Selling a junk Lincoln Continental
Any Continental sells for scrap or parts, running or not. Below: what owners report most often for each model year, the recalls on file, and which of those change the offer. Enter your ZIP for a buyer near you.
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What owners report about the Lincoln Continental
NHTSA has 766 owner complaints on file for the Lincoln Continental, model years 1995 to 2020, the 323rd-most of the 423 models in our data. The most-reported components are suspension (78, 10%), electrical system (68, 9%), visibility and wipers (59, 8%). 61 complaints involved a crash, 15 a fire, and 9 say the vehicle had to be towed. The median mileage when the problem was reported is 70,000 miles. The 1997 model year has the most complaints (109). Data as of 2026-10-12.
When the top complaint is suspension, the question for a seller is whether a buyer will resell the car, pull the parts or scrap it. Read our guide to deciding whether to repair or junk: it explains which offers assume the part works and how to describe the car so the price holds at pickup.
Lincoln Continental by model year
| Year | Complaints | Most reported | Crash | Fire | Recalls | Median miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 94 | Lights | 9 | 5 | 2 | — |
| 1996 | 69 | Suspension | 4 | 0 | 3 | — |
| 1997 | 109 | Visibility and wipers | 5 | 3 | 2 | 59,075 |
| 1998 | 88 | Engine and cooling | 11 | 2 | 2 | — |
| 1999 | 46 | Suspension | 6 | 2 | 3 | 91,500 |
| 2000 | 108 | Air bags | 17 | 3 | 4 | 86,500 |
| 2001 | 38 | Suspension | 1 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 2002 | 43 | Speed control | 4 | 0 | 1 | 66,000 |
| 2017 | 100 | Body and structure | 1 | 0 | 4 | 50,000 |
| 2018 | 26 | Latches and locks | 1 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 2019 | 38 | Latches and locks | 2 | 0 | 3 | — |
| 2020 | 7 | Other | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
Complaints are owner reports to NHTSA, not confirmed defects. Median miles is the odometer reading owners gave when they reported a problem, shown only where 20 or more reports include it.
Lincoln Continental recalls
NHTSA lists 14 recall campaigns across these model years, most often for lights (3), transmission and drivetrain (2), air bags (2). Recall repairs are free at a franchised dealer. Before you sell, check your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls; a buyer who plans to resell the car will.
- 2019 model year, driver assistance (campaign 25V442000, Jun 2025): Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2018-2022 Transit Connect, 2019-2020 MKZ, MKX, Edge, Continental, F-150, Nautilus, Fusion, 2019-2023 Ranger, Mustang, 2020-2021 EcoSport, Expedition, Navigator, 2020-2022 Es…
- 2017 model year, driver assistance (campaign 22V644000, Aug 2022): Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2017-2020 F-Super Duty F-250, F-350, F-450, and 2017-2020 Lincoln Continental vehicles equipped with the 360-degree camera system. Degradation of the camera's anit-reflectiv…
- 2017 model year, latches and locks (campaign 19V077000, Feb 2019): Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2017-2019 Lincoln Continental vehicles. The door latch pawl motors may not function properly, possibly resulting in a door latch not fully engaging.
- 2017 model year, air bags (campaign 17V123000, Feb 2017): Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2016-2017 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX vehicles and 2017 Lincoln Continental vehicles. In the event of a crash, the driver's frontal air bag may not fully inflate or the air ba…
- 2017 model year, lights (campaign 16V731000, Oct 2016): Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain model year 2017 Lincoln Continental vehicles manufactured June 14, 2016, to September 23, 2016 and equipped with high intensity discharge (HID) headlights. The headlights ma…
What a Lincoln Continental is worth as a junk car
Buyers price a junk Continental on four things: its weight at today's scrap steel price (the floor), the parts still on it that can be resold, whether it starts and drives, and how far they have to tow it. None of those come from a complaint database, so use this page to describe the car accurately and our junk car value guide to work out a ceiling for the metal. Then get more than one offer.
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Questions people ask
- What is a junk Lincoln Continental worth?
- What a yard can recover: the car's weight at the current scrap steel price, plus parts it can resell (the catalytic converter, engine, transmission and wheels if they're good), minus towing and processing. The same Continental gets different offers from different buyers, so compare at least two. Our value guide shows the public benchmark.
- Will a junkyard buy a Lincoln Continental that doesn't run?
- Yes. Junkyards and junk car buyers take cars that don't start, and most arrange the tow. Tell them honestly whether it starts, whether the engine and transmission are still in it, and whether the catalytic converter is on; those are what change the price.
- Should I fix an open recall before selling a Lincoln Continental?
- Recall repairs are free at a franchised dealer for as long as the car exists. If the car is going for scrap, the repair won't change the scrap price. If a buyer might resell it or pull parts, a completed recall can help. Check your VIN at NHTSA's recall lookup first.
- Where do these Lincoln Continental numbers come from?
- From the complaint and recall data NHTSA publishes for every make and model, counted by model year on 2026-10-12. A complaint is an owner's report, not a confirmed defect, and the count rises with how many of the model were sold.