1994 Lincoln Continental

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/30/2007· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  THE HEADLIGHTS ON MY 1994 LINCOLN MARK 8 ARE TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE IN QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE. THESE ARE WITHOUT A DOUBT THE WORST OEM LIGHTS EVER PRODUCED. THEY ARE DANGEROUS DUE TO THEIR TERRIBLE LIGHT OUTPUT AND DEFECTIVE CONSTRUCTION!! LINCOLN WILL NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT AND DOES NOT PRODUCE REPLACEMENT PART FOR THIS CAR. THIS CAR HES BECOME UNDRIVEABLE AT NIGHT DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE CONSTRUCTION OF THE OEM LIGHT HOUSINGS! THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE! PLEASE TAKE THE APPROPRIATE ACTION!! *TR

• 12/30/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKE ROTORS FAILED SEVERAL TIMES, CAUSING VEHICLE TO VIBRATE.

• 12/30/1997· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  ENGINE GASKET FAILURE.

• 12/29/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WAS NOT NOTIFIED BY MANFACTURER OF GASKET PROBLEM; HAD TO REPLACE; 3500 MI LATER ENGINE HAS FAILED-VALVES/BEARING(?) *AK

• 12/28/2004· ELECTRICAL SYSTEMFire

  1)WALKED INTO GARAGE IN EVENING AND FOUND WHITE, ACRID SMOKE. UPON PULLING CAR OUT OF GARAGE, HEARD WHOOSHING SOUND. 2 )UPON REMOVING THE RT FRONT FENDER WELL, FOUND THE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATOR SWITCH HAD CAUGHT FIRE AND MELTED AND HAD MELTED THE RT FRONT AIR LINE TO SUSPENSION ROUTED ABOVE IT. LUCKY IT DIDN'T SET FIRE TO MY GARAGE. 3) I WILL NEED NEW AIR LINE (ORDERED FOR $15.00), WILL NEED SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATOR SWITCH AND CONNECTOR/ WIRING REPLACED, COST UNKNOWN-IF I CAN EVEN FIND THE PARTS. OF NOTE, THIS SWITCH HAS A PREVIOUS HISTORY OF FAILURE AND FIRES, BUT FORD HAS FAILED TO ISSUE A RECALL ON THIS MAKE OR MODEL YEAR. SWITCH WAS LOCATED UNDER HOOD AND FORD RELOCATED IT TO RT FRONT FENDER WELL. THIS MAY HAVE CUT DOWN ON FIRES AS INTENSE, BUT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM OF A DEFECTIVE DESIGN. THEIR FAILURE TO NOTIFY CONSUMERS CONCERNS ME. *JB

• 12/28/2001· STRUCTURE

  CONSUMER STATED INTERMITTENTLY THE VEHICLE WILL LOCKED UP, WHILE DRIVING ON A OFF RAMP AT 30-35MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN, MANUFACTURER REFERRED CONSUMER TO A DEALER THAT WOULD DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM.*AK. CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM IS A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT AND THE ORIGNIAL OWNER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT THE CONSUMER WAS NOT, THERFORE THE PROBLEM WILL NOT BE COVERED.*YH

• 12/27/2000· EQUIPMENT

  NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

• 12/26/2012· STEERING,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINECrash

  THE CAR ALWAYS BEEPS OVERHEATS AND LOSES STEERING. *TR

• 12/26/2007· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  POOR NIGHT DRIVE ABILITY DUE TO POOR OEM DESIGN OF HEADLIGHT SYSTEM. LIGHTS GET FADED OVER TIME AND THE INTERIOR REFLECTOR MATERIAL BAKES OFF. CONVERT TO A NEWER HID SYSTEM IS A VERY VIABLE SOLUTION . *TR

• 12/26/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  ENGINE HEAD GASKETS FAILED CAUSING ENGINE TO STOP RUNNING. FAILURE WAS IMMEDIATE IN NATURE AND GAVE NO PRIOR WARNING OF EXISTING PROBLEM. WE HAVE LEARNED THROUGH RESEARCH FORD IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM ON THE 3.8L ENGINES. *AK

• 12/23/2007· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  HEADLIGHTS, MAKE DRIVING AT NIGHT NEAR IMPOSSIBLE AND I WON'T EVEN TRY WHEN ITS RAINING.IVE REPLACED THEM BUT THEY DULLOUT. *TR

• 12/23/2007· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  HEADLIGHTS ARE "YELLOWED" AND LOW BEAMS ARE PRACTICALLY USELESS. *TR

• 12/21/2002· SUSPENSION,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EQUIPMENT

  ELECTRICAL PROBLEM- WINDOWS, TRUNK WILL NOT GO UP NOR DOWN.CAR WOULDN'T CUT OFF EVEN WHEN THE KEY WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE EGNITION SHOCKS AND SUSPENSION-SHOCKS ARE CONSISTANTLY BEING REPLACED FOR UNKNOWED PURPOSES. INCLUDING THE AIR SUSPENSION. OVER HEATING- RADIATOR AND TERMOSTATE WAS REPLACED AND HAS GONE BAD WITHIN 1 WEEK.

