Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1984 Lincoln Continental

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

2
Open recalls
6
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
12
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

6 filed
0
Crashes
2
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • SUSPENSION:FRONT
    1
  • SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION:SPRINGS/BAGS
    1
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    1
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS Recirculation Valve (EGR VALVE)
    1
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:COOLING System
    1
  • SUSPENSION:REAR
    1
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
    1

Recalls

2 campaigns
84V072000·STEERING:LINKAGES:ROD:RELAY:CONNECTING1984-06-15

IF THE SELECTOR IS GENTLY OR SLOWLY MOVED TOWARDS PARK, THE TRANSMISSION MAY NOT CHANGE TO PARKING GEAR. SIMILARLY, SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE SELECTOR FROM REVERSE TO NEUTRAL MAY NOT REMOVE THE TRANSMISSION FROM REVERSE GEAR.

FixDEALER WILL REPLACE RUBBER-ISOLATED SHIFT ROD WITH A CONVENTIONAL ONE-PIECE ROD AND WILL READJUST THE SHIFT LINKAGE.

83V134000·SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE1983-12-20

THE BOLTS THAT ATTACH THE D-SHAPED RING FOR THE SHOULDER BELT ARE INADEQUATELY SUPPORTED BY THE MATERIAL IN WHICH THEY ARE MOUNTED. THE ATTACHMENT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 210, "SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY ANCHORAGES".

FixDEALERS WILL INSTALL NEW ATTACHING HARDWARE TO IMPROVE THE STRENGTH OF THE MOUNTING.

NHTSA investigations

2 actions
PE93036·SUSPENSION1993-04-12 → 1993-08-04

AIR SUSPENSION FAILURE

PE89039·PARKING BRAKE1989-02-09 → 1989-06-13

PARKING BRAKE FAILURE

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