2000 LINCOLN LS Complaints

POWER WINDOW INOPERTIVE REAR PASSENGER SIDE BROKEN PLASTIC PART CAUSE. *AK HEATED DRIVERS SEAT HAS NEVER WORKED FROM DAY ONE

SMELL OF SOMETHING BURNING - GOING TO THE DEALERSHIP TODAY. HEADLIGHT COVERS COLLECT MOISTURE. AIRBACK LIGHT ON - WAS QUOTED APPROXIMATELY $500 TO FIX. DRIVER SIDE DOOR DOES NOT OPEN FROM INSIDE - $85 TO DETERMINE THAT THE LATCH IS WORN OFF & AGAIN AN ESTIMATE FOR $850 TO FIX THE HANDLE. THREE OUT OF THE FOUR POWER WINDOWS DROPPED DOWN & HAD TO BE FIXED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. BOTH THE DRIVER AND THE PASSENGER SEATBACKS HAVE FALLEN OFF. DRIVER SEAT MAKES NOISE WHEN GOING/SLIDING BACK. ON TWO SEPERATE OCCASIONS I WAS UNABLE TO APPLY THE BRAKE WHEN COMING TO A STOP - CAR KEPT ON ROLLING & I COULD NOT PRESS THE BRAKE. LOUD NOISE WHEN ACCELERATING BETWEEN 45-55MPH WHICH I WAS TOLD IS "NORMAL".*AK

IN JANUARY 2004 THE VALVE COVER GASKET STARTED LEAKING ON MY 2000 LINCOLN LS [XXX]. PART BACK ORDERED UNTIL MARCH 2004. WAS INFORMED BY DEALERSHIP THAT OVER 8,000 WERE BACK ORDERED IN JANUARY. DEALERSHIP TOLD ME I COULD DRIVE VEHICLE UNTIL PART ARRIVED. OIL LEAK CAUSED THE COIL BOOTS TO SOAK SHORTING COILS (SEVEN OUT OF EIGHT COILS). COIL BOOT BACK ORDERED (NO KNOWN ESTIMATE OF TIME FOR GETTING PART) [XXX]. AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE MULTIPLE CALLS I HAVE MADE TO THE LOCAL DEALER AND TO FORD MOTOR COMPANY TO NO AVAIL. I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A VEHICLE FOR OVER A MONTH. NO LOANER WAS OFFERED. REPAIR COSTS ARE ESCALATING. WAITED TWO MONTHS FOR GASKET. HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG BOOT ITEM WILL BE BEFORE ARRIVAL. SEEMS THIS IS A RECALL ISSUE. SEEMS FORD MOTOR COMPANY IS REFUSING TO DEAL WITH THEIR CUSTOMER.*JB UPDATED 07/29/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK THE SEAT BELT LIGHT WAS ON AND WAS ON AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. *SC

WHEN GOING OVER A BUMPS VEHICLE MADE WEIRD SOUNDS. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THERE WAS A BALL JOINT PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A REAR WINDOW PROBLEM. THE REAR WINDOW ON DRIVER'S SIDE WENT DOWN AND WOULD NOT GO BACK UP. THIS PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY AN ELECTRICAL WIRING PROBLEM. *AK THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE WINDOW REGULATOR WAS JAMMED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE LEFT AND RIGHT REAR WINDOW REGULATOR. *NM

THE PASSANGER HEADLIGHTS STARTED TO FOG UP, THEN THE DRIVER. CONTACTED LINCOLN THEY SAID THERES WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT. I HAVE TALKED TO OTHER LINCOLN LS OWNERS AND THEY SAID THEY HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. LINCOLN SATED THAT I SOULD JUST BUY NEW ONES AT 295.99 A HEADLIGHT PLUS INSTALL.*AK

VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH AN AUTOMATIC/MANUAL TRANSMISSION COMBINATION. IN THE AUTOMATIC POSITION THE VEHICLE HESITATES FOR APPROXIMATELY 20/25 SECONDS BEFORE ENGAGING INTO GEAR FROM PARK. THE DEALERSHIP HAS RAN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST 4 TIMES BUT NO FAILURE CODES WERE FOUND. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THIS ISSUE IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE VEHICLE. *NM

SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE PAST 6 MONTHS WHILE COMING TO A STOP AND LIGHTLY APPLYING THE BRAKES THE ENGINE STARTS TO RACE TO THE POINT IT CAN'T BE HELD BACK WITH THE BRAKES. QUICKLY PUTTING THE TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL CORRECTS THE PROBLEM IMMEDIATELY AND THE ENGINE RETURNS TO IDLE SPEED. MOST RECENTLY I HAD THIS PROBLEM 3 TIME IN ONE EVENING. THE LAST TIME I WAS SLOWLY TURNING ONTO MY DRIVEWAY AND THE CAR TOOK OFF. BEFORE I COULD REACT I WAS ON THE FRONT LAWN AND NARROWLY MISSED MY SON WHO HAPPENED TO BE ON THE DRIVEWAY. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED.*AK

AFTER HAVING THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE REPLACED THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE INDICATOR LIGHT AND AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT FLASHING. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *NM