2002 Lincoln Continental "lurches" at stop lights.

Asked by Guru9TJY6 Jun 17, 2017 at 02:15 PM about the 2002 Lincoln Continental FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Just bought a 2002 Lincoln Continental in good shape. Took it on a test drive,
and it ran well.  I had a 45 minute drive home on surface streets.  After 1/2
hour, it acted funny like it was lurching and shifting gears when stopped at a
couple of the intersections.  Isn't doing it now, but I am worried it will act up at
a bad time....

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Brian answered 7 years ago

have a look at the transmission fluid level after the car is warmed up. Hopefully it's just low on fluid.

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Guru9TJY6 answered 7 years ago

I checked it and it looks like too much fluid... way over the hash lines on the dip stick.

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Guru9TJY6 answered 7 years ago

Changed the fluid, and still has the issue, though the fluid definitely needed to be changed. The transmission seems fine otherwise.

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