2000 Lincoln Continental Recalls

NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the 2000 Lincoln Continental. A recall applies only to vehicles built within the affected range, so check your own VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Repairs for recalls are free at a franchised dealer.

• 03V144000Apr 9, 200343,459 vehicles potentially affected
  Air bags › Frontal
  Covers: Lincoln Continental 1999–2000

  Reported issue: On certain passenger vehicles, the driver and/or passenger side air bag could deploy as a result of underbody impacts near the sensors, such as those occurring from pieces of gravel or debris thrown from the wheels while the vehicle is being operated at moderate to high speed or being accelerated.

  Remedy: Dealers will recalibrate the air bag sensors. Owner notification began march 31, 2003. Owners may contact lincoln at 1-800-521-4140.

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• 01V258000Aug 8, 20011,083,000 vehicles potentially affected
  Visibility › Windshield wiper/washer › Motor
  Covers: Lincoln Continental 2000–2001, Ford F-250 2000–2001, Focus 2000–2001 +12 more

  Reported issue: Vehicle description: passenger cars, sport utility vehicles, and light and medium duty pickup trucks. A switch located in the plastic cover of the wiper motor gear case could malfunction and overheat, potentially resulting in loss of intermittent wiper function, loss of wiper park function, complete loss of wiper function, or ignition of the plastic cover material. Switch malfunction is most likely to occur when…

  Possible consequence: Loss of visibility while driving increases the risk of a crash.

  Remedy: Dealers will inspect the date code on the wiper motor. Motors built with the suspect time frame will have the wiper motor gear case cover replaced. Owner notification began august 20, 2001. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within…

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• 99V250000Sep 20, 199925,306 vehicles potentially affected
  Seat belts › Front › Anchorage
  Covers: Lincoln Continental 2000, Ford Mustang 1999–2000, Taurus 1999 +1 more

  Reported issue: Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. The seat belt retractor may have a pin shaft in the switchable elr/alr mechanism that is incorrectly formed. In some circumstances, the switching mechanism could become nonfunctional, preventing the seat belt webbing from being extracted from the retractor. It is also possible that malfunction of the mechanism could prevent the belt from being switched into the alr mode. The…

  Possible consequence: If the mechanism malfunctions and does not allow the webbing to be extracted, the lap and shoulder belt could not be worn by a vehicle occupant. In the event that the mechanism does not allow the alr mode to be engaged, the operator may be unable to properly install a child seat in that seating position.

  Remedy: Dealers will inspect the lap and shoulder belt assemblies. Assemblies with julian date codes of 200 through 223 are suspect and will be replaced.

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NHTSA investigations

• EA01012Inadvertent side air bag deploymentClosed · Apr 27, 2001
• PE00042Inadvertent side air bag deploymentClosed · Oct 16, 2000

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