2002 LINCOLN LS Complaints

BALL JOINT FAILURE. MY CAR WAS BUILT IN MARCH OF 2002 AND THEY REDESIGNED IT IN APRIL TO A LARGER BALL JOINT WHICH I LEARNED BY TALKING TO A MECHANIC AT THE LINCOLN DEALER. HE SAID THAT HE FIXES A LOT OF THEM BUILT MARCH AND BEFORE BUT HAD NEVER HAD TO FIX A POST MARCH 2002 CAR. I ASKED IF HE HAD EVER UPGRADED IT TO THE NEW DESIGN HE SAID NO, I ASKED IF IT WAS POSSIBLE HE SAID PROBABLY. I TOOK THE CONTROL ARM OFF THE CAR PAID A MACHINE SHOP $25 TO MACHINE IT OUT FROM 14MM THE OLD ORIGINAL SIZE TO 16MM THE NEW REDESIGNED SIZE THAT LINCOLN WAS PUTTING IN IT AFTER APRIL AND BOUGHT AND INSTALLED A 16MM JOINT AND THAT'S ALL THERE WAS TO IT. ALL IN ALL IT ONLY TOOK A FEW HOURS (DEPENDING ON THE MACHINE SHOP) AND NO SPECIAL TOOLS. IF YOU HAVE ANY MECHANICAL ABILITY YOU CAN DO THIS JOB IN YOUR DRIVEWAY, I DID. *TR

STEERING LOSS DUE TO BALL JOINT AND CONTROL ARM FAILURE FOR THE SECOND TIME. PARTS WERE REPAIRED. VIN NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL FOR SAME PROBLEM. *TR

MY CAR HAS NUMEROUS PARTS THAT TEAR UP REPEATEDLY, WITHIN A 6 MONTHS TIME. VALVE COVER GASKET HAD REPLACED TWICE WITHIN A 6 MONTHS TIME. THE COIL PACKS GO UP VERY OFTEN. I HAD PANEL BUTTONS JUST TEAR UP FOR NO REASON THREE TIMES! WHEEL CAPS REPLACED NUMEROUS TIMES. OVERHEATING ISSUES, DOOR LOCKING ISSUES, BATTERY REPLACED TWICE WITHIN 2 YEARS TIME. AC ISSUES, (I NEVER USED MY AC..AT ALL) . THIS CAR HAS A LOT OF PROBLEMS ON THE T.S.BULLETIN. I CONTACTED FORD IN REFERENCE TO THE MULTIPLE ISSUES I WAS HAVING WITH THE CAR, THE COMPANY REPRESENTATIVES TOLD ME TO TAKE THE COMPLAINT TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF WHICH I HAD BEEN DEALING WITH. THEN THEY SAID LINCOLN IS AN INDEPENDENT OWNED ESTABLISHMENT SO I AM TOTALLY CONFUSED BY THIS WHOLE ORDEAL, THEY KNOW THAT THEY HAVE HAD A LOT OF MULTIPLE PROBLEMS OUT OF THAT CAR. AND THEY REFUSE TO RECALL SOME OF THOSE (AS I WOULD SAY) HAZARDOUS ISSUES. I WAS AT THE DEALER 2 WEEKS AGO, I WAS CONVERSING WITH A REP. AT THE DEALERSHIP AND HE WAS TELLING ME HOW THE LINCOLN LS WAS THEIR MOST PROBLEM VEHICLE, AND CASH MAKER FOR REPAIRS. (OH BY THE WAY.......I RESEARCHED TO FIND THIS SITE. TO ANSWER THE QUESTION IN THE CONSUMER SECTION). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 LINCOLN LS. WHEN THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE GARAGE FOR ROUTINE TIRE MAINTENANCE, HE WAS INFORMED THE WRENCH THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE WAS THE WRONG SIZE THE GARAGE USED A TWENTY INCH WRENCH TO BE ABLE TO ADJUST THE SCREWS. THE CONTACT STATED IF HE EXPERIENCES A TIRE FAILURE HE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REPLACE THE TIRE. THE CURRENT AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000. UPDATED 08/24/10. *LJ UPDATED 08/25/10*JB THE VEHICLE CAME WITH AN 18 MM LUG NIT WRENCH. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE GARAGE FOR TIRE MAINTENANCE, THE 18MM LUG NUT WRENCH THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT FIT. THE MECHANIC HAD TO USE A 19MM WRENCH. UPDATED 08/26/10.*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 LINCOLN LS. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE LOWER BALL JOINT FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACTS RESIDENCE AND WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR FURTHER DIAGNOSIS. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 110,000.