• 12/20/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

• 12/20/1999· VISIBILITY

  WINDSHIELD WAS INCORRECTLY INSTALLED CAUSING WATER TO LEAK INTO VEHICLE. NLM

• 12/18/2001· SUSPENSION

  WHILE TRAVELING AT 30 MPH SHOCK ABSORBERS EXPLODED AND VEHICLE WENT 1 TO 2 FEET IN AIR BEFORE IT CAME BACK DOWN. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

• 12/18/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULICCrash

  APPLIED THE ABS BRAKES AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP, RESULTING IN VEHICLE HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK

• 12/18/1995· VISIBILITY

  STRESS CRACKS DEVELOPED IN WINDSHIELD DUE TO LOCATION OF HEATER DEFROSTER SYSTEM. TT

• 12/16/1999· POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  VEHICLE DECELERATES WHILE TRAVELING CAUSING DRIVER TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF COMPLETELY. HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WILL START, BUT WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE / FORWARD. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. *YC

• 12/16/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULICCrash

  WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE PEDAL TRAVEL TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK TO ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO BE SHIFTED FROM PARK TO REVERSE, THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD TO BE PUMPED TO THE FLOOR REPEATEDLY AND MIDWAY THROUGH THE BRAKE'S TRAVEL TO THE FLOOR THERE WAS A NOTICABLE POINT OF RESISTANCE WITH AN ASSOCIATED NOISE AS IT PASSED THIS POSITION, A SERVICE REP FROM A DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE AND FOUND NO PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES OR THE BRAKING SYSTEM. *SLC

• 12/13/1995· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  EXPERIENCING ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE, VEHICLE LIGHTING WENT OFF WHILE DRIVING. TT

• 12/12/2000· STRUCTURE

  THE WELDED WASHER TO THE FRAME FOR THE STRUT BAR MOUNTING FAILED. *SLC

• 12/10/2007· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 LINCOLN MARK VIII. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V336000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE PART FOR THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE SWITCH WAS NOT DISCONNECTED; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT IS AWARE OF THE SAFETY HAZARD. THERE HAD BEEN NO FAILURE TO DATE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

• 12/09/2000· POWER TRAIN

  AFTER STOP TRANSMISSION GOES INTO NEUTRAL NOT BACK INTO DRIVE FORDS PISTON FAILURE IS COMMON. *AK

• 12/08/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  THIS CONDITION HAS BEEN A ON GOING PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR AND ENGINE FORD HAS ISSUED A NOTICE TO OWNERS THAT THEY WILL FIX ALL CARS THAT FAIL WITHIN SIX YEARS OR 75000 MILES THIS CAR IS OVER THE SIX YEAR PROID BY THREE MONTH AND FORD WILL NOT HELP IN THE REPAIRS WHICH I WAS QUOTED A PRICE $1200.00 FOR REPAIR THE ENGINE I BET THIS CONDOCTION HAS COST THOUSAND ON LINCOLN OWNERS A LOT OF MONEY ,IT A SHAME THAT THE COMSUMER HAS TO PAY FOR FORDS MISTAKE OF USING FALTY HEAD GASKETS. *AK

• 12/08/1999· UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

• 12/07/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  HAD RECENT HEADGASKET FAILURE, REPORTED TO LINCOLN, AFTER REPEAT CONVERSATIONS CORRECTED PROBLEM. *AK

• 12/07/1998· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  ONGOING PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE LOSING TWO QUARTS OF ANTI-FREEZE A MONTH, AND NO SIGN OF LEAKING COULD BE FOUND. DEALER NOTIFIED & INSPECTED THE VEHCLE, AND INFORMED T COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. *AK

• 12/06/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULICCrash

  BRAKE BOOSTER FAILED WHEN OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE CHANGED DRAMATICALLY, OTHER FORD BRAKE BOOSTERS HAVE HAD OTHER FAILURE MODES. I STILL HAVE ORIGINAL FAILED PART.. PART WAS REPLACED BY LINCOLN DEALER WITH ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT

• 12/05/2007· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 LINCOLN MARK VIII. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL (NHTSA CAMPAIGN 07V336000) IN AUGUST 2007. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE PARTS WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL JUNE 2008. THE CONTACT FELT THAT THE WAIT TIME FOR THE PART WAS EXCESSIVE. THE DEALER REFUSED TO DISCONNECT THE SPEED CONTROL BECAUSE THEY WERE TOO BUSY. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND THERE HAD BEEN NO FAILURE TO DATE.

