2000 LINCOLN LS Complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT END MAKES A SQUEAKING NOISE WHILE THE VEHICLE IS TURNING. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 00V359001, REGARDING THE LOWER BALL JOINT. THE VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL; HOWEVER, IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH THERE WAS A SMELL OF SMOKE AND A PINCHING SENSATION EMITTING FROM THE DRIVER SEAT CUSHION AREA OF THE SEAT HEATER. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND EXITED THE VEHICLE AT WHICH TIME THE SEAT HEATER AUTOMATICALLY TURNED OFF ON ITS OWN. ALTHOUGH THE DEALER WAS ALERTED, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED.

CAR PURCHASED 2/2000. RECALL ON FRONT BALL JOINT(TIGHTEN NUTS) PERFORMED ON 11/27/00 WITH CAR MILEAGE AT 9548. IN JANUARY OF 06 BEGAN EXPERIENCING CAR JERKING TO THE LEFT. CAR TAKEN IN FOR REPAIRS AND FOUND LOWER BALL JOINT NUT WAS EXTREMELY LOOSE, NUT TIGHTENED. TWO WEEKS LATER SAME SYMPTOMS BEGAN. THIS TIME DIAGNOSIS WAS BOTH LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT SEATS WALLOWED OUT. TOTAL COST TO REPLACE BOTH STEERING KNUCKLES AND LOWER CONTROL ARM $1500. RESEARCHED EARLIER RECALL AND FOUND THAT IT WAS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT THE STEERING KNUCKLES SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED AT THAT TIME DUE TO THE MILEAGE ON THE CAR. MANUFACTURER OFFERED $500. *JB

LOWER CONTROL ARM BROKE. TOOK TO A MECHANIC AND HE INDICATED A RECALL ON THE CAR FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THE MECHANIC ALSO DEEMED THE CAR UNSAFE TO DRIVE, "FIX OR TOW". CALLED LINCOLN CUSTOMER SERVICE AFTER THE DEALER TOLD ME NO RECALL ON THE CAR. I HAVE PAID FOR THE COSTLY REPAIR OF THE LOWER CONTROL ARM. *JB

I CURRENTLY DRIVE A 00' LINCOLN LS WITH 71K MILES ON IT AND HAVE HAD NUMEROUS UNACCEPTABLE PROBLEMS, THE WORST OF WHICH HAS BEEN THE TRANSMISSION(S). I HAVE JUST BEEN INFORMED BY THE DEALERSHIP HERE THAT I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION AGAIN. I JUST BOUGHT A NEW ONE 32K MILES AGO, BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL HAD GONE BAD. THIS IS THREE TRANSMISSION I HAVE NOW NEEDED FOR A CAR WITH UNDER 75K MILES ON IT, THIS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. PLUS, ON AVERAGE, THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR VARIOUS REPAIRS AT LEAST ONCE EVERY OTHER MONTH. THE ONLY EXPLANATION I HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE DEALER FOR THIS IS THAT "00' WAS THE FIRST YEAR THEY MADE THE LS AND IT TOOK THEM A FEW YEARS TO GET IT RIGHT," SO I WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THEM. THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS VEHICLE ARE WAY TO FREQUENT AND EXPENSIVE TO BE CONSIDERED NORMAL FOR ANY CAR. ACCORDING TO MY DEALERSHIP, THE 00' LS IN GENERAL IS A LEMON AND EVERY ONE WITH THAT YEAR LS IS SUFFERING BECAUSE OF IT. OTHER PROBLEMS ASIDE, I SHOULD NOT BE PAYING FOR ANOTHER TRANSMISSION ON THIS CAR WITH THIS LOW OF MILES. I ONLY DRIVE THIS VEHICLE TO WORK AND BACK AND AROUND TOWN AND NEVER WRECKLESSLY. THIS VEHICLE HAS ALWAYS BEEN HANDLE WITH CARE, SO WHY THE PROBLEMS? DEALER INFO: CAPITOL LINCOLN MERCURY 3469 S STATE ST SALT LAKE, UT 84115 801-263-2222. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 00V359001 CONCERNING THE LOWER BALL JOINT. THIS VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL, BUT IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. THE CONTACT HAD THE NUT TIGHTENED TWICE AT HIS OWN EXPENSE.*AK UPDATED 01/23/06. *JB

