2005 LINCOLN LS Complaints

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND LOOSES ALL POWER AND THE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ALSO SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THEY SAY ALL 6 OF THE COILS NEED TO BE REPLACED AND SO DO THE SPARK PLUGS 1350 BUCK THEY WANT EVEN THOUGH THE CODES MY CAR IS PUTTING OUT ARE IN ONE OF FORDS SERVICES BULLETINS I ONLY HAVE 54000 MILES ON IT ITS A V6 LIKE NEW. *TR

FORD LINCOLN MERCURY~MANUFACTURE WARRANTY EXTENDED ON IGNITION COIL - BUT EACH TIME IGNITION COIL GOES OUT IT CAUSES NUMEROUS "OTHER REPAIRS" COSTING $900+ EACH TIME.~ VEHICLES BEGINS TO RUN ROUGH, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE GOES TO TOP, THE CAR LOOSES POWER (WHILE IN TRAFFIC EVEN THOUGH FOOT ON ACCELERATOR) WILL NOT ACCELERATE~ 5 TIMES IN LESS THAN 11 MONTHS~ THESE "OTHER REPAIRS DONE EACH TIME IGNITION COIL IS REPLACED SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER EXTENDED MANUFACTURE WARRANTY. (INCIDENTS JUNE 2009/ OCTOBER '09/ JANUARY 2010/ MARCH 2010/ APRIL 2010). *TR

MY LINCOLN LS 2005 WAS DOING FINE THAN 53000 MILES HITS THAT'S NOTHING ON VEHICLES AND. MY TRANSMISSION IS JUMPING GEARS FOUR AND FIVE ARE HORRIBLE I CANT EXCEED 55MPH ..ID UNDERSTAND ON A VEHICLE THAT HAS 160000 MILES BUT I MEAN 53000 GIVE ME A FINANCIAL BREAK. I BOUGHT THIS CAR THINKING NICE SHAPE MINT CONDITION BUT NEVER DID I REALIZE NOR READ UP THAT THESE THINGS GIVE OUT AND THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAVE HAD ALL KINDS OF DIFFICULTIES..THESE NEED TO BE RECALLED INSTEAD OF 100S OF LINCOLN LS OWNERS TO BE HANDED ANOTHER FINANCIAL BURDEN..HELP US OUT YOU ALL MAKE A KILLING ANYHOW. PUT YOURSELVES IN OUR SHOES... *TR

THE CAR WILL SUDDENLY SURGE OR DIE OUT WHILE DRIVING. CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME WHILE DRIVING, DID IT TO ME MULTIPLE TIMES, WHETHER IN IDLE OR ON THE HIGHWAY GOING 50+MPH. I AM TRYING TO GET THE PART REPLACED FROM THE DEALER. THE PART IS ON BACKORDER, SEEMINGLY THERE IS A LARGE NUMBER OF THESE GOING BAD AND NOT ENOUGH NEW ONES TO GO AROUND. THE PART THE DEALER IS TELLING ME WENT BAD IS THE THROTTLE BODY. *TR

NOTHING LEAD UP TO THIS EVENT... I WAS DRIVING ON I-95 IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC HIT THE GAS AND THE CAR THREW A WARNING "ETC ENGINE FAILSAFE MODE" WHICH LEFT THE CAR IN A STATE OF HAVING NO ENGINE POWER. I WAS LUCKY I DID NOT CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT WITH CARS TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND THIS CAR JUST LOST ALL POWER I DID MANAGE TO GET THE CAR OFF THE ROAD AND SHUT THE CAR OFF THEN TURNED IT BACK ON AND IT ACTED AS IF NOTHING WAS WRONG. I GOT THE CAR OFF OF I-95 AND ON TO SURFACE STREETS WHERE IT HAPPENED ONE MORE TIME BEFORE I TOOK IT TO LINCOLN FOR SERVICE. ACCORDING TO THE DEALERSHIP POMPANO LINCOLN MERCURY THE PART (THROTTLE BODY ASSY) IS NOT A WARRANTY ITEM AND EVEN IN AN EMERGENCY CANNOT GET THE PART FOR ALMOST 30 DAYS. I HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE THIS CAR AS I CANNOT AFFORD TO RENT A CAR FOR 30 DAYS AS WELL AS SPEND THE $900 FOR THE REPAIR. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF LINCOLN LS OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS THROTTLE PROBLEM YET AT THIS TIME FORD HAS DONE NOTHING TO MAKE THIS SAFETY ISSUE RIGHT AND AS THE DEMAND IS SO HIGH CANNOT EVEN SUPPLY THE PARTS FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS SAFETY. *TR