• 12/03/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  THE OWNER DROVE THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS. WORK WAS DONE TO THE GASKETS. THE DEALER SAID THAT THE COST WOULD BE 1200.00 FOR FURTHER GASKET REPAIR WORK. THE OWNER REFUSED, AND FELT THAT HE WAS BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OFF. *AK *SCC *JB

• 12/03/1999· STEERING,SUSPENSION,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  HAVE TAKEN THIS CAR TO 2 DIFFERENT DEALERS FOR REPAIRS, TO NO AVAIL. MOTOR KNOCKS DRASTICALLY, ENGINE LEAKS WHEN PARKED ON SLIGHT DOWNHILL SLOPE, NEW SHOCKS/STRUTS SQUEAK TERRIBLY, LOUD THUNKING NOISE IN REAR END WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS. GAS MILEAGE VERY ERATIC, REAR HIGH MOUNT BRAKE ASSEMBLY MELTED. HELP!

• 12/01/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,AIR BAGSCrash

  WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE BRAKES WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO BUMP INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE BEFORE STOPPING. THE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR THE BRAKESTO BE REPAIRED, AND THE DEALER COULDN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

• 12/01/1998· POWER TRAIN

  CONSUMER EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION. DEALER NOTIFIED AND CONDITION HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED AT THIS TIME. *AK

• 11/30/2002· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  THIS VEH. HAS PREVIOUS SAFETY AND GENERAL RECALLS ON THE ABOVE PROBLEMS. TSB95S22 AND TSB97S66 RE ENG COOLING FAN AND GENERAL RECALLS TSB 98M01 AND TSB00M00 HEAD GASKET RECALLS. THE FORD MOTOR CO AS WELL AS THE DEALERSHIP REFUSE TO HONOR THE RECALLS STATING THEIR 7 YR OR 100,000 EXTENDED WARRANTY PERIOD. THERE IS A PREVIOUS CUSTOMER COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST THIS MFG ON 01/10/2002, ODIID: 757852. I FEEL THAT IF THIS MFG. CAN NOT HONOR A SAFETY OR GENERAL (RELATED) RECALL FOR THE LIFE OF THE VEHICE AND THE SAFETY OF THE MOTORING PUBLIC THEY SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO RECALL THE VEHICLES FROM THE HIGHWAY AND DISMANTLE THEM FOR THE NON RECALLABLE PARTS. THIS VEHICLE AND OTHERS LIKE IT ARE BEING OPERATED IN AREAS OF HEAVY FOG CONDITIONS. EMMISSIONS FROM CRANKCASE HEAD GASKETS BLOWING ALONG WITH HEAVY FOG CONDTIONS CAN AND WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. MY VEHICLE IS OPERATED IN MOBILE/BALDWIN COUNTIES HEAVY FOG ALONG THE I-10 BAYWAY (MOBILE/BALDWIN CO.) HAS ALREADY HAD SEVERAL TRAFFIC FATALITIES THAT ARE FOG AND EMMISSION CONDITIONS . AS ALABAMA HAS NO EMISSION CONTROLS IN PLACE THE NHTSA SHOULD INSIST ON THIS MFG HONORING THE SAFETY AND GENERAL RECALLS TO PROTECT THE MOTORING PUBLIC. DT

• 11/30/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  IT IS PROOF THAT THE 3.8L ENGINE HAS A MANUFACTURES DEFECT TO HEAD GASKETS AT THE TIME THE HEAD GASKET LET GO THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC VISABILITY WAS ZERO THE OUTCOME COULD BE LOSS OF LIFE IF CAR CRASHED INTO A POLE THE STEAM THAT CAME OUT OF THE EXAHUST WAS SO GREAT.ALSO CAR CAN STALL AND LOSS OF CONTROL IS ALSO A FACTOR. IT IS A KNOWN DEFECT AND RECALL OF THERE PRODUCT WHOULD BE IN THE BEST INTREST OF SAFTY

• 11/29/2007· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 LINCOLN MARK VIII. THE PLASTIC LENS ON THE HEADLIGHTS ARE CORRODED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LINES ON THE ROAD AND CURBS ARE NOT VISIBLE AT NIGHT; YET, ONCOMING DRIVERS ARE ABLE TO SEE HIM. IN 2000, THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WOULD REPLACE THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES FOR $520. THE HEADLIGHTS WERE SANDED DOWN WITH AN ELECTRIC DRILL AND SAND PAPER BY A SERVICE STATION MECHANIC, WHICH WAS AN IMPROVEMENT; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT HAS TO DRIVE WITH THE HIGH BEAMS ACTIVATED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 160,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000. UPDATED 3/4/08 *CN

• 11/28/1995· STEERING,AIR BAGSCrash

  DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT COLLISION, VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL. TT TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN ACCIDENT. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY TAKEN TO DEALER FOR POWER STEERING PROBLEMS. *SLC