I JUST HAD TO REPLACE THE 4TH ELECTRICAL SPARK PLUG COIL (OUT OF 8) IN MY 2000 LINCOLN LS. COILS USUALLY DON'T FAIL. THIS ONE DID WHEN I WAS DRIVING UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS. THANKFULLY, I WASN'T PASSING ANYONE AT THE TIME, OTHERWISE, THINGS MAY HAVE GOTTEN UGLY. EACH REPAIR COSTS ABOUT $300, SO FOR ALL EIGHT CYLINDERS, I MAY END UP SPENDING $2400. I'VE NEVER HAD A CAR GO THROUGH COILS BEFORE. *JB

MY CAR WAS SLUGGISH AND LOSING POWER UPON TAKING IT IN FOR SERVICING I HAD FIVE OF EIGHT COIL ON PLUGS REPLACED BY DEALERSHIP, NOT MORE THAN ONE WEEK AFTER MY CAR STARTED THE SAME SYMPTOMS AND HAD AN CLICKING NOISE IN THE ENGINE. I WAS TOLD BUY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THEIR DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT WAS GIVING THEM FALSE READING, ONE SAYING THAT THE CAR WAS ALRIGHT, AND THE OTHER SAYING THAT IT WASN'T. THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING FOR ME. PLEASE CONTACT ME WITH AN ANSWER ON WHAT I CAN DO. *NM

I HAVE HAD MANY SHIFTING PROBLEMS WITH MY 2000 LINCOLN LS. I HAVE HAD IT LOOKED AT BY DEALERS AND HAVE BEEN TOLD MANY DIFFERENT REASONS WHY I AM HAVING THE SHIFTING PROBLEMS. ONE DEALER TOLD ME IT WAS A COMPUTER GLITCH AND CANNOT BE FIXED. SO FAR I HAVE HAD MY COMPUTER RESET, FUEL FILTER CHANGED, IGNITION COILS AND IGNITERS CHANGED, FUEL INJECTORS CLEANED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND SOME SHIFTING SENSOR OR TRANSMISSION SENSOR CHANGED. WITH ALL THIS MAINTENANCE DONE I STILL HAVE A ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON MY DASH AND MY CAR STILL SHIFTS WHEN IT FEELS LIKE IT. MANY TIMES WHEN I NEED TO ACCELERATE IT PAUSES AND SEEMS TO NOT BE ABLE TO FIND GEARS. THE MOST SCARY INCIDENT WAS WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY ON DECEMBER 3, 2005 MY 2000 LINCOLN LS'S SHIFTING BECAME ERRATIC SPUTTERED AND THEN THE CAR TURNED OFF. WHILE GOING ABOUT 65 MILES PER HOUR I WAS LEFT WITH NO POWER STEERING AND HAD TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD NEARLY BEING REAR ENDED BY A TRUCK. I HAVE YET TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT BUT FEAR THAT WITH THIS ERRATIC SHIFTING IT MIGHT HAPPEN. I WILL PAY WHATEVER IT TAKES TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM FIXED ONCE AND FOR ALL. I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO DRIVE THIS CAR TO AND FROM WORK BECAUSE IT IS MY ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION. I LOVE MY LINCOLN AND THIS IS MY SECOND ONE MY FIRST WAS A 2001 AND IT HAD THE SAME SHIFTING PROBLEMS BUT NOT AS BAD AS THIS ONE. MY LINCOLN IS NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THESE PROBLEMS I AM A MEMBER OF 4 LINCOLN CLUBS ON LINE AND HAVE HEARD MANY HORROR STORIES ABOUT LINCOLN LS'S ERRATIC SHIFTING. NOT ONLY IS THIS PROBLEM DEEMED UNFIXABLE BY MY DEALERSHIP. MANY OTHER LINCOLN DEALERSHIPS HAVE GIVEN THE SAME RUN AROUND TO MEMBERS OF THE LINCOLN CLUBS THAT I AM A MEMBER OF. LLSOC IS ONE OF THE CLUBS THAT I AM A MEMBER OF. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 00V359001 CONCERNING THE LOWER BALL JOINT. THIS VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL, BUT IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK