2000 LINCOLN LS Complaints

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 00V359001 CONCERNING SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM: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

LOWER BALL JOINT STUD ON RIGHT SIDE OF MY 2000 LINCOLN LS BROKE OFF WHILE DRIVING @ 45 MPH. I WAS ABLE TO AVOID PROPERTY DAMAGE & WRECKING VEHICLE,THE AMOUNT OF REPAIRS MY CAR WILL REQUIRE IS STILL NOT KNOWN AT TIME. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE SITTING IN VEHICLE AT A COMPLETE STOP HE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH. THE CONTACT'S WAS HIT FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND IT, IN TURN , HIT A VEHICLE FROM BEHIND. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. HE HAD THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT REPORTED THE AIR BAG FAILURE TO THE MANUFACTURER. THEY OFFERED NO FREE REMEDY. THERE WERE POLICE AND INSURANCE REPORTS TAKEN. *AK

DT: WHILE THE CONTACT'S SON WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE WAS SWERVING. HE THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE TIRES. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A TIRE STORE, BUT IT WAS NOT THE TIRES. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT IT WAS THE BOLTS IN THE SUSPENSION WHICH WERE NOT TIGHTENED PROPERL, CAUSING THE BALL JOINTS WEAR OUT. THIS WILL BE REPAIRED AT CONTACT'S EXPENSE. THERE WAS NHTSA RECALL 00V35900. HE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND WAS TOLD THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS MY LS WILL CRANK BUT WILL NOT START. THE ANTI-THEFT INDICATOR ON THE DASHBOARD FLASHES WHICH INDICATES THAT THE CAR WILL NOT START. I HAVE BEEN STRANDED ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS ONLY TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT STARTS JUST FINE FOR THEM. I HAVE HAD THE FOLLOWING REPLACED: TRANSCEIVER, ANTI-THEFT MODULE, COMPUTER AND THE CABLES THAT CONNECT THE TRANSCEIVER TO THE COMPUTER. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2005. THE VEHICLE HIT A POT HOLE AND HEARD SOMETHING POP. THE BOLTS OF THE CONTROL ARM CAME OFF. SHE TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY REPLACED THE STEERING KNUCKLE. THERE WAS A SECOND ACCIDENT ON OCTOBER 19, 2005. THE CONTACT'S HUSBAND WAS DRIVING, NOT HITTING ANYTHING, THE CONTROL ARM DISCONNECTED AND THE WHEEL ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE CAVED IN. SHE TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE SECOND TIME. THE DEALERSHIP STATED IT WAS THE CONTROL ARM THAT WAS DISCONNECTED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES DURING THE ACCIDENTS, AND THE PASSENGERS WERE WEARING SEAT BELTS. THE DEALERSHIP RAN THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS AND THERE WERE NO RECALLS. THE CONTACT HAS NOT CONTACTED MANUFACTURER.*AK

CONTROL ARM AND LOWER BALL JOINTS NEED REPLACING ON VEHICLE (I HAVE TWO QUOTES) - POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS TO DRIVE- SAME YEAR INCLUDED IN RECALL (82000 PLUS VEHICLES). *NM

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 LINCOLN LS. THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT FIRST BEGAN TO BLINK, AND IT IS NOW STAYING ON ALL THE TIME. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD THE CONTACT THAT THIS WAS WHAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT DID. THE PROBLEM WITH THE LIGHT FIRST BEGAN ABOUT ONE MONTH AGO.*AK UPDATED 11/16/2005 - THE RIGHT REAR WINDOE WOULD NOT COME BACK UP. THE DEALER HAD TO REPLACE THE WINDOW REGULATOR ASSEMBLY BECAUSE IT HAD BROKEN. *NM

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

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