• 11/26/2001· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  HEAD LIGHTS ARE DIM AND DANGEROUS FOR NIGHT DRIVING. MOST TIMES YOU REALLY HAVE TO LOOK HARD TO SEE IF YOUR LIGHTS ARE ON. CHECKED WITH DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE LENSES WERE CRACKED ON THE INSIDE. YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT THE LENSES ARE DULLED ON THE OUTSIDE AND THE REFLECTORS ON THE INSIDE ARE ALMOST ALL GONE. I CLEANED THE OUTSIDE LENS WITH A WINDOW CLEANER AND SPRAYED SOME CLEAR POLYURETHANE ON THEM. IT CLEARED THE LENSES BY THE REFLECTORS ARE STILL NOT PROJECTING.

• 11/25/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  CONSUMER NOTICED VEHICLE WAS SHAKING EXTREMEY HARD. DEALER FIRST TURNED ROTORS, THEN HAD REPLACED A ROTORS. BUT WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS IT WAS OUT AGAIN, HAD TO REPLACE IT AGAIN. *AK

• 11/25/1997· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINEFire

  FUEL LINE FAILED WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK

• 11/19/2001· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  I BOUGHT REPLACEMENT HEADLIGHTS FROM FORD LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF YELLOWING HEADLIGHTS, BECAUSE I COULDN'T SEE AT NIGHT. I AM HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN (CAN'T SEE AT NIGHT) WITH THE REPLACEMENT LIGHTS THAT THEY SENT ME AND THEY WERE ORIGINAL OEM PARTS. *AK

• 11/19/1996· SUSPENSION

  YOU CAN BE DRIVING ALONG AT ANY SPEED AND FEEL A VIBRATION , LIKE THE WHOLE CAR IS JUST SHAKING. *AK

• 11/18/1999· SUSPENSION,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  PURCHASED CAR AT USED CAR SALE THROUGH COMPANY CREDIT UNION IN APRIL OF 1999. THE CAR HAD JUST OVER 50,000 MILES. CALLED LINCOLN CONTINENTAL AND THEY HAD NO SERVICE RECORD ON THE CAR. TRACKED DOWN FORMER OWNER AND HE ADVISED THAT HE HAD NO MAJOR PROBLEMS. TWO WEEKS AFTER PURCHASE HAD A CIRCUIT REPLACED. THE BLOWN CIRCUIT EFFECTED THE SPEEDOMETER AND CAUSE THE ENGINE TO REV UP AND DOWN DEPENDING ON WHAT THE BROKEN SPEEDOMETER REFLECTED. IN AUGUST THE ALTERNATOR FAILED AND HAD REPLACED BY LINCOLN SERVICE CENTER. DRIVING HOME FROM SERVICE CENTER THE REAR SUSPENSION FAILED. THE SERVICE CENTER REFUSED TO REPAIR SAYING THAT THE HYDRAULIC SUSPENSION WAS PROBLEMATIC FOR THIS MODEL. THREE WEEKS LATER THE HEADGASKETS BLEW AFTER A LESS THAN 15 MILE DRIVE (TO CHURCH). *AK

• 11/16/1998· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  CONSUMER WAS DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY WHEN HEADLIGHTS WENT COMPLETELY OUT-. THEY CAME BACK ON A COUPLE MINUTES LATER, BUT CONSUMER WAS DRIVING IN THE DARK FOR MINUTE. *AK

• 11/15/2001· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS ARE TOO DIM TO BE SAFE AND/OR EFFECTIVE. *AK

• 11/15/2001· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  HEADLIGHTS CUT OUT & AUTO LIGHTS DON'T ALWAYS WORK. *AK

• 11/13/1999· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  LINCOLN/DEALER UNABLE TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. WARRANTY REPAIR REFUSED. NO SAFET DEFECT MENTIONED IN SUMMARY. *AK

• 11/13/1996· POWER TRAIN

  WHILE DRIVING HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND THEN THE TRANSMISSION BLEW OUT, BRINGING VEHICLE TO A SUDDEN HALT, THROWING TWO PEOPLE IN THE FRONT AGAINST THE WINDSHIELD AND ONE PERSON IN BACK ON THE FLOOR, ALL THREE SUFFERED INJURIES. *AK

• 11/12/2010· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  THE HEAD LIGHTS ON THE 94 LINCOLN MARK 8 DO NOT PUT OUT ENOUGH LIGHT TO SAFELY SEE WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE RD, IT APPEARS THE REFLECTIVE MATERIAL IS GONE, THE HEADLIGHTS HAVE BEEN POLISHED TO REMOVE SCRATCHES AND YELLOWING, THEY WERE ALSO AIMED, TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE FORD DOES NOT OFFER HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES FOR THIS CAR ANYMORE NOR DO THEY HAVE A SOLUTION TO FIX IT AVAILABLE. *TR