Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1997 Lincoln Continental submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 11 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
TL*- THEE CONTACT HAS A 1997 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH BOTH TRACTION CONTROL, AND THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES. HE HAS HAD 3 FAILURES OF THE TRACTION CONTROL AND THE ANTILOCK BRAKING SYSTEM. THE MANUFACTURER NO LONGER MAKES THE REPLACEMENT PARTS, AND ONE CAN ONLY GET USED REPLACEMENT PARTS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 70,000.
BRAKE LINES WERE SO CORRODED THAT THEY FAILED, LEAVING ME WITHOUT BRAKES. MY MECHANIC CONTACTED FORD TO GET REPLACEMENT BRAKE LINES AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY ARE NOT MANUFACTURED ANYMORE. MY MECHANIC HAD TO MANUFACTURE HIS OWN BRAKE LINES. CAUSE OF THE LINE FAILURE SEEMS TO BE PROXIMITY TO THE MUFFLER CAUSING HEAT AND WATER TO CORRODE THE LINES. I HAVE THE OLD BRAKE LILNES AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION.*AK
WHEN APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL ANTI LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM MADE A GROANING NOISE, CAUSING BRAKE PEDAL TO PUMP. ALSO, CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO PASS THE DESIRED STOPPING POINT. *AK
BRAKE FAILURE. PH
OCCASIONALY BRAKES ERRATICALLT DON'T WORK-REQUIRES CONSTANT PRESSURE-ACCOMPANIED BY A LOAD THUD.*AK
THE BRAKE ROTORS REQUIRE REPLACEMENT EVERY 15000 MILES. NLM
GEAR IN BACK OF LEFT FRONT TIRE CRACKED - ERRATIC ACTIVATION OF ANTI LOCK BRAKING *AK
ONGOING STARTING PROBLEM; VEHICLE BEEN IN / OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON FOUR OCCASIONS, AND VEHICLE STILL REMAINED IN SHO.; ALSO, VEHICLE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES MAKING NOISE WHEN APPLIED. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT WAS NORMAL FOR ALL VEHICLES. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. *AK
BRAKES FADE.
FRONT BRAKES FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHAKE TERRIBLY WHEN BRAKING.
CONSUMER BELIEVES THE BODY AND FRAME DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE CAUSES WATER AND SLUDGE TO BECOME TRAPPED AROUND THE FUEL AND BRAKE LINES CAUSING THE LINES TO ROT OUT AND THE BRAKES TO FAIL.
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.
Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own
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