NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Lincoln Continental Recalls
The 2001 Lincoln Continental has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 8, 2001.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Lincoln Continental. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 32
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2001 Lincoln Continental, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2001 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 2000 Continental, 14 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc: pads
- Campaign
- 16E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002 Continental, 2 other models
2001 Lincoln Continental complaints by year
NHTSA has received 32 owner complaints about the 2001 Lincoln Continental, the newest on April 17, 2019. Of these, 1 describe a crash (3%); owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2001 Lincoln Continental, the component group named most often is the suspension (25%), followed by the electrical system (19%) and the engine and engine cooling (13%).
None of the 2001 Lincoln Continental's 2 recalls concerns the suspension.
Where 2001 Lincoln Continental owners gave the mileage (15 complaints), the median was 75,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Suspension8
- Electrical System6
- Engine And Engine Cooling4
- Unknown Or Other4
- Power Train3
- Steering3
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 6 | |
| 2003 | 5 | |
| 2004 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2001 Lincoln Continental peaked in 2002, when NHTSA received 6. 50% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
The 32 complaints about the 2001 Lincoln Continental are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Lincoln Continental by model year
Other 2001 Lincoln models
Newest record on this page: April 17, 2019. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted