Lincoln LS Complaints

982 consumer complaints on file.

#10086640August 11, 2004
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED IN PASSENGER SEAT WHILE CRUISING AT A SPEED OF APROX 65 MPH IN LEASED CAR. 2003 LINCOLN LS SEDAN. I WAS IN PASSENGER SEAT AND ARM & EAR WERE INJURED. DID NOT HIT OR RUN OVER ANYTHING. DEALER IS CLAIMING CAUSED BY ROAD DEBRIS OR SMALL ROCKS, AND THEREFORE IS OUR FAULT AND NEEDS TO BE PAID FOR BUY US OR AUTO INSURANCE. CLAIMING AIR BAGS NEVER GO OFF ON THEIR OWN. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10086504August 9, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
DRIVER WAS SLOWLY APPROACHING A LOW CURB WHILE PARKING IN A CHURCH PARKING LOT CAR WAS MOVING AT NO MORE THAN 1 OR 2 MILES PER HOUR AS THE CURB WAS APPROACHED AND THE BRAKE WAS LIGHTLY APPLIED PENDING A FULL STOP. VEHICLE SUDDENLY LURCHED FORWARD WITH THE SOUND OF HIGH ENGINE REVOLUTIONS. CAR CROSSED OVER A THREE FOOT WIDE SIDEWALK AND COLLIDED WITH TWO TREES JUST BEYOND THE SIDEWALK. SKID MARKS ON THE SIDEWALK INDICATED THAT THE BRAKE WAS FIRMLY APPLIED AS THE CAR CROSSED IT UNDER UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. CAR HAS BEEN AT DEALER BODY SHOP FOR ALMOST 10 DAYS FOR REPAIRS. DEALER PROMISES TO "DIAGNOSE" ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MECHANISM BEFORE RETURNING CAR TO OWNER. TELEPHONE CALL TO LINCOLN ELICITED NO INTEREST AND FIRM DENIAL THAT SUCH PROBLEM HAD EVER BEEN REPORTED TO THE COMPANY. WE WERE UNSURE THAT THIS CAR WAS SAFE TO OPERATE.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10086398August 8, 2004
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
MY WIFE AND I WERE TRAVELING ON THE PA. TURNPIKE WHEN A TRACTOR TRAILER BLEW A TIRE. I STRUCK A SMALL PIECE OF THE TIRE AND THE SIDE CURTAIN AIR CANOPY AND SEAT SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, INJURING MY WIFE AND ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10083665July 28, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
INTERMITTENTLY WHEN CONSUMER REMOVES FOOT FROM GAS PEDAL AT ANY SPEED TO BRAKE THERE IS VIBRATION IN THE GAS PEDAL WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS DEPRESSED AGAIN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10082079July 15, 2004
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE REAR WINDOW MECHANISM FOUR TIMES. THE FIRST TWO TIMES IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. THE LAST TWO MECHANISM THE CONSUMER HAD TO PAID OVER $525.00 PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10081061July 14, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
DRIVING VEHICLE ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AT 70MPH ALIGNMENT STOPPED WORKING, THE EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL LIGHTS WENT OUT, ENGINE, POWER STEERING, POWER BRAKES STOPPED WORKING FOR 5 OR MORE SECONDS. THIS OCCURRED TWICE WITHIN FIVE MINUTES AT 4:00 AM LEAVING THE VEHICLE ROLLING DOWN THE HIGHWAY IN THE DARK.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10081074July 14, 2004
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
ALL FOUR WINDOWS ON MY 2000 LINCOLN LS HAVE FAILED AND CRASHED INTO THE DOOR WELL. THE REAR WINDOWS HAVE FAILED TWICE. LINCOLN SAID THAT THEY HAVE NO RECORD OF THIS PROBLEM AND REFUSES TO COMP FOR THE REPAIR COSTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080901July 12, 2004
TIRES
WE PURCHASED A 2002 LINCOLN LSE ABOUT 15 MONTHS AGO. ABOUT A WEEK AGO WE TOOK IT IN FOR SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING THEN 3 DAYS LATER BROUGHT IT IN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND NEW BRAKES WERE INSTALLED AN WE WERE TOLD WE WOULD BE NEEDING NEW TIRES. WE ASKED IF NEEDED TO BE DONE THEN BUT THE SERVICE PERSON SAID SOON. 7 DAYS LATER WHILE DRIVING ON THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE IN THE FAST LANE OUR LEFT REAR DRIVERS SIDE TIRE LITERALLY BLEW OFF THE CAR LEAVING NOTHING BUT THE RIM. THANK GOD THE CAR BEHIND US WITNESSED IT ALL AND STAYED BEHIND US TILL WE WERE SAFE ACROSS 3 LANES TO THE SHOULDER. HE SAID HE NEVER SAW SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPEN. WE HAVE HAD MANY CARS AND HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR AT LEAST 26 YEARS AND NEVER NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE THIS. I THANK GOD WE WERE SAFE BUT I DO THINK THIS SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO. TIRES SHOULD NOT JUST EXPLODE OFF A RIM AND DISINTERGRATE. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS, AS THIS WAS A VERY FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE. AFTER TOWING THE VECHICLE INTO THE LINCOLN MERCURY SHOWROOM WE ARE TOLD WE NEED 4 NEW TIRES AND A RIM -- $1600. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080514July 7, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
WHILE DRIVING MY 2000 LINCOLN LS THE TRANSMISSION TENDS TO SHIFT ON IT'S OWN FROM HIGH TO TO LOW GEAR AND BACK TO HIGH GEAR THUS CAUSING A STALL. THIS SITUATION CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME, IE: WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 65 MPH IT WELL SHIFT BACK AND FORTH AND CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO HESITATE AND THEN STALL. WHEN THERE IS A TRACTOR TRAIL RIG BEHIND YOU AT 65 OR 70 MPH YOU KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN. BEING A TRAINED VEHICLE OPERATOR TO DRIVE UNDER VERY ADVERS CONDICTIONS I CAN HANDLE THE SITUATION, ON MOST TIMES, BUT THERE ARE SITUATIONS THAT EVEN THE BEST DRIVERS CAN NOT HANDLE. THE DEALERSHIP KEEPS TELLING ME THAT IT IS AN AIR FLOW PROBLEM TO WITH THE SENSOR BUT I SAY IT IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND THE DEALER SHOULD REPORT IT TO THIER HEADQUARTERS AND REPAIR THE PROBLEM FOR FREE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080532July 7, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
