2000 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL Complaints

BOTH REAR WINDOWS HAVE FAILED AND NOW DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW HAS ISSUES. FRONT BRAKES HAD BE REPLACED AND NOW GRIND WHEN STOPPING AT HIGH SPEED. REAR VIEW MIRROR HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO ELECTRICAL FALURE. BOTH OUTER TYE ROD ENDS HAD TO BE REPLACED AFTER RUINING BOTH FRONT TIRES AND ALINEMENT WAS NOT COVERED BY EXTENDED WARRENTY. THE CARS RIDE AND HANDLING IS POOR AND THE INTERIOUR NOISE LEVEL IS HIGH FOR A LUXERY CAR.*AK

CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO TAKE THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE SHIFT PARKING GEAR, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BE NON DRIVABLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED. THE TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN TAKEN OUT SEVERAL TIME TO FIND THE PROBLEM. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED IN REVERSE. THE DEALER DID FIND THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT WAS DENIED. *PH. ALSO THE CLOCK SPRING WAS REPLACED. *JB

THE INSTRUMENT PANEL COULD NOT BE SEEN BY THE DRIVER BECAUSE OF THE SUNS REFLECTION ON THE DASHBOARD. PH *NLM THE CONSUMER NOTIFIED THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES IN A LETTER ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO READ THE SPEEDOMETER IN THE SUN LIGHT. SINCE OCTOBER 2002 THEY HAVE 3669 MILES ON THE SPEEDOMETER. THE CONSUMER FEELS UNSAFE IN DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND FORD NEEDS TO LET THE CONSUMERS KNOW THAT THIS PROBLEM CAN'T BE FIXED BEFORE SERIOUS DAMAGES OCCURS. *CB THE CONSUMER WAS REQUIRED TO WEAR SUNGLASSES THAT WILL SHIELD HIS EYES FROM GLARE, SO WHEN HE WORE THEM HE AS UNABLE TO READ THE SPEEDOMETER. *JB

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 40MPH ON THE HIGHWAY HEARD A THUMPING AND VIBRATING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR. LEFT FRONT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE WHEEL. *AK

WHEN THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME HARD, AND CONSEQUENTLY THE CONSUMER HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. *JB THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT WHICH HAPPENED WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE ENGINE HAD RUN ROUGH, THE DRIVER WINDOW HAS BECOME INOPERATIVE, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS LEFT TOO MANY STREAKS, THE LEFT REAR WINDOW HAD BECOME INOPERATIVE, THE REAR BRAKES WOULD GRIND WHEN APPLIED AT 50 MPH, THE STEERING FELT LOOSE AT 30 MPH AND THE CONSUMER HAD TO CONSTANTLY ADJUST, THE BRAKES WOULD NOT WORK AT TIMES(2 ACCIDENTS OCCURRED AS A RESULT), AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. *SCC

THE MOON ROOF WAS REPLACED BECAUSE THE MOTOR DID NOT WORK, THE AIR BAGS WERE REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES, AND THE LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE CONSUMER, THE HORN DID NOT WORK, THERE WAS A CHIMING NOISE EVERY 30 MINUTES, AND ALSO THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED TWICE, THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW WAS OFF TRACK, THE SPEAKERS DID NOT WORK, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED WHEN A STOP WAS MADE. *AK *JB

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED FROM THE REAR SEAT WITHOUT PHYSICAL CONTACT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. PLEASE FILL IN ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. PH

DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH STATES THE CONSUMER. TOOK TO DEALER AND DEALER STATED A ROCK IN THE ROAD MUST HAVE HIT A SENSOR, CAUSING THE AIRBAG TO DEPLOY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FLIP OVER, THE ENGINE REMAINED ON. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO CRAWL IN AND TURN THE IGNITION SWITCH OFF. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. TS VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *TT