1991 Lincoln Continental Transmission and drivetrain Problems

“The dealership replaced my transmission when the recall happened. However, the car does not shift properly at times and when I called they indicated that the new transmission only had a 12 month warranty? I know that Lincoln warrants their vehicles longer then 12 months on replacement when it was a recall / a defect in the original part? Please let me know what the warranty should be. Thank you.”

“I had just bought this car from a private owner for my sister to drive to work. Well not even before we got home the main eec iv computer died so the car would not run. Once we figured out it was the main computer and replaced it it ran fine. But we still had two bad front air struts to fix. After all that she finally got to drive it to work and the first day she drove the car she did not even make it home because the transmission just stopped working. So she is out a car and we do not have the money to fix it. Because of all the other cars my poor sister has owned drained us.”

“Failure: 05-23-03 I was driving on I-475 north in the fartherest left hand lane, when there was a stalling motion. It was so unexpected that it made my 10 year old daughter and myself jump. I managed to slow down in traffic and pull to the right hand emergency lane. When I tried pulling back into traffic to make it to the next exit, the Lincoln would not move. Luckily, I had my work cellular telephone and called 911. 911 transferred the call to the sheriff's department, and someone came to try to help. I have only had the vehicle for 3 months. The original owners were in their 70's. …”

“Shortly after complete transmission, motor mounts, and power steering replaced,the engine head gaskets failed, once again contrbuting to a potential accident. While rturning home from babtsitting my granddaughter I was alarmed by drivers going the opposite way beeping at me. One finally rolled down his window and yelled that I was smoking so badly I was blocking everyones view. I looked back to see a dense cloud of steam covering both lanes of traffic behind me. Cars were at a standstill until the steam dissipated. I pulled over and shut down. …”

“While returning from vacation with 3 occupants, pulled off I-95 at maryland house near aberdeen for coffee. No problems with car for previous 1000 miles of trip. Was negotiating head-in parking spot with cars parked on either side. Brought car to a full stop with my front wheel even with rear wheel of car parked to my left. Went to resume forward motion for the 12 ft. Or so to complete parking and car wouldn't move. Thinking I may have accidentally shifted the lever into neutral, I worked it through forward and reverse gears to no avail. …”