Ford Transit 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	Ford Transit	Lincoln Continental
Complaints on file	1,064	2,566
Model years covered	2001–2026	1975–2020
Worst model year	2016	1994
Best model year	2019	2001
Crashes reported	43	115
Fires reported	19	114
Injuries reported	32	71
Deaths reported	7	9
Most complained-about part	Transmission & Drivetrain	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	9.5%	12%

Ford Transit by year

1 3 270 211 133 77 47 106 32 54 77 41 3 9

01 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

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

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 237 22.3%

Engine & Cooling 123 11.6%

Other & Unspecified 110 10.3%

Electrical System 105 9.9%

Fuel & Propulsion 63 5.9%

Brakes 59 5.5%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 57 5.4%

Body & Structure 53 5.0%

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%