OIL LEAK FROM VALVE LIFTER COVER GASKET. LEAK DETECTED JAN 2004. GASKET BACKORDERED (ACCORDING TO HOOD RIVER FORD DEALER) TO OVER 8000 VEHICLES. MY VEHICLE RELEASED FROM DEALER WITHOUT REPAIR. FEBRUARY RETURNED WITH ROUGH RUNNING AND ENGINE LIGHT. OIL HAD LEAKED ONTO SOLINOID SHORTING OUT SEVERAL WITH ASSOCAITED BOOTS. THESE PARTS WERE ALSO BACKORDER TO THE SAME NUMBER AS GASKETS. VEHICLE SAT AT DEALER FOR OVER A MONTH WITHOUT LOANER OR PARTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10074250July 6, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
AFTER BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE FORWARD AND A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD. THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND THE CONSUMER EXAMINED THE PROBLEM AT HAND. THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE LEFT LOWER BALL JOINT COMPLETELY SNAPPED OFF. *NM THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN BACK TO THE SERVICE DEALER BECAUSE THE ENGINE'S VALVE COVER FAILED AND THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10075578July 6, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
THE LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE COMING APART DUE TO LOOSENED NUTS. THE STEERING WAS BECOMING MORE DIFFICULT AS WELL. *AK THE VEHICLE'S HISTORY SHOWED TIRE WEAR AND ADJUSTMENTS PRIOR TO OWNERSHIP AND ADJUSTMENTS. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080323July 2, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
INTERMITTENTLY WHEN RELEASING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL VEHICLE WOULD NOT DECELERATE, IT CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE UNTIL CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10078948June 28, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
UPON DEECLERATION VEHICLE ENGINE RACES ON INTERMITTETENT BASIS- ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENT AND CAR HAD TO BE SHUT OFF AFTER STOPPING TO PREVENT ACCIDENT- DEALER, MARKEL FORD OF OMAHA NEBRASKA UNABLE TO SOLVE PROBLEM- ACCEPTING CAR BACK WITH NO ASSURANCES OF SAFE CONDITION BY DEALER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10078848June 26, 2004
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT
HEADREST ARE TOO LARGE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10078809June 25, 2004
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
I OWN A 2001 LINCOLN LS. IN THE THREE YEARS I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE, THE REAR POWER WINDOW HAS BURNED OUT THREE TIMES, MOST RECENTLY TODAY. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A FAULTY PART OF THE VEHICLE. ADMITTINGLY, THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT SEVERAL VEHICLES HAD EXPERIENCED THE SAME, HOWEVER NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. THE FIRST INCIDENT DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF OWNERSHIP WAS UNDER WARANTY. THE SECOND OCCURENCE WAS SPLIT IN COST THIS PAST AUGUST AND NOW THEY ARE ADVISING THAT THEY REFUSE TO REPAR, DESPITE THE FACT THAT IT IS THE SAME EQUIPMENT. THEY STATED THAT I HAVE EXCEEDED THE 12 MONTHS/12,00 MILES. WHAT CAN I DO? *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067251June 24, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. A LOUD GRINDING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME AND CONTACTED A MECHANIC FROM THE DEALER. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE VEHICLE HAS TO BE BROUGHT IN FOR INSPECTION. *AK WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THERE WOULD BE A DISTINCT GRINDING OR VIBRATING FEELING. THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND WHEN THE CONSUMER IMMEDIATELY TOOK HIS FOOT OF THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE FELT AS IF WERE FREE WHEELING FOR AN INSTANT BEFORE THE BRAKES SEEMED TO TAKE HOLD. A BLACK BOX WAS ADDED TO HE VEHICLE TO TRACK THE PROBLEM BUT WAS FOUND DEFECTIVE AS THE DEALER CHECKED THE RESULTS. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE FIXED UNLESS THEY EXPERIENCED IT AS WELL. THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR CABLES WERE REPLACED. THERE WOULD BE NO FURTHER REPAIR ATTEMPTED UNTIL THE PROBLEM COULD BE DUPLICATED BY THE FORD DEALER. THE CONSUMER WAS ALSO TOLD THAT WHAT HE WAS EXPERIENCING WAS NORMAL AND THAT THERE WAS NO DEFECT. THE BRAKES WOULD BECOME A PROBLEM DURING RAINY WEATHER. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10079702June 23, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD.THIS PROBLEM RECURRED, AND DEALERSHIP COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10079278June 15, 2004
AIR BAGS
WHILE DRIVING 25-30 MPH, WITHOUT WARNING CONSUMER WAS SIDE IMPACTED ON DRIVER SIDE. DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AT ANY TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10074867June 5, 2004
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT IN PASSANGER SEAT WHILE CRUSING AT SPEED LIMIT OF 55MPH IN MY LEASED COMPANY CAR; A 2003 LINCOLN LS SEDAN. WE DID NOT HIT OR RUN OVER ANYTHING. DEALER IS STATING WE MUST HAVE DONE SO. MY WIFE'S ARM, BACK AND SHOULDER WERE BRUISED IN THE INCIDENT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0

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