2019 Lincoln Continental — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 38 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Doors, latches & locks8 (21.1%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2017–2019.
• Body & structure7 (18.4%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2017–2019.
• Driver-assistance systems6 (15.8%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2017–2020.
• Electrical system5 (13.2%)
• Steering3 (7.9%)
• Tires & wheels2 (5.3%)

Other / uncategorized: 4 classifications (10.5%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (1,178 records, model years 1995–2020) are most frequently classified under: suspension, electrical system and visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors).
• Manufacturer communications (1,977 records, model years 1995–2020) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, equipment & accessories and powertrain (transmission & drivetrain).

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 1995 226 records for 1995 226
2. 1996 208 records for 1996 208
3. 1997 256 records for 1997 256
4. 1998 215 records for 1998 215
5. 1999 153 records for 1999 153
6. 2000 145 records for 2000 145
7. 2001 85 records for 2001 85
8. 2002 72 records for 2002 72
9. 2017 278 records for 2017 278
10. 2018 158 records for 2018 158
11. 2019 160 records for 2019 160
12. 2020 79 records for 2020 79

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 2mention a crash

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 3
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 122
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 3
• Owner complaints NHTSA 32

Explore the underlying evidence records

Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

• U0198 in 6 records

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.