Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1985 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
15
NHTSA complaints
3
Defect investigations
20
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

15 filed
0
Crashes
8
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    3
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC Limited Slip
    2
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    2
  • SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:AIR Suspension System
    2
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL Injection System
    1
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING
    1
  • Suspension
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    1

Recalls

2 campaigns
86V109000·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:HYDRAULIC1986-08-08

UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, CONTACTS IN BRAKE SYSTEM RELAY COULD REMAIN CLOSED, CAUSING THE BRAKE PUMP MOTOR TO RUN CONTINUOUSLY, CAUSING IT TO OVERHEAT AND EVENTUALLY FAIL. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: SHOULD THE BRAKE SUPPLY MOTOR FAIL, THE POWER ASSIST TO THE FRONT BRAKES WILL BE LOST, AND AFTER ABOUT 10 TO 15 NORMAL BRAKE STOPS, LOSS OF REAR BRAKE FUNCTION WILL RESULT, CAUSING INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE. HOWEVER, THE INSTRUMENT BRAKE WARNING LIGHT WILL ILLUMINATE PRIOR TO REDUCED BRAKING CAPABILITY AND IF WARNING IS NOT HEEDED, AN ACCIDENT MAY OCCUR.

FixREPLACE PUMP MOTOR RELAYS.

85V040000·SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM1985-04-09

A MALFUNCTION MAY OCCUR IN THE AIR SUSPENSION ELECTRICAL CIRCUITRY.

RiskA WIRE TO THE AIR SUSPENSION COMPRESSOR COULD OVERHEAT CREATING A POTENTIAL FOR A FIRE, PRIMARILY WHEN PARKED AND KEY IS REMOVED.

FixREPLACE CONTROL MODULE WITH A NEWLY DESIGNED MODULE.

NHTSA investigations

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

AIR SUSPENSION FAILURE

PE88100·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1988-09-06 → 1989-04-17

ABS FAILURE

PE86067·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1986-07-29 → 1986-09-09

BRAKE FAILURE

Led to recall86V108000

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