2000 Lincoln Continental problems
Owners have filed 108 complaints with NHTSA about the 2000 Lincoln Continental. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 16% of complaints. Next are suspension (12%) and wipers, windshield & visibility (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 108 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 16% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 17 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 8 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 87,000 miles 56 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 7 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 5 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 7 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 7 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 9 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 8 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 12 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 56 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 86,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 17 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 8 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 81% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2000 ranks 6th most-complained-about out of 16 model years of the Lincoln Continental with enough data (53 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Consumer was traveling 70MPH & automatic traction kicked in. Vehicle started sliding across the road & hit a tree. Airbags didn't deploy. Manufacturer stated to the dealer & consumer get a lawyer.
Tl* the contact owns a 2000 lincoln continental. The contact stated that the accelerator pedal became stuck and caused the vehicle to rapidly accelerate to 90 MPH. The contact was attempting to exit a highway off-ramp but was unable to slow the speed of the vehicle. The brakes were applied but the vehicle was unresponsive and crashed into a tree. The contact did not recall the details of the crash. The contact sustained injuries to the neck, back and received burns to the face.
Tl*the contact owns a 2000 lincoln continental. Since march of 2009, the doors have failed to lock and set the alarm off on the vehicle. The vehicle has been repaired once, but the failure still persists. The contact feels this is a safety issue because the doors need to be locked. The failure mileage was approximately 117,000.
A neighbor pointed out that the automobile was sitting several inches lower than normal closer to ground while parked in driveway. I began to check on this every time I went to use the car. Sometimes vehicle was normal height, sometimes lower. I noticed that, sometimes, when I turned the ignition key there was sound heard like a fan operating. I asked questions of people who had owned similar models and was told that there was a problem in this model showing up 4 to 8 years after manufacture.