2018 Lincoln Continental problems
Owners have filed 26 complaints with NHTSA about the 2018 Lincoln Continental. Latches & locks is the most reported problem area, at 23% of complaints. Next are electrical system (19%) and backover prevention (15%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 26 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Latches & locks 23% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 79,000 miles 12 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 | 5 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 0 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 1 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 4 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 12 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 78,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 1 complaint mentions a crash. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 91% 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 2018 ranks 16th most-complained-about out of 16 model years of the Lincoln Continental with enough data (16 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 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.
Their technician performed a commendable removal of the original unit. He found the original Motor Craft Cabin Air Filter had deteriated to a black fragmented crust which had clogged the blower motor to the extent the motor had to be removed and bown out, and reinstalled prior to the instillation of the new filter!
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 lincoln continental. After the contact purchased the new vehicle, it was later discovered that the VIN was included in NHTSA campaign number: 19v077000(structure). The contact indicated that the vehicle was delivered as new with an open recall. Nick mayer lincoln westlake (24400 center ridge rd, westlake, oh) and the manufacturer were notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.
2018 lincoln continental. Consumer writes in regards to door latch safety recall. Consumer feels he was sold a defective vehicle which committed violations in his sales transaction, purchase date 02/07/19. Manufacture and dealer was contacted and they said they were not aware of recall prior to 02/07/19.
Instrument cluster deprograms itself, interior lighting stopped working, folding exterior mirrors fold themselves without command to do so,rear view mirror changes it setting without command, hud flashes multicolor lights onto windshield viewing area, approach lighting stopped working. Sync3 was programmed to display map on startup but recently came up with different setup. All occurred while vehicle was stationary. Began 12/11/2018 until present.
The contact owns a 2018 Lincoln Continental. The contact stated that upon starting the vehicle, the message "Driver Door Fault - Use Inside Override Lever Map Pocket" was displayed and a chime sounded, disabling the Auto Hold, Cruise Control mode, and other functions. The message "Door Latch Fault" was displayed on the Ford Mobile App. The contact associated the failure with NHTSA Campaign Number: 19V077000 (Latches/Locks/Linkages). Additionally, the wrench warning light was illuminated.