1993 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL Complaints

TWO OF THE THREE TIMES THE AIR RIDE UNITS EXPLODED THE RESULTING REPORT WAS SIMILAR TO THAT OF A HIGH POWERED RIFLE, STARTLING MYSELF AND THOSE WITHIN HUNDREDS OF YARDS. ALSO THE CAR'S HANDLING WAS SERVERLY IMPAIRED. IF I HAD BEEN TRAVELLING AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED AN ACCIDENT WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE. I'VE TOLD THE SERVICE PEOPLE THAT THIS SHOULD BE SEEN AS A SAFETY ISSUE BUT THEY HAD NO REPLY.

THE VEHICLE HAD A DESIGN PROBLEM WITH THE MOTOR AND HEAD GASKET ASSEMBLY WHICH THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF, THE DAMAGED GASKETS WERE REPLACED IN 1997 WITH THE SAME STYLE GASKETS AS THE ORIGINAL ILL DESIGNED GASKET WHICH EVENTUALLY FAILED AGAIN. NLM

BLOWN HEAD GASKET ON 3.8 LITER ENGINE AT ONLY 42,000 MILES, CAUSING DAMAGE TO ENGINE WHICH ALSO NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *AK CONSUMER FEELS THIS SHOULD BE COVERED IN THE RECALL. *SLC

HEAD GASKETS HAVE BLOWNOUT PREMATURELY TWICE. FORD HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK THE SECOND TIME OF THE HEAD GASKET FAILURE, THE ENGINE WAS ALSO RUINED, CONSUMER WAS CHARGED FOR SECOND REPAIR. *SLC

AT 28,835 MILES HEAD GASKET FAILED ,CAUSING NO- HEAT IN VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATING. *AK THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE HEAD GASKET PROBLEM BUT HAD NOTHING TO CORRECT IT. *YH

VEHICLE NOT HEATING, COLD AIR WAS COMING OUT OF HEATER, AND VEHICLE THREATENED TO STALL. IT WAS TAKEN TO REPAIR SHOP, AND A TSB WAS FOUND ON BLOWN GASKETS. THERE WAS AN EXTENDED GOLD WARRANTY ISSUED IN 1998 FOR LINCOLN, CONTINENTALS 1993- 1995. REPAIRMEN CALLED TO SEE IF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WOULD BE COVERED, ONLY 1994-1995 WOULD BE REPAIRED FREE, 1993 VEHICLES WEREN'T COVERED. *AK CONSUMER HAS HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE: DRIVER'S SIDE HEATED MIRROR FAILED, 02 SENSOR FAILED AND WAS REPLACED, TRANSMISSION PAN GASKET REPLACED, OUTER TIE ROD ENDS AND FRONT SWAY BAR LINKS AND BUSHINGS REPLACED, LEFT FRONT INSIDE DOOR HANDLE REPLACED, VEHICLE WOULD NOT COME OUT OF PARK, BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH REPLACED, SUSPENSION PUMP REPLACED, RESERVE TANK REPLACED, RIGHT AND LEFT AIR BAGS REPLACED, SHOCKS REPLACED, DISTRIBUTOR CAP REPLACED, SPARK PLUGS REPLACED, LEFT DOOR ACTUATOR REPLACED, BLOWER MOTOR SPEED CONTROLLER REPLACED, REPLACED FRONT BRAKE PADS, REPLACED REAR BRAKE PADS, MACHINED ROTORS, REPLACED REAR BRAKE CALIPERS, REPLACED FRONT BRAKE ROTORS, SERPENTINE BELT REPLACED, SERPENTINE BELT TENSIONER REPLACED, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, FRONT AND REAR MOTOR MOUNTS REPLACED, CYLINDER HEAD BOLTS REPLACED, REAR SUSPENSION FAILED, AND FROM THE HEAD GASKET FAILURE DEALER WOULD NOT REIMBURSE CONSUMER. *SLC

HEAD GASKET FAILURE IN A 3.8L V6 ENGINE CAUSES VEHICLE TO RUN ROUGH, WHITE SMOKE TO COME FROM TAIL PIPE,COOLANT LEAKAGES, AND OVERHEATING. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE'S VIN WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL. *AK *SLC

VEHICLE HAD BLOWN A HEAD GASKET TWICE WITHIN PAST TWO YEARS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK DURING REPLACEMENT OF RADIATOR AND POWER STEERING THE MECHANIC POURED, BY MISTAKE, A METAL CLEANER INTO THE RADIATOR WHICH RESULTED IN UNPLEASANT ODOR. THE CUSTOMER WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE POSSIBLE DAMAGE CAUSED TO THE RADIATOR SEALS, HOSES AND THE ENGINE BY THAT CHEMICAL BEFORE IT WASH FLUSHED OUT. THERE IS A NOISE PROBLEM WHICH SEEMS TO BE RELATED TO THE POWER STEERING THAT WAS NOT THERE BEFORE THE REPLACEMNT OF THE POWER STEERING HOSES. *YH

THE HEAD GASKET HAS BLOWN, CAUSING ENGINE FAILURE AND IT BEING A 1993 FORD HAS DECIDED NOT OT INCLUDE THE VEHICLE WITHIN THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. *AK

ENGINE MOUNTS BROKE, CAUSING ENGINE TO RISE AND BECOME UNSECURE. *AK THE ENGINE MOUNT BREAKING ALSO CAUSED REAR BRAKE AND ROTOR FAILURES. THE FRONT TIRES WAS DAMAGE. *YH