Lincoln LS Complaints (2000)

354 consumer complaints on file.

#10138990October 7, 2005
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
LOWER TIE ROD ENDS. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10138633October 5, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
DT: THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 60 MPH WHEN THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE SWAYED INTO THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER LOSTCONTROL OF THE VEHICLE FOR A MOMENT. SUDDENLY FLAMES ERUPTED OUT OF THE FRONT TIRE AREA. THE VEHICLE SKIDDED TO THE LEFT INTO THE MEDIAN ABOUT 100 FEET AND HAD COME TO A STOP. THE CONSUMER PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND ESCAPED FROM THE VEHICLE. A PEDESTRIAN PUT OUT THE FIRE WITH AN EXTINGUISHER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TIRE DEALER WHO SAUGGESTED THAT THERE WAS A SEPARATION OF THE FRONT CONTROL ARM AND THE LOWER BALL JOINT THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE PROBLEM, AS WELL AS A LEAK IN THE FUEL LINES. THE CONSUMER SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND FOUND A RECALL THAT THE CONSUMER BELIEVED PERTAINED TO HER VEHICLE. (RECALL 00V359001 WHICH DID NOT INCLUDE THE LOWER BALL JOINTS. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED FORD, WHO SAID THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. NO REPAIRS OR CORRECTIONS WERE MADE AND NO POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DID NOT COME. *SC . *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10126210September 22, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
DT: CONTACT STATES THE RIGHT FRONT BALL JOINT BROKE, CAUSING THE WHEEL TO DETACHED FROM THE SUSPENSION WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET. THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS COMPONENT, BUT THIS SPECIFIC VEHICLE DID NOT FALL UNDER THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. . THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10137072September 20, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT
I HAVE A LINCOLN LS 2000 WHICH HAD TO HAVE THE REAR WHEEL BEARINGS REPLACED( DONE 6/27/05) AFTER 34,343 MILES. CROSSING AN INTERSECTION ON 6/29/05, THE LEFT REAR AXLE BROKE, MAKING THE CAR INOPERABLE WITH ON COMING TRAFFIC FROM BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT. LUCKILY, CARS WERE ABLE TO STOP AND HELP PUSH CAR OFF THE ROAD. AXLE WAS REPLACE 34,400 MILES. ON 8/6/05, DRIVING THE VEHICLE IN TOWN, THE SAME THING HAPPENED, MAKING THE CAR INOPERABLE, BLOCKING TRAFFIC AND OPPORTUNITY FOR AN ACCIDENT. THIS TIME THE RIGHT REAR AXLE BROKE ( 34,806 MILES). BOTH INCIDENTS IF HAD HAPPENED ON AN INTERSTATE OR VERY BUSY ROAD, WOULD HAVE DEFINITELY RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT AND SEVERE INJURY OR DEATH. BOTH LINCOLN AND THE DEALER (BOB WADE LINCOLN, HARRISONBURG, VA) HAVE TOLD ME THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE ISSUE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10133244August 17, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
I HAD TWO FRONT NEW TIRES PUT ON ON 08-15-05 AND THE REPAIR FOUND THAT MY RIGHT FRONT LOWER BALL JOINT WAS DAMAGED. HE ATTEMPTED TO LOOK FOR PARTS BUT COULD NOT FIND THEM. IN LOOKING ON INTERNET, I FOUND A RECALL NOTIFICATION ON MY MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE (2000 LINCOLN LS - SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT). I WAS TOLD THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT ON RECALL BUT FIND IT IRONIC THAT IT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10127640August 5, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
