2000 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL Complaints

LTR FM (PA) REPORTING COIL SPRING BROKE IN HIS MODEL YEAR 2000 FORD LINCOLN CONTINENTAL DEFECTIVE VEHICLE. *TS *NM

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX. 10 MPH I HEARD A LOUD BANG ON THE MORNING OF 4-24-06. I CAME TO A STOP THINKING I HAD HIT SOMETHING IN THE ROAD. I LOOKED AROUND THE BACK OF THE CAR AND NOTICED PART OF THE COIL SPRING ON THE GROUND. I KNEW EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS BECAUSE THE PASSENGER SIDE BROKE ON 4-6-06. IF AT EITHER TIME I WOULD HAVE BEEN DRIVING AT ANY SUBSTANTIAL SPEED IT COULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PUTTING AIR IN THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE, IT WAS NOTICED, THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS HAD BROKEN AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. ALTHOUGH THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED, NO APPOINTMENT FOR INSPECTION WAS MADE. UPDATED 5/2/2006 - *NM

RECENTLY PURCHASED THIS CAR(2000 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL) USED, ME AND A FRIEND DECIDED TO GO TO THE BEACH, ON THE WAY, ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 45-65 MPH WHILE THE ACCELERATOR WAS CONSTANT THE GEAR SHIFTING BECAME SPORADIC/SHUDDERING BETWEEN THE GEARS, ALMOST EVERY SINGLE TIME AFTER THE SHUDDER STOPPED THE RPM ON THE TACHOMETER WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY DROP AND SPEED WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY DROP AS WELL AND EVEN WHEN APPLYING FULL ACCELERATION TO THE PEDAL THE CAR ACTED AS IF IT WERE IN NEUTRAL BUT THE ENGINE WAS NOT REVVING UP EITHER, IF THIS HAPPENED WHILE TRYING TO SWITCH LANES ON THE HIGHWAY IN TRAFFIC WITH A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN SPEED AND CONTROL OVER THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE AN ACCIDENT COULD HAVE OCCURRED. SEVERAL SERVICE BULLETINS ON THE NHTSA WEB SITE INDICATE THIS SIMILAR DEFECTS IN THE TRANSMISSION FOR THIS VEHICLE. *JB

COMPLETED A TURN USING THE SIGNAL LIGHT(UNKNOWN IF RELATED) AND SMOKE EMITTED FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. A ODOR OF BURNING WIRING INSULATION WAS DETECTED AT THE SAME TIME. DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE AND NO CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS TAKEN. *JB

DT: CONTACT STATES THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. DEALER REPAIRED THE PROBLEM NUMEROUS TIMES, BUT AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME BACK ON. *AK SMOKE EMMITTED FORM THE VEHICLE'S STEERING COLUMN AT THE FLASHER SWITCH. *NM

THE SPRING ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE BROKE, CAUSING THE BROKEN END TO CATCH THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE RIPPING THE ENTIRE SIDE AND INHIBITING STEERING. HAD THIS HAPPENED AT ANY SPEED WHILE DRIVING AN TERRIBLE ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED. THERE WAS NO PRIOR INCIDENT WHICH COULD HAVE LED TO THE SPRING BREAKING AND THERE IS NO OBVIOUS SUPERFICIAL DEFECT IN THE SPRING. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED BURNS FROM THE HEATER LOCATED IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK INCIDENT OCCURRED DURING A ROAD TRIP FROM MILWAUKEE TO NEW YORK. INITIALLY, CONSUMER JUST WANTED HIS HOSPITAL BILLS PAID AND THE SEAT REPAIRED/REPLACED. FORD DENIED THE CLAIM ON THE BASIS THAT THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO VERIFY A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. CONSUMER THEN TOOK HIS CLAIM TO SMALL CLAIMS COURT. *PH

THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE MECHANIC INDICATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *NM

MY VEHICLE STARTED VIBRATING INTERNALLY WHEN I REACH 70 MILES PER HOUR. IF FEELS AS THOUGH THE SEAT HAS VIBRATOR IN IT. SIMILAR TO THE FEEL OF A VIBRATING PAGER. THIS HAPPENS DURING ACCELERATION. I DO NOT FEEL ANYTHING AT 60MPH. WHEN I REACH 70 I CAN FEEL IT THE SEAT AND GAS PEDAL. THE VIBRATION CONTINUES UNITL I REACH 85MPH. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE DIFFERENTIAL AND HAS TRIED A NUMBER OF THINGS. THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD REPLACE THE REAR END BECAUSE THE GEARS THAT THEY WERE GETTING WOULD NOT HELP AND WOULD PROBABLY CAUSE MORE VIBRATION. THEY HAD A FORD ENGINEER COME IN DRIVE THE VEHICLE. HIS RESPONCE THE THE VEHICLE WAS VIBRATING WITHIN ACCEPTABLE LIMITS. I ASKED WHAT THOSE LIMITS WERE AND HE SAID THAT LIMIT HE DETERMINED WHEN HE DROVE THE VEHICLE. I LEFT THE DEALERSHIP ON THAT COMMENT.