2000 LINCOLN LS Complaints

PROBLEMS WITH IGNITION COILS ON LINCOLN 2000 LS. *MR THERE WERE A NUMBER OF IGNITION COILS THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ON THESE VEHICLE. (4/8/04 ONE COIL HAD TO BE REPLACED, ON 6/15/04 TWO MORE HAD TO BE REPLACED, AND WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF THAT, TWO MORE HAD GONE BAD) *SC *JB

ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS SINCE FEBRUARY, AN IGNITION COIL HAS FAILED IN MY LS(# 2,3,AND 6). EACH TIME THE REPAIR HAS COST ALMOST $300, AND IN ADDITION SINCE THE DEALER THOUGHT A SMALL LEAK IN THE VALVE COVER GASKET MAY HAVE CAUSED THE PROBLEM WITH #3, THAT WAS REPLACED FOR AN ADDITIONAL $225. IN THE 45 YEARS I HAVE BEEN DRIVING, I HAVE NEVER HAD A COIL GO BAD. THERE IS CLEARLY A DEFECT IN THE ORIGINAL COILS OR ENGINE DESIGN. THE DEALER HAS INDICATED THAT THEY HAVE REPLACED MANY OF THESE ON LS'S. *AK

FROM DATE OF PURCHASE AIR CONDITIONER BLOWS HOT ARIOUS THINGS HAVE BEEN TRIED BUT NO SOLUTION HAS BEEN FOUND. *AK

DRIVERS DOOR DOES NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE. HAD IT REAIRED (WE THOUGHT) BUT QUIT WORKING AGAIN WITHIN 4 WEEKS. WILL COST $ 700 TO FIX. *AK

MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE'S IGNITION COILS. *MR ON APRIL 18, 2004 THE SERVICE DEALER REPLACED ONE COIL. THEN ON JUNE 15, 2004 TWO MORE COILS WERE REPLACED. WITHIN TWO WEEKS, ANOTHER COIL OR MORE WENT BAD. THERE WAS RANDOM MISFIRES WHICH REMAINED THE SAME EVEN AFTER REPAIR, THEN IT WORKED FINE BUT WAS FOLLOWED BY THE VEHICLE RUNNING ROUGH. *SC *JB

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

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

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

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

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