DT: THERE IS A RECALL ON THE VEHICLE CONCERNING THE UPPER BALL JOINTS. THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. THE VEHICLE HAD TO HAVE BALL JOINTS TIGHTENED, THEN THE OTHER SIDE HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE IT WAS CRACKED. THERE WAS A LOSS OF STEERING EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AROUND CURVES. THE VEHICLE WOULD WANDER BACK AND FORTH. *AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130376July 27, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
PURCHASED MY 2000 LS IN OCTOBER OF THAT YEAR. IN 2001 HAD TO HAVE REGULATOR ON BACK PASSENGER WINDOW REPLACED. SINCE THEN 2 MORE BACK WINDOW REGULATORS HAVE ALSO BEEN REPLACED AT COST OF APPROX. $700. HAD TO HAVE COIL REPLACED. CAR HAS ALWAYS HESITATED SHIFTING INTO REVERSE. AT 40 MPH CAR RUNS ROUGHLY, SHAKES. IN JUNE THIS YEAR CAR WOULD NOT START AFTER SHUTTING OFF. SOME COMPUTER VALVE STICKING; DEALERSHIP TOLD MY HUSBAND TO TAKE A ROCK AND HIT IT TO FREE IT UP SO CAR WILL START. SEVERAL TIMES CAR WOULD NOT START AT ALL FOR NO APPARENT REASON. CALLED DEALERSHIP ABOUT BALL JOINT NOISE UNDER FRONT OF CAR; THEY SAID NOTHING WRONG. FRONT PASSENGER DOOR DRAINS PLUGGED --- DOOR FILLED WITH WATER THAT SLOSHED WHEN COMING TO A STOP. CALLED DEALERSHIP(S) --- NO HELP. CALLED LINCOLN HOTLINE - NO HELP. THEY SAID IT WAS A 5 YEAR OLD WHAT DO WE EXPECT!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10129608July 21, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
FROM THE DAY I BOUGHT THE CAR THE TRANSMISSION HAS SHIFTED STRANGELY. SEVERAL VISITS TO THE DEALER AND THEY TRIED SEVERAL "REFLASHES" ON THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE. NO CHANGE. RECENTLY THE PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN WORSE, AND THE CAR HAS STALLED 3 TIMES WHILE UNDER POWER, AND NUMEROUS TIMES WHILE IDLING AT A STOP LIGHT. HARD SHIFTS AND ERRATIC SHIFTS AROUND 40MPH ARE EVERYDAY DRIVING OCCURANCES. DEALER TOLD ME 'THAT IS HOW THAT TRANSMISSION IS DESIGNED'. THAT'S CRAP. SO'S THE TRANSMISSION. DATE THAT I ENTERED INTO THIS COMPLAINT IS THE MOST RECENT OCCURANCE. CERTAINLY NOT THE ONLY. I THINK THIS IS A DEFECTIVE PART AND FORD SHOULD REPLACE IT WITH A UNIT THAT WORKS PROPERLY ALL THE TIME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10128888July 15, 2005
WHEELS
MY 2000 LINCOLN LS HAS ALLREADY BAD FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS AT 42000 MILES. THE LEFT SET HAS BEEN REPLACED A MONTH AGO (SEEMS THAT THE BEARINGS WERE NOT PROPERLY GREASED AT ASSEMBLY PLANT) AT A COST OF OVER $200.00 AND NOW THE RIGHT HAND BEARING IS FAILING.THIS FAILURE COULD CAUSE THE WHEEL TO COME OFF AT GREAT PERIL TO THE PERSONS IN THE VEHICLE (INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119319June 27, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
RECALL 00V359000 CONCERNING THE LOWER BALL JOINTS. THE FRONT SUSPENSION LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE LOOSE. THE NUTS THAT HELD THE BALL JOINTS IN POSITION WERE NOT TIGHTENED CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE CURRENT RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. *AK *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10125640June 17, 2005
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
