Lincoln Continental owners have reported 4 interior lighting related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 1 most common interior lighting problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's interior lighting (4 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Interior Lighting problems |
The contact owns a 2000 Lincoln Continental. The power door locks engage and unlock on their own without warning. The doors normally lock automatically when shifting out of park. The interior lights also illuminated without warning after the vehicle was parked, which prevented the alarm system from engaging. The failure occurred February 5, 2008. The door is ajar warning indicator light indicated had illuminated; however, the door was secure. The abs warning light illuminated the week of January 28, 2008 when there was snow present and dimmed immediately after the contact reached his destination. The dealer had not yet diagnosed the failure. The current and failure mileages were 93,000.
The inside lights of my 1997 Lincoln Continental which was purchased on Feb. 28, 1997, started coming on while we were driving the car and wouldn't go out. It also occurred when we turned off the car. We would turn off one inside light and another would come on and we had to play around with it to try to get it off. This resulted in our battery being drained several times. We took it to a repair shop and on 1-19-05 they had to replace the light control module, the part alone cost us $556. 42 and an additional $90 to find out that the module was bad and had to be replaced. Our mechanic advised us that there had been safety recalls on the light control modules for 1995 and 1996 Lincoln Continental cars like our's and they expected that a similar safety recall should be done for the 1997 Lincoln Continental which is the one we own. The problem began occuring this past summer around July 2004 and has continued on numerous occasions where we have had to jump start the car for a temporary fix.
Interior lights were inoperative. Dealer fixed interior lights, and currently the lights are smoking, which could cause a fire. The vehicle is currently at dealer. Please provide further information.
Everytime consumer starts vehicle instrument lights will not come on for about 7-10 minutes depending how cold weather is, causing poor visibility. Manufacturer sent out service notice for this defect, indicating they were aware of defect. The consumer stated the delay in instrument lighting up was unsafe.