1991 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL Complaints

BRAKES LOCKED UP AND WERE SMOKING. VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE AND HAD TO BE TOWED. REPAIR SERVICE COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG AND VEHICLE WORKING FINE.

BRAKE PEDAL SOMETIMES DOES NOT FULLY RETURN CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO DRAG. PLACING FOOT UNDER THE PEDAL AND LIFTING IT IS THE ONLY WAY TO CORRECT. THIS IS CAUSED BY FAILING POWER BRAKE BOOSTERS.

THERE IS A REAL STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE. DEALER IS LOOKING AT VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER STATED THAT CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY, AND WOULD NOT BEABLE TO DO ANYTHING FOR THE CONSUMER. *AK

FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WON'T ENGAGE. THINKS VEHICLE SHOULD BE RECALLED.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT JUST STOPPED, AND IT WAS PUT INTO GEAR AND NOTHING HAPPENED, DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND AWARE OF A DEFECT IN CAR. THREE TIMES IN THREE MONTHS THE CAR HAS BEEN IN FOR SERVICE OF TRANSMISSION, CHIPS OF METAL WAS FOUND IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID, TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

CONSUMERS WIFE WAS PULLING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY WHEN SHE NOTICED FLAMES SHOOTING FROM UNDERNEATH THE DASH (CENTER AREA). DEALER & MFR. WERE NOTIFIED AND UNWILLING TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY. *SLC

AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE, IT CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARMENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE'S PROBLEMS STARTED THE DAY AFTER CONSUMER BOUGHT THE CAR. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND CONSUMER CORRECTED THE FOLLOWING: OIL CHANGE, BELT, SPEEDING BALANCE, TIRES WERE CHECKED, ALL AT CONSUMERS COSTS. VEHICLE IS STILL SHAKING, AND VIBRATING WHEN DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35-45 MPH. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AGAIN, AND CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. ALSO TOLD CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS A 15-DAY WARRANTY THAT WAS EXPIRED. CONSUMER WAS UNAWARE OF THE 15-DAY WARRANTY. *AK

REAR MOTOR MOUNTS BROKE CAUSING FRONT WHEELS TO LOCK UP, INJURING CONSUMER'S BACK AND NECK.

FRONT PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILS TO LOCK. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE RESTRAINT BUCKLE . *AK