20 Most Recent 2001 Lincoln Continental - Page 3 Questions & Answers

PROBABLY THE DOORS ( THAT CHANGE FROM HEAT TO COOL ) ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY CHECK IF THEY MOVE PROPERLY.

If you'd like to take the time to look at all the fuses and see which one is blown, that's the 1 needing replaced. Normally a cigarette lighter fuse is a 10 amp ( Red ) fuse.

What happens is, you have a battery and an alternator. The alternator charges the battery when the engine is running. It can only put out so many amps at 12 volts. A/C compressor runs off the engine, but the clutch for it is electric, and the blower fan is electric. When these are running, unless the car engine is running at above idle RPM's, your alternator may not be actually putting out enough amps to run the A/C AND charge the battery. So it is possible for the battery to go dead, especially if you start the car more than a couple times with out letting the battery charge. It happened to a friend of mine. He delivered newspapers, and it was a hot summer day. His A/C was on, plus, his car had 2 electric fans for the radiator. He was only idling along delivering his papers, and at one point he shut his car off. When he went to re-start, it was dead. He called me and I gave him a jump start, and told him to go for a ride down the expressway, to charge his battery. You see the A/C took say 30 amps, then each cooling fan for his radiator took say 20 amps a piece, then add in the stereo, and the power it takes to fire the spark plugs, and there wasn't enough left to charge the battery. Most cars these days only have 100 amp alternators. Older cars have less

It is theft detected. definitely security system. take to dealer or call dealer for code to reset.

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Usually a sign of a blend door problem under the dash. Years ago the direction of air flow was controlled by vac, now its controlled by small electric motors on the vent doors. Could be a blend door motor or a problem with the controller.

I had a similar problem with my Toyota Camry just a month or two ago. (maybe) I would park it, and when I tried to start it again I would get NO power. I called roadside assistance and they sent someone out to jump me, but then it died again while I was driving, again, everything electrical cut out suddenly. There was a bad ground wire on the alternator. A neighbor had it fixed for me in about 20 minutes.

Did anyone clean the ports where the IAC sets? Has anyone cleaned the airhorn butterfly flap?

I think you need another diagnostic done on the vehicle. Or I would have someone check the fuel pump and filter. Fuel filters and clog up and shut a car down.

Now you need the service manual, so you can look up the reset proceedure ,so the seat or whatever you need works

find the air cond. lines and the bigger one is the low side that is where you should find the port, The connector will only fit the low side,

Most likely a bad micro-switch in the driver door latch assembly.

before you go for the worst position, get first the spark plug out and check if it is burnt. Have you changed spark plugs before? Second If the spark plug is ok,then do a compression test,to see whether you do have any problem with either an inlet or exhaust valve. The other thing is since you swap coil,have you checked whether the faulty coil works or not on the other spark plug? if it is working and the good coil on the faulty cylinder does work then the fault is either on the coil side,or the wiring from the ECU to the coil is either broken,cracked,or shorted. The last thing you do then is the ECU.

Bad float sensor in washer tank.

reset radio or replace

idle air control valve or maf sensor

CHECK THE PCM DIODE. Apparently these get loose over time.... I had the same symptoms, car would randomly not start. Drove me crazy for months. Then one day I was pulling the relays in and out and noticed the PCM Diode suddenly made a CLICK when I pushed it down. Apparently it was creeping out of it's socket over the years. All I had to do was push it back in, and voila! problem went away!! Btw, in my car, Lincoln Continental 1999, the diode is to the left of Relay 7 (PCM Relay). This solved the mysterious "GEAR DISPLAY ERROR", CHECK TRACTION CONTROL, etc., and PATS code 16.