DT: ON MAY 27, 2005 CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO HEISER LINCOLN MERCURY BECAUSE WAS HAVING PROBLEMS OPENING DRIVER'S DOOR WITH KEY OR KEYLESS ENTRY. DOOR WOULD SOUND LIKE IT UNLOCKED, BUT WOULD NOT OPEN. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, WHO DID A FULL DIAGNOSTIC TEST ON DOOR AND FOND THAT DOOR LOCK ROD BROKE. DEALER TOLD CONSUMER THAT IT WAS NORMAL WEAR. CONSUMER PAID FOR REPAIRS, WARRANTY WOULD NOT COVER REPAIRS. AFTER CONSUMER PICKED UP VEHICLE AND LEFT. WHEN CONSUMER REACHED DESTINATION DRIVER'S DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. AFTER SOME EFFORT CONSUMER GOT DOOR OPEN. CONSUMER STATED THAT THE MORE THE DRIVER'S DOOR WAS USED THE WORSE THE PROBLEM GOT. ON MAY 29, 2005 CONSUMER CALLED DEALER COMPLAINING THAT BEFORE REPAIR DRIVER JUST HAD PROBLEM OPENING DOOR FROM OUTSIDE, AFTER REPAIR PROBLEM WAS FROM THE INSIDE. CONSUMER TOOK CAR IN ON JUNE 16, 2005 AT ABOUT ONE O'CLOCK PM. DEALER SAID DRIVERS SIDE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE BROKE. CONSUMER ASKED TO SEE BROKEN HANDLE, CONSUMER COULD NOT SEE WHERE HANDLE BROKE. DEALER REPLACED INTERIOR HANDLE FOR $70 INSTEAD OF 1$140. D CONSUMER STATED THAT THIS FIXED THE PROBLEM, BUT IT WAS NOT THAT DEALER ACTUALLY REPLACED HANDLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10123883June 2, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FROM A DEALER SHIP IN IOWA 30 DAYS AGO AND IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP EVER SINCE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AS I HAVE READ HERE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10123878June 1, 2005
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
REF. CONFIRMATION #10100980 THIS INCIDENT HAPPEN AT BUD DAVIS LINCOLN 2177 COVINGTON PIKE MEMPHIS TENNESSEE 38128 (901)373-5700 I WENT TO THIS DEALERSHIP TO PURCHASE A KEY AND DOOR REMOTE TO BE PROGRAM. IN THE PROCESS MY VEHICLE WAS RETURN TO ME WITH A BROKEN DOOR HANDLE, THE DEALERSHIP WAS LIABLE FOR THE DAMAGE BROKEN DOOR HANDLE, BUT INSISTED THAT I PAY TO HAVE THE DOOR HANDLE REPAIRED. MY VEHICLE AND I WERE HELD HOSTAGE UNTIL THE SERVICE MANAGER MR. GOLDSMITH INSISTED THAT I PAY FOR REPAIR OF A DOOR HANDLE THAT WAS BROKEN WHILE MY VEHICLE WAS IN THE COUSTODY AND LIABILITY OF THE DEALERSHIP. THE HANDLE THAT REPLACED THE OEM NOW HAS BEEN MODIFIED AND HAS GEARS IN TO PREVENT SUCH PROBLEMS. THE HANDLE IS MADE OF PLASTIC AND HAS STRESS CRACKS WHICH PREVENT THE DRIVER/PASSENGERS DOOR FROM OPENING/EXITING THE VEHICLE. I HAVE THE ORIGINAL HANDLE THAT WAS REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLE BY THE DEALERSHIP AND WOULD LIKE THE NHTSA TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. IT APPEARS THAT FORD HAS SOMETHING TO HIDE AND ARE CHARGING CONSUMERS FOR MODIFIED OEM DEFECTIVE DOOR HANDLES. YOUR ATTENTION IN THIS MATTER WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. I FILED COMPLAINTS WITH THE FORD CONSUMER COMPLAINTS 1-800-LINE AND DID NOT RECEIVE A RESPOND TO THIS MATTER/INCIDENT. HAS FORD/NHTSA ISSUE ANY RECALLS CONCERNING THESE INCIDENTS? IF NHTSA WOULD LIKE ME TO SHIP THE DEFECTIVE PART PLEASE RESPOND WITH INSTRUCTION BY EMAIL. THANK YOU.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119914May 5, 2005
STEERING, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
DT: THE CONSUMER'S COMPLAINT IS IN REFERENCE TO A RECALL THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN PERFORMED IN 2000. THE CONSUMER IS THE SECOND OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. THE RECALL WAS IN REFERENCE TOT EH FRONT LOWER BALL JOINT FRACTURE. THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN HEARING FRONT END NOISE. SHE WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT IF SHE BOUGHT NEW TIRES THE NOISE WOULD GO AWAY BUT THE NOISE IS STILL THERE. FORD IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING AND THEY STATE THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED. ( FORD HAS TOLD HER SHE NEEDS TO HAVE THE BALL JOINTS AND THE STEERING KNUCKLE ON THE FRONT END REPLACED). *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119990May 5, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT
