AutoUtility currently tracks 31 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2019 Lincoln Continental. Body & Structure issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 14 complaints (45.2% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 1 filing cites a crash.

Key Problem Findings
  • • Total NHTSA Complaints: 31 reports
  • • #1 Reported Problem Area: Body & Structure (14 reports • 45.2% of submitted complaints)
  • • Secondary Problem Areas: Driver Assistance & Safety Tech (6), Electrical System (5)
  • • Crash-Citing Complaints: 1 filings
  • • Fire-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
  • • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 0 injury filings • 0 fatality filings
Reporting Methodology: Statistics describe unverified consumer submissions voluntarily filed with NHTSA. Complaint volume is not normalized for vehicle sales volume or miles driven. Multiple components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission.
Total Complaints
31
Submitted to NHTSA ODI
Crash-Citing Complaints
1
Filings citing a collision
Fire-Citing Complaints
0
Filings citing smoke or fire
Complaints Reporting Injuries
0
Filings citing one or more injuries
Complaints Reporting Fatalities
0
Consumer filings citing fatalities

Most Reported Problems for 2019 Lincoln Continental

Top automotive subsystem defect categories ranked by unique owner complaint volume in federal records

#1 Problem Area 45.2% of complaints

Body & Structure

14 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 1 official safety recall campaign for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#2 Problem Area 19.4% of complaints

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech

6 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 2 official safety recall campaigns for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#3 Problem Area 16.1% of complaints

Electrical System

5 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#4 Problem Area 9.7% of complaints

Steering System

3 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ 1 crash report
#5 Problem Area 6.5% of complaints

Wheels & Tires

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
Domain Share Note: Share percentage represents the proportion of unique complaint filings referencing each vehicle system. Because single complaints may cite multiple systems (such as engine and electrical simultaneously), domain percentages represent individual category incidence and may sum to over 100%.

Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2019 Lincoln Continental

Representative defect filings submitted by owners to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation

Body & Structure NHTSA ODI ID: #11750270
Filed: 07/14/2026

"Faulty door latch. The door can open"

Incident Date: 07/01/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: STRUCTURE
Body & Structure NHTSA ODI ID: #11734389
Filed: 04/28/2026

"We are unable to open the rear exterior doors from the outside of the car. We have confirmed on numerous occassions doors are unlocked and there are no child safety locks on . This is becoming a very dangerous situation. We took it to a local car repair service they said that it would be under..."

Incident Date: 04/28/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: STRUCTURE
Electrical System NHTSA ODI ID: #11726717
Filed: 03/24/2026

"Drivers door latch is failing to engage properly making it so the door can not closed right away. No matter how you close the door it always pushes right back open sometimes the door will semi latch but still poses the hazard of opening while driving. It has been inspected by the dealer to confirm..."

Incident Date: 03/22/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,STRUCTURE,UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Electrical System NHTSA ODI ID: #11724674
Filed: 03/16/2026

"Drivers door latch takes a long time to unlatch/latch there have been numerous times where the door won’t close and stay closed. My door has also had to be left open as it won’t latch. This is a serious safety hazard there was a recall but my vin was not included."

Incident Date: 03/15/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,STRUCTURE
Other / Miscellaneous NHTSA ODI ID: #11718613
Filed: 02/17/2026

"My 2019 door is not latching. I see that a recall was issued but my vehicle was not included"

Incident Date: 11/01/2025 • Raw NHTSA Component: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Consumer Narrative Notice: Excerpts are sanitized text descriptions submitted by vehicle owners to the federal ODI database. They reflect the reporting consumer's observations at the time of filing and have not been independently confirmed by vehicle manufacturers or government investigators.

Complaint History for Lincoln Continental

Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2017–2020)

Model Year NHTSA Complaints Crash Reports Safety Recalls Detailed Report
2017 Lincoln Continental 74 1 4 View 2017 Problems →
2018 Lincoln Continental 19 1 2 View 2018 Problems →
2019 Lincoln Continental Current Page 31 1 3 Current
2020 Lincoln Continental 7 0 2 View 2020 Problems →
Comparative Disclaimer: Complaint totals are unadjusted historical counts and are not normalized for vehicles sold, active fleet size, or total road mileage. Newer model years naturally have had less calendar exposure time to accumulate owner filings.

Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2019 Lincoln Continental

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 15 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications

Vehicle Component / System Total Complaints Crash Reports Fire Reports Reported Injury Entries Reported Fatality Entries
Doors, Latches & Locks NHTSA category: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES 6 0 0 0 0
Back Over Prevention / Camera NHTSA category: BACK OVER PREVENTION 5 0 0 0 0
Structure & Body NHTSA category: STRUCTURE 4 0 0 0 0
Electrical System NHTSA category: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 3 0 0 0 0
Steering NHTSA category: STEERING 2 1 0 0 0
Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER 2 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,STRUCTURE 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,STRUCTURE,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES 1 0 0 0 0
Service Brakes NHTSA category: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
Tires NHTSA category: TIRES 1 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES 1 0 0 0 0
Visibility / Glass NHTSA category: VISIBILITY 1 0 0 0 0
Wheels & Hubs NHTSA category: WHEELS 1 0 0 0 0
Data Attribution & Reporting Methodology: Complaints are unverified voluntary submissions to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI). Because multiple vehicle components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission, component-level rollups may sum to more than the unique complaint count (31). Injury and fatality entries in the detailed table reflect raw values entered by reporting consumers across individual submissions; they are not deduplicated casualty statistics and may include duplicate or unverified entries. Complaint volume is not normalized for sales volume or vehicle mileage and does not represent an audited component failure rate.

Related Official Reports for 2019 Lincoln Continental

Cross-reference safety recalls, crash test safety ratings, and EPA fuel economy for this model year

Official US Government Data Provenance

The complaint records on this page are retrieved directly from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) public database.

Local Production Store Compiled: August 2026 • Deterministic Audited Dataset • Zero Dynamic External API Runtime Latency.