORS FAILED SEVERAL TIMES, CAUSING VEHICLE TO VIBRATE.

NHTSA ID

527207

Incident

Nov 2, 1996

CONSUMER NOTICED VEHICLE WAS SHAKING EXTREMEY HARD. DEALER FIRST TURNED ROTORS, THEN HAD REPLACED A ROTORS. BUT WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS IT WAS OUT AGAIN, HAD TO REPLACE IT AGAIN. *AK

NHTSA ID

819451

PUT VEHICLE IN REVERSE TO BACK INTO GARAGE VEHICLE MOVED FORWARD. TRIED TO PUT IN PARK STILL MOVED FORWARD, THEN HIT BRAKES NO BRAKES. HIT VEHICLE, TRIED STEERING LEFT TO KEEP FROM HITTING CAR. FINALLY HIT EMERGENCY BRAKE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP.*AK

NHTSA ID

814483

Incident

Jul 28, 1997

DRIVING; STARTED TO APPLY (ABS)BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN; VEHICLE STARTED TO SHIMMY; PUSHED HARD ON BRAKE PEDAL WHICH WENT TO FLOOR; TOOK TO DEALER EACH TIME (4) & HAD THEM REPLACED 4 TIMES. MANUFACTURER SAID NO PROBLEM, BUT ITS ONGOING. *AK *NLM

NHTSA ID

812793

Incident

Jul 1, 1995

APPLIED THE ABS BRAKES AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP, RESULTING IN VEHICLE HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID

806513

Incident

Oct 28, 1996

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE PEDAL TRAVEL TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK TO ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO BE SHIFTED FROM PARK TO REVERSE, THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD TO BE PUMPED TO THE FLOOR REPEATEDLY AND MIDWAY THROUGH THE BRAKE'S TRAVEL TO THE FLOOR THERE WAS A NOTICABLE POINT OF RESISTANCE WITH AN ASSOCIATED NOISE AS IT PASSED THIS POSITION, A SERVICE REP FROM A DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE AND FOUND NO PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES OR THE BRAKING SYSTEM. *SLC

NHTSA ID

806372

Incident

Oct 28, 1996

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, VEHICLE BRAKES LOCK, CAUSING THE VEHICLE SLIDE INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE.**AK

NHTSA ID

800022

Incident

Jun 21, 1996

ACCIDENT DUE TO BRAKE PEDAL FAILURE PRIOR TO RECALL. (94V129000). *DSH

NHTSA ID

484973

Incident

Aug 14, 1995

BRAKE FAILURE. *AK

NHTSA ID

477876

Incident

Jan 9, 1994