1994 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL Complaints

WE WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF A SERVICE BULLETIN #94-24-7 WHICH WARNED OF THIS PROBLEM - SHOULD THIS HAVE BEEN COVERED UNDER WARRANTY ?

RIGHT FRONT MOTOR MOUNT BUSTED. ALSO, AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED WORKING/ ENGINE RAISED UP 8 INCHES, AND STEERING WHEEL WOULD STICK. *AK HEAD GASKET BLOWN AND REPLACED. *YH

THE HEAD GASKET WENT CAUSING THE ENGINE TO FAIL. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A DESIGN FAILURE IN FORD'S 3.8L ENGINE. THIS FAILURE IS KNOWN TO FORD AND THEY REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

ENGINE BLEW,PROBABLY DUE TO HEAD GASKET FAILURE. HEAD GASKET HAD BEEN REPLACED AT RECALL 8 MONTHS PRIOR TO ENGINE FAILURE. HAD CAR IN TO DEALER FOR COOLANT LEAK, JUST 300MI BEFORE ENGINE FAILURE.NEITHER DEALER OR FORD WOULD TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILY FOR ENGINE FAILURE

THIS FAILURE DETECTED SIMILAR WORK IN THIS AREA, PRIOR TO MY OWNERSHIP. IS THIS A LEMON RESOLD AFTER HEAD GASKET/TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE AS A FORD PROGRAM CAR? THE MILEAGE OF BEARING REPLACEMENT IS VERY, VERY LOW. WE PURCHASED THIS CAR WITH 31K SO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WERE HIDDEN FROM US.

WE PURCHASED CAR AS A COMPANY PROGRAM AND FOUND THINGS WRONG AT THAT TIME WHICH INDICATED CAR HAD BEEN IN SOME SORT OF ACCIDENT WHICH WE WERE NOT INFORMED OF TILL WE DISCOVERED THINGS LATER, SUCH AS INSIDE OF BACK RIM BENT, PIECES OF GLASS INSIDE BACK PAKAGE TRAY, RUBBER BUMPER MISSING ON 2 LEFT DOORS, AND AIR BAG WARNING WIRES UNHOOKED INSIDE STEERING WHEEL. AT 35000 MILES THE HEAD GASKET BLEW ON MOTOR(COVERED BY WARRANTY) THEN RIGHT AFTER WARRANTY RAN OUT AT 50000 MILES WE HAD 2 MASS AIR SENSORS FAIL, THEN THE IDLE CONTROL AND AT 56000 MILES FOUND LOW KNOCK IN ENGINE AND WHEN OPENED FOUND MANY WORN AND BAD PARTS IN ENGINE TO THE POINT WE HAD TO PUT NEW ENGINE IN CAR AT OUR OWN EXPENSE. DEALERS OR FORD MOTOR CO. WOULD NOT PAY ANY. CAR HAD ALWAYS BEEN SERVICED AT 2000 MILES SINCE WE'VE HAD IT AND DIDN'T USE ANY OIL. WE BELIEVE THIS FAILURE UNCALLED FOR AT THIS MILEAGE WITH THIS HIGH PRICED OF A CAR. THE LOCAL DEALER SHIP HAD 4 CARS IN THEIR SHOP AT THE SAME TIME WITH THIS 3.8 V6 ENGINE BEING REPLACED. ALSO FOUND A FORD VAN IN THE COMMUNITY AT A DIFERANT DEALER WITH SAME MOTOR OUT AT JUST UNDER 50000 MILE. SEEMS TO ME WITH THE CARE WE GAVE CAR AND THE DAMAGE FOUND TO THE CRANKSHAFT. PISTONS AND CAMSHAFT OF OUR ENGINE, THESE ENGINES MUST BE FAULTY FROM START.

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

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WOULD LOWER AND THE RAISE ITSELF. DELERSHIP HAS BEEN CONTACTED PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THE DOOR LOCKS WOULD NOT ALWAYS AUTOMATICALLY LOCK WHEN THE CAR WAS PUT INTO DRIVE WHEN I PURCHASED IT. I TOOK IT BACK IN SEVERAL TIMES AND HAD IT CHECKED BUT THEY COULD NEVER REPAIR THE PROBLEM. NOW THE DOORS WILL NOT LOCK AT ALL UNLESS IT IS DONE MANUALLY. THE REMOTE AND KEYLESS ENTRY WILL NOT WORK EITHER. THE AUTOMATIC LEVELING SYSTEM MAKES AN AWFUL WHIRRING NOISE NOW THAT THE DEALER SAYS IS NORMAL. IT WASN'T NORMAL WHEN THE CAR WAS NEW BECAUSE IT DID NOT MAKE THAT NOISE. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING ANTI-FREEZE WHICH COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. FORD HAS A EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR 75,000 OR 6 YEARS. *AK