DT: WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE PULLED SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT. THE CONSUMER COULD ALSO HEAR A NOISE WHILE DRIVING ON ROUGH ROADS AND AFTER DRIVING OVER BUMPS IN THE ROAD. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE PROBLEM IS THE BALL JOINTS BUT IS UNSURE WHETHER IT IS THE UPPER OR LOWER BALL JOINTS. THE CONSUMER HAS NOT TAKEN THIS VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119257April 27, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
CONCERNS OF THE LOCATIONS OF THE BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR PEDALS ON 2000 LINCOLN LS.*MR WHEN BRAKE ARE DEPRESSED, IT IS EASY TO HIT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AS WELL. WHEN THIS HAPPENED THE CONSUMER HAD TO TURN OFF THE IGNITION WHILE KEEPING PRESSURE ON BOTH PEDALS. IF BOTH PEDALS WERE RELEASE AT THE SAME TIME THE VEHICLE WOULD LURCH FORWARD. THE VEHICLE LURCH ONCE WHICH RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE HITTING THE CONSUMER'S GARAGE DOOR AND RIGHT TURN SIGNAL LENS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO FOLLOW-UP CORRESPONDENCE. *BF *NM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117857April 14, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE LOWER BALL JOINT CAME LOOSE. AS A RESULT, THE WHEEL WOBBLES AND PULLS TO THE RIGHT IF DRIVEN OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10115826March 25, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 00V359001. FORD ISSUED A FRONT LOWER BALL JOINT RECALL. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. BUT THE BALL JOINTS MADE NOISE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, WHICH THE OWNER WAS CONCERNED THAT THEY CAN BECOME DETACHED FROM THE FRONT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10113478March 4, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
A CLANGING TYPE NOISE WAS HEARD IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION WHEN THE FRONT WHEELS WERE TURNED/ BRAKING/ACCELERATING OR DRIVING OVER THE SLIGHTEST IMPERFECTION IN THE ROAD. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THE UPPER/LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE DEFECTIVE, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. LOWER BALL JOINT RECALL 00V3590001 WAS ISSUED. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10113344March 3, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT
COMPLAINT RECEIVED VIA E-MAIL. MY CAR WHICH HAD A RECALL FOR LOWER BALL JOINT INSPECTION (NOT TORQUED TO PROPER SPECIFICATIONS) IN NOVEMBER 2000. MY COMPLAINT IS I HEARD LOUD CLANKING NOISE EMITTING FROM FRONT SUSPENSION WITH BAD VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEEL. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM TO CHECK OUT THE NOISE. AS A MECHANIC WAS DRIVING THE CAR INTO SHOP, THE SUSPENSION SNAPPED AND THE CAR AND SUSPENSION FELL TO GROUND. I WENT TO DEALERSHIP AND INFORMED THEM THAT THIS WAS A RECALL. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE'S FIRST OWNER BROUGHT THE CAR IN FOR THE RECALL TBS# 00S39 TO A LINCOLN DEALERSHIP IN SAFFORD MARYLAND.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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