Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 02/21/2008 | 1 | 05/22/2006 | |
| My car caught on fire under the hood and had to be junked. *tr | |||
| Intermittently when applying brakes the vehicle will accelerate suddenly and without warning. dealer has inspected and repaired vehicle. however, vehicle has since accelerated and collided into another vehicle. please provide additional information.*ak | |||
| 1 | |||
| Vehicle experienced sudden acceleration resulting in collision, no deployment of the air bag during impact. *mjs | |||
| 07/01/1999 | 1 | 06/02/1999 | |
| While in reverse or drive gear, vehicle's motor races and lunges unexpectedly on several occasions. mjs | |||
| 05/01/1999 | |||
| When accelerating vehicle pulls extremely to the left. the dealer is not able to correct the problem with the vehicle. please provide any further details. *ak | |||
| Vehicle does not have cruise control. visual indicator was omitted at the time of manufacturing. the consumer cannot tell if cruise control has been activated. all of the 97 continentals do not come with an indictator, but earlier and later models do so. *ak | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | |||
| 09/02/1997 | 2 | ||
| Gas pedal stuck, engine would not decelerate when foot was removed from accelerator. | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CRUISE CONTROL | |||
| 06/26/2001 | 3 | ||
| While pulling into garage and when coming to a stop vehicle would accelerate with no prior warning. contacted dealer, and dealer stated vehicle was not registering codes. *ak dealer replaced the throttle valve assembly and the gasket air byp, consumer states the failure would happen while driving short distances with the ac on. *slc | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - LINKAGES | |||
| 06/26/2001 | 3 | ||
| While pulling into garage and when coming to a stop vehicle would accelerate with no prior warning. contacted dealer, and dealer stated vehicle was not registering codes. *ak dealer replaced the throttle valve assembly and the gasket air byp, consumer states the failure would happen while driving short distances with the ac on. *slc | |||