SUDDEN LOSS OF THROTTLE RESPONSE ON 2005 LINCOLN LS WITH 3.9L ENGINE. THIS HAPPENED MANY TIMES RECENTLY WITH MY DAUGHTERS VEHICLE. CLOSE CALLS WHEN IN OTHER TRAFFIC WHEN THERE IS SUDDEN LOSS OF THROTTLE. WHEN THIS OCCURS, THERE IS NO MIL ( MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT ) NOR IS THERE A DTC ( DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE. VEHICLE WILL ONLY IDLE ENOUGH TO GET OFF ROAD. TURN OFF IGNITION AND RESTART VEHICLE WITH NO PROBLEM. THIS IS RECURRING MORE FREQUENTLY WITH HER CAR AND ALSO HAVE READ ALOT OF FORUMS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. VAST SIMILARITIES ON ALL FORUMS WITH NO APPARENT RESOLUTION FROM FORD LINCOLN. *TR

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) LAST NIGHT MY 2005 LINCOLN LS HAD RUNAWAY ACCELERATION WHEN I PUT IT INTO REVERSE. I COULDN'T GET IT STOPPED UNTIL I WAS OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND HALFWAY INTO THE STREET. I ALMOST HIT A TREE. I KNOW THAT IF I TAKE IT INTO LINCOLN, THEY WILL DENY ANY ISSUE. [XXX] *TR

2005 LINCOLN LS WILL START TO SKIP AND SPUTTER ESPECIALLY ON INCLINE. ENGINE LIGHT DOES NOT GO ON. REPLACED FUEL FILTER AND PROBLEM STILL HAS NOT GONE AWAY. *TR

NOTE - FORD MOTOR COMPANY SUGGESTED THAT I FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE NHTSA. THE VEHICLE INVOLVED IS A 2005 FORD LINCOLN LS - V6 - WITH APPROXIMATELY 79,000 MILES. ON FEBRUARY 2, 2009 MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE LS WHEN THE EMERGENCY (PARKING) BRAKE BECAME ENGAGED AND SLOWED THE CAR VERY RAPIDLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. THE BRAKE WOULD NOT DISENGAGE AND SHE COULD NOT MOVE THE CAR. SHE TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO RESET THE EMERGENCY (PARKING) BRAKE AND IT DID NOT DISENGAGE. SHE THAN TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED AT WHICH TIME THE EMERGENCY (PARKING) BRAKE WAS DISENGAGED. I DROVE THE CAR THE NEXT DAY AND HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE EMERGENCY (PARKING) BRAKE BECOMING ENGAGED WHEN I WAS DRIVING ON A BUSY HIGHWAY CAUSING THE CAR TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP VERY RAPIDLY. MY WIFE WAS WITH ME AND SHE TOLD ME WHAT SHE HAD DONE THE PREVIOUS DAY TO DISENGAGE THE BRAKE. WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE OLATHE FORD COMPANY SERVICE DEPARTMENT IN OLATHE, KANSAS. THEY TOLD US THEY HAD A SIMILAR SITUATION WITH ANOTHER LS THE WEEK BEFORE AND KNEW HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM. WE HAD TO REPLACE THE DUAL COOLANT CONTROL VALUE TO STOP THE EMERGENCY (PARKING) BRAKE PROBLEM. ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE MANAGER, THE DEFECT IN THE COOLANT CONTROL VALUE CAUSED THE EMERGENCY (PARKING) BRAKE TO ENGAGE BECAUSE IT GENERATED A "HIGHER" FREQUENCY TO THE COMPUTER OVERRIDING THE BRAKE. I FILED A CONCERN WITH THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY. THEY WERE CONCERNED AND SUGGESTED THAT I FILE A COMPLAINT WITH NHTSA. MY CONCERN IS WITH THE EMERGENCY (PARKING) BRAKE ENGAGING FOR NO REASON WHILE YOUR DRIVING THE VEHICLE . THIS CAUSES ME CONCERNS FOR THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY AND OTHERS. *TR

ON JULY 4, 2009 WHILE TRAVELING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY DRIVING AT THE SPEED OF 60 MPH THE ACCELERATION STOPPED FUNCTIONING WITHOUT WARNING. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THIS ISSUE EVER OCCURRED. TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO A FORD DEALERSHIP TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED AND WHILE LEAVING THE DEALERSHIP ON ANOTHER MAJOR HIGHWAY THE ISSUE HAPPENED 3 TIMES AFTER THE REPAIR WAS SAID TO BE COMPLETED. BOTH TIMES THE ISSUE OCCURRED MY FAMILY AND I WAS IN A NEAR FATAL ACCIDENT. THE CAR WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP ON THAT SAME DAY. AFTER A DAY OF DIAGNOSTIC THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. FINALLY, THE DEALERSHIP CALLED AND STATED THAT A RADIO FREQUENCY WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THE THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE COILS. AT THIS POINT I DON'T THINK THE CERTIFIED TECHNICIANS OR THE DEALERSHIP KNOW HOW TO REPAIR THE ISSUE. I DO KNOW THAT THE SERVICE MANAGER WANT ME TO KEEP PAYING MONEY UNTIL THEY STUMBLE UPON A SOLUTION. I REFUSE TO PUT MY FAMILY ON THE HIGHWAY A THIRD TIME WITH THIS ONGOING ISSUE. MAYBE NEXT TIME WE WON'T BE SO LUCKY.