Model years Lincoln Continental
2017 Lincoln Continental
Complaints about this year name opened far more often than the model's other years — 15% of them, about 37× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 74 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 18 |
| Involving a crash | 1 |
| Recalls | 4 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 20 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- assistance — 12% of complaints, 30× usual
- only — 11% of complaints, 27× usual
- warranty — 11% of complaints, 27× usual
What owners wrote
the rear driver’s and passenger’s side doors could no longer be opened from outside the vehicle. The doors could only be opened from the inside of the vehicle. The failure was also intermittent with the front driver’s and front passenger’s side doors. The caus…
My car has had 1 or all 4 of the outside door latches fail for 3-4 times now over its lifetime. Only under warranty for 10 years or 100k miles. Very expensive repair, at 1500 for 1 latch, or 5500 for all 4. This is almost the value of the whole car now. This h…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 19V077000 LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES Fixed free of charge.
- 17V123000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 16V731000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
- 22V644000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Lincoln Continental was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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