2002 LINCOLN LS Complaints

WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH. ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. UPON IMPACT, SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

2002 LINCOLN LS EXPERIENCES SPORADIC ENGINE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED AT LOW AND HIGH SPEEDS. I HAVE SPOKE TO TWO SEPARATE REPRESENTATIVES FORM FORD. THEY HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE PROBLEM EXISTS AND AS OF THIS DATE THEY HAVE NO REPAIR AVAILABLE. I WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH A COMPUTER PROGRAM. *AK

MAKING A SOFT RIGHT TURN AT SPEED OF 10MPH, ENGINE FAILED, SHIFTED INTO N TO RESTART THE VEHICLE WHILE MOVING WITHOUT POWER STEERING, REAR-ENDED A FRONT VEHICLE. ENGINE STARTED WITHOUT A PROBLEM AND HASNT HAPPENED SINCE. DAMAGE TO FRONT VEHICLE WAS AT $310. DAMAGE TO LS WAS AT $960.

2002 LINCOLN LS EXHIBITING RECURRING BRAKE SYSTEM DEFECTS.*MR BRIEFLY, THE WARNING LIGHTS FOR THE BRAKE SYSTEM, ANTI-LOCK SYSTEM AND THE ADVANCED TRAC SYSTEM ILLUMINATED UNDER NORMAL DRIVING, WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY A HARD BRAKE WITH A SEVERE PULL TO THE SIDE. THE DEALER FOUND FAULTY GROUND WIRE CAUSED A LOSS OF BATTERY VOLTAGE TO THE ABS MODULE, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM RECURRED WHILE DRIVING, THE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH BOARD, THE VEHICLE MADE A HARD TURN TO THE RIGHT AND A HARD BRAKING FORCE WAS APPLIED, THE CONSUMER HAD GREAT DIFFICULTY TRYING TO KEEP THE VEHICLE UNDER CONTROL, MINUTES LATER THE ENGINE SHUT OFF BY ITSELF AND THEN RESTARTED BY ITSELF, THE DEALER REPLACED NUMEROUS PARTS, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED. ALSO THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO ACTIVATE DURING NORMAL HIGHWAY DRIVING. *JB

THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT TO DRIVE AT TIMES. *NLM. *AK *CB *JB

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED.*AK

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES VEHICLE WILL STALL WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. CONSUMER HAD NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES. *AK

HEAD REST ON THE DRIVER SEAT WILL NOT STAY DOWN. *MR THE DRIVER'S SEAT HEAD REST DID NOT STAY DOWN. ON FOUR OCCASIONS, THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REPAIR, BUT THERE WAS NEVER AVAILABILITY. THE CONSUMER FELT FEATURE WAS AN UNSAFE FEATURE FOR PERSONS THAT WERE SHORT. *SCC *JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND NO WARNING THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE. DEALER NOTIFIED.

2002 LS, UNDER SLOW SPEEDS AND MAKING A RIGHT TURN, VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN, INCLUDING POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. VEHICLE MUST COAST TO A STOP BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO RE-START ENGINE. *JB