Hyundai Tiburon 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	Hyundai Tiburon	Lincoln Continental
Complaints on file	1,057	2,566
Model years covered	1997–2008	1975–2020
Worst model year	2003	1994
Best model year	1998	2001
Crashes reported	136	115
Fires reported	13	114
Injuries reported	77	71
Deaths reported	5	9
Most complained-about part	Transmission & Drivetrain	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	21.9%	12%

Hyundai Tiburon by year

60 46 50 76 69 3 429 108 58 81 49 28

97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08

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

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 326 30.8%

Airbags 162 15.3%

Electrical System 75 7.1%

Seat Belts 74 7.0%

Engine & Cooling 45 4.3%

Brakes 43 4.1%

Lights 41 3.9%

Fuel & Propulsion 39 3.7%

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%