ALL FOUR 17 INCH CHROME WHEELS ARE CRACKED AT THE LUG NUTS ON MY 2002 LINCOLN LS (STRANGELY SIMILAR TO RECALL NOTICE 03V136000). EXPERIENCED VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I AM IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING THE WHEELS. *TR

IN RESEARCHING WHETHER OR NOT A RECALL CURRENTLY EXISTED, I LOCATED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FROM ANOTHER CONSUMER WHO SEEM TO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEMS: THE VEHICLE EMISSIONS SYSTEM INDICATOR LIGHT APPEARED ON DISPLAY. THE VEHICLE HESITATES (JERKS SLIGHTLY) AT SPEEDS UP TO 60 MPH, CARS ALSO KILLS RANDOMLY WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION. I HAVE MADE EFFORTS TO GET THE VEHICLE REPAIRED BUT WAS TOLD THAT THE PARTS (FUEL INJECTIONS) DO NOT CURRENTLY EXIST DUE TO THE COMPANY WHO MADE THE PARTS GOING OUT OF BUSINESS. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO BE PUT ON A WAITING LIST OR KEEP CHECKING PERIODICALLY WITH THE DEALERSHIPS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE LOWER BALL JOINT FELL APART. NO INJURY RESULTED DUE TO A LOW SPEED. AFTER TALKING TO A TECHNICIAN AT THE LOCAL LINCOLN DEALER I FOUND OUT THAT LINCOLN HAD CHANGED THE DESIGN A MONTH AFTER MY CAR WAS BUILT BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY HAD UNDERBUILT THE CAR. I ASKED THE TECHNICIAN IF I COULD UPGRADE IT TO THE PART THEY USED AFTER MARCH OF 2002 AND HE SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW HE HAD NEVER TRIED IT BUT AS FAR AS HE KNEW THE PARTS WOULD BOLT UP TO THE CAR THE SAME, AND THE PART THEY USED ON MY CAR WAS FAILING ON A REGULAR BASIS AND THE PART THEY USED AFTER MARCH OF 2002, AS FAR AS HE KNEW NEVER FAILED. I DECIDED TO TAKE THE LOWER CONTROL ARM OFF MY CAR AND TAKE IT TO A MACHINE SHOP AND HAVE THEM MACHINE IT TO FIT THE NEWER/LARGER STUD IN THE BALL JOINT USED AFTER MARCH OF 2002, EVERYTHING WORKED OUT GOOD AND I HAVE NOT HAD ANY PROBLEMS. THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON MY CAR WERE 14 MM AND AFTER MARCH THEY USED 16 MM IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE TO TAKE IT TO A MACHINE SHOP AND UPGRADE YOUR CAR. THE COST OF THE WORK AT THE MACHINE SHOP WAS ONLY $25 AND WE DID ALL THE REST IN THE DRIVEWAY IN JUST A FEW HOURS. IF YOU HAVE ANY MECHANICAL ABILITY YOU CAN DO THIS JOB, OR YOU CAN PAY ABOUT $1,500 TO A SHOP TO PUT THE 14 MM BACK IN AND HAVE IT FAIL AGAIN. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2002 LINCOLN LS 3.9V8 VEHICLE, I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING MY STEERING WHEEL TO KEEP MY CAR DRIVING STRAIGHT. I TOOK THE CAR TO A LOCAL SHOP WHERE I WAS TOLD THAT BALL JOINT BOLT WAS LOSE, WHERE HE ALSO POINTED OUT THE LOOSENESS.(BOLT LOCATED BEHIND THE ROTOR RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CONTROL ARM) TODAY WHILE DRIVING, THE STEERING TOOK ME INTO SOME GRASS BUT NO DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE VEHICLE. I HAVE SEEN THAT THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM IN 2000 AND 2001 SO I WASN'T SURE IF THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED IN MY 2002 BUT I FEEL VERY UNSAFE IN THE CAR ESPECIALLY COMMUTING TO WORK EVERYDAY ON A BUSY FREEWAY, FEARFUL THAT THE STEERING WILL GIVE OUT AT ANYTIME AND I WOULD LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

I OWN A 2002 LINCOLN LS. THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO BE A BIT OF A PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR. WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, MY TRANSMISSION DECIDES TO GIVE UP ON ME IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC WHILE DRIVING AT 70MPH. I ALSO LOST MY POWER STEERING AND MY LIGHTS SHUT OFF. SINCE THIS HAPPENED AT NIGHT, THE LAST BIT WAS A BIT OF A PROBLEM. I FEEL THAT THIS CAR IS NOT VERY SAFE AND I FEEL THAT LINCOLN SHOULD DO SOMETHING TO FIX THIS. *TR