LINCOLNCONTINENTAL
NHTSA vehicle recall lookup
1979 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL recalls
There are 2 NHTSA recall campaigns associated with this vehicle configuration.
Live NHTSA dataVehicle taxonomy resolved as LINCOLN CONTINENTAL.
Most-mentioned components
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION · 1SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES · 1
Campaign 78V256000
Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Mar 11, 1980
Summary
THE INVOLVED VEHICLES WERE EQUIPPED WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS IN WHICH THE PARKING PAWL WAS NOT HEAT-TREATED. DURING NORMAL VEHICLE OPERATION, A PARKING PAWL THAT HAS NOT BEEN HEAT-TREATED COULD BECOME DEFORMED OR WORN TO THE POINT THAT THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT LOCK IN "PARK". AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE COULD ROLL FREE IF THE DRIVER DOES NOT SET THE PARKING BRAKE WHEN PARKING OR LEAVING VEHICLE UNATTENDED.
Remedy
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DEALER WILL INSPECT AND, IF NECESSARY, REPLACE THE PARKING PAWL WITH ONE THAT HAS BEEN HEAT-TREATED.
Campaign 79V117000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Pedals And Linkages
Mar 5, 1980
Summary
THE INVOLVED VEHICLES WERE PRODUCED WITH BRAKE PUSH-ROD TO BRAKE PEDAL RETAINING PINS WHICH WERE NOT HEAT-TREATED AS SPECIFIED. THIS COULD ALLOW THE BRAKE PEDAL TO BECOME DISENGAGED FROM THE PUSH-ROD.
Remedy
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DEALER WILL REPLACE THE SUSPECT BRAKE RETAINING PIN.
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