MODELYEARINDEX

Lincoln Continental

64 complaints across 3 scored model years and 5 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Lincoln Continental Full report
F
Grade 2017–2019
2017 vs model median 2.1×
Model median3× median
Body & Interior 15
Electrical 5
Steering 3
Avoid

2017

Best

2018 · 2019

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2017
2.11× 34 F
2018
0.89× 11 B
2019
1.00× 13 C

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG20
City / Highway17 / 25
Engine3L, 6 cyl
DriveAll-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$3,100

Recalls

5 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
22V644000 BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA 2017–2019 277,040
25V442000 BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE 2019 200,237
19V077000 LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH 2017–2019 27,609
17V123000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2017 27,531
16V731000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS 2017 1,827

Others in Full-Size Cars

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Acura RLX
none flagged
C
Audi A6
2019
C
Audi A7
2019
C
Audi A8
none flagged
C
BMW 5 Series
20112012
B
BMW 7 Series
2012
B
Buick Lacrosse
20112012
C
Cadillac XTS
2013
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2017 Continental
Complaints in window
34
Severity-weighted
37
Model median (weighted)
18
vs model median
2.11×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
4
Open investigations
0
Score 37.2 F