2000 LINCOLN LS Complaints

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

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

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

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

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

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

THE DRIVER SIDE POWER WINDOW REGULATOR CONTINUED TO FAIL. AS A RESULT THE OWNER WAS UNABLE TO ROLL THE WINDOW UP OR DOWN. *JB THE WINDER REGULATOR WAS BINDING. *SC

ENGINE STALL/SHUTDOWN AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND DURING APPLICATION OF BRAKES TO OBSERVE A STOP SIGN/LIGHT. *JB

TRANSMISSION JERKING AND KICKING WHEN SHIFTING TO REVERSE. HARSH/DELAYED UPSHIFTING. COUNTING THE FACTORY INSTALLED SOLENOID PACK I HAVE GONE THROUGH A TOTAL OF 4 PLUS ONE VALVE BODY WHICH WAS INSTALLED RECENTLY WITH THE LAST SOLENOID PACK. THE PCM WAS REFLASHED AS WELL.*JB

WHILE DRIVING 4 MPH DRIVER HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT. SUDDENLY, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER LOWER BALL JOINT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK