Chrysler NEW Yorker vs Lincoln Continental

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Chrysler NEW Yorker	Lincoln Continental
Complaints on file	1,032	2,566
Model years covered	1977–2004	1975–2020
Worst model year	1994	1994
Best model year	1996	2001
Crashes reported	48	115
Fires reported	32	114
Injuries reported	43	71
Deaths reported	2	9
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	12.1%	12%

Chrysler NEW Yorker by year

1 2 6 2 7 28 49 49 95 117 124 61 96 296 74 17 2 2 1 1 2

77 81 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 04

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Brakes 232 22.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 137 13.3%

Transmission & Drivetrain 122 11.8%

Engine & Cooling 106 10.3%

Steering 87 8.4%

Electrical System 67 6.5%

Suspension 36 3.5%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 34 3.3%

Lincoln Continental by year

1 1 1 2 1 1 2 9 18 8 14 147 255 244 399 199 200 303 94 69 109 88 46 108 38 43 99 22 38 7

75 77 78 79 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 17 18 19 20

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 457 17.8%

Suspension 289 11.3%

Electrical System 260 10.1%

Brakes 219 8.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 178 6.9%

Body & Structure 155 6.0%

Steering 152 5.9%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 117 4.6%