NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Lincoln Continental Recalls
The 2000 Lincoln Continental has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 9, 2003.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Lincoln Continental. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 63
- Crashes reported
- 6
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
On a 2000 Lincoln Continental, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2000 Lincoln Continental
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 03V144000
- Reported
- April 9, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 43,459
- Same campaign
- only the 2000 Lincoln Continental
Visibility: windshield wiper/washer: motor
- Campaign
- 01V258000
- Reported
- August 8, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,083,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001 Continental, 14 other models
Seat belts: front: anchorage
- Campaign
- 99V250000
- Reported
- September 20, 1999
- Vehicles affected
- up to 25,306
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc: pads
- Campaign
- 16E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 Continental, 2 other models
2000 Lincoln Continental complaints by year
NHTSA has received 63 owner complaints about the 2000 Lincoln Continental, the newest on October 1, 2024. Of these, 6 describe a crash (10%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 7 injuries.
In complaints about the 2000 Lincoln Continental, the component group named most often is the air bags (25%), followed by the suspension (19%) and the visibility (17%).
1 of the 2000 Lincoln Continental's 4 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2000 Lincoln Continental owners gave the mileage (33 complaints), the median was 86,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags16
- Suspension12
- Visibility11
- Electrical System9
- Power Train7
- Tires7
Complaints received, by year
| 1999 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7 | |
| 2001 | 6 | |
| 2002 | 7 | |
| 2003 | 9 | |
| 2004 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2000 Lincoln Continental peaked in 2003, when NHTSA received 9. 49% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.
The 63 complaints about the 2000 Lincoln Continental are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Lincoln Continental by model year
Other 2000 Lincoln models
Newest record on this page: October 1, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted