Side/window Air Bag problems of the 1999 Lincoln Continental

Six problems related to side/window air bag have been reported for the 1999 Lincoln Continental. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Side/window Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 08/30/2005

The caller sai while wife driving 55-60 mph side/curtain airbag on the passenger's side deployed. Dealer said a rock might have hit the sensor and made it deploy. Manufacturer said they could offer no help for free. The caller said there was a safety update 03i44000 in 2003, not a recall concerning crash sensor.

2 Side/window Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 06/27/2002

Passenger's side air bag deployed while driving down the highway with driver hitting no debris in road or hitting bump. Please describe details.

3 Side/window Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 12/19/2000

Consumer was traveling about 40mph on highway and a very loud noise came from side, passenger's side eairbag exploded. Also, there was smoke inside of vehicle, powder was everywhere. There were no injuries. Consumer could not get any help from the manufacturer due to dealer found a very small dent under the passenger side of vehicle and stated that the deployment was justified.

4 Side/window Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 12/19/2000

While traveling 40 mph passenger's side airbag deployed unexpectedly. No prior warning before incident. No accident occurred, the dealer found a small dent under the car and stated this could have caused the airbag to deploy, dealer refused to pay for any of the damages.

5 Side/window Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 06/18/1999

Driver side airbag deployed while driving at 5mph without hitting any bumps. Dealer has vehicle.

6 Side/window Air Bag problem

Driver's side door airbag deployed while driving at approximately 5-10 mph and without hitting or being hit b any object which could have caused loss of vehicle control.


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